December 2008
61 posts
FFFFOUND! | Andrew Hem | bigger.than →
this painting is amazing. I want to meet this girl. Metaphorically, of course. And without the large size. I have a dormant case of short man’s syndrome I’d prefer not to re-awaken.
Elephant Gun, by Beirut
from the Lon Gisland EP
I would *also* smoke if I had been elected...
Mind you, I fully realize that this comment carries little weight since I am, in fact, a current smoker. But the more I read about the state of the world, and the more I realize just what Obama is in for come January … the less I understand why anyone is shocked or surprised that he’s had trouble quitting.
My personal and professional life has been a special kind of hell the past few...
“So what? This is probably the most sinless president we’re likely to get...”
– Let Obama smoke cigarettes in the White House. - By Ron Rosenbaum - Slate Magazine
“It makes no sense for Congress to pump $13.4 billion into bailing out Detroit —...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Win, Win, Win, Win, Win … - NYTimes.com
Dinosaur Comics about video games →
T-Rex: Okay, look! You want to know what the greatest video game system ever is? It's the N-Gage.
Devil: WHAT
Devil: WHAT
Devil: I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD
“the musical realization of a teenaged girl’s book of poetry on the exact...”
– J. BArbee reviews Mary Timony’s the Golden Dove
“After noting that Warren’s role at the inauguration is, in the end, symbolic,...”
– You’re Likable Enough, Gay People - NYTimes.com
hipsters
seandehey: But they don't like being called hipsters
mrbread: Most people don't like being called hipsters.
mrbread: Hipsters don't even like being called hipsters.
mrbread: Even by other hipsters.
seandehey: No, no one wants to be called a hipster.
mrbread: I wouldn't mind.
mrbread: Then I would know I'd arrived
never explain the joke
Sean: Two words. Kahless shoes.
MrBread: No.
MrBread: God.
MrBread: Just stop.
artificially inflated hit counts
One of my favorite features in google chrome is the “home” page, which displays thumbnails of the nine sites you visit most often. Naturally, the top two are facebook and gmail, the two websites I visit more than any other. The rest is a rotating mix of whatever else is getting heavy action lately; right now #3 is craigslist, since I’ve been looking for work like a crazy...
“If (Jindal) does run, it will likely be in 2016, unless Obama messes up badly in...”
– marbury: lean years for white males
“The most important thing,” Dick Cheney told Emanuel with a sober stare, “is that...”
– funny guy | marbury
“Baydan has received orders for 300,000 pairs of the shoes since the attack, more...”
– Shoe Hurled at Bush Flies Off Turkish Maker’s Shelves - Bloomberg.com:
“Falling between Hootie & the Blowfish and Live”
– Pandora describing Third Eye Blind. WTF?
FreakAngels » Episode 0039 →
Wait … did Warren Ellis just make an “All Your Base” reference? He really is the Internet Jesus.
Jobs - PSU →
Start a Business | Business.gov →
There’s lots of resources that want your money. Why not get the same info from the government, for free?
“I know, I know, unlike movies, a game can have lousy writing and still be one of...”
– Jhonen Vasquez on Dead Space
Jobs - OR Employment Dept Job Listings →
college spam? job spam? wtf?
I’ve been applying to a lot of jobs lately, and have noticed an odd trend. A couple times now, my e-mail/resume has generated an auto-response, directing me to the company’s website to fill out an online application. Then when I fill out the online application, I get shunted to a website that appears to be farming for college students. WTF?
Wavelength Telecom advertises itself as a...
gripes
I am listening to an album in iTunes. I change view—now I am looking at a playlist that features the currently-playing song. I realize I would like to listen to the playlist instead, but don’t want to interrupt the current song, because it is awesome. The song ends, and iTunes snaps back to the previous view, and continues in the previously-selected album. In order to switch...
“There was once many ways to explore this setting in videogames, as the pilots,...”
– Tycho talks about the upcoming Star Wars MMO (emphasis added)
“You see so many rock bands in the studio and it’s serious, serious...”
– Ben Folds
“Thats me hanging out in shady bathroom in the Netherlands again.”
– (emphasis added)
Rotovator on Whitechapel
“There was this boy. And he met a girl. Then the boy did something stupid, and...”
– The Shortest Story Ever Written. By Ryan Vandehey.
“Sometimes I want to take photos of women like I’m a man. Taking into...”
– Katie West: Sometimes
To which I replied:
“I guess the simple answer is to take pictures of what’s working for you, because if the point of photography isn’t (like all art) to capture the world as you’re seeing it so other people can see it the way you’re seeing it,...
Sony Ericsson TM506 - My Sixth Phone
So I got a new phone. I’m pretty jazzed overall, but it’s also bringing to the fore some of my issues with T-Mobile (and cell carriers in general):
It has a sweet 2mp camera which A) remembers my settings, B) shoots in b/w and C) shoots 320x240 video at 30fps. Unfortunately, I haven’t yet sprung for the required USB cable (and my computer doesn’t have bluetooth) so the...