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““The Margaritaville laid back state of mind is inherently social, and this game has captured the spirit of that lifestyle … With Margaritaville Online, fans across the globe can party together any time and any place.””

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Jimmy Buffett, so next gen (via brianfeldman)

well SHIT.  internet, your dream is manifest.  may as well take a nap now.

(via ashleylovespizza)

Oh man. In Key West last week we passed by Jimmy Buffet’s original recording studio where he recorded Cheeseburgers in Paradise and Margaritaville. It’s like right on the water on the north side of the island in the harbor. I was very, very envious. 

thegreataustinmigration:

Tara Hunt of Buyosphere is sponsoring this cool beauty bar for women attending SXSW.  Check out BeautyBarX. I wanted to do something similar two years ago, so I am glad someone is doing it. 

Dates: March 10-12, 2012

Time: 9am-3pm daily

What: YOU getting pampered Want to attend?

They are looking for sponsors so if your target market is women, you should throw some bucks their way, but not in a douchey ‘make it rain’ manner.

Wait so which beauty bar? The new one? Is the old one still gonna be open in March? Isn’t it closing?

nycdigital:

Density of Foursquare Check-Ins in New York City

Source: Columbia University’s Spatial Information Lab

These fliers are all pretty great. 

dougjaeger:

@rickwebb last day at Hotel de Webb. (Taken with Instagram at L’Hotel de Webb)

Doug Jaeger wins the honors as the last guest to L’Hotel de Webb. I left for the last time 20 minutes later. 

ashleylovespizza:

Brag on Obama’s Behalf!

so, I was watching this touching, beautifully scored video about how Obama is actually fairly awesome, and then realize that Dan made it.  man.  life’s funny.

and it’s BLOWIN UP !  CALL THE CRIB SAME NUMBER SAME HOOD, IT’S ALL GOOD

Man. Dan, I know you’re committed to avoiding a job, but I think you should go work for Obama. 

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“Nonetheless, to put Apple’s cash total in perspective, only 25 companies in the S&P 500—-not counting Apple itself—have higher market valuations than what Apple holds in cash.”

- Apple Shines In First Quarter Without Steve Jobs - WSJ.com

“Apple reported more revenue in the final three months of last year than in all of 2006 and 2007 combined.”

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Apple Shines In First Quarter Without Steve Jobs - WSJ.com

These numbers are insane. I thought i was so smart buying at 70 and selling at 350. I should have kept it. 

It’s crazy when even MG’s optimistic projections get blown out of the water. ;)

sciencevsromance replied to your photo: What’s that about?

Rule 17 says that the nominees [for Best Picture] will be “those three or fewer producers who have performed the major portion of the producing functions.” Tree of Life has five; so I guess it’s TBD if they want Pitt to get a speech/statue?

AH. Weird. Interesting, though. 

“Timehop, a startup that humbly began as 4SquareAnd7YearsAgo, has just bagged a $1.1 million round of seed funding led by OATV and followed on by Techstars with additional participation from Spark Capital and a pretty worthy list of angels including Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley, Naveen Selvadurai and Alex Rainert, Groupme’s Steve Martocci and Jared Hecht, Rick Webb and Kevin Slavin.”

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Timehop, A Time Machine For Your Social Media Updates, Gets $1.1M From Foursquare Founders And Others | TechCrunch

Super excited to be a part of this. Anyone who’s been to my house knows that I am a deeply, deeply nostalgic person. I have short shrift for the aggro, don’t look back mentality. Nostalgia to me is like time travel, it’s like reading a good book, it transports you to other places, and Timehop has been a really wonderful treat for me. As an aside, I am also seriously nocturnal, and I’ve been using Timehop lately to remind myself to go to bed, as the email come sin each morning at 5:20 AM or so. 

Just yesterday, timehop sent me my email, and reminded me that a year ago I was seeing the reunion of one of my favorite boston bands from the 90’s, Mistle Thrush. It was a great day, and seeing a ton of old friends was really wonderful. It was also the last time I saw my friend Billy before he died. Some people might think that is sad and not want to be reminded of it, but it was actually really nice, taking a pause and thinking of him. 

Lately, I’ve been Tweeting random things just so I can re-read them in a year, like a little time capsule to myself. I think the fun of it can increase over time, now that I know I’ll see certain things again in a year. Today, I am moving out of my old apartment for a new one, and I am already looking forward to the one year anniversary when the email comes in.

Congrats, guys.  

Bye bye L’Hotel de Webb (Taken with Instagram at L’Hotel de Webb)

““I have never seen such a generation of people shorting tech stocks,” Mr. Kedrosky said, noting that he too has chosen to bet that Groupon, Zynga and LinkedIn will fall significantly in value. “Usually the short community is more nervous about it, but there is a monolithic view that this generation of technology I.P.O.’s is completely broken.””

- Disruptions: Tech Valuations Defy the Restraints of Reality - NYTimes.com

evangotlib:

akaplan716:

There aren’t that many amazing tech ads out there. Apple, of course, is a leader. Google’s made a big splash with “Dear Sophie” (Chrome) and its “Search Stories”. But I just love this PlayStation spot. It tells a story with the style and narrative panache of a Hollywood film. It subtly references all the biggest PS3 games, which any hardcore gamer will love but even a non-gamer might appreciate. It takes you on a journey, wondering who these various characters are, why they’re together — and who is this Michael? The ultimate revelation is uplifting, intelligent and humorous.

It’s interesting to see a brand like PlayStation target hardcore gamers in a world that’s constantly abuzz about casual and social gaming. Shows that the folks at Sony are in touch with their brand’s values and that they love their users. 

Perhaps taking a page from the Apple playbook, Sony wisely avoids talking about the raw technicals of its product. The PS managers know that consumers won’t swoon for their system because of product specs like graphics capabilities, processor speeds, etc. They love the titles. They love the characters. These are the things that have made gamers fall in love with PlayStation and remain loyal to it. Sony has capitalized on that affinity — that emotional bond — and given the people what they want: A commercial that truly pays homage to gamers and the product itself.

This is a tremendously well done spot. Advertising is at its best when it uses a story grounded in emotion to make us feel something, no matter how trivial the subject may be. To Michael!

Oh man this makes me want to buy a Playstation all over again. Gorgeous. 

What’s that about?

hey amber rae: Cut the Bullshit: Radical honesty, living naked, and the lies we tell ourselves:

heyamberrae:

Imagine if we lived radically honest and naked lives.

We told the truth, all the time. We stopped dancing on eggshells. We eliminated secrets. We cut out the filters between our brains and our mouths.

Instead of a passive “no worries,” we tell our friend he pissed us off. We stop saying…

I tried this once. It lasted about a month and then my best friend and my sister were like “we need you to stop.” And actually, I think that’s pretty much what’s happened to everyone who’s ever tried it. 

It feels noble at first, but pretty quickly you realize radical honesty is just greedy. 

“Two months ago, Mr. Moore wrote a computer program that scanned the Internet for videoconference systems that were outside the firewall and configured to automatically answer calls. In less than two hours, he had scanned 3 percent of the Internet.”

- Flaws in Videoconferencing Systems Make Boardrooms Vulnerable - NYTimes.com

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tedr:

(via My Journey)

Seriously … how are these made?

Pretty sure that one’s shopped - look at the zom in of the small squares where the plow lines cross in the bottom centerish, just to the left. 

But the real ones are generally made with a stake in the ground in a center, rope, and shaped pieces of plywood that people place in right place and stand on, then incrementally moving them to make patterns.