March 2010
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Washington Monument
America’s middle finger
Saying “Fuck you, World”
“Entangling alliances” — fuck ‘em, said George + Tom
Who needs friends when you can kick everyone’s ass?
747s creep across the skies above.
Our new bald eagle, child of the Enola Gay.
But this Little Boy is made of carbon dioxide.
And this time, it’s the whole Earth...
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Realistic Google... →
mollybierman:
1. Exit train station, make left… 2 m
2. Continue down Major Street, get used to it, because you’re going to wind up on it several more times… 32 m
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23. Become stressed, regret quitting smoking… 10 m
24. Be glad you quit smoking, because there’s a giant hill to walk up… 0.2 km
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You know you've "made it big" when...
You get this in your inbox:
Hello,
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We took a look at your site (http://tumblr.2arrs2ells.com/) recently, and we are interested in a link exchange.
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alexbain:
““What are we doing to help those people who owe more on their homes than the home is worth?”” — A classic Dennis Kucinich quote from CNN’s coverage of Obama’s mortgage modification plan.
I’m not clear on why we bail out people who’ve lost money on their homes, but not people who’ve lost money from other investments. No one cuts me a check when my 401K...
OK this is just too much now
leoncrawl:
I listened to the new song by “Owl City” just now because it was advertised alongside “Always Be My Baby” and heard the following lyrics:
I watch the night turn light blue, But it’s not the same without you, Because it takes two to whisper quietly, The silence isn’t so bad, Till I look at my hands and feel sad, Cause the spaces between my fingers Are right where yours fit...
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“It is more difficult to make a reservation at El Bulli than to get into Harvard.”
– The Crimson, on “The Science of Cooking,” a new Gen Ed class designed by Ferran Adriá
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“If you look at other human beings, we seem amazingly varied. What we forget is...”
– Dan Gilbert from Pleasure By Proxy, an article discussing the latest twist to his argument that humans are horrible at knowing what makes us happy.
“if(computer.fail==true){
background.setColor(blue);
user.frown();...”
– LimerickDB. (via dailymeh)
A limerick, written in code? With a BSOD reference? This has made my day.
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My Head is in the Cloud →
Excellent article about the offloading of our personal memory to our cell phones/facebook/etc.
(via gruber)
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“But the web is as open on the iPhone as it is anywhere else. You can use it to...”
– Neven Mrgan’s tumbl: Can you write “open” apps for the iPhone?
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Advice for Internz
From an email I wrote to a friend who’s going to be a Microsoft Intern this summer. Ideally this page gets a bit of Google juice and other “internz-to-be” can hear my “words of wisdom.”
MSFT Corporate Housing vs. Finding Your Own Housing
The Microsoft housing is easy, but it’s a huge ripoff. When I was an intern, you could pay somewhere around...
“How do you get a one-armed Marxist-Socialist out of a tree?
Ask two teamsters...”
– McSweeney’s - Marxist-Socialist Jokes
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“When it comes time for the next major leaguer to say goodbye to the game –...”
– ESPN.com on Nomar retiring in a Red Sox uniform
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Things to do in London
Third in a series of non-comprehensive, incredibly subjective trip reports masquerading as “travel guides.”
Recommended Sights
Tate Modern: Awesome modern art museum in a cool building. Walk across the “Millennium Bridge” from central London (across the Thames) to get there!
British Museum: Fantastic history museum with crazy cool artifacts. Be sure to see parts of...
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NPR Free SXSW Sampler →
Featuring Spoon, Freelance Whales, Local Natives, Smith Westerns, & more.
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“A good session beer is a string quartet playing quietly, rather than The...”
– The Mystery of Sessionability
