January 2008
70 posts
Traveling from SFO? Leave the nerdiness at home. →
You too can relive the Hindenburg, minus the... →
IM convo with my mother
"Mom": hi, just sent you email on ua ticket
"Moi": i know, i just got it
"Mom": ok, that was fast
"Moi": things move surprisingly fast on the internets
"Mom": oh, I guess youre right. bye MOM
Speaking of diseases...
I think I’m becoming dyslexic. If thats possible at 24.
You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland,... →
Autism is a hot topic in the media these days. First they were saying that the MMR immunizations or vaccines that contained Mercury were causing autism, and now they’re saying that there is no correlation. So now they have come up with an autism inducer pill, which just seems like a stronger does of Adderal. It appears that doctors in Germany can turn mice autistic by screwing around with...
Google Analytics, awayyyyy
So I finally got onto analytics and embeded the tracking code. So lets see what happens now.
I will not link to "Do's and Don'ts with Babies",...
I LIED
“Most of those people know how to use Tumblr responsibly and only post when they...”
– Connected Ventures cofounder Ricky Van Veen. Word.
Evolution Explains Why Lolcats Control Your Mind →
a “single change” animal image….so basically we like LOLcats because at one point in history we feared cats and were forced to pay attention to them. I always thought it was because of the funny misspelled captions, cats in random poses and the occasional “waste of work time” factor. Clearly I was incorrect in my assumption.
Top News Stories Today
Let’s see, Putin’s firing missiles into the Atlantic and sending nuclear fuel to Iran, the stock market’s crashing (prompting the Fed to make an emergency credit rate cut), the Venezuelan opposition wants Chavez to take a drug test, and Fred Thompson was like “fuck this shit” and dropped out of the presidential race. Did I miss anything? — nickdouglas
Pastafarian
I don’t know where I’ve been all these years, but this whole FSM thing is hilarious. Not only does it propose some valid questions on the theories of creationism vs evolution, but it also includes some really interesting belief structures that no religion offers, like how heaven contains beer volcanoes and stripper factories, as well as the 8 “I really rather you...
kthnxdie →
At 24 years of age, I don’t consider myself old. But when I read about these 7 kids who hung themselves because of some suicide pact made online or their shared “heavy internet usage” pattern, I feel really, really old and out of touch with today’s average 17 year old. I’ll admit, I have a Facebook. I have a MySpace (although it was brought up in a lunch convo today...
I'm almost embarrassed, but...
I just got the following text: “Actor Heath Ledger has been found dead in a manhattan apt today police tell cnn. possible suicide w pills. so sad…” This was sent to me from my friend Steph. SERIOUSLY?! I was just mass texted about an actors death. I got nothing about Brad Renfro’s death last week, what gives Steph? Reason 82 I really don’t like mass texts.
3rd and Bryant
Did anyone else get caught on 3rd and Bryant around 12:00 today due to a massive protest/parade thing going on? What was that? I swear, it was half “celebrate MLK day”, complete with singing “we shall overcome”, and half “get someone out of jail” protest. Can someone explain to me what that was so I can better explain to my boss why my lunch took me so long? ...
R.I.P. Uncov.com
So I just read on uncov.com that today’s post will the the last one. Ever. According to Ted. For real? I’m a little upset over this. Where am I gonna get my snarky news tid-bits and quality “fail” photos. I’m gonna miss you crazy kids. Hopfully you’ll still go to Mooses’ on Fridays where I can lament the loss.
It's like the British scientists read my mind →
Street cleaning : 6am Monday morning (which I’m counting towards Sunday night sleep). For some reason, Sunday nights is when the special folk upstairs forget how to use their radiator, which results in it DRIPPING into my room, into a strategically placed bowl in the corner. Drip drip drip all.night.long. Knowing that I have to wake up and go to work for 5 more days. All reasons why I...
“And now people are even bitching to Valleywag about Dreamhost’s fuckup...”
– Ted from Uncov.com So I actually met Ted last week, and I can say that he is A.) a totally awesome and articulate guy in person, and B.) extremely right on in pretty much everything he says/writes. I look forward to more interactions with him (hopefully next Friday)
“Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad...”
– In the good ole days, children like you were left to perish on windswept crags. Gotta love the latin dictionary.
Greenpeace needs to get it's ducks in a line →
And get their stories straight. One minute, Apple is the devil; the next they are the “raising the bar”. Confused are we? Me too.
This site makes decorating my apartment that much... →
WatchIt’s an internet party, and everyone is invited! Except AOL. Screw those guys. I saw this video yesterday, felt the need to post it today.
“Apple is getting greener, but not green enough. The Macbook Air has less toxic...”
– Rick Hind, the legislative director of Greenpeace’s toxics campaign. Instead of congratulating Apple on improving their green standards, Greenpeace comes out and berates them more. I can only wonder what type of eco-computer Rick sent that memo out on, a power consuming Dell perhaps? Just to...
