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NPR story on New Mexico has me ing that 80s song "I'm radioactive". Anyone remember the artist?

"We Love Choice" http://log.valhallaisland.com/post/596483252 /via @gruber

If you like something I've written, say it with a blog post. Retweets are cheap.

Just registered for a summer sculptural welding course at Mesa Arts Center. So stoked #fire #metal #hoohoohoo

Evidently no way to avoid pulling down a large chunk of drywall in the bathroom ceiling. Above it is blown insulation #theresgonnabeamess

Danah Boyd wrote a fantastic essay about Facebook and the privacy issues they are dealing with. The thing is, these are issues of their own philosophical devising:

"What Facebook does have, fundamentally, is the social graph." Just go read the whole thing: http://bit.ly/9Dg7Tv

"It's like Facebook, but [...] and without the stuff that makes me crazy but you don't know or care about." http://bit.ly/96Y8Zb

also relevant: http://bit.ly/9HUzzK

Why No One is Going to Succeed at Building the Not-Facebook http://bit.ly/9gnjNv (via @monkinetic)

I want to get better at writing headlines.

Maybe if we'd started #DiSo on Kickstarter... http://r2.ly/3pq8

RT @mattgemmell: Adobe, we all want to keep buying your stuff, but writing is on wall for Flash. Quit fucking whining and make HTML5 tools.

@mattgemmell pics or it didn't happen.

"I want to watch Mythbusters," she said, as I swooned.

Joy. http://yfrog.com/5jwwxlj

A new social network project called Diaspora, consisting of 4 NY college students, has topped $100k in donations on Kickstarter, a site that enables organizations and causes from individuals giving small donations.

re: http://bit.ly/awCqlA "we're told", "Perhaps", "We also hear", "We also anticipate -- but don't know"... this is reporting?

@rayners with 2 year olds, that's practically a feature.

Don't. Stop. The Funk.