The Past

So apparently I pissed of half of the known internet today. I looked it right in the eyes and told it yes, its ass did look fat in those jeans. In other words I gave my honest opinion without regard to feelings, sentiment, or repercussion.

In return, I got called a number of colorful names by people whose feelings I’d hurt. Some were semi-sarcastic, some were very spirited, and all were probably partially truthful. Many people agreed with me though.

Now the video in question was recorded back in May but was reposted to twitter this morning. A half hour later, it was the spark for a firestorm of discussion, commentary, argumentation, and the occasional brief moment of agreement.

Read More

rickwebb:

(via benjaminpalmer)

For which offices are you hiring?

mikehudack:

ericmortensen:

Moving above 720p requires additional horsepower.  In Apple’s case, higher resolutions also won’t be viewable on iPod/iPhone/iPad. But this is fine, because the overwhelming majority of Americans don’t have a fast enough pipe to watch proper 1080p video. Your Internet tubes are the same size whether you’re streaming 720p or 1080p.  If it’s not being distributed on a disc or downloaded in full, it’s highly likely that 720p video will actually look better than 1080p. I’ll take more bits per line over more lines any day.

(via mikehudack)

Don’t blame you one bit.

Gavin Polone is the bane of my existence.

Ahhh, the internet - giving over-worked and under-appreciated assistants the opportunity to publicly fire their bosses for almost 2 decades now.

I won’t comment much more than that, being that he has a rather tumultuous history with my former employer.

kellysutton:

Gratuitous picture of the US Open Wednesday.

A friend had box seats last night and gave me a call up. Thanks Kristen!

Kelly lives the life I wish I had the balls to live at his age. He’s an inspiration to me and a testament to what courage and honesty can bring to one’s life.

hmwt:

Wow… Xplay absolutely RAPED Metroid: Other M. All the points they make are valid though, and have swayed me from playing this title. I don’t love Metroid as a series because of the rich depth of story. Pair that with Team ninja’s obviously typical Japanese male game developer understanding of women in general and you’ve successfully turned me off a game I spent the last year being excited for.

NERD OUT!

Goddammit. Being a big Metroid fan, I was really excited about this game from the moment I heard about it. I was hoping that it would hold up to the Prime series and the pinnacle Super Metroid. Unfortunately, it sounds like not only does it not hold up, but that it’s an utter embarrassment. 

This is why we can’t have nice things.

Yeah. I sort of had to.

On willful ignorance as a party trait.

This kitten will slay the gods in his unending thirst for vengeance.

The most detailed photo of a Sun Spot to date captured by the Big Bear Solar Observatory | ZME Science

High Res version

nickdouglas:

stryker:

nickdouglas:

Is he a big pretentious cockface, Y/Y?

Nick’s Top 10 Fav Songs of All Times:

1. That Carl Sagan Song from the Internet
2. The Shopping Music from The Sims
3. Something College Humor Did a Lipdub Of
4. The Double Rainbow Remix
5. That Song From Portal About Still Being Alive
6. The Arrested Development Theme (actually anything with a ukulele)
7. That Radiohead Cover From The Social Network Trailer
8. Some old Dr. Demento Shit
9. That Edith Piaf Song from Inception
10. Justin Bieber Slowed Down 800x

I see nothing wrong with the above list.

Taryn’s been a source of inspiration and commiseration as I’ve progressed along my own year and a half journey into forcing making rebuilding myself into the best version of “me” I can. She’s got a way with words too, and this example is - as usual - well worth the read.

operationbabe:

Some thoughts keep popping into my consciousness.  It was the one year anniversary of Operation BABE three weeks ago.  I was hoping to have an ‘after’ picture to post, showing what a year of being focused on working out and eating well, as if I was to audition for the role of Ripley (or her new manifestation as it is a prequel) in the new Alien pics, would look like.  Unfortunately, I don’t have that picture yet, not even a sweaty post-gym iphone snapshot- let alone a new professional badass photo - as I’ve just been too busy these past few weeks.  This, of course, is a wonderful problem to have.  I swim in gratefulness that I am busy and working.  I have my whiteboard infront of me know swarming with project ‘to dos’, new ideas and creative notes.  Do I have a meeting set with Ridley Scott to discuss my impending involvement in the Alien prequel however? No, not yet…but it’s always in the back of my mind, driving me forward to keep the physical, mental and emotional challenges coming…so I can be the most kickass version of myself as I can be. So I can be the hero of my own story.

Sounds corny right but I’m just realizing how you know you can be the hero of your story. You are already the lead character. I think it was my new media agent who mentioned on Twitter that everyone is the lead of their own personal movie. Or something to that degree. But it struck me as something incredibly important to remember, both in dealing with other people, especially with creative, ambitious types, as well as looking at the narrative that is my own life.  What kind of leading lady did I want to be? Apparently I have already chosen the archetype and didn’t even realize it.  In recognizing (and publicizing) on a blog that I aspire to play badass action heroes, I was forced to take action, to embrace and then physicalize what that meant to me.  A character like Ellen Ripley represents strength, survival, emotion, loneliness, intensity, anger, simplicity, complexity, strategy, hope- someone who can be an army of one and fight to save the future even if she never lives to see it.  Alot of those qualities or nebulous ideas were already a part of me or wanted to be a part of me however I never gave them permission to manifest themselves.  In creating a veritable game to play with a lofty goal, I gave myself permission to explore those qualities that I saw in a character like Ripley…as after all I’d have to reflect them in an audition so why not make them authentic?  What I didn’t realize, was that those qualities of the character were qualities that I sub-consciously wanted to let breathe into my real life.  So my training became two fold: the training to be the character, and training to unlock the person. 

I may have a pension for combat boots and fight training these days but I’m in no way a true scifi badass- I’d probably be the first victim of the Predator as I hate swampy jungles and I still cringe when I see real guns.  But there is a side of me that I’ve unlocked, one that I am very comfortable sitting in, much more comfortable than I ever have been.  It’s a take no prisoners, anything is possible if you work hard enough side, that I think is responsible for keeping me so busy these days.

So what kind of hero do you want to be? When you think of who will save the day in your own narrative, what do you see?  How much of yourself do see in that character, what are his or her flaws?  This is an important question, what are the flaws, as the hero is often defined by them.  My Operation BABE journey has brought me face to face with a lot of ugly and painful realizations, and a lot of beautiful ones.  But I know who I am now.  And what I want from life.  And maybe even what it wants from me.

That’s my food for thought this morning (or in my case protein shake).  Hope you all have a great weekend.