February 2010
66 posts
I Don't Like The iPad Because... →
…it’s driven by the same old media love affair with distribution lock in. I’ve been on about this ever since I studied Google in 2001: Media traditionally has gained its profits by owning…
(401): Renamed my iPod as 'the... →
(401): Renamed my iPod as ‘the titantic’ so when I plug it in it’s says ‘the titantic is syncing.’.
Dear Voltron Girl… [Kids Today] →
…You are awesome. [Buzzfeed]
labyrintho:
THIS MADE ME LAUGGGGGGHH
hahah the... →
labyrintho: THIS MADE ME LAUGGGGGGHH hahah the look on the big one’s face…
OMG I WAS STUCK ON STAIRS HOLY KRAP I ALMOST DIED →
OMG I WAS STUCK ON STAIRS HOLY KRAP I ALMOST DIED
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On the last page of my science textbook is the periodic table. Today I saw that someone had drawn a new square for the element of surprise.
Rarely does every single post on a blog make me go... →
Rarely does every single post on a blog make me go “What the faaaaahahaha”, but here’s Variations on Normal, possibly the best thing of this sort since Spamusement.
The Unbelievable World of Warcraft →
A Big Case of ...OOPS... →
Something happened the other day that made me really step back and say to myself …”Whoa…”
I was in auto-pilot, I was standing in front of a group of people - some [most] of whom couldn’t care…
Presented Without Comment →
Okay, maybe just one comment:
Wait. Did I just post a picture of a cat in RED Crocs?! Run Morris RUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!
via Craigslist (Thanks Brian)
What happens to me when I don’t send out chain... →
What happens to me when I don’t send out chain messages
Graph by: jojocheese via Graph Jam Builder
1962 GE time capsule kitchen – for sale →
Nathan recently purchased a 1962 time capsule home. He truly appreciates the beauty and history in this blonde wood kitchen full of pristine, museum-quality appliances not to mention a…
VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron →
Last summer, visiting Art Basel, I had the chance to get a tour of the Vitra museum and the various buildings surrounding the factory. And while there, I got to see the VitraHaus…
Five to ten years from now, you could have a $3000... →
Five to ten years from now, you could have a $3000 fuel cell power generator the size of a clock radio in your basement, turning natural gas into electrical power at twice the efficiency…
World Annihilation →
It’s A Trap! T-shirt →
It’s no secret that Admiral Ackbar is the king of fully operational understatements, but this It’s A Trap! tee got him demoted to Captain Obvious; may the course correction be with you.
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“At this time, Mr. Miller reentered the house. He was approached by Perp Three...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: A Robbery of Three Liberal Arts Graduates: The Police Report.
Curling_Tel (image) →
Shaq: the big art curator →
Shaquille O’Neal curated an art exhibition that opened this weekend at Flag Art Foundation in Chelsea. Do you ever get time to visit museums? I used to go a lot with my kids. Donald Trump is…
The Comprehensive Guide to Saving Images for the... →
On the surface, saving images for the web can be a pretty straightforward process. However, if you dig deeper there’s a wealth of information and techniques you might be missing out on.
This…
Devotion to Duty →
For me, seeing this picture was just like finding... →
For me, seeing this picture was just like finding out there’s no Santa Claus.
How genetics work →
(Via Casanova Wong)
Confirmed: Google Reader is Going Real Time... →
We just received confirmation from Google that Google Reader now consumes PubSubHubbub feeds in real time. Until now, it often took half an hour or longer before new posts from popular blogs…
Friday Funnies →
Two of my friends—Kimm and Kim—both sent me these funny pictures…
Have a grace-filled weekend!
Carolyn for my daughters
This lady is getting ready to enter a public toilet in Houston…
Belgian humor magazine runs most offensive ads in... →
Expect to see many panties get bunched up when these ads inevitably enter the cable news network dialogue. No surprise, but I think they’re brilliant.
And someone better call…
MIT Project: Flyfire →
MIT’s Flyfire forms 2D/3D shapes on the “fly”; each pixel is actually a micro helicopter that synchronizes its motion with fellow self-organizing helis to form a swarm of smart pixels.
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Procrastination →
“Sometimes the only way to get something done is to do two dozen other things first.” Procrastination.
BitTorrent visualization in processing.js →
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via theinternetaccordingtoadrian and poobah →
via theinternetaccordingtoadrian and poobah
Triceracopter →
This work, subtitled “Hope for the Obsolescence of War,” was completed in 1977 by the late American sculptor Patricia A. Renick. There’s more pictures over on Gizmodo. [via …
"GET OFF TUMBLR, CCN. HAO CAN TUMBLR BE 4 HIPSTERS... →
“GET OFF TUMBLR, CCN. HAO CAN TUMBLR BE 4 HIPSTERS WHEN CNN IS DERE?!” - downthebayou
WorkBasket™
Some said the cubicle couldn’t be... →
WorkBasket™
Some said the cubicle couldn’t be improved. Not us.
Introducing WorkBasket. A better workspace, for today’s mobile professional lifestyle.
Interior View: Spacious,…
Endless Forms Most Battleful →
If only survival of the fittest were really turn-based: Darwin’s Theory of Evolution has less to do with genetic selection than Trainer selection in this Endless Forms Most Beautiful t-shirt.
awesome play-doh ad! →
awesome play-doh ad!
Data Underload by FlowingData
As one whose job it... →
Data Underload by FlowingData
As one whose job it is to make pretty graphics, I am particularly sensitive to the melancholy truth that pretty graphics don’t make a good chart.
(Click for…
Ian Hickson on Adobe and HTML5 →
Ian Hickson: Since I was mistaken about the formal objection, should I prepare the drafts for FPWD publication now? What date should I use?
Either this was all a major mistake and…
Snow Tracking →
Things people try to log into →
Regarding this morning’s amazing occurrence where people who had googled for “facebook login” and got taken to a news story about Facebook then assumed that the news website was Facebook itself…
Things people try to log into →
Dan Wineman’s explanation of the Facebook login thing:
This is called Facebook Connect, and it’s a very bad thing for security and user education. Teaching people to check that the URL starts…
Doom II RPG unleashed on iPhone →
Filed under: Gaming, App Review
I remember there being a joke about new devices coming out: Yeah, but does it run Doom? The iPhone does, and apparently Id is on a hot streak now….
I liked the old Facebook login better →
I liked the old Facebook login better: Please read marco’s post on a mindblowing web artifact:
(via Zoya)
Dear visitors from Google. This site is not Facebook. This is a website called…
"It’s like… Like if you asked a friend if there... →
“It’s like… Like if you asked a friend if there was a Starbucks in his neighborhood and he said, yeah I think there’s one half a mile down, maybe. And you drive half a mile and see a big carwash…
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Facebook Wants to Be Your One True Login →
Facebook Wants to Be Your One True Login: (via Zoya) Dear visitors from Google. This site is not Facebook. This is a website called ReadWriteWeb that reports on news about Facebook and other…