January 2011
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August 2010
3 posts
The Instant Pic: Incomplete Map of the World's... →
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After the Facebook News Feed gained prominence and widespread use, the quality of the website immediately began to deteriorate. Less emphasis was placed on features people found…
July 2010
2 posts
The Instant Read: He's Baaack →
Instant winners,
Apologies for the lack of updates to the blog in the past few weeks. After spending a couple of weeks to say goodbye to my grandfather and celebrate his life, I picked up and…
The Instant Vid: Baby Got Back (The Gilbert &... →
Unlike Sam Seaborn, I wasn’t the recording secretary of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society at Yale. Doesn’t stop me from appreciating the brilliance behind this…
March 2010
14 posts
The Instant Read: Thoughts on 2010 NCAA Tournament... →
I only have a few minutes today, but here are my “quick hits” after watching Selection Sunday:
I’m the only one saying this, but Syracuse didn’t deserve a 1 seed. West Virginia finished the…
Morning Glory: Cheapest NYC Happy Hours, Geekify... →
TimeOut puts together a list of cheap, NYC happy hours. Throw three or four TV’s in there and it might become “list of potential March Madness destinations.” [NYC]
Mashable does its best to…
The Instant Vid: The March to Madness - Gus Calls... →
Things I’d like to hear Gus Johnson announce:
Golf
The Lottery (Win-4 or NUMBERS)
Childbirth
Westminster Dog Show
What else am I missing?
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The Instant Vid: Bunch of 9-Year-Olds Cover... →
MAJOR thanks to Dave Symonds, the PS22 Chorus, and twentyfourbit. Permalink | Leave a comment »
The Instant Vid: The March to Madness - Gus Can... →
What’s more? It was a Knicks game. Permalink | Leave a comment »
The Instant Vid: The March to Madness - Bynum's... →
See your volume button next to the clock in your system tray? Turn up the Gus. Permalink | Leave a comment »
The Instant Pic: Fine With Me →
Hell, I’ll be the first to admit that the play-in game warrants more attention than my birthday. Hooray for Alcorn St. vs. College of the Trinity Reserve (Yes…I made this up)! …
The Instant Pic: The Red Carpet →
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The Instant Vid: The March to Madness - Gus... →
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Morning Glory: Paper Rater, Full-Scale Collapse of... →
Lifehacker’s post about Paper Rater, a web-based tool that analyzes and improves your writing, awoke the inner nerd in me. It doesn’t take much. [Apps] Glenn Greenwald calls journalism from…
The Instant Vid: Countdown to Madness →
Blame Rowds for this. I’m counting down each day to the regional tip-off by posting a Gus Johnson clip to the blog. Since I’m kicking this off today, I made sure to lead…
Morning Glory: The GOP Fear Card, Goodbye Ulysses,... →
Eric Alterman discusses the Republican Party replacing their ace with the fear card. [Politics] The GOP wants to replace Ulysses S. Grant on the fifty dollar bill with Ronald Reagan….
The Instant Pic: Hockey →
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The Instant Tune: Allison Veltz - The Moon →
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January 2010
18 posts
The Instant Pic: Spies -- From Isengard! →
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I snorted. Thanks for the headline, Ron_Mexico_MD.
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The Instant Tune: Death Cab for Cutie - Little... →
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The Instant Vid: Artie Lange and Jim Breuer Trade... →
Was digging through my archives when I stumbled across this recording from the Howard Stern show. When I first moved into Manhattan and people came to hang at the…
Morning Glory: Oh Pauly Night, iCloud, Glenn... →
Unterekless gives kudos to Sarah Bareilles for her hilarious Jersey Shore rendition of Rihanna’s Umbrella. [TV]
TechCrunch sheds light on Apple’s cloud computing strategy with the recent…
The Instant Vid: Nothing Suits Me Like A Suit →
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Finally saw the near-perfect 100th episode of HIMYM. Couldn’t help wondering if an actual musical entirely about suits would do better than a Green Day musical.
