February 2012
Codecademy →
polianarchy:
blackbutshining:
kevinnuut:
Learn to code Javascript in a fun and experimental environment with a dash of great web design. There are a few quirks but it is a great website for anyone wanting to learn the basics of programming at a beginner’s level. Even veteran programmers will appreciate it for CS 101 nostalgia.
the gender = binary section of this is teaching programmers to...
Remix Gendered Advertisements →
Brilliant use of current tech trends (HTML5! Mashups!) to showcase the ways in which advertising can be very biased.
WatchTwo minutes in, check out the awesome vintage footage of WXYC.
Woman in Comedy: A really scary thing happened to...
gabydunn:
Part of me thinks it’s too soon to be writing about this because I don’t think I’ve completely processed how I feel, but I also think maybe this has happened to other women and I should talk about it in as raw a way as possible. I’m still really embarrassed and ashamed and garbled up inside, but maybe this can start a helpful discussion in terms of women and comedy.
Last night, I was...
No One Has Nothing Nice to Say About the... →
“[A]n ouroboros in a wormhole” is now my favorite thing to try and say five times fast.
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OMG SANREMO MUSIC FESTIVAL
JUST HOW ATROCIOUS WILL ITALY’S ENTRY FOR EUROVISION BE? WHY DOES EVERY ENTRANT LOOK LIKE MY DAD
somesongsconsidered:
“Annie Hardly Listens Now”...
March 6-7, "Truthiness in Digital Media" Symposium →
A symposium that seeks to understand and address propaganda and misinformation in the new media ecosystem
MUST. GO.
“If the sale goes through, Philadelphia will become the first major city in the...”
– Philadelphia Newspapers Are a Target - NYTimes.com (via heathalouise)
Diamanda Galás' Statement on Whitney Houston's... →
I mourn the death of Whitney Houston, whom I adored. Her incomparable voice, which influenced almost every R&B and pop singer worldwide, her stage presence, which no one can touch, and her beauty, tough and sweet, moved me. Whitney … Whitney … was put back onstage before she was ready to perform - by the colossal pig Clive Davis - who continued his party in the same hotel...
The CBC is about to have the best yard sale ever. →
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MARGINALISM NEVER, INTERSECTIONALITY FOREVER
UPCOMING LIVE DATES (PAY ATTENTION)
throwinguptheband:
23rd February at The Marquis of Lansdowne, London 9th March at Cake Shop, NYC 11th March at Ottobar Upstairs, Baltimore 12th March at St Vitus, NYC 14th/15th/16th SXSW
Ahem. I am super-excited for this!
Last night's radio show →
Oh shit, did I not tell you guys I am on the air Mondays 7-9 PM now?
Throwing Up, “Big Love” (2012)
Happy...
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Great piece by Jonathan Bogart here about Whitney →
Also now brewing in my mind: Analysis of how publications are using the photographs from this particular concert to memorialize Whitney. So far, many publications have chosen to run this particular image, so The Atlantic’s decision to use a different image from the same performance is quite fascinating, as it communicates something wholly different.
Anthony Is Right: My Billboard "Top 40 Hits"... →
anthonyisright:
As a smattering of you have noticed, I have a crazy number of decade-centric playlists on my Spotify account with half-whimsical/half-inscrutable titles. Here’s a guide to the science - not taste, SCIENCE! - behind them, courtesy of my Billboard Top 40 Hits book. This is what kept me off the streets during my break from school last month:
Oh man, if I was not in a cubicle, I...
Mondo Salvo #49
mondosalvo:
Mixer’s block is a real thing. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Of course, now it’s been so long since Mondo Salvo 48 that Lana Del Rey and Azealia Banks have both come from nowhere and become the toasts/roasts of the internet (in different ways). I’d have had both of these songs on any mix I made back in September, but in five years I’m not going to remember how long this one...
Relax, I've got this one covered.
whatisajagjaguwar:
someone somewhere is googling what a jagjaguwar looks like
— StarkNY (@StarkOnline) February 13, 2012
An open apology to the Pinterest team
spiegelman:
Judging by some of the links to pop up on my Internet the past hour or so, this fake Mitt Romney thing is starting to be about Pinterest changing the name of my parody account, and not about the fact that the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for President asked them to dilute criticism about him. This was never my intention.
Pinterest is a site suddenly hitting the...