Archive for July, 2007

YouTube – Rives: A mockingbird remix of TED2006 6 minutes of rhyming verse. The idea is inspiring and this guy really punches it up and brings a brand new flavor to TED. You must watch this. (tags: video inspiration)

So I’m back from an exhausting weekend in the Lake Okanagan area of British Columbia, Canada. I guess you could say it was a camping trip but really, we stayed in a touristy campground with toilets and showers and we didn’t do any hiking. It was more like a beach vacation but with cheaper accommodation….

dooce: Holing up for the weekend “You know what would really fix that particular life? More oral sex. From someone who knows what they are doing.” Dooce’s husband is so much more internet-famous now. (tags: humor) Pure awesome on Flickr – Photo Sharing! Best daddy ever. Don’t you just love kids?! :D (tags: parenting photo)…

Just a heads up that I’ve dusted off my passport (not that there’s been much time for dust to settle) and I’m heading across the Canadian border this weekend. Blog updates won’t happen again until next week but hopefully I’ll have some photos to make up for it. I’m following some dudes up there to…

Peanuts, by Charles Bukowski A sort of hardboiled reimagining of Charlie Brown. Kind of creepy but very creative. (tags: writing humor)

dooce: Please remove The Human from my sleeping quarters Chuck is the bestest. (tags: photo) Things I wish I’d known when I was younger – lifehack.org I like this sort of thing. I may not agree with it all but I like it. (tags: advice reference inspiration) Stop Motion Verbosity » Blog Archive » Recursion…

What about me? on Flickr – Photo Sharing! Ahh… siblings. (tags: photo funny) YouTube – Corporeal: All We Got Sometimes all you really need is just one guitar. (tags: music video) defective yeti: Forecast: Divorce Poor guy. (tags: funny wedding) How I ate while pregnant — megnut.com (tags: food)

I am updating and re-posting old blog entires with new titles. This was originally posted on 11 May 2004 and was titled Comatose. It’s 11pm. If he took these two girls home he would probably call it a night and go to bed. The non-comatose girl, a brunette, pleads with her big round eyes and…

From what I understand, “Loudtube” is simply the act of taking existing videos, cranking the volume up until it’s completely distorted and then posting it on Youtube again. There is no rational reason behind this and it’s an exercise in sheer immaturity. It delights me no end.

Writing advice from Caro Clarke: 28. Are You A Writer? Lots of links here, I need to go through these. (tags: reference writing)

Higher Congestion Charges for Larger Cars – Carbusters Magazine – Magazine Issue 30 “Livingstone has also proposed charging owners of 4x4s – nicknamed ‘Chelsea tractors,’ as many are seen in that chic west London suburb – 25 pounds a day for the congestion charge.” Holy crap, that’s expensive but maybe it’s needed to change minds….

The iPhone. I sat down at this table of bloggers and this guy was more than happy to show off his iPhone. It’s about as I imagined and I don’t know if it was the intuitive interface or the sheer amount of iPhone knowledge that I have but everything made sense. I browsed around, I…

Everyday Shooter by Jonathan Mak Kind of like Geometery Wars but with music and feeling much more creative and less retro. I like it. (tags: games) YouTube – AFL HARD HITS 2005 For those that are curious about Australian Rules Football. It’s a bunch of guys in shorts looking for opportunities to elbow or shoulder…

I am updating and re-posting old blog entires with new titles. This was originally posted on 22 March 2004 and was titled Swimming in Chlorine. The rhythm of his breathing is so soothing. Resting her head on his chest feels like they in perfect sync; his breaths are hers and pretty soon their heartbeats will…

I am updating and re-posting old blog entires with new titles. This was originally posted on 18 March 2004 and was titled Sweet Talk. “You know you saved me that night. I was ready to do something I would have regretted.” She looks comfortable and confident now as she rolls another pair of underwear into…

Instructables Rice Cooker Bread I am going to try this once I find some yeast. (Yes I have a oven but whatever, this is cool.) (tags: cooking tutorial) Yesterday. « Such Great Heights It’s still scary as shit to have gone through 9/11. New York sounds like one amazing city. (tags: newyork) Steam Pipe Explosion…

I updated my blogroll (you know I had one, right?). The page looks kind of like a confused cluster of classified ads. Plentiful paragraphs peppered with repartee. Luminous links amidst a lake of lolling language. Munch. Munch. If I left you out, let me know but understand that I’m not going to link a blog…

Movin’ Meat: The Weirdest Damn Thing I’ve ever seen Funny symptoms and all but definitely life-threatening. Medicine is one crazy-ass profression. (tags: medical) YouTube – Cat Spanking – Gatto Sadomaso So. Freakin’. Weird. This cat loves getting (gently) hit by these rubber paddles. (tags: cats video) dooce: Because they needed something else in common One…

Renting vs. Buying: The Realities of Home-Ownership ∞ Get Rich Slowly This post agrees with all my doubts about home-ownership but its not really the end of the story. I just think it’s important to know what buying a house involves before you commit yourself to such a huge amount of money. (tags: finance) Mike…

So one thing I alluded to in my previous post about the buying a car or a laptop was the possibility of socializing with attractive people that live further away. Whether it be in North Seattle or on the East side where the overpaid programmers dwell. Seattle is so much more awesome than Bellevue or…

