Archive for July, 2008
links for 2008-07-28
Baby’s First Internet – The Morning News This actually sums up all the pet peeves about the internet. Luckily, it’s a big internet so you can ignore the things you don’t like. (tags: fun) StupidFilter Not a joke. It’s like a spam filter but it keeps out the stupid, really interesting if people will try…
links for 2008-07-27
Free Money Finance: Our Real Estate Agent Has Never Met Sane People Before Buying a home with your head and not your heart. (tags: money) 42 Kilobytes Unzipped Make 4.5 Petabytes Cute hack. Make a tiny zip file that expands to a ridiculous size. Fun way to take down programs that try to peek into…
links for 2008-07-26
Nedroid Picture Diary – Downtime This is my idea of porn. (Totally safe for work.) (tags: comic)
links for 2008-07-25
KODAK Zi6 Pocket Video Camera Pay attention to this. A pocket HD camera for $180. (tags: video wishlist) FUCKING NDA A site dedicated to all the tweets about Apple’s iPhone NDA. I understand the pain associated with it but do you really get to complain when you voluntarily signed the legally binding document? (tags: apple…
links for 2008-07-24
The WVb » Corn Fed Venison – It Looked Good On Paper! “I took a step towards [the deer]…took a step away. I put a little tension on the rope and then received an education.” (tags: funny) YouTube – Feist on Sesame Street Whilst very endearing for my inner child to watch, I just miss…
links for 2008-07-23
Inappropriate movie soundtracks (kottke.org) I loved the Terminator 2 one. Monsters Inc was way too obvious. (tags: video music funny) Office of Strategic Influence – Friday on my way home from work… Man stops a lady from walking in front of a bus and then pretends he is from the future. (tags: funny)
links for 2008-07-22
Paradise Unpaved | Franke James Someone in Toronto dug up their ripped out their brick driveway because they no longer wanted a car. Then they planted a flower and herb garden in its place. Beautiful. (tags: environment) YouTube – ‘Coal’ by freeloveforum “My friend has a pool.” (tags: humor video) Seattlest: Tomatoes in, Jalapenos Out…
Dark Knight discussion (with spoilers)
“You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.” Uh huh. I’m still on hiatus but this movie rocks so please add your spoiler-iffic thoughts in the comments. If you haven’t seen it yet then we aren’t friends anymore. You’re demoted to a frenemy.
links for 2008-07-21
Report: 1998 Was Ten Fucking Years Ago Seriously, what the fuck? 1998 was just yesterday. It moves too fast. (tags: humor audio)
links for 2008-07-18
Full List of U.S. Store Closures All the mermaid stores that are closing down. Here’s hoping they turn their brand around so that Starbucks doesn’t become synonymous with Wal-Mart. (tags: business) TurboTax® – Learn How Employee Stock Purchase Plans Impact Your Taxes Erk. I hate taxes. (tags: money) Twitter / Craig Hockenberry: Apps remain active…
links for 2008-07-17
Terminator Salvation trailers and video clips on Yahoo! Movies I never would have thought to cast Christian Bale as John Connor. Considering what a blech movie T3 was, I’m surprised he signed on. Well, here goes nothing. (tags: movies video) DirtGetsWet » I Kissed A Girl…And I Liked It! The Statue of Liberty kissing Lady…
Curtsey
If you’ll allow me; a declaration. Michael Scott declares bankruptcyI miss The Office. Come back already. I have nothing to post these days so I’m going to take a break. This is not so much news to you as it is to me. I post so infrequently that you won’t even know I’m taking a…
It’s Just a Phone
I said I would revisit buying the iPhone in a month’s time so here I am. In terms of coolness, I want the iPhone 3G more than ever. It lives up to the expectations I had, the App Store looks like it’s the bee’s pajamas. My one reservation would be the battery life. I never…
links for 2008-07-16
The CANADIAN DESIGN RESOURCE » Break Up Card Simple, effective. (tags: dating) The Boys and the Subway – Niemann Opinion Art Blog – Abstract City – NYTimes.com (tags: parenting fun) The most beautiful suicide (kottke.org) “On May 1, 1947, Evelyn McHale leapt to her death from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Photographer…
links for 2008-07-15
Salon.com Technology | Ask the pilot The TSA’s security checks are fueled by fear, not logic. It’s moved from comically absurd to tragically absurd. They’re a disorganized, bureaucratic mess. (tags: america) Patton Oswalt’s Speech to his high school Brilliant speech but like all speeches of this genre, I can’t help but wonder how much is…
