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Eric Deters is Going Nuts!
Local talk radio extremist Eric Deters calls for an "Armed Revolution", encouraging citizens to "gather in Washington with guns and demand the peaceful resignation and departure from the Presidency of Barack Obama."
politics  tea.party  gop  talk.radio  eric.deters 
7 days ago
Paul Allen’s Vulcan Urges Seattle to Raise Building Heights
The neighborhood that's home to Seattle's first modern streetcar line is growing fast, and investor Paul Allen wants the ability to build taller buildings.
transit  transportation  Seattle  streetcar  development  urbanism 
11 days ago
A big day on the 520 bridge: Why I’m happy about the tolls
One Seattle journalist explains why he's happy an existing bridge was tolled.
infrastructure  transit  transportation  roads  Seattle  bridges  from instapaper
16 days ago
Why we will no longer endorse in elections
The Chicago Sun-Times ends the practice of endorsing candidates in political races and bans their executives from contributing financially to campaigns.
politics  media  Chicago  ethics  journalism  from instapaper
17 days ago
UC photos from the '30s and '40s
Great vintage photos from around the University of Cincinnati in the 1930s and 1940s, as collected by UC Magazine.
UC  Cincinnati  history  photos  vintage  college  from instapaper
17 days ago
Netflix deal with Warner Bros. includes delay in queues
In a move that reeks of desperation, Warner Bros. announces that Netflix subscribers won't get new releases until 8 weeks after DVDs are available.
netflix  media  warner.brothers  movies  from instapaper
18 days ago
Fixing “Previous Track”
The behavior of the "previous track" button is extremely frustrating when playing podcasts.
marco.arment  podcasts  iOS  ux  from instapaper
18 days ago
Google turns old paper mill into data center
The old paper mill's underground tunnels were also reused to bring in water for cooling.
tech  technology  infrastructure  google 
27 days ago
Kentucky cuts education funding, keeps tax break for Bible-themed amusement park
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear's budget includes a 6.4% cut to the state's higher education system, but keeps in place a $43 million tax break for a Bible-themed amusement park and $11 million to improve an interchange giving access to the park.
kentucky  budget  education  religion 
4 weeks ago
SOPA & PIPA Supporters Violating Copyright Laws
Supporters of the supposed "anti-piracy" bill don't seem to take copyrights very seriously themselves.
SOPA  PIPA  congress  politics  copyright 
5 weeks ago
Clive Thompson to Texters: Park the Car, Take the Bus
Maybe the problem with "texting and driving" isn't the texting part.
texting  driving  transportation  transit 
5 weeks ago
Who Killed Lard?
Lard isn't any more unhealthy than Crisco or butter, so why did it fall out of popularity?
lard  Crisco  butter  fat  cooking  food  npr  podcasts 
5 weeks ago
Should The Times Be a Truth Vigilante?
The New York Times ponders whether it should be concerned with "facts".
facts  journalism  New.York.Times 
5 weeks ago
Public Transportation is Communist!
The editors of the Cincinnati Enquirer are either clueless and out-of-touch with reality or actually attempting to start a modern day Red Scare by publishing this mindless letter-to-the-editor.
LTE  Cincinnati  Enquirer  transit  transportation  cities  urbanism  streetcar  from instapaper
6 weeks ago
What Mitt Pays
How does your tax rate compare to Mitt Romney's?
mitt.romney  gop  taxes  politics 
8 weeks ago
'Vocal Fry' Creeping Into U.S. Speech
"Vocal fry" my also be better known as "female NPR voice".
speech  communication  vocal.fry  npr  from instapaper
10 weeks ago
Copyright and remix culture: The new Prohibition?
