Meeting the Michael Jackson supernova | Max Sparber
The best tribute I have read yet. Even has a Twin Cities connection.
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by Patrick Rhone, Master Generalist
Meeting the Michael Jackson supernova | Max Sparber
The best tribute I have read yet. Even has a Twin Cities connection.

“She remembers the moment. The photographer took her picture. She remembers her anger. The man was a stranger. She had never been photographed before. Until they met again 17 years later, she had not been photographed since.”
One of the most famous photos in history and we did not even know her name – until now.
Letter from Tehran: With the Marchers: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
More powerful reporting on the ordinary people caught up in the fight for their voices to be heard. A struggle that has gone on, and on, for centuries.
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: The New York Times is friggin pathetic
“I will tell you this about iLiver 2.0: It’s nanoengineered, and it kicks ass. I wake up every morning feeling like Shaft, Superfly, James Bond and Kung Fu all put together. I’m bench-pressing twice my body weight, and I am so friggin ready to kick some low-rent tabloid hack wannabe ass that’s it not even funny. So bring it, Brad Stone and you other jealous, sanctimonious gits at the New York Times. Seriously. Bring your A game, you clueless, classless motherfriggers. I will be alive long after every one of you is dead. I know this makes you crazy, but it’s the truth. I’m back, bitches. Deal with it.”
Fake Steve is back and better than ever.
From the Desk of David Pogue – Pogue’s Productivity Secrets Revealed – NYTimes.com
How Mr. Pogue gets it done. (via Smarterware)
My $99, Linux-Powered Home Theatre PC
Great example of not needing a whole lot of money these days to get a ton of useful functionality. Not only that but a good way to replace the cable TV too.
Data Center Overload – NYTimes.com
Linked to by everyone, and now, me.
The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg
Great peek into the worklife of the man behind WordPress. (via Tim Ferriss)
Op-Ed Columnist – A Supreme Leader Loses His Aura as Iranians Flock to the Streets – NYTimes.com
“I swear to God,” he shouted at the protesters facing him, “I have children, I have a wife, I don’t want to beat people. Please go home.”
Some of the best reporting I have ever read. Heartbreaking situation going on in such an important and historic place.
Daring Fireball: Regarding the WSJ’s Report That Steve Jobs Had a Liver Transplant
This is such a great breakdown on this story. Not that I would expect any less from Gruber. Here is my take on what happened:
This is the only thing that makes sense to me.