(Then…
Morning Glory: Hype's Top 25, Conan Puts Show up... →
The Hype Machine’s Top 25 songs of 2009 is pretty impressive. [Music]
Adam Ostrow laughs at Conan O’Brien putting his show up for sale on Craigslist. Would love to see a M4W ad of Jay Leno…
The Instant Vid: Fail of Fortune →
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I always feel bad mocking anyone in a uniform. Except Hitler. I love videos that mock Hitler.
H/T to @BigRowds
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Morning Glory: Jon Stewart gets Neoconned, The... →
I never thought I’d see a warmongering neocon get the best of Jon Stewart. [Politics] HuffPo reveals the secret history of the Kubrick Wordpress theme. [Interesting]
Rinkworks put…
The Instant Pic: An Important Announcement from... →
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The Instant Tune: Passion Pit - Let Your Love Grow... →
Let Your Love Grow Tall by Passion Pit (5146 KB) Listen on posterous
That Girl and I got tickets to their third and final sold out show at Terminal 5. Major thanks to Jake Szufnarowski of …
The Instant Vid: "Haaaaamilton" - My Favorite... →
I think it’s because of the call. I don’t even watch Connecticut. Permalink | Leave a comment »
The Instant Read: Fifteen Thousand! →
Instant winners,
Let January 5th, 2010 go down in history. This blog just celebrated its 15,000th unique visitor since its launch last July. I’m both humbled and honored by the support this…
Morning Glory: @theinstantwin is Heating Up,... →
EA sports announces the return of NBA Jam. That sound you hear is 2 million Wii controllers cracking under the weight of Dave Symonds’ foot. [Video Games] Techcrunch compares the prices…
The Instant Vid: Perfect Morgan Freeman Impression →
Amazing Morgan Freeman Impression (plus three others) - watch more funny videos
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The Instant Pic: We Lost a Lot of Good Men Out... →
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The Instant Vid: Pat McGee Plays Southern Cross on... →
I’ve seen Sister Hazel twice. Yet I got no puppet-tainment. What gives guys? Permalink | Leave a comment »
The Instant Read: 2009 Recap →
Happy 2010, all. I took a mini-sabbatical from the blog for a couple of weeks to consume Christmas ham and sip Firefly, but saved a few of my favorite “recap” reads to share.
The essential Zen Habits of 2009
The Instant Pic: He Always Ruins the Family Photos →
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December 2009
43 posts
The Instant Read: @theinstantwin Relieves... →
Erica: OK, just want to make sure we have enough food n drank
me: im bringing firefly
Erica: i don’t know what that is
me: you will
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The Instant Tune: Sam Hart - Mario Kart Love Song →
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The Instant Read: Songs You Can't Play At Your... →
I’ve been invited to six weddings next year. Some will have bands, others will have DJ’s, but I’ve compiled a list crucial to both - The DNP under any circumstance* list.
Consider this your…
The Instant Vid: DJ Earworm Remixes 2009 →
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The Instant Pic: 20th Century Fox Wants me to "Get... →
To all the unemployed copywriters on the job hunt, I give you the first sign that the economy is rebounding. Someone was paid for this.
(If this wasn’t enough to make you feel better,…
The Instant Vid: The Situation Just Got Real →
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MAJOR H/T to Blaire for this.
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Morning Glory: Can't Hate Halladay, Usher + Goat... →
Roy Halladay took out a full-page ad thanking Blue Jays fans for his success. Not a good way to get me to hate you, newest Phillies ace. [Baseball]
Someone mashed up an Usher song…
The Instant Pic: Honeymoon at the PlayPlace →
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Morning Glory: Elf on Broadway, Avatar Reviews,... →
Someone thought it would be a good idea to release a Broadway version of Elf. Why that person still has a job in this economy is anyone’s guess. [Broadway] ReflectionofMe reviews Avatar….
The Instant Vid: Snookie Street Fighter →
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The Instant Read: Playing with Site Design →
Hey Winners,
I’m experimenting with new design layouts for the instant win in 2010. Typically this is done in a “sandbox” environment - one in which I’m the only one who gets to play - but I…