2008

Jul

Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year (2007), second place

“Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least...”
— Source: Traffic deaths fall as...

RexHammock.com will crank back up on July...

Samir Husni’s photos of the “limited edition...

“The U.S. now has an energy problem that is not only draining...”
— Capital Journal - WSJ.com

Health facts of the day: 1. Evolution is why...

How To Pretend You Care About the Election | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source

I think the message in this video is so important, I’m crossposting it several places. I...

“Humans tend to be very disappointing — notice our divorce...”
— Sit. Stay. Love. - Is...

NASA’s Astronomy Photo of the Day: July 5, 2008 -...

“We are not prepared at this time to prevent the massive...”
— U.S. not prepared for possible...

Doc Searls is taking photos of the Gap fire — and by...

Stunningly scary clifftop communities | deputydog

Jun

Next Fired Campaign Spokesman

This year, it seems that campaign spokespeople feel the need to say something stupid so...

“Calling energy independence “the goal that failed,” Mr....”
— Andy Grove Offers an Energy...

This “fulgurator” seems something straight out of a William Gibson novel. (via...

“In the future, more and more spoken English will sound...”
— How English Is Evolving Into a...

$572 million: "Lifetime value" of Led...

“The once mighty Wall Street investment banks have been...”
— The Bonfire of the Vanities,...

Ball Girl Makes Incredible Catch Video

The good news (and bad) for Titans fans...

Living in Nashville and cheering for the hometown Tennessee Titans, I’m happy not to have to...

Tag cloud representation of del.icio.us/rexblog. Created...

“People think the economy sucks and we’re all heading...”
— Why We’re Gloomier Than...

How to nap - Boston.com

“In little more than a century, journalism has been conducted...”
— Jim Romenesko’s Impact...

The view from Lori Mehmen’s front door on Tuesday evening....

“Bill Clinton’s opponents believed so single-mindedly in his...”
— For Clintons, an old dream...

“While Mrs. Clinton proved a more agile candidate than many...”
— The Long Road to a Clinton...

Five two-day hikes in the Southeast (via Southern Trails...

“’(In a study) those who believed they were free to...”
— From the Business Week...

“While working at I.B.M.’s Thomas J. Watson Jr. Research...”
— From: A Tribute to Jim Gray:...

May

Al Gore & I aren't proud of this

Nashville ranks high on lots of lists that make me proud. However, being ranked as having the sixth...

“Walled gardens are inherently inadequate in a networked...”
— Doc Searls

Humor by Lee Camp, 236.com - “McCain’s Short...

How'd I get so cool?

It took me a moment to figure out why my Last.fm account was suggesting through my ‘recently...

Graphic designer Paula Scher

Wow. This guy mashed up a bicycle (on a stationary trainer) with a device from Sun called...

MUTO is a wall-painted animation by BLU — and just about the most incredible thing...

Screengrab of IsTwitterDown.com. (Via: My Flickr account.)

Ryan McGeeny served seven years in the Marines and is now...

Death spurs headphone debate

“What happens to the Republicans in 2008 will likely be...”
— This is a quote from Peggy...

re-blogged from laurencetimms: The most elegant 6-step...

It’s with some amazement that I discovered this video five months after someone posted it. Its...

What if they threw a recession and no...

From Recession? Not So Fast, Say Some - WSJ.com: “A couple months ago it seemed like we were...

“Why does Clinton keep running? … She has no...”
— Quote by Roger Simon writing...

This photo, an uncredited stock (?) image being used to...

Doc Searls pointed to this video and said it was Obama’s path to election. After looking at...

“Notwithstanding the playful, even clever, writing of the...”
— Quote from the Chicago...

“Things like this article in today’s NY Times remind me...”
— ‘Mad Pride’ Fights a Stigma -...

This video of the song “Again & Again” by the Bird & the Bee is amazingly...

Fun with specialty car license plates (via.)

re-posting gtmcknight: Could you imagine looking out your...

“Those who registered smallbusiness.com or creditcards.com...”
— I ran across this quote on a...

“Scientific discoveries must, in some sense, be inevitable....”
— Annals of Innovation: In the...

Okay, I’ll confess. I’m a sucker for this kind of video.

Those wacky Flickr users: A group devoted to “defaced...

Apr

“I’ve found this fascinating. The desire by Obama to...”
— Obama Breaks Forcefully With...

“Bob Herbert on Rev. Wright: “My guess is that Mr....”
— The Pastor Casts a Shadow,...

What I saw while running the Country Music 1/2 Marathon.

(Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos, Smashing Magazine

I was impressed with the timliness of the delivery of this...

Today, it is not unusual to encounter professional...

“The torrent of speculation about the end game of the...”
— Democratic Party suspense may...

Charity Case? Titans trade Pacman for a...

According to ESPN.com, Jones will make a $500,000 donation to a charity of the Titans’ choice, but a...

