Monthly Archives: May 2008

what’s online: legitimizing marijuana

By eben | Published: May 31, 2008
medical marijuana, california, and federal law have some nice fuzziness going on: Medical marijuana is legal in California, but federal law still bans sales. Amid the uncertainty that this creates — including the occasional raid by federal agents — a full-fledged industry has blossomed, taking in about $2 billion a year and generating $100 million in [...]
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happy birthday, brooklyn bridge!

By eben | Published: May 24, 2008
today is the brooklyn bridge’s 125th birthday. brooklyn bridge, you don’t look a day over 90. events / history art note: my friend silver asked me to make him a graphic he could put on a t-shirt, so i dusted off an old illustration, cleaned it up a bit, dropped some type (before seeing the official [...]
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what’s online: shoe seller’s secret of success

By eben | Published: May 24, 2008
zappos is so obsessed with getting the right people to work for them, that they offer new hires a thousand dollars to quit after training. yes, they pay people to quit. The theory, according to Mr. Taylor, is that the people who take the money “obviously don’t have the sense of commitment” Zappos requires from its [...]
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what’s online: frustrating the pirates

By eben | Published: May 17, 2008
anders bylund of ars technica writes about how big media can combat piracy by offering better versions of what piracy offers: Media piracy will always be with us. But the pirates, Mr. Bylund writes, “can be beaten — it happens all the time — but not primarily by means of legal threats and lawsuits.” Rather, [...]
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birthday bbq weather update: sun and 70!

By eben | Published: May 16, 2008
questions have been asked about saturday’s weather for the birthday bbq. it’s going to be nice. today it is raining, tomorrow, no rain until evening: (via weather.com) full bbq info…let the bacon shine! see you tomorrow.
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