May 2008
13 posts
Not having a very productive day. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
May 29th
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May 29th
So very very tired. It’s a struggle just to keep my eyes open.
May 28th
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Border Agents, Lured by the Other Side →
Corruption is on the rise among U.S. border patrol agents. Increased corruption is linked, in part, to tougher enforcement, driving smugglers to recruit federal employees as accomplices. It has grown so worrisome that job applicants will soon be subject to lie detector tests to ensure that they are not already working for smuggling organizations. Part of the problem is that border...
May 27th
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May 27th
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Emily Gould - Exposed →
May 22nd
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“What’s the best thing you could be working on, and why aren’t you?”
– Paul Graham: Good and Bad Procrastination
May 20th
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“The magic of this is that an enormous amount of assistance can be provided while...”
– Aid at the Point of a Gun - New York Times
May 14th
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Obama also takes change from the tip jars at... →
In the clip above, a voter explains that she can’t support a Muslim. Gold. (via fatmanatee)
May 14th
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Slate Magazine - Letter to a Young Procrastinator →
(via friends)
May 13th
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The Lunsford Collection: Bruce Lunsford... More... →
Now, I’ve heard of political attack ads, but I’ve never heard of political attack Web sites! Greg Fischer and Bruce Lunsford are both running for the Ky. Democratic party’s nomination for U.S. Senate this year. Fischer’s campaign created a Web site to advertise Lunsford’s “baggage.” Hey, whatever works to keep Lunsford out of office.
May 12th
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FontStruct →
This is so awesome: a Web app that lets you build your own fonts. It’s like Kuler for fontheads. I love it. Via angad, via joelaz.
May 11th
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“It put me in a different mode. It slowed me down: ‘Look at this guy. He is all...”
– Former detective Vernon J. Geberth on the symbolism of wearing a fine suit on the job, from this NYT article
May 4th