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God gave people ears but they can hear what they want to hear

July 31st, 2008 · Manila Home Page Archive


New DrBeeper mix :
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp 2008: Zeta iv &nbsp [download]


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  • FCC probably can’t police Comcast’s BitTorrent throttling – cnet
  • NY: 50 Percent of Sequoia Voting Machines Flawed – wired
  • Sprint Loses ‘Early Termination’ Case, Must Pay $73 Million – cnet
  • Those privacy-hating Chinese communist tyrants – Salon
  • Google Push to Sell Ads On YouTube Hits Snags – wsj
  • OPEC 2.0 – nytimes op-ed
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    2007 : Baseball Insights in Measuring the Soft Data
    2003 : F

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    like buying a new house because you don’t want to clean your toilet.

    July 30th, 2008 · Manila Home Page Archive

    Almost Everything – dbyrne
      The Federal Pie Chart  National Priorities Project

  • Why Do Voters Reward Poor Disaster Preparedness?
  • For Some Products, Prices Have Been Falling – carpediem
  • ‘Green energy’ wine arrives in Ireland on 108-year-old ship – telegraph
     – freakonomics


    New DrBeeper mix :
        2008: Zeta iii   [download]


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    Brimstone Howl
    DrB re-mix (2007) – Epsilon07-06
        [download] [youtube companion]


    Counting Sabathiaís Pitches – mgreenberg
    Deadline disasters provide good history lesson – dperry
       DrB: does ‘win now’ create transient fans? Is that a self-fulfulling disaster?


    2008 Video Preview – athlonsports
    Players in new unis – bearinsider fbforum
    Tedford Talk
    Changes Abound in 2008 as Bears Attempt to Replace WRs While Likely Platooning at QB – dailycal

  • Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet
  • Study: Not Being An Asshole Boss May Boost Employee Morale
  • Courageous E-mail To Boss In Drafts Folder Since December
  • Really-Loud-Whistle Guy Takes Every Opportunity To Whistle Loudly
     – theonion: america’s finest news source

    2006 : Motocrosser Quits After Learning Physics

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    Human experience is the victory of hope over experience

    July 29th, 2008 · Manila Home Page Archive


    Mentoring Around the Diamond – mgmtbybaseball


    Physicists step up with pop fly theory – canada
    Baseball Project a witty side project – azcentral
    Cuban-owned Cubs would be good for baseball – sfgate
    Madison agency to look at bats – jsonline
    Does Small Ball Work? No, Not Really. – dugoutcentral
    MLB Trade Deadline Blog – espn
    Q&A with Phillies GM Gillick as trade deadline approaches – philly
    Milton Bradley talks labels, torn ACLs, dominoes – answerman
    Will signing Jones be Colletti’s last big mistake? – nbcsports
    Dodgers unable to pull the trigger – jheyman
    Ned Colletti’s rope seems to be getting shorter – latimes
    Zumaya: Handle with care (7/23) – jpassan
    After Zumaya suffers injury, Detroit could make move as soon as today (7/28) – freep
    Brad Ziegler Appreciation – mvn
    Gang of 20 fitting in with rebuilding A’s – sfgate


    The Terrible Twos – Jerzy the Giant [stream] – zooglobble
    Another object lesson in DRM rights – hitsville
    DRM Follies: Yahoo Backpedals – hitsville
    Music Jokes – straightdope threadspotting
    Pop Rock Whores: The Long Winters vs. Counting Crows – switchback crawdaddy


    Nate Longshore: Setting the Record Straight – danzig
    &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp way overlong, but great videos…

    eatPES
    http://www.youtube.com Western Spaghetti


    The Five Percent Solution: Who needs another chat client? You do. – cringely
    &nbsp Mailinator &nbsp Talkinator

    2005 : Bored at Work
    2003 : What makes a political conservative
    2002 :(4) White House Corporate History

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    a middle-finger thrust at commercial disposabilty

    July 24th, 2008 · Manila Home Page Archive


    Constitutional Expert: FISA bill ‘is an evisceration of the Fourth Amendment‘
    Traders manipulated oil prices – cnn.money
     – rawstory

  • Given a Shovel, Americans Dig Deeper Into Debt
  • Uncomfortable Answers to Questions on the Economy
  • Too Big to Fail?
     – nytimes

    BugMeNot


     Modern Music – Die Soldaten – dbyrne
     An ungrammatical but harmonious tandem – philly
     Tijuana Mon Amour Broadcasting Inc.
     Static Party
     Matthew Sweet Sunshine Lies
     Three Mixtape Services That Are Remaking the Art Form – readwriteweb
    http://www.youtube.com The Real Tuesday Weld – Brazil
    http://www.youtube.com Sebastien Tellier – Divine
    http://www.youtube.com KT Tunstall – She Don’t Use Jelly
    http://www.youtube.com Spoon – Mountain to Sound


