Archive for May, 2008

miss brightside. “If you want to know from an older person’s perspective — when you’re young and married, unmarried, whatever — don’t hesitate to travel. Many people say they’re going to wait until they’re older, but you never know what is going to happen.” (tags: inspiration) Eight reasons you’ll rejoice when we hit $8-a-gallon gasoline…

exam1.jpg (JPEG Image, 800×1035 pixels) Hilarious. The guy gets everything right but has the handwriting of a 3-year-old and inserts stupid comments throughout. (tags: funny) Sex in Video Games – GameGirl.com A 9 minute presentation on why game developers need to explore not so much sex but relationships and intimacy in their games. (tags: games…

June 2008 – Pirate’s Booty – Los Angeles Magazine Playing Jack Sparrow at Disneyland. Sounds more glamorous than I thought. (tags: culture fun) Dunkin’ Donuts yanks Rachael Ray ad – The Boston Globe Stories like this remind me that I have to stop putting so much stock in American news. (tags: america) Being A Loser…

I have nothing to spill into the murky waters of the internet. No dirty laundry I need to air. Maybe more later when I get a lock on a really good subject. Instead of actual content, here is a conversation: HER: Wanna watch Scrubs? JACK: Sure. But I have seen every episode at least three…

YouTube – José González – ‘Teardrop’ I heard this on the season finale of House. Absolutely beautiful, makes me want to… I don’t know. Makes me want to do something. (tags: music video) YouTube – Batman & Robin: Episode 1 I laughed so hard at the CSI: Miami style intro. Mainly because I watched like…

Link by Link – This Is Funny Only if You Know Unix – NYTimes.com The NYTimes on the xkcd webcomic. Fun. (tags: comic)

animal style fries on Flickr – Photo Sharing! Why don’t we have In-n-Out in Washington? Grr. (tags: food photo) MikeSacks » Ikea Instructions (tags: humor comic)

Man Buys Most Expensive Starbucks Drink – Geekologie “…known as the drink that tastes like ass.” This is a good way to flaunt the fact that you have a coupon for a free drink. I guess. (tags: funny) Vitamin, A Life Less Ordinary – I.V. Plant Pot Hang a bag of water that slowly drips…

msnbc.com video: Olbermann: Bush interview unforgiveable Keith Olbermann in fighting form, extremely angry over the weaksauce responses that Bush gave in a recent interview. (tags: politics video) Last.fm gets a facelift | PDA: The Digital Content Blog | guardian.co.uk Looking hot. I want it now. (tags: music) Girl with a one-track mind – Vid Abby…

I was tagged by Damsel. So before you start getting all uppity about me selling out and participating in internet chain letters, I’ll have you know that this meme is Damsel-approved. She’s won awards, been published several times on IB and she rides a unicorn to work. A unicorn that eats carbon emissions and poops…

Scandal: Starbucks Barista Once Tried to Fatten Up the Olsen Twins Considering their caloric intake, it might actually make a big difference depending on how big the serving was. If it were me, I’d just use make their drinks with whipped cream. (tags: fun) Got milk? Crash strews Oreos over I-80 — – chicagotribune.com Twenty…

YouTube – The Japanese version of The Office “It’s funny cuz… it’s racist.” I love how they copy Jim and Pam’s glances at the camera. (tags: tv humor video) Nedroid Picture Diary – Simple Desires Beautiful. (tags: art) ManBabies.com – DAD? Kinda creepy but adorable too. (tags: photo funny parenting) the pepsi challenge Oh that…

Lame weekend recap post. I cannot post inane rants about more intellectual things because life has been happening and I don’t have time to think about the world at large. That task will be left up to you, person who has spare time read blogs all day. Why not go volunteer or donate to charity?…

you’ve got 30 minutes… to write a python script Domino’s has an online tracker for pizza. Some guy was bored and hungry enough to convert it into a python shell script. (tags: programming food fun)

Bill O’Reilly’s Producer (Unseen Footage) | The Ward Room This is still funny, even if you haven’t seen the original footage. (tags: humor video tv) Derek Powazek – 35 Derek turns 35 and it’s time again to deal with depression. My heart goes out to him. (tags: inspiration) YouTube – Jessica Alba The Stare Response…

Fishki.Net Children’s drawings made into arty photographs. Pretty. (tags: art photo) defective yeti: Bureaucracy When communication breaks down. Poor Matthew. (tags: funny) Advice from the R. Kelly trial: 12 ways to get kicked out of the jury pool Who would really want to be here? This shit would drag on for years and you’d be…