Guitar Hero 2 with free shipping and 1600 points Hrm… I am tempted. (tags: games) YouTube – A day in our life Absolutely mesmerizing. The only time lapse videos you still see these days are fake ones by advertising companies. This one is so interesting because it’s true and involves this big family that comes…

*purewhitewave » Here’s the story for you… An 18 minute story telling of how Jen met her fiance from Arizona. This is not for a) the broken-hearted or b) the short-of-time but it is very cute. (tags: audio love)

So here I am, lying in bed. It’s humid and for the past few months I’ve cringed at the phrase “Sleepless in Seattle” but that is an apt description of me. iTunes was just flipped open and I’m planning to fall asleep to Aqualung’s self-titled album. He’s a melodic British voice mixed into restrained, gloomy…

Where Funny Goes To Die : Radar Online Robin Williams has obviously been going downhill but is it really that surprising? Couldn’t you say similar things about Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin and a few others? (tags: movies) CRACKED.com – The 10 Best Moments from 30 Rock 30 Rock is a tv show I’ve been telling…

stereogum presents…OK X: A Tribute to OK Computer Free downloads of several indie bands doing covers of Radiohead’s OK Computer. I like this tribute album… maybe more than I like the original (yes, I know I’m a philistine). (tags: music) iPhone Wallpapers – Airbag Industries LLC My jaw actually dropped. These photos are so beautiful….

There was a big meeting today and the speaker promised a surprise at the end. When I heard this I got really excited. Like, “Wow, maybe we’re all getting free iPhones.” This was not the case. It seems the only presentations I watch today are Steve Jobs’ keynotes and I expect surprises at the end…

One thing that sucks about US currency is that their coins are pretty useless. Generally the largest coin you will find is a quarter (25 cents, for you math majors) and there are so very few things that can be purchased for a quarter. This leads to another great invention, the majority of the vending…

YouTube – Tales Of Mere Existence “How To Break Up” Very creative. This is the sort of thing I would do except there’s actually optimism here. (tags: love video) Kasper Hauser Sketch Comedy An amazingly accurate parody of This American Life. If you’re a fan of the show, this will tickle you in much the…

For those that don’t know, I don’t own a car. I’d like to own a car but really, I don’t need one. Worst case scenario: I might spend $50 on cab fare if I go out on both a Friday and a Saturday night. It has never happened. The weird thing about not owning a…

dooce: A living illustration Dooce’s kid is cute. That is all. (tags: parenting) YTMND – How to NOT change a baby’s diaper correctly Warning: there is music on this page. But it’s funny and takes two seconds. (tags: parenting humor) SFGate: World Views : Why a giant duck? This summer, why not? This giant floating…

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: A Letter to Optimus Prime From His GEICO Auto Insurance Agent. Optimus Prime just cannot get the insurance companies to pay out. It would help if he were a little less accident prone. (tags: movies humor) WTF?! | gigglesugar – Funny Videos & Humor. “Are you asian and don’t want to be?”…

Here is the new design. There is not much to say right now but I will probably update this post later. The header photo is this one of a parking garage somewhere a few miles south of downtown Seattle. Hopefully I’ll rotate out the header image when I take more interesting photos that work in…

Airport Security ftw! on Flickr – Photo Sharing! Do you feel safe yet? (tags: photo windows) LiveLeak.com – 11-year-old girl DUI crashes after leading police on high-speed chase I think video games caused this child to go off the tracks. (tags: crime video) Threadless T-Shirts – Spoilt by Oliver Moss How many movie references can…

My Mom Hand-Knit An iPhone — Daddy Types For all you knitting nerds. (tags: apple) BUTTKICKER HOME PAGE This site looks hilariously fake. It’s actually a real product though. (tags: gaming funny) How Seagate learned to package like Apple. This is good packaging. Not because they ripped off Apple but because they expanded on Apple’s…

Phil Collins – Captain Planet Theme Song Lyrics Seriously?! THE Phil Collins?! I call bullshit. Anyway, read the lyrics and enjoy having the song stuck in your head for the next 48 hours. (tags: music) The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: The music industry nobs have finally figured out what we’re doing This article made…

DID YOU KNOW? Potatoes are actually a rich source of Vitamin P, known more commonly as the Potato Vitamin. Benefits of this vitamin include feeling less hungry and reducing one’s craving for potatoes. It does produce a notable side effect of making one more gullible towards false medical advice. Sunset, American Flag and July Fourth.Happy…

defective yeti: Tilt Looks like this child suffers from the Y2K bug. (tags: parenting funny) What high tension lines can do Wow there’s electricity all around us. I am one step closer to shooting lightning from my eyes. (tags: photo science)

Turn off the light, babe! on Flickr – Photo Sharing! Ahh nature in all it’s splendor. (tags: photo) Bug Bash Amidst all these crap comic strips, I found a good one. I think. (tags: comic) Stock Tips from Ten-Year-Olds ∞ Get Rich Slowly Gorgeous. (tags: advice money)

Aetiology: The things women do for beauty–or, beware the bikini wax A Brazillian wax leaves a 20-year-old woman vulnerable to all sorts infection. Who knew that removing hair could lead to dangerous infection? (tags: medical)