Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Warcraft – Official Trailer In Theaters, June 10, 2016 www.warcraftmovie.com From Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures comes Warcraft, an epic adventure of world-colliding conflict based on Blizzard Entertainment’s global phenomenon. The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: Orc warriors fleeing their dying…
November 6, 2015 Tagged / open source / 18f consulting / procurement / by V. David Zvenyach Well, we sure didn’t expect this. But the winning bid for the first iteration of the 18F micro-purchase experiment was $1. And, on Wednesday, the winner delivered a solution that passed our acceptance criteria. We conceived…
Two weeks ago, we reported that one of the numerous “unicorns” prancing around Silicon Valley was about to have a very rude wake up call when Dropbox was warned by its investment bankers that it would be unable to go public at a valuation anywhere near close to what its last private round (which had…
The record high for today is 74 degrees set in 1948. As of 11 a.m. it was 71 in Central Park. Whether we warm four more degrees to set a new record it entirely up to the clouds at this point. A few breaks of sun would do the trick but the latest forecasts have…
At a star-studded gala honoring Angelina Jolie last night, Robert DeNiro reportedly got angry at some tech guy for “condescending” to celebrities. Chill out Robert DeNiro. Yeah Robert DeNiro, you made some cool movies. Really cool. But take a look around my man. You are at a star-studded gala sponsored by the Wall Street Journal…
Wow. You thought you were done with new Star Wars trailers after the recent, amazing one we just had? Think again. Disney has released an international cut of the trailer—one that is packed with new shots and dialogue. http://io9.com/secrets-are-re… The trailer, which you can see below, follows a similar thematic path as the recent teaser,…
Lisa-Marie Saunders 1 day ago Most of these are horrible, cruel & verging on animal abuse. Yes, some of ‘us’ may find them funny, but there are a number of pictures where the cat must have been ‘assisted’ into the position & are clearly terrified. Not funny, not funny at all. 20+ Cats Who Immediately…
The mayor joined elected and city officials and the developers for a ceremonial dirt toss at the Beach Channel Senior Apartments site. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Katie Honan FAR ROCKAWAY — More than two thirds of the new affordable housing planned for Queens will be built on the Rockaway peninsula, a flood zone still…
I can’t even. I’ve been tracking misogynistic ridiculousness on this blog for five years, but I’m not sure I ‘ve ever run across anything quite as ridiculous as this. A prominent Open Source guru, Eric Raymond, is warning tech dudes to be extra super duper careful around their female colleagues, because any one of them…
By writing this, I don’t mean to imply that many people call me beautiful. They don’t. And I’m not saying this because I would like them to. As the title suggests, I would rather they not. Why? Because if we were all to be very honest with ourselves, we would admit that I’m not beautiful…