June 2010
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Available July 6th on iTunes, proceeds from the U.S. sale of Pearl Jam’s video “Amongst the Waves” will benefit Conservation International’s Ocean Campaign. To learn more about this campaign and Conservation International’s Ocean Initiatives, visit http://www.conservation.org/marine .
They couldn’t have been spies,” she said jokingly. “Look what she did with the...
– In Ordinary Lives, U.S. Sees the Work of Russian Agents - NYTimes.com
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Movie Review - Restrepo - Battle Company: Loving... →
A review of the documentary by Sebastian Junger. I’m currently reading the companion book, “War.”
Star Wars ABC →
cameronmoll:
Speaking of Flickr, this Flickr photoset is just fantastic. Kid-friendly illustrations by Michael Fleming of the alphabet using Star Wars characters. Michael’s entire photostream, for that matter, is likely to break your Favorite button.
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Energy companies have developed breathtaking technology to drill deeper into the...
– BOOM: Big Issues: GQ
This is the story, “of the rig workers and the Coast Guard crewmen who rescued them,” as written by Sean Flynn in GQ magazine.
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Bookmarklet Combiner →
Very handy tool that allows you to create a single bookmarklet that will launch all others. This will save me plenty of space on my browser toolbar.
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Stanley Cup Parade: Time-lapse
Cool time-lapse video of the parade on the Mag Mile for Chicago Blackhawks.
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Inhabitat's Green Father’s Day Gift List →
(via cameronmoll)
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Apple also shared that it’s now taking 28 percent of the US smartphone market,...
– Apple Introduces iPhone 4 and iOS 4 – First Take - GartenBlog
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World Cup Roundup
Why I Love Soccer
I never played soccer growing up, but when I was in college I lived in Torino (a/k/a Turin), Italy for six months. Turin is home to two professional “Series A” soccer clubs: Juventus (Forza Juve!) and Torino. I went to a number of matches while I was there and fell in love with the sport. I was luck enough to see AC Milan play Torino during Milan’s...
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The World Cup and Economics 2010 →
An analysis by Goldman Sachs.
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And so you could say that this isn’t really a current scandal for Facebook, it’s...
– web-based communication expert Christian Sandvig, A Minute With ™ | Illinois
ESPN 2010 FIFA for iPhone →
cameronmoll:
Just 10 days until the first game. ESPN’s app is a fairly solid experience for tracking scores, news, schedules, and the like. The New York Times reviewed several other apps, some of which also run on BlackBerry and Android.
What’s interesting to me is that for the FIFA 2006 World Cup, SMS and the mobile web were the primary means of following scores and updates. In 2010, nearly...