“In a campaign where demographics seem to be destiny, one of...”
— In Clinton vs. Obama, Age Is a...

Google loves me again

South Park "Over Logging"

My two sports seasons: Football season and...

A Photo Editor’s Gallery of 297 Talented Photographers

Interesting wonk-stat blog post from compete.com, via:...

“(Today’s) decline in GE shares was the worst in...”
— Today’s Markets -...

If everything is a crises, is anything a...

Are we really going through crises? To read the news, you’d think the world is going to hell...

The Leningrad Cowboys & Red Army Choir sing Sweet Home Alabama. It just doesn’t get any...

In a cross-generational conversation, I just mentioned the “Ed Ames tomahawk incident”...

“When nobody is looking, I can fly.”
— From “Lies I’ve...

“The Clinton campaign had no midgame strategy — what to do...”
— Where did the tables turn? -...

The Clintons' tax returns

An amazing look at the income potential of a former President who entered office after a career as a...

Mar

Something I think we can all agree on: The next President needs a mustache.!

“I really think my days being a Titan is over with,”...”
— Pacman says days as Titan over...

You know that old folk belief about a...

Researchers in Germany, using advances in neuroscience, report in the current issue of the journal...

I’m sending my kids this video from Gary Vaynerchuk who Kathy Sierra thinks can do no wrong...

How can a stock analyst miss something so...

Man Years

I just got pitched by a company who used the following statistic, “We have 2700 man-years of...

Why I'm liking RexHammock.com (or, more...

It reminds me of my first five years of blogging at rexblog.com when no one read it and I was...

“U.S. historians estimate that in the first 10 months of 1930...”
— Thinking the unthinkable: what...

“(The iPhone has) turned me from a really annoying...”
— The risk for iPhone users:...

Toured the University of Virginia today. Certainly one of...

A photo of Robert Scobel and me at SXSW shot by Becky McCray...

My Governor has a bright idea for his fellow...

“Mr. Clarke was well aware of the importance of his role as...”
— Arthur C. Clarke, Premier...

“New polling now suggests that Clinton’s involvement in the...”
— Bill’s image damaged by...

LenDale White imitates Pacman

Why I am entertained by reporter math

According to Reuters, the devalued dollar means the U.S. no longer has the “world’s...

Why the Spitzer scandal has us so...

Last year on my blog, I posted “the 9 steps of political scandals.” (I originally said,...

Britt Blaser compares the Dynamac with the MacBook Air.

I agree with my friend Nick Bradbury. This is...

Annie Leibovitz photographing the Queen from a BBC series entitled Monarchy: The Royal Family At...

“It’s part modern chamber music and part song cycle —...”
— NPR Music: Bluegrass Suite...

Feb

“Though more commonly associated with indie-rock upstarts,...”
— New York Times

“One day after issuing a private warning to the Tennessee...”
— Jonathan Martin,...

I photographed this from a roof-top plaza at the Hay-Adams...

“Quote - “(Bill Clinton) is being kept as far from the...”
— After Attacks, Bill Clinton Is...

Review: Punch Brothers' Punch

Okay, let’s start RexHammock.com Tumblr 2.0 with something rare: a music review. Punch, an...

Video: Punch Brothers - Blind Leaving the Blind. The CD “Punch” was released today - See...

Jan

Ending one Tumblr experiment, about to...

I like Tumblr, but I think I’m under-using it by merely using it as a “lifestream”...

links for 2008-01-14

Flying car prototype for sale | Boing Boing

@dougpetch - what took you so long? Vandy is a football school — oh, wait.

@fimoculous - or is it YOU who are working on the super secret project? Aren’t you?

@fimoculous - are they all working on SAME super secret project?

This game is heading to routsville. Sorry Seattle tweetsters.

@akula - best sports trivia reference of the day

sorry @coleH - I know any scenario with romo playing works for you

that was also @coleH

@jaxn - when god created football this is what she had in mind

best superbowl ‘story book’ scenarios: manning v manning. Or favre v Brady.

@sleepydad - Unless you live in Seattle Dallas or a a nyg fan, its hard not to be a farve fan today

Brett Fav-ray is the hero of over the hill geezers. We love this.

switched to twittering on iPhone. Like going from atari to xbox

im twittering via kindle. a most amusing experience

when my teams not playing im for team with the best story

This is like watching football 40 years ago except in HD

links for 2008-01-12

Office window sunset 2: From my office window on January 11,...

Office window sunset 1: From my office window on January 11,...

SuperShuttle now available at Nashville...

@jaxn Wow. Great minds get tired of the same things. Thanks for the points.

Measuring Conversational Media | Jackson...

I’ve unsubscribed the RSS feed of ‘status updates’ from Facebook as 70% of them...

Download and listen to free music on the web...

Just posted a couple of out-my-window Nashville sunset shots. - http://tinyurl.com/33nafd

Integrating mediacasting channels | Jackson...

CondeNet reworks Flip.com as social...