271 – “Hilariously Wrong”: Swiss Airlines Map of America « Strange Maps Only funny if you know your US geography. Seattle is kind of correct, Portland is way off. I think the proportions on the map are wrong too. (tags: america funny) Didn’t that woman blog about Al Roker’s nipples? | dooce ® Heather’s time…

This blog has been empty as of late. It’s your fault. And I don’t mean the collective audience, the entire internet or even the known universe. I mean, specifically you. You there staring at the screen with your drying eyes with the dark circles. You who just shifted a little in your seat because one…

Stevey’s Blog Rants: Dynamic Languages Strike Back Fascinating presentation that basically says dynamic programming languages can be and will be so much better. Gosh, I look forward to the day. (tags: programming) The Light(er) Side of Growing Up: Held in between the lines (tags: dating) CareerBuilder Backs Off On “R Rated” Video Edgy video, probably…

uwnews.org | Computer game’s high score could earn the Nobel Prize in medicine | University of Washington News and Information This makes me tingle in the name of SCIENCE. I hope and hope that this idea leads to something amazing. (tags: games medical) taking inventory, part 2: the findings « More is Better. Love this…

Feeling tired and listless; broody and quiet. Is this a case of the Mondays? I’d like to think I was above such things.

carl moonan » Blog Archive » How to enable c# bundle on TextMate 1.5.7 and Mac OS X 10.5 Erk, this bundle is still incomplete. I may need to volunteer some fixes. (tags: programming) Port-O-Pong Portable Beer Pong Table: Play anywhere with this inflatable and durable beer pong table. I’ve only played beer pong once…

I wanted to wear black. That’s about as much as I can remember. I wanted the immediate space around me to be a thick, black smog. A magnetic cloud that repelled you at a distance and sucked you in if you got too close. In class, I stayed quiet as death and kept my head…

Sundance Channel : Green Porno Isabella Rossellini (aka Jack’s ex-wife from 30 Rock) talks about the mating habits of insects in the most strangely intense way. Creepy but funny and informative. (tags: video fun sex)

YouTube – Build Me Up, Buttercup on ukulele JNu makes me believe in love all over again. Le sigh. (tags: music video fun) One of the interesting findings of Elizabeth Spelke’s Harvard baby… (kottke.org) Babies and their pre-existing biases when it comes to race and foreign accents. Fascinating, really. (tags: parenting science) City Café Bakery…

Awesome on Flickr – Photo Sharing! Every nerd kid’s dream come true. (tags: photo parenting) Negotiation | dooce ® (tags: photo parenting) Taped to the snack machine in the break room at Fox 13 on Flickr – Photo Sharing! AHWWW Poor Mike. (tags: photo funny)

Gott in Himmel, I have six drafts waiting for me in WordPress. One day I’ll probably get fed up and delete them all. I’m not the kind of boy that keeps drafts around because it encourages a certain level of perfectionism and that is what completely kills my blogging. I want more quantity here and…

gladwell dot com – big and bad Brilliant write-up of everything that’s wrong in our assumptions about the SUV. It scares me to think people can approach driving with “learned helplessness”. A must read. (tags: cars parenting business) Amanda Ford says to Seattle, “Shut up and date!” I have read most of this book and…

The Lisa Show: Sunday Morning This is how every Sunday morning should feel like. (tags: inspiration)

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: The problem with Facebook I want to kick and scream about how Facebook is way way overvalued. (tags: business) Movin’ Meat: Above and beyond Thank god for nurses, honestly. (tags: medical) A classic tale of too many cooks in the kitchen – (37signals) I wonder if there’s some sort…

Welfare is, as I understand it, financial aid given to those who we deem require it. Money doesn’t grow on trees so I guess we need to take money from those that have it and give it to those who don’t. There’s a lot to argue inside this space because sometimes the government takes too…

Tetris + Arm Wrestling – Fubizâ„¢ This is the most fun ever. The fact that they play Eye of The Tiger is just icing on the cake. (tags: fun gaming)

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand Trailer Is Bananas – Shacknews – PC Games, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and Wii video game news, previews and downloads Oh man, Fiddy is a goddamn action hero. This looks hilariously awesome like when a quiet, old nun drives a monster truck over school buses. (tags: gaming fun) Starting Over…