February 2012
18 posts
shortformblog asked: Read as "on an actual story, as opposed to just messing around with it." — Ernie @ SFB
Our Oscars Storify liveblog is still going strong... →
shortformblog:
It’s our first time using Storify for anything serious. Have any suggestions or tips? Bug us!
Sorry, but how are The Oscars serious? It’s an award show run by actors, for actors do the actors that win can gloat to their actor ‘friends’.
Little, Brown to publish J.K. Rowling's first... →
prettybooks:
Little, Brown will publish the first novel for adults by J.K. Rowling. The title, the date for the worldwide publication and further details about the novel will be announced later in the year. The novel will be published in both print and e-book format. “Although I’ve enjoyed writing it every bit as much, my next book will be very different to the Harry Potter series.” - J.K....
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Watchdoctorwho:
Daniel Radcliffe ‘shocked by David Yates Doctor Who movie speculation’
“I don’t know if I could play him,” Radcliffe told Digital Spy. “Matt Smith plays Doctor Who and does a wonderful job. They don’t need me!” He continued: “I would never presume to jump into somebody else’s franchise, not at all.”
No. Just…no.
ShortFormBlog: Letter from Mark Zuckerberg,... →
producermatthew:
Facebook was not originally created to be a company. It was built to accomplish a social mission — to make the world more open and connected. We think it’s important that everyone who invests in Facebook understands what this mission means to us, how we make decisions and…
Aw, look! The slimeball is trying to make us think he’s not a greedy, Big Brother spying,...
January 2012
15 posts
“The cucumber and the tomato are both fruit; the avocado is a nut. To assist with...”
– Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey (via prettybooks)
“Like the bodies of dancers or athletes, the minds of readers are genuinely happy...”
– Lynne Sharon Schwartz (via prettybooks)
“The Wikipedia blackout presents a horrifying picture of a world with no...”
– Andy Daglas (via kateoplis) Quote of the night. (via shortformblog)
Truth!
“I think it’s completely gross that Paula Deen made $$$ pushing food that makes...”
– Twitter user @BradWalsh • Discussing TV chef Paula Deen’s decision to announce that she suffers from diabetes — and at the same time using the opportunity to play spokeswoman for a major diabetes drug company, Novo Nordisk AS. Branding experts think this is an poor way to handle the issue. ”It’s a...
ShortFormBlog: Medical company Novartis issues... →
shortformblog:
scary Novartis, a Swiss medical company, has issued a recall on an array of its popular over-the-counter products: Excedrin, Bufferin, NoDoz and Gas-X. Why? In the first place, the pills in the bottles might be broken or chipped, altering the manner in which they interact with the body.
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I’d say they owe some people a bit more than a recall. Getting Percocet...
ShortFormBlog: Scientists successfully invoke... →
shortformblog:
50 trillionths of a second appeared to just “disappear” in a test source
» So, ever watch a TV show where the lead character breaks the fourth wall? Say, like “Malcolm in the Middle” or “Saved by the Bell”? They might even re-order things in time and space while talking to the…
So…a Time Lock?
December 2011
4 posts
“I’m a Marine and I’m not going to run from a fight. You wouldn’t want a Marine...”
– Florida-based Marine vet Lt. Col Karl Trenker • Discussing how he got shot, days before Christmas, in a Craigslist-transaction-gone-bad. The Iraq and Afghanistan vet’s fiance tried selling a man’s gold-chain necklace, but Trenker offered to make the transaction due to safety concerns, which turned...
“The world would be a poorer place without Doctor Who.”
– Steven Spielberg (via doctorwho)
ShortFormBlog: San Francisco's new minimum wage... →
shortformblog:
$10.24 San Francisco’s new minimum wage source
» Happy New Year, indeed. Starting Jan. 1, San Francisco’s minimum hourly wage will jump above the $10 mark for the first time. That’s about $3 higher than the federal minimum wage and higher than anywhere else in the country, due to the…
I literally just said ‘whoa’ outloud.
November 2011
6 posts
Watchshortformblog:
soupsoup:
Members of Congress can legally trade stock based on non-public information from Capitol Hill. As Lizzie O’Leary points out, much of this report owes its information from the work done by Brody Mullins at the Wall Street Journal:
Hedge Funds Pay Top Dollar for Washington Intelligence
Congressional Staffers Gain From Trading in Stocks
Congress Members Bet on Fall in...
“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via saddest-summer)
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The Death of Garfield? | Article →
Huh. So Garfield was dead this whole time…
October 2011
19 posts
Ten Life Lessons From Doctor Who →
doctorwho:
I bought a new pair of shoes a couple weeks ago. They’ve been a tremendous help to my sanity. They’re just a pair of plain Converse sneakers to most people, but to me and a few of you, there is a special significance to this brand of shoes. Because Converse sneakers, like a bow tie, or even a fez, are cool. I’m referring of course to Doctor Who. It is one of the few television...
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Still…not…seeing…anything interesting on Newsstand. Where’s #DoctorWho magazine? Or @Wired ? National Geographic?
“I don’t want your money. If you offer me $5 billion, I won’t want it. I’ve got...”
– Steve Jobs • In an excerpt from Walter Isaacson’s biography of the Apple leader, which comes out next week. He’s talking about Android, which he considers a technology Google effectively stole from Apple, and the idea of settling with Google. It’s a sore subject for him. “I will spend my last dying...
Matt Smith wants a new uniform
pintsizeninja:
Doctor Who star Matt Smith wants a new uniform:
Although he feels he is “stuck” with the look he helped to create, he thinks it may be time for a spot of leather, too. “That would be good,” he says, thoughtfully.
Okay. I’m not sure how I feel about this. Adding a bit of leather would be okay, but don’t get rid of the bow tie!
I’m telling you: the answer is a pair of...