June 2008
52 posts
Shouts & Murmurs: Animal Tales: Humor: The New... →
DALMATIANS
“Hey, look, the truck’s stopping.”
“Did they take us to the park this time?”
“No—it’s a fire. Another horrible fire.”
“What the hell is wrong with these people?”
“I just reblogged my own blog on my blog to promote my blog to bloggers.”
– blogged it.
reblogged from Travors’ blog onto my blog to help promote his blog to other bloggers and add a free blog post to my blog in the hope that other bloggers will reblog it and promote my blog (via marco)
“Though median household income in surrounding Dutchess County rose by 15 percent...”
– Poughkeepsie copes with housing fallout
Statistics like this make me want to baby-shake capitalists who think markets work out fine by themselves.
“A real affront to science is not that the public does not understand it...”
– NASA’s Hansen Tells Congress “Stop Burning Coal” 20 Years After His First Global Warming Warning | Wired Science from Wired.com
Removing my Google Reader shared items feed from...
It was just too much noise. I didn’t like how it formatted most of the shared items either.
How to build a better robot - Entertainment News,... →
By allowing WALL•E’s shoulder to move along an L-shaped track, the animators found they could subtly tweak the character’s posture. “Anytime he’s around EVE, we put the shoulders low and the hands close to the chest, which made him much more unsure and nervous looking. But whenever he’s being the mechanical robot, his arms are back near his neck to make him more...
Unthinkable Futures →
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Where have all the futurists gone? What’s up with George Gilder and Negroponte these days? (Other than OLPC)
Originally posted in ct2
While hunting in my archives for…
Inconspicuous Consumption →
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“If you want to live like a billionaire, buy a $12,000 bed,”
A new theory of the leisure class
291 - Federal Lands in the US →
The United States government has direct ownership of almost 650 million acres of land (2.63 million square kilometers) - nearly 30% of its total territory. These federal lands are…
Happy Father’s Day →
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Hah.
Happy Father’s Day
If You’ve Ever Been A Consultant, You Understand... →
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I do not miss this part of the consulting days. Nosireebob.
Today’s Dilbert described one of the most challenging problems small consulting companies face. I’m sure Jon,
The 100 Oldest Companies →
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97 of the oldest 100 became companies before the US declared independence. And they’re ALL before we ratified the constitution.
Originally posted in Long Now
Most companies…
Internet Argument →
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hover over the image to see why this is one of the best XKCDs evar.
“Most things I want do not come from the expenditure of money. I have what I...”
– Picking Warren Buffett’s Brain: Notes from a Novice | The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
Guide to Better Napping →
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I’m a huge fan of the power nap. Anything more than 20 minutes and the lack of CPAP makes it pretty unrestful though.
How to nap - Boston.com I’m a big fan of napping…
massless.org →
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Feed Reading analysis. I’m surprised by many things he talks about, but not shocked.
Google Maps →
Shared by DigDoug http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=38.273868,-85.736292&panoid=JMzjPRZhyb-WsabvN9Ax7w&cbp=1,360„0,5&ll=38.275771,-85.736082&spn=0.014015,0.016801&z=16 My new pad in…
A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE →
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Found with link text of “Roll for initiative, Claudius” NERD HUMOR LOL!
Christie’s expert information about A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE , including photo and estimated price….
What Makes a Whiskey Bourbon? (And Other Bourbon... →
I like bourbon. A lot. I like trying new ones, trying ones from long-defunct distilleries, and pretty much everything in between. It keeps me feeling connected to my home state, Kentucky, and…
Happy Loving Day! →
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I didn’t know this. 165 years too loo late for Jefferson though.
On this day in 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the laws banning interracial marriage. …
An Affair to Remember →
She was 82. He was 95. They had dementia. They fell in love. And then they started having sex.
I am an adult →
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I’m pretty sure Todd Levin is my pseudonym.
[Today’s guest post is from Todd Levin, author of the website Tremble. See if you can get through this post of his without using…
Famous People Punching Steve →
“• Mutual appreciation — Risky moves are applauded by the group, subtlety...”
– Kevin Kelly — The Technium
I’ve been a benefactor in a few workman like “Scenius”, My high school career. And when I worked at KiZAN. When I moved on from both, it really highlighted how much of what I’d accomplished was the ‘scene’ and how little of it was...
