January 2009
133 posts
Watchmrgan:
merlin:
Fireball: The John Gruber Story
It’s an honor to have been involved in Dan’s project. Frankly, this is the kind of role every actor waits for his whole life. What a cast. And, Kubrick made us reshoot the drinking scene almost 300 times.
Well done, Dan.
Who is John Gruber?
No more Indie/Rock Playlists →
I don’t know what I’ll do with myself
Forget the Films, Watch the Titles →
knickknack:
A showcase of great film title design
(via creattica)
I could watch these all day
“Why, though, did this usage of literally suddenly come under such fire? It is...”
– Slate - The trouble with literally
(via dailymeh)
SparkNotes = OKCupid = Bishop Allen?!
lenachen:
meaghano:
Did you know that OKCupid was started by the guy from Bishop Allen? Him and his friends started SparkNotes, too. WEIRD, HUH? If you don’t believe me, ask the Internet.
You mean I actually had a chance to accost this dude about site navigability at the concert I went to in the fall? Ridiculous.
Woah, I knew the SparkNotes=OKCupid, but no idea about the Bishop Allen...
Sequence of man falling on ice - Boston.com →
literagation:
as my one of my college roommates just wrote re: this glorious photo montage: the boston globe rivals “students eat snacks during exam period.” truly a high point of crimson journalism (granted, i love c.flow…and this was the final press run of the 133 and there was no news).
the real questions are: why did the photog point his camera at this guy at that moment? and did he help...
Gmail gets Gears-ified, at last! →
Except not activated for my account yet…
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my dad is a mad men
ragbag:
the steps my dad takes to send me an email:
on his morning commute, he dictates his letter to me. “dear raynor comma new line i have been very busy lately comma but wanted to respond to your latest email period.”
upon arriving at his office, he hands the dictation tape (it’s real magnetic tape, not a digital one) to his secretary.
his secretary transcribes the dictation and then...
Masul Bugduv: The New Sidd Finch
williblog:
A new faux superstar athlete, this time the Moldovan soccer star Masul Bugduv:
What made the hoax so clever [was] the way it managed to beat the media at their own game…Unlike the American sports media, most of the world’s soccer press is delightfully unburdened by retrograde ethical standards regarding “the need to attribute quotations to a person” and “the need to report...
Buy a watch, get a free trip to GitMo? →
(via Anil Dash)
“The winter loves me. I mean as much as you can say a season can love. What I...”
– from the book, “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles (via thoughtsonasunday) (via collectingraindrops) (via alishalisha)
Also:
I’m almost glad this war came along. It’s like a test, isn’t it, and only the things and the people who’ve been evolving the right way survive
Click-through links
When you make a photo post, do you set a click-through link?
I see four (well three) popular approaches:
No click-through links (too much work!)
Click-through link to the original image file (since tumblr shrinks large images)
Click-through link to the relevant article page/blog post/etc (gives context!)
Click-through link to your favorite shock meme (i.e. goatse, 2g1c, etc)
I’m...
LDOC line up
kathychoi:
Gym Class Heroes, Girl Talk, Ben Folds
I’m pumped.
Oh man, duke trip round 2? Just make sure that whoever is running the girl talk part of the concert learns from our mistakes.
“We will not do low-end though; we’ll leave that to others.”
– Apple financial results conference call
Also: “We don’t mind competition, but if others rip off our intellectual property, we will go after them.”
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What to do in Montreal
My brother is headed to Montreal this weekend, so I wrote up the highlights from the time I went there a couple years ago.
Food
l’avenue - Great breakfast place, but our favorite thing was the enormous burger (“le roi des burgers” i think - something like 4 pounds, 5 whole tomatoes, etc). The menu is only in French - but you’d be fine if you were with someone who took...
Flat N All That →
givemesomethingtoread:
When some time ago a friend of mine told me that Thomas Friedman’s new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, was going to be a kind of environmentalist clarion call against American consumerism, I almost died laughing.
Be sure to check out the graph of: AMERICAN PORK BELLY PRICES vs. WHAT MIDGETS THINK ABOUT AUSTRALIA 1972-2002.
Drama: 4 a.m. crossword style
So I’m doing my usual, idiotic “insomniac-by-choice” bit, and solving this week’s NYTimes crosswords.
Despite always thinking that crosswords are nice, relaxing, and sleep-inducing. Monday’s puzzle gets me into a mild fury as I try to finish it before the 10 minute mark. As I enter the last letter, I get the dreaded “The grid is complete” message (vs....
“Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you...”
– President Obama, inauguration speech January 20, 2009 (via amandatong)
My favorite line of the speech!
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shittythings:
That kid that talks too much in your class. The thing is like, because they talk all of the time, they are bound to say something right, and so the teacher will affirm their statement, which gives them the incentive to keep on talking. They are obsessed with the sound of their own voice. Suddenly, it seems okay to take your shoe off and just see how accurate your aim is from across...
“YOU CANNOT have alcoholic beverages at any time in the library.”
– Lowell House Library “RULES” email
Most certainly a reaction to the Storm King Stout Rob + I were drinking while studying in the library a week ago.