Another good post from Seth Godin:
But the problem with the race to the bottom is that you might win.
Author: fish1964
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The Race to the Bottom
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Vacation
I’m off to Cape Cod. Same place as always. Should be big fun. We’ll take the usual pictures, but basically it will be like:
I can’t believe this is our fifth year in the same place. But why mess with success?
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Holy Crap, Cats Kill Birds
This just in, when cats are outside they like to kill birds and other small animals. Who knew? Tweety Bird always gets away from Sylvester so I just assumed that was an accurate representation.
The money quote from the internal link:
I think it will be impossible to deny the ongoing slaughter of wildlife by outdoor cats given the videotape documentation and the scientific credibility that this study brings
Not sure who exactly was denying this…
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Dork Tower
I wasn’t familiar with this comic before today:
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Usain Bolt vs. Sprinters Across Time
The New York Times does a nice visualization comparing Usain Bolt to Olympic sprinters from all years.
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USA! USA!
No, I’m not talking Olympics here. Last night, NASA successfully put a one ton rover the size of a small car on the surface of Mars. The logistics involved were ridiculous. This is amazing stuff.
And of course, you can now follow the rover on Twitter.
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Fabulous Pictures
After my mom passed away, it fell on my oldest brother to go through the picture albums, make three copies of everything (I have two brothers) and send them out. Needless to say, that took a while to do.
The pictures arrived today. Two boxes worth. I got the original wedding album plus a ton of other amazing pictures. They are making me laugh and cry.
My mom and dad looked pretty good…
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Dumbo Art
The weather has been great lately, so when I need to think I’ve been taking walks in Brooklyn Bridge Park (a minute from my office). It’s always gorgeous and this being Dumbo, random art seems to pop up from time to time to make life more interesting…
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VC Money
Or not…
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Apollo 11 Lost Audio
Obviously fake, clearly NSFW, and totally hilarious.
Houston:
Holy mother of fuck. The fucking moon. Over.
Roger, Tranquility. We copy that. We cannot believe you are on the fucking moon. Repeat. Cannot fucking believe it. Over.UPDATE:
I should have known this originally came from The Onion:
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