May 2013
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Brian Urlacher Retires as a Green Bay Packer: “I just wanted to go out a winner”
>”I know this may rub some people in the Bears organization the wrong way. And some Bears fans, too, probably,” said Urlacher. “But it’s my right to end my career the way I want to end it, and doing it as a member of the Green Bay Packers — unquestionably the best franchise in...
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The One-Person Product →
Marco Arment, Tumblr’s co-founder, gives us his thoughts on the Yahoo! acquisition and why he believes the platform won’t be doomed.
“Tumblr is David, and David is Tumblr.”
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Tumblr. + Yahoo! = !!
We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going.
Well, okay then.
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Welcome to Google Island
It hit the shore at first light, approaching from a perfect angle that allowed the sun to just peek out over the back of the island. I hopped over the side, and watched as the boat slowly put itself into reverse, turned, and headed back out to sea.
“Hello.”
The soft, froggy voice startled me. I turned around to face an approaching figure. It was Larry Page, naked,...
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Sean's tips to love, #1
Say you’ve been seeing someone for a while, but you aren’t sure if you love the person. Ask them over one night and eat a mango together. If you’re still attracted to the person afterwards, I’m happy to say that you’re in love.
A human eating a mango is the equivalent to a fox ripping through a zebra’s flesh.
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Amazon Coins: A Terrible Idea For Consumers
These kinds of monetary systems are designed to get customers to lock in a bunch of cash they can’t later get back out (no refunds or exchanges in this program, of course), and they’re baited with “discounts” to get people to dump large amounts of cash into the ether. If you buy hundreds of dollars of coins at once, Amazon will give you a discount on...
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Player’s Family Sues N.H.L. for Wrongful Death
The family of the Derek Boogaard filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the National Hockey League.
It contends that the N.H.L. is responsible for the physical trauma and brain damage that Boogaard sustained during six seasons as one of the league’s top enforcers, and for the addiction to prescription painkillers that marked his final two...
Heat!
Say what you will about spicy food, but I hated it as a kid. Anything that had a remotely spicy taste to it wouldn’t get eaten by me. Including anything that had regular old black pepper on it. It was that bad.
And now, it has all changed. The culprit: Sriracha sauce 1.
I couldn’t tell you when the first time I tried Sriracha was, but all I can say is that it was bound to happen. I...
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Un premier parc montréalais offre un accès wi-fi gratuit
Les usagers du parc Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier, situé dans l’arrondissement du Plateau-Mont-Royal, auront désormais accès à une connexion internet sans fil gratuite. Il s’agit d’une première à Montréal.
WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!
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So Jerry Seinfeld Called Us To Talk About Coffee
On why coffee is so central to our culture
“I think the answer is we all need a little help, and the coffee’s a little help with everything — social, energy, don’t know what to do next, don’t know how to start my day, don’t know how to get through this afternoon, don’t know how to stay alert. We want to do a lot of stuff; we’re not in great...
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Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole to Leave TSN as They Head to Los Angeles on New Adventure
TSN today announced that the network’s popular sports anchor team of Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole are heading to Los Angeles for exciting new broadcast opportunities on U.S. television.
I wake up to both Jay and Dan every morning. This is sad, sad news.
This will be my favourite memory of Jay Onrait:...
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Beards Keep You Young, Healthy & Handsome, Says Science
Gentlemen, they’re not just for hipsters and the homeless any more. While both dead sexy and totally awesome, beards are also a boon to your overall health. Researchers discovered that men with beards and moustaches actually enjoy numerous benefits including, but not limited to, instant handsomeness.
Not only are we beard wearers...
April 2013
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Call Girl: What I Learned During My Year as a Customer Service Representative
And thus began my year working as a customer service representative for an e-commerce home goods company. It was the worst job I’ve ever had, but I learned a thing or two.
My experience in customer service was the complete opposite, but this was a fun read nonetheless.
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Neutral Milk Hotel Reunite for Tour
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N.B.A. Player Jason Collins Comes Out as Gay
(Reuters) - Jason Collins, a veteran center in the National Basketball Association (NBA), announced on Monday that he was gay, becoming the first active player from any of the U.S. professional sports leagues to publicly reveal his homosexuality.
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“I wish I wasn’t the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying,...
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Aaron Rodgers signs new Green Bay Packers contract
The new deal, which runs through the 2019 season, is for $110 million over five years, according to Rapoport, with $62 million in the first three years and a whopping $40 million in the first year.
Rodgers was said to be the best player in the league for the last two or three years, and now his contract shows it.
Aaron Rodgers is now the...
Dumped! by Google
One recent Thursday morning, I logged into my email and made an alarming discovery. Instead of opening my inbox, Google directed me to a notice:
Account has been disabled … . In most cases, accounts are disabled if we believe you have violated either the Google Terms of Service, product-specific Terms of Service … . or product-specific policies … . it...
