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WatchWatch
sandboxdiaries: You guys. This is an actual television commercial I saw on an actual television last night.
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California!
Where it’s “Bring Your Snoring Dog To Work Day” every day!
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Often, at first, the new version of an object is given a special name to distinguish it from the established version. If, however, the new version becomes the standard, it loses the part of its name that identifies it as new or different, and a retronym is coined for the original. The earliest razors with encased blades were called “safety razors” to distinguish them from what...
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June 2011
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N SKY C →
The average color of the New York City sky, updated every 5 minutes.
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The Groupon Guide to the “Quiet Period” →
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And now for something completely different
After almost six years away from the Midwest, I’m dusting off my guides to awkward friendliness and dressing in layers. At the end of this month, I’m moving to Chicago to join the team at Groupon as a Software Engineer. There’s so much I’m eager to learn from their incredible front-end team as I build the interfaces that Groupon’s millions of customers use to...
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March 2011
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“Despite external evidence of their competence, those with [impostor syndrome]...”
– Impostor syndrome: Wikipedia
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“Last month, when AOL bought The Huffington Post for $315 million, it was...”
– Bill Keller, All the Aggregation That’s Fit to Aggregate (via merlin)
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