"Under current copyright law, nearly every cover song on YouTube is technically illegal. [...] No amount of lawsuits or legal threats will change the fact that this behavior is considered normal — I’d wager the vast majority of people under 25 see nothing wrong with non-commercial sharing and remixing, or think it’s legal already."
copyright  law  remix  youtube  riaa  mpaa  from instapaper
10 weeks ago
How to Bridge Neighborhood Gaps? Turn Overpasses into Main Streets
Columbus, Ohio's I-670 cap is cited as a model for hiding urban expressways.
columbus  ohio  development  urbanism  cities  transportation  from instapaper
10 weeks ago
The Death of the Fringe Suburb
"Simply put, there has been a profound structural shift — a reversal of what took place in the 1950s, when drivable suburbs boomed and flourished as center cities emptied and withered."
economy  development  housing  cities  urbanism  from instapaper
10 weeks ago
The End of Cheap Coffee: Why the Diner Staple Is About to Become a Luxury
"It’s interesting to me that the same consumer that will go to 7-11 and buy a bottle of Fiji Water for five dollars will go crazy and complain about a cup of coffee."
coffee  food  economy  from instapaper
10 weeks ago
The Book of Jobs
Re-examining the cause of the Great Depression—the revolution in agriculture that threw millions out of work—the author argues that the U.S. is now facing and must manage a similar shift in the “real” economy, from industry to service, or risk a tragic replay of 80 years ago.
economy  jobs  stimulus  infrastructure  government  from instapaper
10 weeks ago
The Sounds of Silence
Even for big acts like Jason Isbell and Portugal The Man, stolen instruments are just part of life as a touring band.
music  artists  jason.isbell  portugal.the.man  from instapaper
10 weeks ago
Family Guy writer's first-person account of his Occupy LA arrest
"An LAPD officer would forcibly extend the protestor’s legs, grab his left foot, twist it all the way around and then stomp his boot on the insole, pinning the protestor’s left foot to the pavement, twisted backwards. Then the LAPD officer would grab the protestor’s right foot and twist it all the way the other direction until the non-violent protestor, in incredible agony, would shriek in pain and unlink from his neighbor."
ows  occupy.la  police.brutality  from instapaper
10 weeks ago
Questions for the Republican Candidates
Anil Dash provides some meaningful questions for the GOP presidential candidates.
politics  gop  presidential.race  election 
10 weeks ago
The Cincinnati Monocle: Slap the Bag -- Ohio's Greatest 21st Century Innovation?
"A group of 7 or 8 undergraduates were tossing around the bag from a box of Franzia boxed wine as part of some sort of pseudo-pagan spiritual cleansing. Little did I know then that I was witnessing an early version of Slap The Bag -- the first great American drinking game of the 21st Century."
jake.mecklenborg  funny  college  ohio.university 
11 weeks ago
Research In Motion Announces Third Quarter Provision Related To PlayBook Inventory and Confirms Commitment to Tablet Market; Provides Update to Q3 and Fiscal 2012 Guidance
Corporate double-speak of the day: "an increase in promotional activity is required to drive sell-through to end customers." (via daringfireball.net)
rim  blackberry  tablets  playbook 
11 weeks ago
5 Ways We Ruined the Occupy Wall Street Generation
Generation X told their children they were too good to flip burgers, then yells at OWS protestors for acting like they're too good to flip burgers.
ows  generation.gap  generation.x  baby.boomers 
12 weeks ago
Hub changes hit Cincinnati hard
"Cincinnati, where Delta once had more than 600 daily departures, has now shrunk to the carrier’s smallest hub with roughly 130 flights a day."
cincinnati  travel  aviation  delta  cvg  from instapaper
12 weeks ago
Bob Ross Washes his Brush
As always, with odorless thinner.
bob.ross  art  pbs  funny  from instapaper
12 weeks ago
Making the Grade: Why the Cheapest Maple Syrup Tastes Best
When maple syrup was used mostly as a general-purpose sweetener, the lighter, less-flavorful variety was valued higher.
