“TV abounds in flashy villains and damaged anti-heroes, but Tony Soprano was something else: a mundane, banal, unimaginative suburban husband and father with mother issues whose business ran on murder. To hold our interest playing a man like that, to make us root for him to succeed while fearing what he’ll do next — that’s a gift.”
—James Gandolfini was so much more than Tony Soprano
June 2013
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“I think I’m going to have Mavis call him and tell him to be nice to me.”
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Jeff Tweedy, saying he might ask Mavis Staples to put in a good word for him with Bob Dylan, ahead of touring together this summer.
Still Not Going To Do This Every Day: Mark at Tumblr →
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One of the perks of being an early employee at any startup is the email address, and for the past three years my nom de Tumblrmail has been mark@tumblr.com. David set the account up when I started—David did a little of everything in those days—and I count myself so fortunate to have been…
We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Mark for helping us get re-started on Tumblr, and for his guidance through the platform — which was sometimes as simple as a well-timed (and -written) post.
Week after week, this is still one of our favorite places to be.
-Mary and Mark
Most Americans want Snowden jailed, poll finds
In a new USA TODAY/Pew Research Center Poll, most Americans say Edward Snowden should be prosecuted, but two-thirds don’t like the idea that the government is collecting their own communication records.
The poll shows a nation riven by cross-currents about the unauthorized disclosures from the former NSA contractor of sweeping surveillance programs that can collect information about millions of Americans and foreigners.
By 54%-38%, those surveyed say he should be prosecuted. Most Americans say the programs have helped prevent terrorist attacks, by 53%-41%, a point pressed by top administration officials including Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
There is an almost even split on the most fundamental question. By 48%-47%, Americans divide over whether they approve or disapprove of the programs as part of the effort to fight terrorism. By another narrow margin, 49%-44%, they say the release of classified information serves rather than harms the public interest.
Nearly one in three robberies in the U.S. involves the theft of a mobile phone, according to the FCC. San Francisco and New York prosecutors are promoting a Secure Our Smartphones Initiative, which intends to put pressure on smartphone companies to help dry up the secondary market in stolen phones.
What are you doing to protect your smartphone?
“Annual performance reviews and the seniority system are two workplace institutions that Millennials simply don’t get… After all, in many companies’ tech-oriented offices these days, the younger workers often can be as valuable as older ones”
—Gen Y employees disrupt convention keep companies young by infusing their workplaces with fast-paced creativity.
“I got to be honest. The last one this last guy made had ham, pulled pork and bacon on it. And Craisins. It was a terrible sandwich. It was just horrible, but we put it on the menu and to be honest, it sold. I think he was telling his friends to buy it.”
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Would you fill up a grocer’s digital punch card for the chance to have your sandwich invention on the menu?
Small businesses are now using third party loyalty companies for their loyalty reward programs, allowing them to ditch the boring punch card and dream up some really weird prizes.
100 frames for our 100th Vine