    Rock duo’s baseball disc connects – cctimes
    Scientists say breakthrough urine test for HGH developed – usatoday
    Musial – jposnanski
    Aging Manny may be expendable for Red Sox – krosenthal
    Add Marlins to list of teams pursuing Fuentes – krosenthal
    Posada injury forces Yanks to find catching – krosenthal
    Who are baseball’s best baserunners this year? – actasports
    Nats GM says Cordero will hit market – mlb
    Tough to watch what’s going on in National League West – usatoday
    Sunblockheads at the Stadium – nypost
    K-Rod May Be Baseball’s First 60-Save Man – tmarchman
    Wakefield, Dickey share a unique relationship – smcadam
    Who is the biggest jerk of MLB’s first half? – khench
    Mariners Improve To Eight Games Over .300 – theonion!!
    Unconventional Wisdom: Eight trades that make sense – si
    Angels won’t change their summer plans – latimes
    Teams eyeing Oakland’s Street – si
    Moves like Richie Sexson signing prove top teams are flawed, need help – nydailynews
    Dive into shallow pool equals neck ache, scar – sfgate
    Reliever Ziegler sets league scoreless mark – sfgate
    A’s trade their stars, and the Beanophiles rejoice – lcohn
    &nbsp Sparring with Lowell – pressdemocrat


    BearInsider
    Cal wins big in battle over athletic center – sfgate
    Pac-10 blog – espnU
    2008 Golden Bears Preview – athlonsports


    Organized crime gang tried to buy Lazio – reuters

    A4 Paper Cut


    Gil Elvgren – The Norman Rockwell of Cheesecake!

  • What I Learned Today
  • Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America – flowingdata
  • Wireless companies are cutting cancellation fees – sfgate
  • Is Cupid is being thwarted by ìThe Pillî? – mentalfloss
  • GM’s new goal: Build better cars – sfgate
  • Everyone Wants More Hedge Fund Control of Banks – beatthepress


    Recipes that Rock 2008 – egullet
    Slow Food USA Preps for Its Big Moment – nytimes
    The tools of molecular gastronomy – austinchronicle

    2005 : Holy Trail
    2003 : My Favorite Vegetarian Recipe

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    the right balance between healthy optimism and delusion

    July 18th, 2008 · Manila Home Page Archive


    U-turn blues – jcarroll
    We’ve been given the keys to an untrained pit bull,…


    The art of the tart – sfgate
    CA legislature approves bill banning trans fats – sfgate
    The-Strange-Carafes


    Recession-Plagued Nation Demands New Bubble To Invest In – theonion


    Can the band play on? – austinchronicle
    King Khan and the Shrines gorge on psychedelic soul – sfweekly
    Vampire Weekend Blog Buzz Timeline – billboard


    Twins phenom Liriano frustrated over status – krosenthal
    Why A’s always come before M’s – seattlepi
    Blanton in Philly – fangraphs
    Take latest trade on faith, A’s know what they’re doing – sfgate

    NNDB Mapper

  • Gore Calls for Carbon-Free Electric Power
  • A New Frontier for Title IX: Science
     – nytimes

    2007 : Summer Express meals
    2006 : Ever since I have been paying taxes, …
    2002 : Fillmore Frames

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    young pitchers will break your heart

    July 17th, 2008 · Manila Home Page Archive


    Zoom Service: Yankee Stadium GigaPan
    Ichiroís speech to All-Stars revealed – jpassan
    It Might Be Dangerous… You Go First – pdepodesta
    Sports Media Accuracy Power Rankings: Mid-season baseball report – whereistand
    10 questions for MLB’s 2nd half – foxsports
    Handing out the first-half hardware – dperry
    The Midseason Awards – tmarchman
    The Relief Pitcher Price Index – tmarchman

    Wall Street philosophy transforms Rays – tampabay
    There’s no shortage of culprits in analyzing Tribe’s broken season – tpluto
    A season full of surprises – hbtimes
    Derek Jeter vs. Objective Reality – slate

    Your 2008 A’s: A Visual History – athleticsnation
    Can Rich Harden Stay Healthy: Scouting the A’s/Cubs Trade – bbintellect
    A’s/Cubs Trade Review: Gaudin, Gallagher and More – bbintellect
    A’s midterm report – oaklandathletics
    Duchscherer: anonymously effective – sfgate
    Ed Wade Continues to Show Heís No Billy Beane – fbbgenerals
    Prospect Hot Seat – baseballamerica
    H-Rod Hits 100 MPH – baseballamerica
    Evaluating the Rich Harden trade – hbtimes


    The Shape of Music – seedmagazine
    &nbsp&nbsp How do harmony and melody combine to make music?
    Bands don’t always get their share – denverpost
    Lyle Lovett sells millions, earns nothing – reuters
    25 things you might not know about Tom Waits– list


    2008 Pac-10 Preview – ffbmaniax

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    Balancing repetition and novelty is critical

    July 12th, 2008 · Manila Home Page Archive


    Perfection? Hint: Itís Warm and Has a Secret – nytimes
    The 11 Best Foods You Arenít Eating – well nytimes
      Sommeliers in the vineyard – sfgate
    &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp At night they pour your wine, and by day they make it


    Rove ignores subpoena, refuses to testify on Hill – nytimes


    http://www.youtube.com Bob Log III – String on a Stick
    http://www.youtube.com Doo Rag – Trudge


    Olson won’t pursue ‘one-and-done’ players at Arizona


    Victoria’s Circuit – slate
    Harnessing the Untapped Power of Breast Motion


    Fist Bump: Is this the end of high-five? – onlanguage nytimes

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    It’s easy to be heavy; hard to be light.

