Archive for December, 2008
Looking back at my 2008 resolutions
I hit four out of five resolutions for 2008. That’s pretty good, right?
links for 2008-12-28
Cook's Thesaurus: Mushrooms A big page full of tasty mushrooms! I'm happy. (tags: cooking)
links for 2008-12-24
Agnes Scott College Opens Its Doors to Road Trip II: Beer Pong Yay for feminism. (tags: movies women)
links for 2008-12-23
Panda helping panda Your dose of cute for the holidays. (tags: photo) WHO'S THAT POKEMON?! Note: Video contains yelling. I laughed so hard at this. It was totally either a Koffing or a Weezing. Stupid kids. (tags: video funny tv) Fan-made Thundercats Movie Trailer (fanmade) This is such a stupid idea but done so well,…
“Honey, I’m late”
Do we have some new Obama mamas?
links for 2008-12-22
Helloooo Mr. President! Obama. Topless. All we need now is a slow motion walk from the ocean up to the beach a la Casino Royale. (tags: photo obama) Repackaging of Monopoly Damn this looks so classy. Makes me almost want to play except that it is such an evil, competitive game. (tags: art games) Shovelling…
Snowpocalypse 2008
The honeymoon is over and I am no longer so much in love with snow.
links for 2008-12-18
Eddie Murphy is set to play The Riddler Shrek! Shrek! I'm a donkey, Shrek! (tags: Movies) Seattle paralyzed by chance of snow All the newspapers are getting more Onion-like. Seattle Times describes, "the city's deep phobia of the white stuff and near-complete inability to deal." (tags: seattle) Islamabad, Pakistan – Google Map Maker timelapse video…
The Reason for Re-designing
All I ever wanted to do was make something pretty on my iPhone.
links for 2008-12-17
Louis CK on Conan When a guy complains about the airplane wifi going down: "How quickly the world owes him something, he knew existed only 10 seconds ago!" (tags: video humor) "The Wrestler" – Rotten Tomatoes At the time of writing: 49 reviews and a Tomatometer rating of 100%. Looks like they've hit on Oscar…
What to do with all this snow
It’s cold in Seattle and this Australian boy doesn’t know how to cope.
links for 2008-12-16
Should You Forward That Email? I just reply to lame emails with "UNSUBSCRIBE". I still find it hilarious. (tags: humor comic) Get a vasectomy but keep it a secret Guess what? If you date someone that's crazy and manipulative, you're in for one hell of a shitstorm. (tags: dating sex)
links for 2008-12-15
Check the Status of Your Tax Refund Useless now but I'll be looking for this come next April. (tags: money) Softbank commercial with Brad Pitt in HD Evidence that Brad Pitt will help you push your car but also take photos of you while you pose topless for a painting. (tags: fun video tv) New…
CameraBag
Look at my faux vintage photographs and celebrate how indie I am.
links for 2008-12-13
Profitable Until Deemed Illegal Swoopo, a real life version of the dollar auction. (tags: business money) If 'Twilight' Was 10 Time Shorter And 100 Times More Honest I love all the hate on Twilight. (tags: humor movies)
Eating and Creating
Why does my subconscious always get in the way of my being better?
links for 2008-12-12
Comfort with meaninglessness In order to be a understand programming, you should understand that the computer is a mindless machine that acts on its rules and arrives at no particularly meaningful conclusion. (tags: programming) mytop50 For the last.fm users out there – give it your user name and it will play music videos associated with…
New Design has Landed
Please be careful as contents may have shifted during the flight.
links for 2008-12-11
Michelle Obama: What Should She Wear? This is extremely fascinating to me. It makes my brain light up in delicious ways and I get to imagine Michelle Obama as being the most kickass First Lady ever. (tags: politics clothes obama)
More about TV
Diana asked nicely, so I’m going to write some more stuff about the TV shows that I watch. Spoilers ahead.
links for 2008-12-10
Shanghai Lady Drives Off With Tow Truck One advantage of having a big engine and powered front wheels. (tags: cars video funny) Mike Huckabee and Jon Stewart on Gay Marriage Brilliant interview. Jon Stewart's interviews elevate the conversation in this country. (tags: tv politics gay) Catch the Frak Up! 13 minute recap on Battlestar Galactica….
links for 2008-12-09
BBC NEWS – Rebellion deeply embedded in Greece "If Greece had already appeared difficult to govern, it will now be out of control." (tags: culture politics) 38 oz Prime Rib on Flickr That's 1 kilogram of steak. While I can appreciate the celebration of a singular entity, this is what they call "overkill". (tags: food…
links for 2008-12-08
Weekly Address from the President-Elect: December 6, 2008 Obama's still cranking it out. Now in HD. I'm exhausted by politics now but I still can't wait for his inauguration. (tags: politics video) RoboDump 1.0 Install a fake pair of legs and some speakers into a bathroom stall and you have some great hilarity. (tags: humor…
links for 2008-12-07
YouTube – What Goes Around Comes Around (Cover) Very nice cover, I like it. (tags: music video) IAN MACKINNON – Adjustment Arresting visuals that takes the flipbook concept and pushes it as a form of unreliable memory. Beautiful. (tags: video art) YouTube – Jizz In My Pants Funny music video from Andy Samberg and friends….
Robin Williams at The Paramount
His stand-up routine did not impress me. Out-dated and lazy.
links for 2008-12-05
Tips For Clueless People Who Get Mugged Good advice from a police officer should something as horrible as armed robbery happen to you. (tags: crime advice) Alex Payne | How I Use TextMate (tags: programming) Start where it starts… Losing a husband in the most tragic of ways. (tags: medical) Brian & Eileen's Wedding Music…
Notes about TV, because I’m lame
Commentary and spoilers about Top Chef Thanksgiving, Heroes, Grey’s and Private Practice.
links for 2008-12-04
"The Doghouse" Diamond Promotion Flash site. While cute, the irony seems to be lost. A thoughtless gift is still thoughtless even if it is a shiny rock harvested and paid for with blood and treasure. (tags: video humor women) 17-year-old John Mulhausen's stand-up routine I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Such an…
links for 2008-12-03
Kitten is killed A cat is shot at point blank range and dies. You should watch this video. (tags: video funny cats) Prop 8 – The Musical Star-studded cast, cute little songs and quite a biting (if silly) point at the end. (tags: politics video music) V-Touch 8GB MP3/MP4 2.8'' Touch Screen – 2MP Camera…
links for 2008-12-02
Twilight has raped the minds of teenage girls everywhere… « In One Ear… Out the Other I haven't read the books nor do I feel any inclination to. But this review affirms my biases so I shall link it. (tags: books)
links for 2008-12-01
What Tina Fey Wants: About Us: vanityfair.com Pick up the new issue of Vanity Fair to see Tina Fey all dolled up. (tags: tv photo) YouTube – Tina Fey and The Bookaneers (tags: video fun) A design and usability blog: Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals) Breaking news: old man counts pennies. To be honest, I…