PETA killed 97% of their rescue animals in '06. ... →
I’d like to see the papers on this to be sure, but I wouldn’t be surprised that they are unable to place animals, seeing as most reputable places have the same issues. Maybe I’ll start carrying around a copy of this article, and every time one of those nut jobs approaches me in Union Square I’ll hand it to them instead of my usual practice of throwing chicken wings at...
I can't remember my BB log-in, and I can't find it...
“It doesn’t matter how good or bad the [Amazon Kindle] is, the fact is that...”
– Steve Jobs. I love it when we agree.
Tom Cruise is bat shit crazy. In other news,...
I fail to see why Tom Cruise and Scientology are still making news. At all. I mean, I’m writing about it too. Why? I’m not sure. Everyone else seems to be, so I figure why not jump on the “to hell and back” bandwagon and see what happens next. Apparently some video was just released that has Tom Cruise talking about his Scientology beliefs. I’m not going to go...
Thanks to Hasbro, I have no choice but to actually... →
If this actually goes through, which, as of 10 minutes ago when I played my last Scrab move, it hasn’t yet, I will be forced to become more productive during work hours. And when I mean more productive, I mean scouring the web to find a new game to waste my (and the companies) time with. This was unfortunately the only good app that FB had out of the seemingly endless crap-tastic options. ...
And a new lap top case to go with it! →
I don’t even have the MacBook Air, but I already got the case ahead of time. I’m so on top of this.
So, about this MacBook Air...
SO here are my thoughts on this new MacBook Air: Optical drive? Not in this puppy. Basically you can’t play movies, install any new software, backup your things or piss off the RIAA by burning billions of CDs. Now where is the fun in that? What it sounds like so far is that with the Air, Apple is basically asking you to become COMPLETELY Apple dependent for any and all tech needs. Throw...
“Since my umbrella’s so big I can walk anywhere on the sidewalk and the rain...”
– Contemptster: Inconsiderate Umbrella Walker
awesome shows coming up that I will more than...
1/17: moe @ Fillmore; Lovemakers @ Cafe Du Nord 2/2: Nada Surf @ Swedish American Hall 2/5: Matt Costa @ Slims 2/8: Editors @ Warfield 2/9: LIMBECK (!!!!) @ Bottom of the Hill 2/20: Hives @ Fillmore 2/28: Great Northern @ Pop Scene 4/24: Hot Chip @ Fillmore
7:15am Macworld update:
The line outside the Moscone Center is massive. It’s pretty much the nerdiest line I have ever seen; I was 100% committed to being one of those nerds in that line today to see the keynote and peruse the expo, but I my boss found out my plans to conveniently call in sick today, so I am now forced to watch the speech via webcast. It’s not necessarily a bad thing though, I mean, instead...
WatchHi, it’s Monday.
And I almost got away with pair of Bulgaris too! →
I really enjoyed myself Friday night at Moose’s; good people, good drinks, although I felt a little left out since I had left my laptop at home. But luckily Paul brought the sunglasses, there was facebooking going on all over the place, and even a guest appearance from that girl who’s famous on the internet for dating that guy who likes to jump out of boxes or something like that. ...
Clark Duke and Michael Cera crack me up →
I’ve been a fan of Michael Cera since the days of Arrested Development (RIP), and so when my friend Joy introduced me to this site a few months back, guess who got all excited and addicted. Thats right, this girl. From their web-episodes of their own show to “drunk history”, these boys are comedy gold. I’m waiting oh so patiently for new episodes, although with the...
Amazon...WOOOOOT →
Actually, this is kinda interesting. I just learned about Woot a few months ago, and while I am not one of the 250,000 hits that the website gets right after midnight, I do check it when I get into work at 7:30am every weekday. So for Woot to get a retail giant like Amazon backing it, that is kinda cool. Woot awayyyy.
How to get drunk at the airport, according the... →
I like drinking in the airport as much as the next person, but this article just serves as a reminder to check your booze when boarding an aircraft.
McSweeney's: "Clue" Accusations, 2012. →
Colonel Mustard, identity theft, Ukrainian server room Miss Scarlet, catastrophic hurricane damage, Manhattan shoreline Professor Plum, character assassination by trolling, hyperblogosphere Mr. Green, water-rationing-card devaluation, Texas “Mrs.” White, sexual-reassignment surgery, San Francisco Mrs. Peacock, Mayan-calendar expiration, fourth dimension
MAVERICKS: This Saturday 1/12
Well, it’s in its waiting period as of now, and it could be called off at anytime, but word is that its gonna be green-lit for the 12th. So I’m going, raincoat, Wellies and all. Who’s with me?! More info at http://www.maverickssurf.com/home/