January 2009
“From President Bush’s first inaugural address in 2001 to his second in...”
– Official Google Blog: Search findings from the U.S. presidential inauguration
“Number of box cutters taken from U.S. airline passengers since January 2002:...”
– Harper’s Index: A retrospective of the Bush era (Harper’s Magazine)
“Zimbabwe is introducing a Z$100 trillion note, currently worth about US$30”
– BBC NEWS | Africa | Zimbabwe rolls out Z$100tr note
“Remember when the Mac came out in ’84, and then in ’87 they announced this sort...”
– Interview with Clay Shirky, Part II : CJR
“there is no such thing as information overload, there’s only filter failure,...”
– Interview with Clay Shirky, Part I : CJR
“‘piracy’ is a loaded term. Could we say ‘sharing‘- ‘piracy’ implies there’s...”
– Music piracy ‘good for rock stars’, court told - The Irish Times - Thu, Jan 15, 2009
“It is the first time that an official presidential portrait was taken with a...”
– New official portrait released | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team
“it now takes 37% less land to grow a bushel of corn than it did in 1987”
– Farming Strides Toward Sustainability — Stokstad 2009 (112): 4 — ScienceNOW
“412.3 years - length in time it would take to view all content on YouTube (March...”
– 49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats
“Zimbabwe’s central bank will introduce a $50 billion note”
– Zimbabwe introduces $50 billion note - CNN.com
“the Remember Ring will remind you of your anniversary by getting hotte”
– mental_floss Blog » 11 Weird and Wonderful Wedding Rings
“But the authorities let it go because if you stop the heroin it causes murders...”
– Vice Magazine - THE (EX) BIGGEST HEROIN DEALER IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD -
“is that it makes time go by very quick. Twenty hours on heroin is like two hours...”
– Vice Magazine - THE (EX) BIGGEST HEROIN DEALER IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD -
“Eighty-one percent of sex addicts reported a history of sexual abuse.”
– Sex addiction has devastating effects | Straight.com
“I keep him numb so he can function”
– Modern Love - Facing My Obsession, in the Flesh - NYTimes.com
“I woke up and my wife didn’t,” he said later.”
– A Butler Well Served by This Election
“Death is a disability, not a superpower”
– Simon Pegg on why the undead should never be allowed to run | Film | The Guardian
