November 2009
October 2009
Drunk hedgehog taken to hospital →
caro:
The prickly creature - nicknamed Tipsy - was ‘squealing loudly’ when animal rescuers arrived at the scene in Braunton, Devon.
She was taken to the Prickly Ball Hedgehog Hospital in nearby Newton Abbot and woke up the next day nursing a massive hangover.
‘This is definitely the first drunk hedgehog I have found,’ said Ann McCormack, who took Tipsy to the hospital.
Prickly Ball Hedgehog...
“But with over a quarter of the league season gone, Newcastle a point clear at...”
– BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | N | Newcastle | Ashley takes Newcastle off market
The will he sell it, will he keep it game takes another twist, as Ashley takes Newcastle off the market (at least until we get promotion this season I’m guessing).
“But the real time web vs the real time broadcast television model in reality...”
– Thinking about time shifting and live, real time streams - bijansabet.com
Simulmedia
zachklein:
I recently learned about a fascinating data-driven company called Simulmedia. They buy raw data from set-top box companies like Tivo and analyze it. Among many other things, they learn when a user watched what and and for how long. With a set of millions of users, they identify viewing patterns and can predict with certainty how receptive you might be to one television program given...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25) →
Basement Jaxx (18)
Calvin Harris (18)
Jay-Z (17)
Black Eyed Peas (16)
Kings of Leon (15)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Kindle has become the #1 bestselling item by both unit sales and dollars —...”
– Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com
Amazon has it’s fingers in a lot of different pies (web infrastructure, the kindle, provisioning for smaller online stores etc, etc), all built off their base model of online shopping. Their stock price shot up tonight after the earnings call, but I...
“Many people ask my what Neoteny (my company’s name) means. It means the...”
– i never knew what Neoteny meant. Now I do. It’s an excellent word and I agree with Joi about the increasing importance of it. I’m going to see him today a few times and will tell him so myself.
The Meaning of Neoteny - Joi Ito’s Web (via fred-wilson)
Middlesbrough sack Southgate →
Whats weird about this is they waited until after Boro won tonight, with them 4th in the table and one point off the top….. (not that I care really, but I’m guessing there’s some dodgy stuff going on)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18) →
Black Eyed Peas (4)
Arctic Monkeys (3)
Jet (3)
James Morrison (2)
Jay-Z (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Screw Inspiration. Its For Saps. →
Micah’s an interesting guy. With an interesting blog that you should probably start following. And he uses swear words - more what could you want??
“The beer has been brewed on Tyneside since 1927”
– BBC NEWS | UK | England | Tyne | Closure plan for Brown Ale plant
Newcastle Brown Ale, now brewed in Tadcaster….. just doesn’t have the same ring to it if you ask me
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-11) →
Black Eyed Peas (4)
Friendly Fires (4)
Hollis P. Monroe (3)
Calvin Harris (3)
Colbie Caillat (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Tracy Morgan (RealTracyMorgan) on Twitter →
You have been warned
bijan:
Kiss With A Fist - Florence + The...
U.K. Faced ‘Bank Runs, Riots’ as RBS and HBOS... →
A year ago this week, there was nearly a full scale meltdown back home….
The Fastest Limo in the West →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-4) →
Jay-Z (23)
Calvin Harris (20)
Friendly Fires (17)
Colbie Caillat (14)
Florence + The Machine (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Note to self
When you find cool pics on the web, it’s always a good idea to make sure Nixta hasn’t found them first, then you don’t end up in a semi-embarassing situation of having the pic on your site without the recognition that once again, you were beaten to the draw….
In other news, I’m predicting Chicago will win the Olympics in 2016, Letterman didn’t sleep with any of...