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Distraite par son téléphone cellulaire, elle tombe sous une rame de métro
Un décès survenu vendredi dans le métro de Montréal et initialement classé comme étant un suicide pourrait plutôt s’avérer être un accident. Un triste accident bête et bien de notre époque, résultant de la distraction causée par un téléphone cellulaire.
For you non-French speakers, the quote above basically says...
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Instapaper Acquired By Betaworks
It may be overused and obvious, but for me Instapaper was the embodiment of the “design is how it works” philosophy: instead of fancy features, Instapaper focused on one thing – text. The reading experience itself was the basis of Instapaper’s design.
I couldn’t have said it any better. Instapaper has been my favourite, and by far my most...
Sleep: Everything You Need To Know
Sleep is a powerful tool that when leveraged the right way can help improve your quality of life tremendously. Many people see sleep as this complex dark place and don’t know the first thing about making it better.
A very interesting and highly informative post by Maroun Najjar on Medium.
How to ♲ Like a Boss
You don’t need to rinse out recyclable containers before you recycle them. You should always dump out liquids and/or food waste (in the compost bin) prior to throwing something in the recycling bin, but it doesn’t need to be perfectly clean. That said, if you throw a full Coke into a mixed recycling bin, it will spill out and make any paper in there un-recyclable. If you...
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Funny or Die's iSteve →
Funny or Die succeeded in releasing the first Steve Jobs movie, iSteve, ahead of both Joshua Michael Stern’s jOBS and Aaron Sorkin’s version.
Apart from it being very entertaining, there’s not much to say about it. I mean, it’s made by Funny or Die after all.
The better you know the original story, the more entertaining the parody version can be.
With that said, I...
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Unprofessional, #36: Same Great Taste, Bold New... →
While every Unprofessional episode is the best, this is the best Unprofessional episode. Check it out.
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Tattoos Peek Out at Offices, but Only at Some
Sixty-one percent of human-resource managers asked last year in an annual survey by the Center for Professional Excellence at York College of Pennsylvania said a tattoo would hurt a job applicant’s chances, up from 57 percent in 2011.
You’d think that number would’ve gone down…
The Science of Being a Sports Fan
…what is going on inside the fervent fan’s body? Blood pressure rises, no doubt. What else? What is happening in the brain, and how are hormone levels changing?
As a sports fan, I highly recommend reading this article.
“You can’t cut the team off without cutting off a part of yourself. Even if the team is losing, you have so much of yourself...
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Something Rotten With Apple
…a recent police investigation has determined that they are actually infused with small amounts of LSD, that the user absorbs slowly through their skin, creating a sense of wonder and euphoria.
This article by Peter White for DownloadSquad 1 was posted on April Fools back in 2008. I was 17 years old, and yes, I was very gullible. I swear I thought it was...
“I prefer the films that put their audience to sleep in the theater. I think...”
– Abbas Kiarostami
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Dieter Rams: ten principles for good design →
Back in the early 1980s, Dieter Rams was becoming increasingly concerned by the state of the world around him – “an impenetrable confusion of forms, colours and noises.” Aware that he was a significant contributor to that world, he asked himself an important question: is my design good design?
As good design cannot be measured in a finite way he set about expressing the ten most important...
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In Deal, 2 Men Will Be Jailed 30 Days for Beating Cat to Death
A father and son who beat a cat to death before leaving his carcass on a Brooklyn street pleaded guilty on Thursday to animal cruelty charges, according to law enforcement officials.
Under the terms of a deal reached with the Brooklyn district attorney’s office, the father, Jean Roger Murat, 61, and the son, Robenson Murat,...
Green Bay Packers: Without Aaron Rodgers, they’re toast
San Francisco, Atlanta, Seattle and Minnesota all renovated their rosters this off-season, yet the Packers still possess the one weapon they all lack.
Rodgers. Without him, they’re toast.
Right. But I could say the same about pretty much every team in the NFL though. Look at the Broncos and the Patriots for example.
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Translating Montreal: Where Blueberries Are Not Myrtilles
If you haven’t lived in Quebec long, you might foolishly think Quebec French and French French, c’est du pareil au même.
They aren’t the same diff. As a writer, you must understand this.
If you’re interested in a quick and fun “differences between France French and Québec French” article, read this piece by Neil...
iPhone naming: when simple gets complicated
I think it’s safe to say that if you’re looking for a new car, you’re looking for a 2013 model — not a 2012S. What’s important is that you get the latest and greatest.
My (meaningless) vote is that the next iPhone should be christened iPhone 6, not iPhone 5S. If it’s worthy of being a new model, it’s worthy of having its own number.
Ken Segall...
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Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime
…a dozen or so state legislatures have had a different reaction: They proposed or enacted bills that would make it illegal to covertly videotape livestock farms, or apply for a job at one without disclosing ties to animal rights groups. They have also drafted measures to require such videos to be given to the authorities almost immediately,...
