December 2009
Eater Needs Interns
fek:
If I were trying to get an internship in New York to get deep in on the food and/or blogging scene, or knew someone who was, I would absolutely go or send people the way of Lock, Amanda, Ben, et al. You should too!
Restaurant blogging - even as an intern - can very literally put food on the table, and it’s a field that seems to be weathering the recession pretty well. If...
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Demographics: The Awl's '00's Series
fek:
You are either:
Someone who got an email who was asked to write something.
Someone who’s email asking you to write something was lost in a SPAM filter.
Someone who is upset that they either weren’t invited or lost their email and think they weren’t considered to write something for them and are therefore offended. Which is wrong, because if they cared that much, then they should be…
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meaghano:
A man in Times Square just asked me if I lost my family.
No sir I am an adult THANKS!
Maybe you looked like you’d just escaped a serial killer? Which is I guess a compliment, because… well, doesn’t that equate to “badass”?
Comedian and Author Julie Klausner: My Fave Five... →
julieklausner:
Thank God I remembered Cat Dancers the other day! Thanks to Seth for running my picks.
The confused dog just made my day.
The Tyler Coates™ Experience
tylercoates:
justsayjolie:
You know what bloggers don’t do enough of? Throw parties in honor of themselves. BUT ALL OF THAT WILL CHANGE IN THIS BOLD NEW DECADE! Please join me and the rest of the entire Internet to celebrate The Life and Times of Tyler Coates. Where: Destination Bar, 211 Avenue A @ 13th Street When: 15 January 2010, 6pm-onward Why: Weren’t you listening? Sigh.
Hey, dudes....
Hiring developers
chrismohney:
In the new year, we have several openings for full-time regular tech jobs at BlackBook — to start, we need a systems engineer, a lead developer/architect, and a web producer (the latter will be trained up by others during a massive site redesign). The jobs are in New York. Obviously there are many particulars but if you think you might be suited for such, email me at...
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SRSLY.
Don’t, Dane.
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DANE. I’m kind of drunk. But I love you AND I love Beagles AT THE SAME TIME. In fact, I talked about bacon in my last tumblr entry. COINCIDENCE? But seriously, will you marry me?
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Sometimes I miss going into an office*...
chrismohney:
Sad coworker: “Meanwhile, my phone was stolen and some dominican is taking photos of his penis and posting them on my facebook.”
(*Especially when it’s as fun as the BlackBook office.)
LOL
peterfeld:
thedeadline:
“One of the problems is newspapers fired so many journalists and turned them loose to start so many blogs. They should have executed them. They wouldn’t have had competition. But they foolishly let them out alive.”
—Media consultant Alan Mutter. NYTimes: Adding Fees and Fences on Media Sites http://s.nyt.com/u/AMx (via adamiss)
My dimples are cramping.
It’s a good thing.
That is all.
2010 Year Ahead forecasts are up at Mystic Stars →
Get em while they’re hot!
We are all atheists about most of the gods humanity has ever believed in. Some...
– Richard Dawkins (via soupsoup)
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What are y'all's fave "Year Ahead" astrology...
I’m jumping the gun a bit here because none of these sites has the 2010 stuff posted yet, but I thought we could do some Xmas sharing.
I’m a fan of our local Georgia Nicols (not only because I’ve met her, but also because she once advised my sign to relax and “have a beer,” and really, who doesn’t want that in their horoscope?), but because her Year Ahead...