food  from instapaper
november 2011
Cities need to move their money
"Two weeks after Portland mayoral candidate state and Rep. Jefferson Smith publicly challenged Portland to move some of its money to local credit unions, Mayor Sam Adams this morning said he would pursue the cause. [...] When Portland follows through, it will cost Wells Fargo tens of millions of dollars."
politics  ows  portland  credit.unions  banks  from instapaper
november 2011
EU Bans Airport X-Ray Machines
"The simple fact is that even a 'low' x-ray exposure increases cancer risk, if only by a small amount. If you fly frequently, those small amounts add up."
aviation  travel  security  cancer  eu  tsa  from instapaper
november 2011
Why conservatives can't get people to work hard
"A winner-take-all society is not very conducive to hard work; I'm not going to bust my butt for 30 years for a 1% shot at getting into The 1%. But I am going to bust my butt for 30 years if I think this gives me a 90% chance of having a decent house, a family, some security, a reasonably pleasant job, a dog, and a couple of cars in my garage."
economics  politics  economy  jobs  from instapaper
november 2011
15 Food Companies that Serve You ‘Wood’
"He said cellulose [wood] is common in processed foods, often labeled as reduced-fat or high-fiber –- products like breads, pancakes, crackers, pizza crusts, muffins, scrambled eggs, mashed potato mixes, and even cheesecake. Inman himself keeps a box of Wheat Thins Fiber Selects crackers, manufactured by Kraft Foods Nabisco brand, at his desk, and snacks on them daily, clearly unmoved by the use of wood pulp in its ingredients."
food  health  from instapaper
november 2011
Netflix, Fox ready to resurrect Arrested Development as a streaming exclusive in 2013 - Engadget
Pretty good exclusive content deal, I'd say.
media  netflix  fox  arrested.development  tv 
november 2011
Scott Adams: My Presidential Bid
"On day one of my presidency I would form a committee of libertarians to recommend ways to shrink government. But I would require them to describe in detail how the country would look when those government functions disappear."
politics  scott.adams  dilbert  from instapaper
november 2011
Don’t Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice
programming  development  tech  jobs  careers  from instapaper
november 2011
Thousands Of Trucking Jobs, But Few Take The Wheel
Long hours, low pay, and time away from family mean more trucking jobs are going unfilled, even in this time of high unemployment.
transportation  freight  trucking  jobs  economy  from instapaper
november 2011
Cincinnati defeats Issue 48 and votes a younger, more progressive city council into office
Four incumbents ousted. Three newcomers voted in. Overall, great news for Cincinnati.
city  urbanism  from instapaper
november 2011
The Comparison Advantage
"You don't want to be the worst performer at work, the weakest member of your sports team, the least successful person at your class reunion, and so on."
stress  money  from instapaper
november 2011
Restaurant Grease As Good As Gold To Biofuel Thieves
"Yellow grease, the proper name for cooking oil that's had the food and trash filtered out of it, is selling for about 40 cents a pound, almost five times what it was a decade ago. That means a gallon of yellow grease today sells for more than $3 a gallon — on par with a gallon of milk."
biofuel  biodiesel  energy  economy  green  from instapaper
november 2011
Creativity Spurt
Scott Adams: "I think we're experiencing a worldwide creativity boom. I'm not sure I've ever seen anything like it."
politics  usa  innovation  from instapaper
november 2011
Fairness Again
"When evaluating fairness, we understand that you need to throw everything into the mix. You can't isolate one variable. For example, when comparing the tax burden on the rich versus the other 99%, you want to look beyond the federal income tax rate and include payroll taxes, sales taxes, and any other taxes... Why don't we also tally up the benefits of the taxes? That's part of the equation too."
taxes  ows  equality  from instapaper
november 2011
American Quirks
Things foreigners find strange when visiting the US.
usa  from instapaper
november 2011
A Lie Detector Test for Online Reviewers
"A man in Chittagong, Bangladesh...agreed to do 200 fake write-ups for $100. Within days, rave reviews for the company started popping up online."
