Peter McArthur

I'm a software developer in New York. I work at vimeo. I like to read books and magazines. My muxtape. Email: ptrmcrthr+t@gmail.com
Jun 16
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  • jake: what were we clapping for?
  • peter: casey pugh
  • peter: one of the programmers here
  • jake: oh rlly
  • jake: what did he do
  • peter: he made a new video browser for the right side of the clip page and it was pushed
Jun 14
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“ Denis Johnson’s last book, Tree of Smoke, won the National Book Award. Now, reports the New York Times, his new novel, Nobody Move, will appear in four monthly installments in Playboy, beginning with the July 2008 issue, which hits newsstands today.
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via Jacket Copy, an LA Times publishing blog.

Tree of Smoke is the best new book I’ve read in three or four years, so I’m really excited for this.

Jun 07
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Solutions to rising sea levels

  • Dredging
  • Boiling
  • Remove all the whales
Jun 03
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Sido - Ihr Habt Uns So Gemacht (Feat. Massiv)

This is kind of like Weird Al, except without all the words.

Jun 02
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Confirmed! 9th Street Espresso carries Stumptown Hairbender
May 26
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From latimes: It was the first time in history one spacecraft was able to take a picture of another during a landing on an alien planet, a feat some Phoenix team members doubted could be achieved. And then this tidbit, a setup for an awesome robot disaster movie: The single glitch was the failure of the sheath known as a bio-barrier to fully deploy around the robotic arm. That sheath was installed as a safety measure, to prevent the spacecraft from contaminating Mars with bacteria from Earth. Officials said that failure to deploy would not affect the operation of the arm.

From latimes:

It was the first time in history one spacecraft was able to take a picture of another during a landing on an alien planet, a feat some Phoenix team members doubted could be achieved.
And then this tidbit, a setup for an awesome robot disaster movie:
The single glitch was the failure of the sheath known as a bio-barrier to fully deploy around the robotic arm. That sheath was installed as a safety measure, to prevent the spacecraft from contaminating Mars with bacteria from Earth. Officials said that failure to deploy would not affect the operation of the arm.