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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
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Comment on Dicks: The Musical | Official trailer in ~movies
vis-viva LinkIt would be hard to create a movie trailer that I would be less entertained by. This looks awful to me, I don't understand the appeal at all.It would be hard to create a movie trailer that I would be less entertained by. This looks awful to me, I don't understand the appeal at all.
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Comment on How often do you go through your bookmarks/favorites? in ~tech
vis-viva LinkI only use bookmarks for useful links that I can't remember, and usually it turns into a big pile of links that used to be useful to me. I clean it out whenever I get bored, usually once a year or...I only use bookmarks for useful links that I can't remember, and usually it turns into a big pile of links that used to be useful to me. I clean it out whenever I get bored, usually once a year or so.
I save articles that I want to read with Instapaper, and I pick a few things from that list most nights when I have some time to read. I try to maintain this so it doesn't get out of control, which usually means going on and deleting articles that I saved more than ~6 months ago.
For truly exceptional articles that I might want to refer to again, I save the link in Pinboard, making extensive use of the tagging system.
I've been doing this for years, and it works well for me.
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Comment on Suggestions for a short trip to Denver? in ~travel
vis-viva LinkI also had a short work trip to Denver, and went to Cuba Cuba Cafe for dinner one night, and I loved it. We sat outside in what felt like somebody's front lawn. Excellent food and cocktails.I also had a short work trip to Denver, and went to Cuba Cuba Cafe for dinner one night, and I loved it. We sat outside in what felt like somebody's front lawn. Excellent food and cocktails.
I'm reading Robert Dallek's 2004 biography of JFK ("An Unfinished Life"). I'm about halfway through, and my biggest takeaway so far is the extent to which Joe Kennedy (Jack's father) essentially willed Jack's presidency to happen. He'd talk about how one of his kids would be president basically from the time they were born, and he did everything in his power to influence people and elections to make it happen. JFK was mostly complicit, and most of his early political career decisions were made solely with this end state in mind.
It's very weird (to me) to read such an explicit account of how people with money and power don't play by the same rules as the rest of the population.