Hulu - Glengarry Glen-Christmas: Saturday Night... →
Video details: It takes brass balls to be one of Santa’s elves.
Power user setup on OS X →
Casey Liss just got his first Mac. (I guess I won this.) Note to Windows readers: This post is full of the little squiggly “⌘” symbol found on the “Apple key” on the keyboard. Windows’ Unicode…
● Survival tips for the Middle Ages →
I spend far too much of my life daydreaming about scenarios like this: I wanted to ask for survival tips in case I am unexpectedly transported to a random location in Europe (say for instance…
ROTFL: ‘Congratulations! You Get To Sit Near Me’... →
This had to be the funniest thing I have seen today. As a frequent flier I get the privilege to be shoved in small confined spaces with screaming infants for long spans of time - Thats why I have my…
Top 10 Amazing Facts About Dreams Plus: Top 20... →
Top 10 Amazing Facts About Dreams Plus: Top 20 Facts About Sleep
In case you're wondering what Rock Band is like...
marco:
You’ll be out nearly $200
It takes a long time to scroll through the list
The loading screen takes longer
It’s insanely awesome
I don’t have quite all the songs, no interest in Judas Priest, or “Disturbed”, but goddamn I love this game. And it IS insanely awesome to have plenty of stuff to choose from. Here’s hoping they don’t obsolete themselves with a...
LDS Temple shot glass →
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Super frickin’ cool
Last night a reader named Sarah came to the book signing and handed me this little treasure. Jon and I have been looking for a temple-themed shot glass since…
Obama/Clinton support visualizer that rocks →
Interactive NY Times graphic. See it in action. According to “You need this to get a job in journalism,” multimedia experience is becoming increasingly important in newsrooms. …
“A realization that we will do best by building on the strengths of the...”
– Marginal Revolution: Ross Douthat defines conservatism
I could get behind that definition of Conservative. It’s a shame those that call themselves conservative often want to radically reshape the nation in accordance with their ideological goals.
The Surprising Source of New York’s First... →
Was it the automobile? Was it lead from paint? Was it poor water conditions? No – it was horse pollution.
Treating a Dead Horse
Near the end of the 19th century, cities were completely…
Five Gadgets for Persecuted Smokers →
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The misses smokes for now. I’ve become acutely aware of how anti-smoker the world has become (not that I have a problem with it)
Photo [Marco Giardini/Flickr] …
What are translation bots and how do I use them in... →
The Onion nails it →
… as usual:
Liberty City Police Face Allegations Of Incompetence, Brutality. A little taste:
“I was shot 14 times on my way to work today, including twice by police,” said one Algonquin-area…
You've Been Left Behind & I Nailed Your... →
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hahahaha
We all know The Rapture is coming soon (although “no one knows the day or hour”), and many of us will want to send out appropriate taunting messages from our heavenly…
Multiple sarcasm →
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A study on sarcasm? That’s REAL useful.
If you’re going to be sarcastic, make sure you do it with the full force of knowledge behind you, because there’s nothing that’ll…
Jeebus →
You don’t even need to understand economics very well to see that this looks very, very, very, very, very, very etc. bad.
Canned Bacon →
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DO WANT
From MRE Depot:
Each can is 9 ounces of fully cooked and drained bacon. Between 2-3/4 and 3-1/4 pounds of raw bacon go into each can. Each can is the…
Photos of Growing Up Star Wars: 1977-1985 →
Glen Mullaly, Mike Middleton and Todd Franklin created great Flickr pool featuring photos of Growing Up Star Wars: 1977-1985.
via Cynical-C Blog
photos…
June 4, 2008: Impact →
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“after the rest of the participants tried to lynch him.” I can only imagine.
From Flickr. Quote: Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico(Monday June-2-2008) Seven…
What Does It Mean to Be Human? →
What does it mean to be human? And can science illuminate the answers? A star-studded panel of scientists gathered to discuss those heady themes last night at the World Science…
Coco Wang's Earthquake Strips →
true, heartbreaking stories from the China quake in comic form [via]
Advice for visiting a developing country →
William, a loyal MR reader, asks:
What advice do you have for an aspiring development economist visiting a developing country for the first time?
He is a rising sophomore from a very good…
