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Monday night wings. Oh yeah!

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:36:58 -0400

Monday night wings. Oh yeah!

Flip flops anyone? (at Old Navy)

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:33:46 -0400

Flip flops anyone? (at Old Navy)

Study says there’s more millionaires in Tokyo than NYC....

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:44:04 -0400

Study says there’s more millionaires in Tokyo than NYC. You are who you hang out with ;)

Back to Pangolin. 13.04 was a little too wonky for me.

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:28:00 -0400

Back to Pangolin. 13.04 was a little too wonky for me.

Pain and Gain Tonight. Woohoo! Great way to end an awesome day. ...

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:22:45 -0400

Pain and Gain Tonight. Woohoo! Great way to end an awesome day. (at AMC Loews Palisades Center 21)

Mmm. Mexican. (at Moe’s Southwest Grill)

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:43:21 -0400

Mmm. Mexican. (at Moe’s Southwest Grill)

Dating Site OkCupid Now Accepting Bitcoins

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:30:29 -0400

Dating Site OkCupid Now Accepting Bitcoins:

Mike Isaac, allthingsd.com

Good news, currency nerds! OkCupid, the popular data-driven dating site, is jumping on the Bitcoin bandwagon, now accepting the alternative form of money that has risen so quickly to prominence. Good luck, however, trying to find…

Gavin Andresen, Bitcoin Architect: Meet The Man Bringing You...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:29:50 -0400

Gavin Andresen, Bitcoin Architect: Meet The Man Bringing You Bitcoin (And Getting Paid In It)
Bianca Bosker, huffingtonpost.com

Depending on whom you ask and when, Gavin Andresen is either bitcoin’s greatest champion or out to destroy the virtual currency.
Andresen serves as the chief scientist of the Bitcoin Foundation, a group modeled after the Linux…

Bitcoin Celebrated As Way To Avoid Taxes Eleazar David Melendez,...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:27:31 -0400

Bitcoin Celebrated As Way To Avoid Taxes
Eleazar David Melendez, huffingtonpost.com

It’s 364 days until most Americans will once again face a deadline to file their taxes, but Teresa Warmke already has a plan for Tax Day 2014: She’s going to skip the whole thing.
The treasurer of a limited liability company, Warmke…

Bitcoins gain traction in Argentina | beyondbrics

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:22:46 -0400

Bitcoins gain traction in Argentina | beyondbrics:

Apr 16, 2013 9:25pm by Jude Webber, ft.com

Argentines would love to save in dollars rather than a peso ravaged by inflation and whose value is on the skids, but the government w …

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox suffered large DDOS attack...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:22:03 -0400

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox suffered large DDOS attack yesterday
Charles Gantt, tweaktown.com

In the past 48 hours, life has been pretty stressful for those invested in the virtual currency Bitcoin. On Wednesday the Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox experienced a massive crash that led to the Bitcoin losing half of it’s value. Then yesterday…

Bitcoin Dreams Endure to Savers Crushed by CPI: Argentina Credit

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:21:33 -0400

Bitcoin Dreams Endure to Savers Crushed by CPI: Argentina Credit:

bloomberg.com

Banned from buying dollars and confronted by the fastest inflation in the Western Hemisphere, some Argentine savers are seeking refuge in bitcoin as a store of value even after the virtual currency’s …

Yes, Bitcoin is volatile. It’s still got defenders. Brad Plumer,...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:57:48 -0400

Yes, Bitcoin is volatile. It’s still got defenders.
Brad Plumer, washingtonpost.com

Bitcoin, everyone’s new favorite online currency, has been on a wild ride of late, rising to a high of $260 per bitcoin Wednesday morning and falling to $63 per bitcoin on Thursday afternoon:That’s led to plenty of schadenfreude on Twitter, as peo…

The Secret Weapon That Makes Bitcoin Impervious To...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:50:47 -0400

The Secret Weapon That Makes Bitcoin Impervious To Super-Powerful Quantum Computers
Dylan Love, businessinsider.com

If you don’t know what Bitcoin is, you should. This digital currency has captured lots of attention as the value of a single unit recently surged to over $200.
Venture capitalist Chris Dixon points out in a tweet that the emerging…

Trust: The Bitcoin Of Innovative Cultures Henry Doss,...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:49:13 -0400

Trust: The Bitcoin Of Innovative Cultures
Henry Doss, forbes.com

It is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest, that holds human associations together.
–H. L. Mencken
Way back in 1941, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard were in their garage, working on what would become Hewlett-Packard.During that…

Trust: The Bitcoin Of Innovative Cultures Henry Doss,...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:48:47 -0400

Trust: The Bitcoin Of Innovative Cultures
Henry Doss, forbes.com

It is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest, that holds human associations together.
–H. L. Mencken
Way back in 1941, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard were in their garage, working on what would become Hewlett-Packard.During that…

Bitcoin Is A Disruptive Technology

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:47:22 -0400

Bitcoin Is A Disruptive Technology:

Timothy B. Lee, forbes.com

A financial network is a technological platform that people build businesses on top of. And the traditional banking and credit card networks are closed platforms. If you want to build an e-commerce site, a payment network like…

Bitcoin: Is the virtual currency the new gold standard?

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:45:42 -0400

Bitcoin: Is the virtual currency the new gold standard?:

independent.ie

The virtual currency has been making waves since 2009, but the financial crisis in Cyprus has seen people rushing to invest. Are these encrypted files really the future of cash? Chris Beanland reports.

Why Bankers Want You to Fear Bitcoin Matt Petronzio,...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:40:32 -0400

Why Bankers Want You to Fear Bitcoin
Matt Petronzio, mashable.com

Even though the web first saw Bitcoins in 2009, the decentralized virtual currency is the talk of the Internet right now. It reached a record value of $256 USD last week, before it took a nosedive on Wednesday.SEE ALSO: More Sunday ComicsIn…

Bitcoin: Roller Coaster of Love

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:37:07 -0400

Bitcoin: Roller Coaster of Love:

Thomas L. Knapp, c4ss.org

It’s up, it’s down. It’s the future of commerce one day, just another Internet bubble the next. It’s the end of government-controlled currency and banking … but wait, the US government’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has something to say ab…