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May 21

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May 10

dsmitch: via Politico (Matt Wuerker)

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May 09

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May 08

Why Do Cell Phone Contracts Suck? - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast -

John Aravosis secured a much better deal on his iPhone service in France than he does in the US:

Unless you’re paying $26 a month for unlimited phone calls, unlimited text, free international calls, and 3 gigs of data, per month, you are being royally ripped off. Because that’s what they pay in France for far more service on their iPhones, and other phones, than we pay in the states for three times as much. … Folks, Americans need to wise up.  We are being royally ripped off, compared to the rest of the world. 

When I tell people here that I pay Comcast $180 a month for home Internet and cable TV (and I don’t even get the premium movie channels), they laugh, since folks here pay $30 a month for high speed 100 megabyte fiber optic Internet, cable TV, and phone service (that includes unlimited calls around the world) combined. We should be embarrassed, and then outraged, by how badly we are being cheated by American phone companies and Internet providers. 

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May 06

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May 05

fuckyeahhistorycrushes: In 1839, a year after the first photo containing a human being was made, photography pioneer Robert Cornelius made the first ever portrait of a human being. On a sunny day in October, Robert Cornelius set up his camera in the back of his father’s gas lamp-importing business on Chestnut Street in Center City, Philadelphia. After removing the lens cap, he sprinted into the frame, where he sat for more than a minute before covering up the lens. The picture he produced that day was the first photographic self-portrait. It is also widely considered the first successful photographic portrait of a human being. […] the words written on the back of the self-portrait, in Cornelius’ own hand, said it all: “The first light Picture ever taken. 1839.”  An original Hipster.

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

In 1839, a year after the first photo containing a human being was made, photography pioneer Robert Cornelius made the first ever portrait of a human being.

On a sunny day in October, Robert Cornelius set up his camera in the back of his father’s gas lamp-importing business on Chestnut Street in Center City, Philadelphia. After removing the lens cap, he sprinted into the frame, where he sat for more than a minute before covering up the lens. The picture he produced that day was the first photographic self-portrait. It is also widely considered the first successful photographic portrait of a human being.

[…] the words written on the back of the self-portrait, in Cornelius’ own hand, said it all: “The first light Picture ever taken. 1839.” 

An original Hipster.

May 04

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May 03

fuckyeahhistorycrushes: Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer, best known for leading the ‘Endurance’ expedition of 1914-16. In 1914, Shackleton made his third trip to the Antarctic with the ship ‘Endurance’, planning to cross Antarctica via the South Pole. Early in 1915, ‘Endurance’ became trapped in the ice, and ten months later sank. Shackleton’s crew had already abandoned the ship to live on the floating ice. In April 1916, they set off in three small boats, eventually reaching Elephant Island. Taking five crew members, Shackleton went to find help. In a small boat, the six men spent 16 days crossing 1,300 km of ocean to reach South Georgia and then trekked across the island to a whaling station. The remaining men from the ‘Endurance’ were rescued in August 1916. Not one member of the expedition died. ‘South’, Shackleton’s account of the ‘Endurance’ expedition, was published in 1919. He’s the definition of badass.  He faced nothing but setbacks, lived in fucking ANTARCTICA for like a year, got his ship squished by ice, sailed to an island in a rowboat, crossed the island on foot, and got his ENTIRE CREW back home.  Dude.  Also he’s salty and delicious.   True BA.

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer, best known for leading the ‘Endurance’ expedition of 1914-16.

In 1914, Shackleton made his third trip to the Antarctic with the ship ‘Endurance’, planning to cross Antarctica via the South Pole. Early in 1915, ‘Endurance’ became trapped in the ice, and ten months later sank. Shackleton’s crew had already abandoned the ship to live on the floating ice. In April 1916, they set off in three small boats, eventually reaching Elephant Island. Taking five crew members, Shackleton went to find help. In a small boat, the six men spent 16 days crossing 1,300 km of ocean to reach South Georgia and then trekked across the island to a whaling station. The remaining men from the ‘Endurance’ were rescued in August 1916. Not one member of the expedition died. ‘South’, Shackleton’s account of the ‘Endurance’ expedition, was published in 1919.

He’s the definition of badass.  He faced nothing but setbacks, lived in fucking ANTARCTICA for like a year, got his ship squished by ice, sailed to an island in a rowboat, crossed the island on foot, and got his ENTIRE CREW back home.  Dude.  Also he’s salty and delicious.  


True BA.

May 02

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Apr 14

channingfrye: the-absolute-funniest-posts: Follow this blog, you will love it on your dashboard So funny being that we’re here in Spur country right now.

channingfrye:

the-absolute-funniest-posts:

Follow this blog, you will love it on your dashboard

So funny being that we’re here in Spur country right now.

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Apr 11

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Apr 06

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Mar 29

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