March 2012
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February 2012
4 posts
the thing about addiction is that you just replace one habit with another. stop drinking? start smoking. stop smoking? start exercising. stop exercising? fucking play starcraft.
relapse. back to drinking. replace one habit with another.
it’s the dumbest shit in the world to be a recovering alcoholic at 26, but there’s something particularly sad and heartbreaking about someone that is...
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cool life, bro. you make good life decisions
January 2012
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December 2011
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“That 99% of compulsive thinkers’ thinking is about themselves; that 99% of this...”
– David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
“What passes for hip cynical transcendence of sentiment is really some kind of...”
– David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
“He didn’t reject the idea so much as not react to it and watch as it...”
– David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
August 2011
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January 2011
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October 2010
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September 2010
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August 2010
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July 2010
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June 2010
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May 2010
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April 2010
6 posts
fuck book deals. fuck ad deals.
so tired of these models. the fact that people think you have to have a model for your little tiny blog is just silly. maybe these endeavors don’t necessarily need models.
instead of ruining your blog or webapp by plastering it with ads, try reducing the amount of time it takes to get more visitors. if time really is money, this method is way more...
“Some turned to heroin, which is readily available in the barracks, after...”
– In Army’s Trauma Care Units, Feeling Warehoused - NYT
“Federal operatives have no way of knowing whom to trust. Opposition fighters...”
– A Region’s Wounds Fester on Russia’s South Border - NYTimes.com
March 2010
8 posts
modest mouse - baby blue sedan (off of building...
Nurse Anesthetists salaries now surpass those of... →
jayparkinsonmd:
Nurses are now paid more than primary care doctors. Money of course drives everything. The federal government has led the movement to systematically devalue primary care over the past two decades mostly by specialists influencing Medicare reimbursement rates.
For the past decade, only about 5% of graduating residents pursued primary care— mostly because they feel like they...
February 2010
6 posts
http://www.marco.org/403653088 →
I can’t, which is one of the reasons why I rarely write about programming: it’s just not worth the risk of putting myself out there on that subject because the risk of strongly negative feedback is higher than with most other content that I can produce. It’s much easier to share my breakfast than my easily argued, easily disproven, intellectually vulnerable thoughts on programming.
marco is...
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Please help improve Tumblr accessibility
steveofmaine:
I sent the following Email to Tumblr’s support address, and would appreciate if others would do something similar. Although not unique, Tumblr uses a flash-based player when playing uploaded audio and video content, a player which for many is completely inaccessible. Currently, Tumblr does not provide any download, or play links in standard HTML format. If you agree with my below...
January 2010
10 posts
“Drifty’s Wicked Good Snowmobile...
nedhepburn:
Beck ‘True Love Will Find You In The...
