Alex Stone.: Archive

The vanishing shopping mall →

marco: (via AZspot) This article’s full of amazing quotes. But there is no single “big fix” that will pump life back into downtowns full of boarded-up stores, says development expert Teresa Lynch. That means some communities will soon be without a mall or a thriving shopping district, leaving them with no central gathering place. “One of the biggest consequences of mall closings is the loss...

Mar 31st

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Me + Instapaper

So… I’ve decided I’m gonna randomly ramble on about apps I have on my iPod. Because, frankly, I don’t “blog” enough to really be a blogger, but I have things I’d like to say every once in a while (which is why I choose Tumblr, of course). SO HERE GOES! I have Instapaper on my iPod touch and have used it only a handful of times since I installed it many...

Mar 31st

Mar 30th

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-29) →

The Octopus Project (86) Soulja Boy (59) Metric (36) Gorillaz (25) Kelly Clarkson (20) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Mar 29th

Don't use Google Checkout for your business →

marco: Via Ted Rheingold. I don’t know why anyone would think it’d be a good idea to leave sole control of their income up to a secretive, opaque, unreachable company known for terminating accounts without reason or notice and not paying people what they’re owed. AdSense has been this way for its entire existence — I guess it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that Google Checkout payments work...

Mar 27th

MacHeist and the ethics of software discounts

marco: MacHeist is happening again. It’s the usual Phill Ryu publicity stunt that will result in a bunch of blog attention, a few developers selling licenses at very steep discounts, and a charitable donation that downplays the hundreds of thousands of dollars that Ryu and his company will likely walk away with. Ryu’s pitch to developers is straightforward: agree to sell a large quantity of...

Mar 25th

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juliaheffernan: I’m getting tired of java. me too. and i’m not even deving in it

Mar 23rd

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-22) →

Metric (145) Anamanaguchi (72) Dethklok (35) Cut Copy (29) Nine Inch Nails (25) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Mar 22nd

Watch

This is my favorite American Dad! clip of all time.

Mar 19th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-15) →

Anamanaguchi (75) Kelly Clarkson (24) Tokyo Police Club (20) Paramore (11) Chromatics (10) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Mar 15th

Hear The New Metric Album, “Fantasies” →

mbvmusic: Metric teamed with one of the best artists’ technology companies, Topspin Media, for their upcoming release Fantasies. Check out the streaming player above–… VERY EXCITING

Mar 12th

Perspective

marco: I started using Windows 2000 when it was a remarkably stable beta, 10 years ago this month. The bank across the street still uses it on every PC. So do a lot of other corporate computers. But that’s OK. Most PCs now run Windows XP, which is “only” 7.5 years old. (It came with Internet Explorer 6, which is also still in widespread use.) Most people don’t keep cars for this long. You...

Mar 12th

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