April 2011
36 posts
“The story that General Electric did not pay federal taxes last year was widely...”
– On NBC, the missing story about parent company General Electric - The Washington Post (via nickdouglas)
March 2011
25 posts
This story from The Moth is one of the saddest...
www.surveymonkey.com/s/hennepinrecycle →
freshmn:
Hennepin County is seeking feedback to improve recycling programs. Single-stream, please. And organics in addition to yard waste (i.e., composting).
Good stuff. I suggested that they consider a system where you can mark your trash bin as not full enough to bother. Like a tag on the bin that lets them know they can skip it this week. It seems like that would help save some time and...
“When we started, we thought we were looking for smart people, but it turned out...”
– Paul Graham - Money Man - Entrepreneur.com (via bijan)
Slightly related: you’ve probably read Mark Suster’s post about recruiting last week. I’ve made Attitude over Aptitude my mantra when hiring.
(via david-noel)
gbattle sez:
“One person with passion is better than forty people merely...
Watchjoemande:
My favorite comedienne, the lovely and intelligent Victoria Jackson.
Would you like a headache? Take one of these.
“I did once pretend to serve Johnny Northside a subpoena in a bar. The look on...”
– Johnny Northside’s near-death experience with Max Sparber.
“Hoff, whose normal voice most resembles a yell, says he was simply reporting...”
– - John Tevlin, in yesterday’s Strib column, “Local Blogger’s Defamation Trial could have Broad Effect,” about the libel trial(s) of “Johnny Northside,” (aka John Hoff).
[Reaching for popcorn]
(via practicalobscurity)
I’m going to try to check out a bit of this trial. It starts tomorrow...
“MrAwesome wrote:
The award for creative writing should go to the person that...”
– St Cloud Times commenter, MrAwesome, hatin’ on the Premack journalism awards. I guess MrAwesome supports conservative causes like stalled housing developments, and hypocritical decisions by educational institutions, since reporting on those subjects won the Premacks this year.