Sean for seanhasablog.com presents: How to wash...
Lets get something clear, washing dishes sucks. No one likes doing it. We love cooking with them, we love eating off of them, but cleaning them is a whole other story. I mean, it’s Mom’s job. The thing is, Mom won’t always be there to wash them for us. One day she’ll be at the spa and you’ll be stuck washing them like a chump. So here I am giving you step-by-step...
The lady and the rose
I used to be quite to joker back in high school. Heck, I still consider myself to be one.
I remember walking by a flower shop at the local mall with my friend Phil, when he dared me to give a rose to that one older woman window shopping by herself. I accepted the challenge, but only if he bought the rose. He did. So I went up to the lady, handed her the rose, smiled and told her something along...
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Facebook Home
Earlier this week, on Thursday, 04 April, Facebook announced its long awaited phone. Well, it’s not really a phone. It’s an operating sytem-like app for Android devices. It’s a smart move on their part because they won’t be alienating a huge chunk of their users by simply launching one phone. Like Mark Zuckerberg said during the keynote, “We want to build the best...
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Here's The Thing, #37: Thom Yorke →
I’ve never been much of a fan of Alec Baldwin, but I have to admit, he’s a damn good show host. Thom Yorke was his guest on the latest episode of his podcast, Here’s the Thing. Make sure you listen to it. It’s only 53 minutes.
PS–Here’s a snippet of my favourite part of the interview: d.pr/a/WaB5
PPS–Don’t blame me if you have the sudden urge to listen to...
Man Wishes Computer Could Do Thing It Already Can Do
RICHMOND, VA—Though confirming he is mostly satisfied with his newly acquired Mac desktop, local man Peter Selwyn said Wednesday he is disappointed that it is unable to do something that in fact every modern computer, including his own, is already capable of doing. “I wish there were some way it could just take a picture of my work on the...
March 2013
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Money, money, money!
Tony Romo just signed a six year, $108 million contract. Joe Flacco signed a six year, $120.6 million contract. Summly got bought by Yahoo! for $30 million. Instagram got bought by Facebook for $1 billion.
Whoever said money doesn’t grow on trees is clearly wrong. We just didn’t find out where they grow.
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CUSTOMER: Lululemon Employee Made Me Bend Over To Prove My Pants Were See-Through
“I went into my local store to return my Astro pants and Invert crops, both purchased this month. I was asked to BEND OVER in order to determine sheerness. The sales associate then perused my butt in the dim lighting of the change room and deemed them “not sheer”. I felt degraded that this is how the recall is...
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Don’t Replace Religion; End It
Religion is not morality. Theists ask me, “If there’s no god, what would stop me from raping and killing everyone I want to.” My answer is always: “I, myself, have raped and killed everyone I want to … and the number for both is zero.” Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality. Morality is not bribery or threats....
Why My iPhone Is Better as a Dumbphone
How hard were those seven days? You can probably guess where this is headed: Not as hard as I had expected. I didn’t even notice when I hit day seven, because I was already loving my new incapable iPhone.
In my case, the title of the article would be Why My iPhone is Better as a reading device.
It has now been one month since I cancelled my...
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Jermichael Finley, Green Bay Packers won’t part ways
Jermichael Finley’s roster deadline day has come and gone. He’s still a member of the Green Bay Packers.
I’m happy to hear that Finley will remain a Packer. It’s a good start.
Now that that’s out of the way, he needs to start catching balls again. Remember when he was known around the league for not...
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Policeman turns in son who ran £3,700 iPad bill
“None of us had any knowledge of what was happening as there was no indication in the game that he was being charged for any of the clicks made within the game.”
A lot of these In-App Purchase (IAP) tragic stories have been surfacing lately, and they all have one thing in common: they’re all blaming Apple and not...
Are You Really Obsessed? Like, Literally?
These days, though, I can’t ride the elevator down to the cafeteria without hearing people “obsess” over some shit like soy candles, often paired with an equally grating misuse of literally, as in “I am lit-ter-ruh-lee obsessed with soy candles!” No one just “likes” anything anymore.
I’m happy to say...
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Facebook knows you’re gay before you do
Matt was your typical Facebook user who suddenly found an ad in his news feed for help in coming out. The weird thing was that Matt “did” need help coming out, and understandably he was more than a bit curious as to how Facebook knew.
Guys, we knew Facebook was creepy, but goddamn…
Locally bred
I don’t like violence, action movies bore me, and watching men fighting it out like savage animals in a ring is less appealing than watching Glee to me. Yet when Georges St-Pierre fights, I get into my “super fan” mode. You know, like all the UFC nuts out there. Cheering once the first sign of blood is drawn. All this because he’s from Québec; my home province.
So why is...
