Twitter Digest: 2012-11-16

  • 5.6s: The Art of the Slow-Motion Soccer Goal http://t.co/lwMhqxQn ->
  • Pompitous – what the hell's "Pompitous" mean? http://t.co/yb67Wnyv /v @sawickipedia ->
  • Something I learned tonight: Steve Miller isn't really singing "the pompitous of love in his song "The Joker". I"m shattered. ->
  • Is there any legal way to see Stones docu "Crossfire Hurricane" without an HBO sub? ->

Twitter Digest: 2012-11-15

  • Chainsaws, ice and a thousand people: what could go wrong? #sgfus http://t.co/cZt3O1wl ->
  • Some quibbling with idea Neymar is best player in soccer. Fine, but Pele agrees Neymar is better than Messi. http://t.co/FYuOlnyD ->
  • Best player in soccer — Neymar — takes (arguably) worst penalty kick in recent pro soccer history -http://t.co/yx3P2o0B ->
  • California newly forecasting state operating budget surpluses beginning in 2014-15 – http://t.co/iGDmgwu0 ->
  • Be it resolved: Zynga is the Mary Celeste ( http://t.co/fnHL7BI8 ) of capital markets – … http://t.co/hx5x9AKk ->
  • Fedex's Smith: Feels strongly US will go over fiscal cliff. #sgfus ->

Twitter Digest: 2012-11-13

  • "Am I checked in?" and "Am I cake led?" lead to very different responses. #DamnYouAutoCorrect ->
  • Flying music… ♫ soundtracking "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" by @tameimpala http://t.co/TF2WMqSc ->
  • Trouble with @uber to airport is makes everything after suck more than usual. Be better stacked as cord wood on flatbed to prepare for SWA. ->
  • Woke to a) a 630am flight, and b) more than 100 spam tweets in my @ replies. Genuinely wish I knew about neither. ->

Twitter Digest: 2012-11-11

  • Streaming music and its effect on super-fans vs average music listeners – http://t.co/whBypAsZ ->
  • Too much equity & its discontents: At Martha Stewart Living, Martha May Be the Problem – http://t.co/XiSnVHX4 ->
  • Evans-Pritchard: World cannot afford second Fiscal Cliff after Europe’s failed attempt – http://t.co/e7gI0HyV ->
  • Solid FT overview (closing iPhone silliness aside) of grid scale energy storage – http://t.co/ws7QasEY ->
  • Best Songs of 2012: Fall Update | PMA http://t.co/eTSKAM5y ->
  • Thoughtful stuff: Innovation is a fight, and Apple is doomed http://t.co/8ytpXOMn ->
  • Just realized I have donated more than 800 paper books in 2012. My paperless society doth approach. ->

Twitter Digest: 2012-11-10

  • Fighting off the counterrevolution: U.S. politics in 2012 – http://t.co/Q6fpGXCB ->
  • Before and After Superstorm Sandy: USGS pictures – http://t.co/yEos7IF6 ->
  • Interesting: How Spain's Zara Grew Into the World’s Largest Fashion Retailer – http://t.co/6MUiwW9z ->
  • I applaud the ongoing investigation into the "no visible means of support' tire swing on Lana Dey Rey's "Ride" cover. Where is the outrage? ->
  • When I see a headline from Quartz, I think, Remember Quartz? When did it get shut down? And then I realize I'm living in 2013 again. ->
  • Outrageous how many financial sites limit password lengths to <12, outlaw punctuation in passwords, etc. Such security deadbeats. ->

Twitter Digest: 2012-11-08

  • Yeesh, ZeroHedge now jumping on anti-Apple bandwagon: How Apple Became Japan – http://t.co/cdMlg1RH ->
  • Another pan for Win 8: Considering Windows 8 Upgrade? Don’t – http://t.co/qWuluxcY ->
  • If the world worked as well as Excel forums where people solve one another's problems with free VBA routines, we'd all be in beach hammocks. ->
  • Why yes, that is curling data from the 1975 Macdonald Brier that I have open here in the spreadsheet. ->
  • Economies of scale run out at a certain point. The largest firms in America may be beyond it. http://t.co/Y9lYYxsE ->

Twitter Digest: 2012-11-07

  • Monopoly Is theft: The antimonopolist history of the world’s most popular board game – http://t.co/1sKdHuMm ->
  • Lance Armstrong's Endgame: It's time to stop arguing about whether he doped & figure out what it means http://t.co/7XBG4Vfp ->
  • Wish I'd said that. RT @eltejano: @pkedrosky Where the rubber meets the road? ->
  • Escape from LA, 2012: The Condoms – Porn producers threaten to flee LA over new condom rules – http://t.co/WwAsLE7T ->
  • Classic: Rare footage of the inimitable Edward Abbey found for new documentary "Wrenched" http://t.co/WWyQijcB ->
  • Got to work in a "Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser" reference during a conversation tonight. My geek work here is done. ->

Twitter Digest: 2012-11-06

  • Okay, timer on Paul's Election 2012 News Blackout starts now, 2:30pst. Will report back how I do — unless I end up going full Hiroo Onoda. ->
  • My theory: I can go longer without knowing elec winner now than 20 yrs ago. My world less oral & more electronic — can just turn things off ->
  • Gonna see how long I can go without finding out who wins US election, assuming there is a winner. It's my anti-news test. ->
  • Seth's Blog: The curious imperative http://t.co/w7xv9q4c ->
  • William Baumol: The Case for Calm Over Rising Health Costs http://t.co/yoy9m4ZQ ->
  • Unanticipated effects: Quantitative easing has hit Japan hard: http://t.co/lhy9QH32 #FT ->
  • Armstrong's Fraud Paralleled EPO-makers' Feud http://t.co/0yHqa0hw ->

Twitter Digest: 2012-11-03

  • Tech wreck of 2012: Best predictor of being a tech stock near all-time low? You went public in 2011/12 http://t.co/Q3DdpvJQ ->
  • Some good musings from @ritholtz: The Price of Paying Attention http://t.co/lJniyDJs ->
  • I hate the end of Daylight Savings Time. Hate, hate, hate, hate it. That is all. ->
  • Trying to remember last time I saw a movie in a theater. Reasonably sure getting close to five years. Do I win? ->

Twitter Digest: 2012-11-02

  • Disfluency (like difficult-to-read fonts) disrupts confirmation bias & reduces disagreement – http://t.co/ElHPxbTG ->
  • Some people will try anything in match play: Shark falls from sky onto Calif. golf course – http://t.co/MMEdZOPi ->
  • WSJ: Wildlife populations in U.S. have seen huge resurgence, but the animals are newly our neighbors. https://t.co/vEXOsW4u ->
  • For John Maynard Keynes, the whole "economics" thing was a sideline – http://t.co/oL9serRW ->
  • The Underground Economy: New York's absolute dependence on hidden infrastructure – http://t.co/nIEBgOlG ->
  • But that's because he dives: Liverpool's Brendan Rodgers says Luis Suarez is scapegoat for diving – http://t.co/gLdiaKmy ->