social.media  yelp  tech  reviews  from instapaper
november 2011
Birth of Virgin Atlantic
"The airport terminal was full of stranded passengers. I made a few calls to charter companies and agreed to charter a plane for $2000 to Puerto Rico."
aviation  transportation  richard.branson  virgin  from instapaper
november 2011
Bill Would Give U.S. Visas to Foreign Home Buyers
"Two Senators are preparing to introduce a bipartisan bill Thursday that would give residence visas to foreigners who spend at least $500,000 to buy houses in the U.S."
housing  politics  economy  stimulus  from instapaper
november 2011
Entrepreneurs Who Go It Alone
Marco Arment of Instapaper and Maciej Ceglowski of Pinboard are featured as successful one-man tech start-ups.
pinboard  instapaper  marco.arment  maciej.ceglowski  tech  entrepreneuers  from instapaper
november 2011
What's the Plural of Texas?
"When Texas joined the Union in 1845, voluntarily giving up its independence, it was granted the right by Congress to form 'new States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number and in addition to the said State of Texas.'"
texas  politics  history  statehood  from instapaper
november 2011
With great power comes boorish behavior
"At last year's company Halloween party, the employees of the law firm of Steven J. Baum dressed up as homeless people who the firm had brought foreclosure proceedings against."
economy  housing  foreclosures  ows  halloween  from instapaper
november 2011
Senate GOP blocks Obama infrastructure plan
"Thursday's legislation would have provided an immediate $50 billion investment in roads, bridges, airports and transit systems."
economy  infrastructure  politics  gop  from instapaper
november 2011
Unable to pay bill, Mich. city turns off lights
"In late August, contractors from DTE Energy began rolling through the streets, taking out two-thirds of the light poles."
economy  infrastructure  politics  from instapaper
november 2011
As Foreclosures Surge, Help Is Often Hard to Find
"In Las Vegas, where the president made his announcement, about 30 counselors do foreclosure prevention in a city with 270,000 underwater properties. In Lakeland, Fla., it's one counselor for 59,000."
economy  housing  foreclosures  politics  from instapaper
november 2011
An Oil Company Buys Out an Entire ZIP Code
"It’s a responsible move, but it’s also a little odd. The company is essentially saying what few industries or companies will admit: 'I’m going to be a bad neighbor. I will make you sick. You should get out of here before I kill you.'"
energy  environment  oil  from instapaper
november 2011
Radiohead: Touring 2012
New Radiohead tour dates for 2012.
music  radiohead  tour  from instapaper
november 2011
11.11.11 event to help reclaim Cincinnati’s acoustically renowned Emery Theatre
"For more than a decade...the theatre has been largely empty. Now two young leaders hope to engage the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood and provide entertainment and educational opportunities at the Emery once again."
cincinnati  history  theatre  otr  from instapaper
november 2011
The Five Non-Highway Projects We Should Build Now
The Infrastructurist covers the most projects needed most to fix the United States' crumbling infrastructure and create jobs.
infrastructure  politics  highways  stimulus 
october 2011
Aeropress
New York Times covers the Aeropress, the coffee/espresso maker everyone seems to be going crazy for lately.
coffee  aeropress  espresso 
october 2011
Study Finds Working At Work Improves Productivity
"Fucking around is in fact detrimental to the work process," the study reads in part.
humor  the.onion  work 
october 2011
Housing is more than supply and demand
"Homeowners often engage in NIMBYism because they are conservative, risk-averse, and are cautious out of fear that the project might fail… Renters often engage in the same behavior, not because of fear it will fail, but because they're afraid the same project might actually succeed."
housing  gentrification  urbanism  cities  development  urban.planning 
september 2011
Journalism Warning Labels
"Warning: Journalist hiding their own opinions by using phrases like 'some people claim'."
journalism  media  funny 
september 2011
jQuery More Popular Than Flash
"Kind of an apples-to-oranges comparison, but it’s an interesting snapshot. One technology waxing, one waning."
