August 2008
95 posts
Huskers’ Tunnel Chant
Dear Lord, the...
If you're stuck on a plane with an annoying guy...
siddman:
michaelikesit:
via krza:
mydigitalcerebration:
1. Quietly and calmly open up your laptop case.
2. Remove your laptop.
3. Start it up.
4. Make sure the fellow traveller who is annoying you can see the screen.
5. Close your eyes and tilt your head up to the sky and move your lips like you are praying.
6. Then click here.
"Sorry, SEC, you're not the best" →
*cough* Big 12 *cough*
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“Upsets of ‘07: Anomaly or trend? Dennis Dodd puts it this way: A new...”
– College Football News - CBSSports.com Live Scores, Standings, Stats
I wonder how long this will be known as “Pulling a Michigan”. A long, long time, I hope. :oD
College Football: Still looking for a reason to... →
If you’re not convinced of college football’s ability to generate good times, take the following options on a test drive:
The scouts are still projecting, but watching the Big 12 may enable us to witness the performance of more legitimate NFL quarterbacks than the Chicago Bears have employed in the last, oh, 40 years.
College football really needs first-year Nebraska coach Bo...
“If you’re not convinced of college football’s ability to generate...”
– FOX Sports on MSN - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - Still looking for a reason to get fired up for Week 1?
Steve Jobs: Steve Jobs's Obituary, As Run By... →
The Bloomberg financial newswire decided to update its 17-page Steve Jobs obituary today — and inadvertently published it in the process.
Oops.
It is kind of cool to see your own obituary, though. Almost as good as attending your own funeral.
Follow them while you can.
Twitter accounts for Don Draper, Peggy Olson, Joan Holloway, Roger_Sterling, Bertram Cooper, Paul Kinsey, Pete Campbell, Sal Romano, Betty Draper, and shaunbwilson.
(Admittedly, one of these things is not like the others.)
A Conversation With My Brother
Chad: so, what's the deal at school for [Cai], did they move her ahead a grade? I know last year they wanted to wait and see or something
Me: No, she was like... 1 point lower than they move you ahead.
Chad: wow, really?
Me: She was like a 7.5 average or something and they advance you at 8 on a 10 point scale. Something like that.
Chad: If she was a Chinese gymnast she would have automatically been given that extra point.
““To my brother who I know hopes to be in my will, well, here you...”
– Slain Couple’s Weird Will - (via New York Post)
“If you think about it, the Crocs company should really be admired. P. T. Barnum...”
– Fashion: The Case Against Crocs (via Newsweek.com)
The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs →
“The Monkey’s Paw” is a horror short story by author W. W. Jacobs. It was published in England in 1902. (Wikipedia description.)
“I don’t know what to wish for, and that’s a fact,” he said slowly. It seems to me I’ve got all I want.”
“If you only cleared the house, you’d be quite happy, wouldn’t you!” said Herbert,...
I’m not really sure why there aren’t options as to which Tumblr dashboard skin you want to use. There was enough negative feedback during the beta of the new dashboard to warrant that, I’d think.
Horror film fan rents entire cinema →
An Indian filmgoer rented out an entire cinema to disprove a director’s claim that his latest horror movie is so scary no one can watch it alone.
Watchwhatson:
claudia:
Sarah Haskins’ latest. Target Women:Chick Flicks
Once upon a time there was a movie about a woman looking for love. And then there was another one. And another one. And another one.
Phoning the Democratic VP
boutofcontext:
While preparing material with my co-host earlier, I mentioned how aging diminishes my expectations of the formality historic dialogues between presumptive-nominees and potential vice-presidents take. While not as irreverent as these people, I speculated on the unlikely, but possible, Obama-Gore call:
Obama: Listen, Al, I hate do to this to you, but - my short list are a bunch of...
“My sister says supposably.”
– (via dears)
So does the owner of my company.
The owner. Of my company.
What is in my wallet?
siddman:
Expired learner’s permit.
City College of New York ID.
Bank of America Debit/ATM/Bank card.
Bank of America Visa Signature card.
American Express Platinum Biznez card.
Lawyer’s biznez card.
Health Insurance card.
Dental Insurance card.
Work sercurity scan card.
Duane Reade club card.
Gap coupon. It is a Trifold dark brown wallet.
DC Metro SmarTrip card
American...
The predictable lifecycle of the skeptic (or even... →
The Kindle is a lousy idea. No one will read a book that way.
The Kindle is late. Amazon has no clue how to launch a product.
The Kindle is poorly designed. See, we told you.
The Kindle’s pricing model hurts book publishers. It will never be adopted by them.
The Kindle is pretty cool. Non-techies like it.
The Kindle is sold out. Amazon doesn’t know how to produce a product.
The...
“I live in Alaska, it is cold. I don’t like it. I drive my SUV to help warm...”
– c.j.
Fark flamewars about climate change are my new... →
Haven’t been Farking as much lately as I did before tumblr, but it’s fun to watch the even-sided flamewars.
“We are flattered that McDonald’s is enamored enough with our products to be...”
– Chick-Fil-A Responds to McDonald’s Copy-Cat Sandwich. FastFoodCritic.com Exclusive. (via Topix)
“Bad design is where the customer thinks it’s their fault that something doesn’t...”
– David Kelley, IDEO (via objectified) (via corwood) (via kevintwohy) (via slantback)
Hear hear!