    July 11th, 2008 · Manila Home Page Archive


      Power Top Ten – Midyear Ed. – blefsetz
      Q&A with John Darnielle on his new Black Sabbath novella – nerve
      Fighting for the right to party – sfbg
      SubPop 20 best – pitchfork
      Johnossi – All They Ever Wanted
      Battle of the Bay Area concert promoters – sfgate
    http://www.youtube.com White Ghost Shivers – In My Land  Mama Said
    http://www.youtube.com Scott H. Biram – Hit The Road  John the Revelator
    http://www.youtube.com The Moaners – Heart Attack
    http://www.youtube.com Nickelback – How You Remind Me


    The ballad of Rocky Perone – page2
    Batters Must Keep One Foot in Box Starting Next Season – bloomberg
    Unloading Harden is Beaneís business – tbrown
    A’s-Cubs: Anatomy Of The Deal (see sidebar) – espn
    Cubs decided risk worth the possible reward – jstark
    Plenty of ifs with Rich Harden trade – rmorrissey
    Young vs. Old – anothercubsblog
    Milton Bradley: ëWhat Have I Done Now?í – bats nytimes


    Jardiniere – sfgate
    After 11 years, still breaking out the bubbly beneath the gardener’s dome


    Why do parachutists yell “Geronimo!” when jumping from an airplane? – straightdope

  • Court Ruling Will Expose Viewing Habits of YouTube Users – EFF
    &nbsp&nbsp YouAndYouAndYouTube: Viacom, Privacy and the Social Graph API
    &nbsp&nbsp Lesson From Viacom: How to Get YouTube Users to Hate Your Guts
    &nbsp&nbsp One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life
    &nbsp&nbsp Obama Voters Protest His Switch on Telecom Immunity

  • ACLU, EFF will challenge FISA update in court – rawstory
    &nbsp&nbsp How They Voted

  • The Government and Your Laptop – nytimes
  • ‘Public’ online spaces don’t carry speech, rights – yahoo
  • Outsource your homework to India – foreignpolicy
  • United Airlines to require minimum stays from Oct. – yahoo
  • PdF2008 Hosts Obama-McCain Twitter Debate – techpresident
  • Chrysler announces the rolling WiFi hotspot automobile – itwire
  • Report Assails Political Hiring in Justice Dept – nytimes
    &nbsp&nbsp United States Attorneys backstory

  • Using Causality to Solve the Puzzle of Quantum Spacetime – sciam
  • Report: NebuAd Forges Packets, Violates Net Standards – wired
  • Wireless providers lock in consumers with abusive fees – usatoday
  • Senate Housing Bill Requires eBay, Amazon, Google, and All Credit Card Companies to Report Transactions to the Government – freedomworks
     (via IP)

    2001: Narcolepsy?

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    if everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough

    July 10th, 2008 · Manila Home Page Archive

    Bringing Down Bear Stearns – vanityfair


    Study finds long benefit in illegal mushroom drug – sfgate


    Pop Chart Database Blows Music Geeksí Minds – utne
    Interview: Mark Arm – pitchfork


    Red Sox Nation or Rays Republic? – page2
    Notebook: Will Dodgers ever make a move? – krosenthal
    A conversation with USA Olympic team manager Davey Johnson – yahoo
    Rangers don’t regret parting with Ponson – newsday
    Squawking SoccerÖ? – squawkingbaseball


    Kitchen Essentials: 10 techniques every cook should know – sfgate
    &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp [video]


    4 out of 5 sunscreens inadequate, study finds – sfgate

  • Sports Business Battle Is Being Won by Business – bloomberg
  • China’s athletes feel push for gold in Beijing Games – latimes
  • For Sponsors, Tour Is Nearly a Monthlong Bonanza of Exposure – nytimes

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    Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits.

    July 7th, 2008 · Manila Home Page Archive


    This sub’s for you – jcarroll
    “I’ll have the, uh, Tahitian Orchid Orgasm, please.”


    Savvy Brewers turn prospects into ace Sabathia – krosenthal
    Dare to Dream? – sfgate
    Pitcher perfect, just as planned – sfgate
    All-Star team a mix of no-brainers, close calls – krosenthal
    The blogger with the best ERA – sfgate thedrumbeat
    Gettin’ Ziggy With It (Season 2, Vol. 5) – athleticsnation


    Independence Day: Because we’re so much more than just consumers. – cringely


    Bourbon producers see amber-colored future
      A jug full of tradition
    – sfgate

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