tech  flash  html5  jquery  javascript 
september 2011
It’s time to put an end to the campaign falsehoods
Let's hold politicians accountable for their claims -- "Ohio's smoking ban will hurt businesses" or "the Fountain Square renovation will be a boondoggle -- that are proven wrong.
urbanism  cities  cincinnati  coast  fountain.square  transit  transportation  streetcar  smoking.ban  revitalization 
september 2011
Revolights
"Revolights is a Kickstarter Project that places LEDs in a ring around the wheel, timed so that it provides a constant beam lower down, lighting up the road around you." This is awesome -- watch the video.
kickstarter  bikes  transportation  LEDs 
september 2011
Has smoking ban hurt Ohio restaurants and bars?
Answer: No. My proposition: Anyone who predicted the smoking ban would hurt businesses gets no input into solutions for the current economic downturn.
smoking  health  smoking.ban  bars  economy 
september 2011
Introducing geofences on Flickr!
Flickr introduces innovative new way to deal with privacy of geotagged photos.
photos  flickr  geotagging  geo  privacy 
august 2011
Census: Kentucky ranks near top in divorces
Sanctity of marriage!
kentucky  marriage 
august 2011
Our Fantasy Nation?
"Mass transit is underfinanced; after all, Mercedes-Benzes and private jets are much more practical, no?"
transportation  transit  infrastructure  politics  tea.party 
august 2011
Stop Coddling the Super-Rich
"People invest to make money, and potential taxes have never scared them off."
politics  taxes  warren.buffett  tea.party 
august 2011
Salt Lake City, Rising Transit Star
One of the nation's most conservative cities builds one of the best transit systems completed in recent times.
transit  transportation  salt.lake.city  utah 
august 2011
How Transit Systems Can Make Money
Don't believe there is a massive amount of development potential in the land surround rail lines? Hong Kong's transit system is rolling in profit because they develop this land themselves.
transit  transportation  cities  hong.kong 
august 2011
Last place aversion
People who oppose goverment welfare programs don't necessarily believe they will ever be rich him/herself... they just don't want to end up in last place.
economy  welfare  gop  tea.party  government 
august 2011
The jobless future
"Buying things locally for immediate gratification will be a premium service because it is far more efficient — in terms of inventory cost, real estate, staffing — to consolidate and fulfill merchandise at a distance."
jobs  politics  jeff.jarvis  retail  economy 
august 2011
Meet the Brewmaster for the Moerlein Lager House
"His goal for the Lager House is for it to be, in his words, the best brewpub in the world."
cincinnati  beer  christian.moerlein  urbanism 
august 2011
Stay Classy, Smitherman
"If the national office of the NAACP had any idea what Chris Smitherman is doing to their brand here in Cincinnati, they would’ve shown him the door years ago."
cincinnati  politics  naacp  chris.smiterman  transit  transportation  urbanism  cities 
august 2011
Cincinnati one of the most walkable cities in U.S.
Cincinnati's high walkability is exactly why rail transit would be a prefect match for the city.
cincinnati  urbanism  transit  transportation  cities 
august 2011
Indestructible Cincinnati Streetcar Faces Another Foe
StreetsBlog covers the latest anti-streetcar measures in Cincinnati
cincinnati  streetcar  transit  transportation  cities  urbanism 
august 2011
Redevelopment work shifting north and west in historic Over-the-Rhine
Update on the most recent developments in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.
cincinnati  otr  over-the-rhine  development  urbanism  cities  ohio 
august 2011
Distorted scans in Google Books
This is where all of those completely-unreadable CAPTCHAs come from.
google  google.books  captchas 
august 2011
What does The University of Cincinnati know about partying, or anything else?
"Nobody who went to OU exaggerates or makes stuff up."
college  party.schools  uc  university.of.cincinnati  ou  ohio.university  ohio 
august 2011
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