August 2007
45 posts
Tekserve Rocks
I love Tekserve, my local friendly Mac repair folks. But I hate kernel panic — it’s costing me a mere $275 to replace my hard drive. Bleh.
Little fishies →
Delicate yet stunning animation by Adam Gault. Check this one out.
“Now, it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political...”
– George Orwell
The Case to Impeach the President →
Conservative constitutional scholar Bruce Fein, who prepared articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, and Washington Correspondent for The Nation John Nichols agree that there is a substantial case for impeaching President Bush. (Yes, you read that right.) Watch the video here.
Fashionable Dictionary →
Yeah, it sort of bugs me that the subtitled here is “fighting fashionable nonsense” (a bit smug, I think), but I must admit, this list of definitions gets it exactly right a lot of the time (e.g., check out the definition for Ayn Rand).
Flame Warriors →
Oh, this is very good. Categorize everyone on every system you know! It’ll be easy, I promise.
WatchI’m sure this one has been over-blogged already, but goddamn it’s funny.
Richard Serra →
Article on the Richard Serra retrospective at the MoMA in NYC. If you’re in the New York, do yourself a favor and shell out the 20 bucks to check it out.
WatchEric Hoffman and Dr. Gary Rudoren explain Funny Names, from Comedy by the Numbers, a McSweeney’s joint.
Sandwich Art →
A mouse made of bologna, among other things. Um, ew? Or maybe cool? I can’t decide.
Our Lives, Controlled From Some Guy’s Couch →
Apparently, it is almost a mathematical certainty that we are living in someone else’s computer simulation. I’m not sure whether to feel extremely relieved or extremely depressed.
Birthdays Without Pressure →
Maybe this will put an end to the James Bond-themed birthday parties for six-year-olds, complete with casinos and so forth. (You think I’m exaggerating? Click on the link for “Examples of out of control parties.”) Probably not, but it’s worth a try.
Trajes de novio para chicos Gay en Barcelona →
Know any gay men who are planning to get married in Spain? Send them here. Nice stuff.
Sweet Thunder: tape findings →
If you’re as old as I am (which, if you’re reading this, you probably aren’t), you’ll have fond memories of making tapes as a kid — sort of the precursor to making videos. The site collects found tapes and posts mp3’s of them, and man are they fun to listen to. They’re sort of like found writings but more fun. Don’t miss “Tape to grandma...
Libertyville Abortion Demonstration →
If abortion becomes illegal, what punishment should be meted out to the women who have them? An interviewer asks this of protesters at an anti-abortion rights rally. The consensus seems to be, “Um…” (the YouTube poster disabled embedding — hence the link.)
MATTHEW MAHON →
The website of photographer Matthew Mahon. Great Flash — try to click on one of the photos where you can hear him talk about it (look for the little head on the bottom right hand corner of the photo).
I seem to be having a few hardware blips in the past couple of days, so I think the computer will be in the hospital for a little bit. Not for too long, more than likely.
“Rudy would make a terrible president and that is why I am speaking now....”
– Jerome Hauer, New York’s emergency management director from 1996 to 2000 in the Sunday Telegraph (via Salon)
Square America Snapshots & Vernacular Photography →
Found snapshots. Way fun to look at.
Books we have never read →
I guess now I don’t have to feel guilty about not having read 1984.
“The ‘Net is a waste of time, and that’s exactly what’s right...”
– William Gibson
Pirates vs Ninjas →
(Not that you asked me, but ninjas would kick pirates’ asses.) (via whatisthis1999 — thanks, Jason!)
In Praise of Tap Water →
Ok, stop buying bottled water. Just stop it.
The Chap →
The Chap believes that a society without courteous behaviour and proper headwear is a society on the brink of moral and sartorial collapse, and it seeks to reinstate such outmoded but indispensable gestures as hat doffing, giving up one’s seat to a lady and regularly using a trouser press.
Let them sing it for you →
I had way too much fun with this tonight. Turn your volume down if you’re at work.
Fine Diner to Riffraff: Tipsy Tales of 4-Star... →
Pretty amusing tales big spenders getting embarrassingly snockered at Le Bernadin, Per Se, and other feeding troughs of Manhattan’s gilded elites. Oh, to see this just once.
Ted Turner's big love. →
Robert Olen Butler sends that e-mail he wishes he hadn’t sent. Proof positive that winning the Pulitzer does not mean you won’t act like a 14-carat ass in public. (The story was originally broken by Galleycat, a blog for which I have an understandable soft spot.)