Getting Off the College Wait List

Source: Time | Author: Jeninne Lee-St. John | Date: 25 Apr 2008How do you go from a college's waitlist to admission? Getting featured in a Time article probably doesn't hurt. Other than that, Lee-St. John doesn't have much practical advice for her panel of exceptional high school seniors awaiting callbacks ...

The Truth About Putin and Medvedev

Source: The New York Review of Books | Author: Amy Knight | Date: 25 Apr 2008In this intelligent and highly informative essay, Knight reviews Putin: The Results, a condemnation of outgoing Russian president Vladimir Putin's reign. The authors claim that Putin presided over unprecedented corruption and ...

The New Cult Canon: The Blair Witch Project

Source: A.V. Club | Author: Scott Tobias | Date: 25 Apr 2008As the final part of his Cult on the Cheap month, Tobias examines possibly the quintessential low-budget movie, Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez's The Blair Witch Project. He calls it more of a product of its time than a stellar movie, but ...

Plouffe Piece

Source: The New Republic | Author: Noam Scheiber | Date: 25 Apr 2008Scheiber provides a rare study of Barack Obama's campaign manager and his impact on the presidential contender's campaign. David Plouffe honed his skills working for Dick Gephardt in 1992, when he became a master of Iowa's demographics ...

Nader's Traitors

Source: The New Republic | Author: Gabriel Sherman | Date: 25 Apr 2008Ralph Nader announced his candidacy in this year's presidential election in February, to more jeers than cheers. Many of his allies at the very non-profits he founded have deserted him, claiming that association with him is toxic. ...

Put a Tyrant in Your Tank

Source: Mother Jones | Author: Joshua Kurlantzick | Date: 25 Apr 2008Kurlantzick paints a bleak picture of how increased demand for energy, coupled with the depletion of energy resources controlled by the big oil multinationals, is strengthening some of the least democratic regimes in the world -- and ...

Links of favor for April 18

NEAT Receipts Scanner - Sharp-looking receipt scanner for the Mac, coming soon. I tend to avoid one-off gadgets that have any kind of permanent footprint on my desk, but this looks pretty handy if it works. Footers In Modern Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas | Design Showcase | Smashing Magazine ...

Jobs on 43 Folders for April 21st

43 Folders Jobs You’ll see your company or organization on 43 Folders when you post to the 43f Job Board. Featured jobs will appear in periodic posts like this one. Many thanks to all our job posters. Our Featured Jobs Designer - Ignite HEALTH, Irvine, CA representative / bookkeeper ...

Clutter War II: Attack of the Giant Baby

As of next Sunday, our lovely daughter will have been with our houshold for six months (Happy Half-Birthday, Eleanor). It’s a good arrangement, and we’re all pretty happy about the whole thing so far. But, to look around our house, you’d think we were raising a small army of babies, ...

Email Insanity & the 0.001 Challenge

Via a Toot by Jeff Atwood comes this thoughtful post by Tantek Çelik on how email is no longer working for him. His first reason is a biggie: 1. Point to point communications do not scale. All forms of communication where you have to expend time and energy on communicating with a specific ...

Email Insanity & the 0.001 Challenge

Via a Toot by Jeff Atwood comes this thoughtful post by Tantek ??elik on how email is no longer working for him. His first reason is a biggie: 1. Point to point communications do not scale. All forms of communication where you have to expend time and energy on communicating with a specific ...

jakoblodwick: mynylife: I am so excited — I entered my...

jakoblodwick: mynylife: I am so excited — I entered my apartment in Apartment Therapy’s “Small Cool 2008” contest, and they have posted my submission! The contest is for homes that are 850 square feet or less (mine is 650 square feet). I hope you take a look, here, and if you like it, you ...

Tonight Tonight…

Tonight Tonight…

Three short months to go before the smoking ban hits Amsterdam’s...

Three short months to go before the smoking ban hits Amsterdam’s bars, including the coffee shops. So you will need to know how to roll a proper joint.  (Via The World’s Best Ever)

Dutch look to ban magic mushrooms

Dutch look to ban magic mushrooms: jakoblodwick: Sad news. I consider occasional mushroom trips an essential part of living, just like regular trips (traveling). They allow you to zoom out and evaluate your life from a completely different perspective. They’re fun, natural, and, from the many times ...

Today’s BIG Thing

Today’s BIG Thing

Working on the EP. Coming soon!

Working on the EP. Coming soon!

jendunlap: vincentpeone: jordanhall: samreich: Honest...

jendunlap: vincentpeone: jordanhall: samreich: Honest College Ad, directed by me, produced by CHTV, written by Kevin Corrigan and Jeff Rosenburg. Digg it. One of my recent favs to produce!

jakoblodwick: paulscheer: Am I alone in thinking that this...

jakoblodwick: paulscheer: Am I alone in thinking that this New “Hancock” Trailer makes this film look awesome? But if you ask me, I think we need more of that little kid from the 1st trailer who says “Hancock! Bad Guys!” No, you’re not alone, I can’t wait for this.

"I also think that my party can be smug, detached, and dogmatic at times. I believe in free market,..."

“I also think that my party can be smug, detached, and dogmatic at times. I believe in free market, competition, and entrepreneurship, and think no small number of government programs don’t work as advertised. I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.” - Barack Obama (via azspot) ...