May 2011
2 posts
November 2010
2 posts
October 2010
1 post
In the Life of 'The Wire' →
mrgan:
The New York Review of Books has a really long and really good piece on The Wire. Excellent reading.
This truly is one of the best TV shows of all time. I just added it to my Netflix queue to watch again.
July 2010
1 post
WatchBrahms auf Vuvuzela
June 2010
2 posts
Ghoti →
bestofwikipedia:
Ghoti is a word constructed to illustrate the irregularities of written English. It is pronounced “fish”; the gh is pronounced as in “tough”, o as in “women”, and ti as in “nation”. Often attributed to George Bernard Shaw, the actual origin of the word is unknown.
May 2010
3 posts
WatchNike Write The Future (by Wieden + Kennedy London)
April 2010
3 posts
“In multitasking, if you see a task manager… they blew it. Users...”
– Steve Jobs, talking about multitasking in iPhone OS 4
Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10... →
anniehinton:
Some solid quick and delicious sounding recipes.
(I know someone I follow just posted this but I can’t remember who and now I am reblogging without an orignal source, sorrrrry)
March 2010
4 posts
Preview: Instapaper on iPad →
Now this just makes me want an iPad.
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
– Carl Sagan
“I like it when competitors copy me because it means they aren’t about to...”
– Wil Shipley (via David Chartier) (via marco)
February 2010
8 posts
Watch“She can’t run in those little high heels”
“I’m not afraid of blowing out. A lot of guys are. If they blow out, it...”
– Bode Miller
WatchAn intriguing video of a potential Wired iPad app.
“The problem is, in hardware you can’t build a computer that’s twice as good as...”
– Steve Jobs in 1994 (via marco)
Speculation The Grand Theory Of Lost →
Some interesting thoughts about the last season of Lost.
brilliantcrank:
!!! Achtung: The following content contains possible spoilers
January 2010
7 posts
WatchWow, this is amazing. Not only is there a giant polar bear, but he flies planes, blows up volcanos, destroys cruise ships, travels faster than the speed of light, and blows up Earth.
azizisbored:
What Paul said. Amen.
paulscheer:
This is one of the best things I’ve seen in a long time. Check out this ridiculous violent and amazingly insane intro video for an Alaskan College Hockey Team.
...
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
– Albert Einstein via 33 of the Smartest Things Ever Said About Business and Life | Exectweets (via jnunemaker)
“Congratulations, Conan, on finally securing your place as permanent host of The...”
– Norm Macdonald, in his congratulations card to Conan from June, 2009, which he forgot to give Conan until tonight (via maniacalrage)
“Text “Haiti” to 90999 to donate. 100% of your $10 donation passes thru to...”
– As posted by the American Red Cross (via brilliantcrank)
CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON WITH LOPEZ... →
(via azizisbored)
December 2009
3 posts
“Normal people do have one thing figured out that we geeks don’t: sometimes, it’s...”
– nrbd (via marco)
November 2009
5 posts
Client on 'Flash'
clientsfromhell:
At my old company, we met with a [elderly] client to discuss what we would add to his website. We asked him if he wanted flash on the webpage which seemed to shock him a bit… we later found out that he thought flash meant a naked man would run across the screen when people visited.
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“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us....”
– Carl Sagan (This is the full version of quote on the image I reblogged earlier)
October 2009
8 posts
“We have to continue to move forward. To stop in space is to surrender.”
– Gene Kranz - Former NASA Flight Director (Gemini and Apollo)
September 2009
11 posts
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