links for 2008-07-14
Sentry Gun: Some Guy Went and Built a Sentry Gun You have got to be kidding me, this is so hilarious. Some genius built an auto-targeting paintball gun. Autonomous. Seriously. (tags: fun video)
links for 2008-07-11
iPhone or Millionaire? – Joy of Tech I too am struggling with this. (tags: apple comic humor) WordPress For iPhone « WordPress for iPhone Good to know this exists. I hear the Movable Type iPhone app is very slick. (tags: apple blogging) Tangible sequencer interface with Skittles – Hack a Day Drum sequencer that uses…
I should never have a daughter
Jack: Want to hear a bedtime story? C: Sure. Jack: Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess named C. C: I don’t like this story. Jack: And she ruled over her people with an iron fist. C: Yup, don’t like it. Jack: Then along came the handsome knight, Sir Jack… and he slay…
links for 2008-07-10
Video: cat delivers letters | Japan Probe Aww. This cat delivers letters between two houses: its original owner and another house that adopted him (or maybe he adopted them). (tags: cats) kottke.org on Twitter (kottke.org) “Never will kottke.org updates be pushed automatically to my personal Twitter account. I am not a dick, I would never…
All That I Ate
I was going to enumerate every single thing I ate on this trip but I realized I didn’t take photos of it all. So instead, I’m just going to post photos in chronological order and write a little bit about each. Eat with your eyes and whatnot. Note that I don’t know the Korean names…
links for 2008-07-09
Op-Ed Columnist – An Ideal Husband – Op-Ed – NYTimes.com “But you can be deeply in love with someone to whom you cannot be successfully married.†(tags: advice dating) Jake’s Webbed Journal – The Cat Googler Simple prank to pull on someone’s computer when they go out for lunch. (tags: fun) In what was probably…
links for 2008-07-08
Your Dress Would Look Better On Me: Courtney Watches Wall•E Trailer For what it’s worth, I cried like a baby during Wall-E. Nobody in the theater noticed but I was a mess. (tags: video movies) YouTube – Airline Security – EMD Safety Bracelet Jump to about 4:00. This is the new Taser Bracelet that people…
It’s actually quite comfortable
Hey, distracted spunk? I’m sorry. We were chatting yesterday and I just stopped replying and then disappeared offline. What happened? Oh well, I freakin’ fell asleep. At 3pm. At work. (Hey! It’s performance review time!) When I’m tired, I have that fucked-up sleepy logic. I tell myself, Oh, I’ll just lay my head down for…
links for 2008-07-07
AppleInsider | New and old AT&T iPhone plans compared, cost increases detailed [u] This is crazy expensive. :( (tags: apple money) Neatorama » Blog Archive » Who Owns What on Television? (tags: tv) Your Last Girlfriend (2008) (tags: humor dating) YesButNoButYes: Segway Disasters Err not really “disasters.” People on Funniest Home Videos have more spectacular…
Jack is Back
I am back in Seattle. There’s a whole bunch to say but I’ve been saying it to friends and I feel like I’m repeating myself sometimes and, oh, I don’t know. I’ll upload photos instead. Keep an eye on my flickr stream. Basic run down of the days: Arrived, ate huge Japanese dinner and fell…
links for 2008-07-06
“Mojo The Teller” – A classic Bearskinrug Article. Remember having to use the bank teller? (tags: funny comic)
links for 2008-07-02
A Whole Lotta Nothing – My cousin’s wedding hack Two artists get married and instead of the usual gift registry, they had a silent auction for artworks to raise some money to buy their first home. (tags: wedding)
links for 2008-07-01
Image Fulgurator It detects a camera flash and then projects its own flash in the instant that it expects the camera to take a picture. Very fast, very sneaky, amazingly creative. (tags: photo fun) Hedgehog Launch | Armor Games Flash game to kill some time with. (tags: flash games) Sea-Tac Airport: Parking at Sea-Tac Whenever…
DMZ
Freedom Bridge at Imjingak It took a little bit of cajoling to get Diana to agree to take me on the South Korean DMZ tour. I couldn’t understand why, I expected the tour to be this huge insight into the tensions that exist between North and South. I expected to find something there. Really, when…