October 2009
38 posts
“I do not avoid women, Mandrake. But I do deny them my essence.”
– Crazy Ass Base Commander Jack, Dr. Strangelove (via splashofcolor)
This used to be my go-to non sequitur.
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PITCHES AND OS
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Can this phrase die, please?
"I'm just a man with a 6th grade education and a... →
Jaskio Africanus’s sardonic take on Africa is more than hilarious.
“I honestly believe that malware carried computer sales for most of the last...”
– Marco.org: Why hasn’t Vista sold well?
Great article by Marco - He’s right on that of the “killer apps” of the 2000s, none of them are hardware intensive. On the other hand, I think all of them, YouTube, Facebook, etc are bandwidth intensive and innovation has certainly...
Broseph Stalin Offers Up Geek Insurance →
Tim thinks companies benefit when they open up their data sets (he uses zeo as an example, but Nike+ would also work). But companies are afraid of openness — what if that lets all of their customers jump ship to a competitor?
So here’s my plan, again: you pay me, repeatedly. In exchange, I issue a data openness insurance policy. We’ll evaluate your business at regular intervals, and, if...
Damned Fireball →
Greasemonkey script to de-Yankeefy the DF logo.
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Change your Mac's volume a 'quarter box' at a time
finermac:
If you hold down Option + Shift while pressing the volume keys, the volume will change by a quarter of a box with each press. This offers more fine-grained control over your Mac’s audio output.
So useful! I love this tumblr.
“He served as sort of a rebound for himself.”
– A friend on a recent weekend hookup with an ex.
messianictime:
Girls - Lust for Life.
This...
McSweeney's: The Brocyclopedia →
As the brommunity absently glances to the future, there is no telling what lies ahead. Whether it’s the re-Stalinization of Russia or re-re-Stalinization of Russia (after the Russian people taze the international community by rejecting the initial attempt at re-Stalinization), one thing is for certain: the bro will live on long after the man has passed—ideally by being crushed under the...
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On Relationships With Sisters →
There would need to be a lot of commercials filling in the long pauses, quick camera shots to show the slight tautness of her mouth or my eyes darting back and forth or the wind from the coming train whipping my hair across my face. Then pan out as we gently nudged through the loading passengers and chose seats opposite each other.
My friend Josie blogging as part of her NPR internship!
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Watchalexbain:
The execution is way, way off (e.g. people in Boston aren’t obsessed with Ted Williams, who never even liked his fans or the city), but I appreciate the effort.
Things they should’ve mentioned, either because they sound funny with the accent, or for authenticity’s sake:
The word “firepower” is incredible through our accent
References to Tom & Jean Yawkey, and/or Red...
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“Did you sell that little lesbian heroin in the parking this morning so she could...”
– knick/knack: Scenes from a Hospital
Free MP3 Download: I Love the 80s Vol. 1 →
Caveat - the 1880s.
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“It’s not so much an afterlife, more a sort of après vie.”
– Arthur Dent
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“I grew up in a college town, and one Halloween our doorbell rang and we opened...”
– np312 on Are we too old to trick or treat? (via Merlin, A Whole Lotta Nothing) (via marco)
The Sandwich Price Calculator →
A cockeyed.com production.
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Top 10 Ig Nobel Award Winners →
Including “Digital rectal massage is a cure for hiccups,” “Chinstrap penguins can squirt poo up to 40cm,” and the classic “Ducks can be homosexual necrophiliacs too.”
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NotIronic.com - Things That Are Not Ironic →
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