July 2009
Oil companies negotiating with Iraq. →
Ugh, why do I get the feeling that within my lifetime I’m going to have to get used to the term “resource wars?”
June 2009
“It’s sort of a monument to scientific illiteracy, isn’t it?”
– Jerry Lipps, professor of geology, paleontology and evolution at University of California, Berkeley.
Paleontologists brought to tears, laughter by Creation Museum
“It’s as if I’d never seen a movie before, and then I did.”
– A friend of mine, upon seeing the first 20 minutes of James Cameron’s AVATAR
Tip for future weddings: don't eat the mussels. ...
(via mikehudack)
I’m sensing this is one of those life-lessons that was learned the hard way.
peterwknox:
There’s just no reason you’d not be watching the cup finals; USA vs BRAZIL on ESPN right now.
Seriously. This is without question the best use of your time today.
My apartment could catch fire and so long as my TV continues to receive transmissions, I’ll stay.
I don’t think you realize the gravity of this situation. Let me put it into perspective: Landon Donovan’s...
United States vs Brazil - Confederations Cup Final →
The United States are one victory away from claiming a major FIFA competition for the first time if they can produce another shock against Brazil when the Confederations Cup competition reaches its climax on Sunday.
Guess what I’ll be doing Tomorrow at 2:30ET, 11:30PT
Tri Training Update: Finding a Cure
A good friend of mine Michelle is running a Triathlon to support finding a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma. This is the second year in a row that she’s devoted herself - and a number of months - to this cause; last year she ran a marathon to raise over $5,000. This year, she’s upping her game substantially and moving into Triathlon territory.
That’s...
“One of the world’s biggest design flaws is that dog and human life spans...”
– Dear Reddit, Tomorrow my best friend will die. : reddit.com
“The internet is the greatest generation gap since rock and roll.”
– Bruce Schneier (Filed under “recently reminded that …”) (via heather-rivers) (via chicagolab) (via jayparkinsonmd) (via mikehudack)
It’s not a generation gap, it’s an information gap.
#followfriday @Awesomeosity is a damn smart dude; even if he is a hipster. He is also correct that I have terrible taste in music.
Got a DSLR? Turn your iPhone into a remote control... →
(via ronenreblogs)
I’m really tempted to buy this, talk about thinking outside of the box.
How It Will Likely Happen
winstonwolfe:
negevrockcity:
While the world’s attention is diverted for the next 72 hours by the death of a faded pop star whose relevance outside of dark jokes faded 20 years ago, the Iranian authorities will go in like rabid dogs smelling fresh blood and feast on the flesh of tens of thousands seeking freedom. Then an Islamic Republic shorn of its democratic facade and mandate to rule will...
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The Simpsons and CSI are getting higher ad rates... →
This is an amazing development, but not the turning point for original online content that we need.
James Cameron screened 24 minutes of Avatar last... →
christinahaberkern:
… where was my invitation, Jim?
Every reaction to this film is just staggeringly positive and I can’t be more excited to see it. There’s a slight possibility that I might be googling directions to Lightstorm as we speak, with the intention of infiltrating the studio ninja-style just to see some footage.
Without any real knowledge of the film, and going just on...
Twitter: an amazing tool for getting new and breaking information; and continuing to hear about it long after you’ve stopped giving a shit.
Just got the best unintentionally humorous email: “I can’t get that over to you today, my cat peed all over my laptop and it died.”
I’m pretty sure he meant the laptop, but the nonspecificity (and let’s be honest, the overall situation) just kills me. I feel for you dude.
chriscantwell:
Going off of the famous “Ayatollah Assahola” wordplay, I’ve thought of a new one:
Ahmadinejad is a Cocksucker.
Reading: App Store Overpopulated with Apps Nobody Uses - http://bit.ly/4UWn3
Man, Cavs FTW next year. Shaq’s a HUGE get and they just might be unstoppable come fall.
Holy shit, Bethesda (Fallout 3) bought ID (Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, virtually every other groundbreaking FPS) - http://bit.ly/rp2eT
RT @scottnocas: How Tim Burton’s Batman movie changed the business http://tinyurl.com/ktgomn
The Startup Entrepreneur's Guide To Risk... →
johnfitzpatrick:
matrix analysis of risk management for start ups
AKA things that would have good for me to read about a month ago.
There’s a difference between irony and apathy.
Learn it.
Having some serious concentration fail. Too scattered for rock, switching to instrumental.
stevenf:
It’s 4 AM and — no joke — I literally got out of bed to write this post because I just woke up with the greatest idea in the history of video gaming. Ready?
Start with “Left 4 Dead”
Replace all weapons with slapping attacks
Replace all zombie models with half naked women, nuns, and policemen
Replace writing-on-wall textures with terrible puns and one-liners
Replace music with...
Instapaper Pro 2.0 released!
instapaper:
What’s new:
Folders for article organization.
Star articles, and subscribe to other users’ Starred folders for article recommendations. (Directory coming soon.)
Feed folders: Many RSS-capable, Instapaper-friendly websites can be subscribed to as folders, automatically downloading new articles. (Note: Instapaper is designed for light feed use in addition to its other functions....
Add. note: this not an “improvement to my issue” this is a massive fuckup; you turned my smartphone into a very expensive dumbphone.
Dear AT&T: Thank you for kinda improving my reception from a 2 to a 4 (out of 10), by making my blackberry not receive emails. Fuck You.
“Scars are souvenirs you never lose…”
Excellent! MOdel S here we come! http://bit.ly/e1N7k
“a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four...”
– Roger Ebert on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Feeling victorious after spending an evening on - and solving - some gcal/ical/entourage/BB/no sync/Read-only/event duplication issues.
For the record: it was I who put the bomp in the bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp. I didn’t realize it needed to be refrigerated after opening. My bad.
http://twitpic.com/81yjz - At some point, someone thought this was a good idea. I want to know what line of thinking brought them to tha …
I’m not tweeting tonight, he tweeted.
So we’re running a little late, forgive us. :)
Wes Anderson on Writing
joshruben:
makingofmovies:
stayforthecredits: “I use little notebooks. I write out everything longhand first, then I type it into the computer. Back when Owen and I were working together, he would write in longhand also. Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, and The Life Aquatic are all in small notebooks like this…[Anderson presents a pocket-sized notebook, and flips through the pages showing carefully...
Fossil Catches Dinosaur Red-Handed, Evolving Into... →
Interesting development.
Jack Russell Terrier Puppycam
mdfsmash:
spytap:
The internet’s about to explode again: Jack Russell Terrier Puppycam - http://bit.ly/dH4Og
WAKE UP PUPPIES! EVEYONE WANTS TO SEE YOU PLAY!!!