August 2008
34 posts
July 2008
57 posts
Manny to the Dodgers
Sox get Bay from the Pirates, who they wanted.
SoSH is dying on me.
“Hipsters = hippies - subversion + Twitter”
– Valleywag…
…Inspired by Adbusters
Me, I’m waiting for Hipster Runoff to chime in…
(via jimrock)
It should say something about my state of mind that for about nine seconds I truly, earnestly thought that Valleywag was talking about source control systems.
“They tied its paws, but they couldn’t… [/sunglasses] pause the tide.”
– Good Luck With Your Hell Demons: Dead Monster Washes Ashore in Montauk
5 seconds spent with Cuil
Obviously, I searched for my name.
First impression: they need to do a little bit better job of collapsing identical pages. 75% of the first 3 pages of results were identical mirrors of Vim changelogs.
“I didn’t even remember that Cabbage Patch was dead at the end of the movie! WTF?...”
– people. maybe not you, but people. (via goldenfiddle)
My people — which is to say, the geeks — are driving me up the wall with this one.
Listen, motherfuckers, Bruce Wayne is dripping with women who are dripping with sex, and the point is that he has no interest with them. His...
“Restricting Python’s grammar to an LL(1) parser is a blessing, not a...”
– PEP 3099 — Things that will Not Change in Python 3000
Randy Pausch: October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008 →
One of the good ones.
“The truth is I fucking hate the web. It’s sucking the brains of geniuses who...”
– Zed Shaw
“I’d like to say he was a fevered, inspirational dervish to the both of us, but...”
– Will Leitch: Hunter S. Thompson, Those Old ESPN Columns And Large Wads Of Cocaine
“The mayor showed up unexpectedly at the data center and provided the engineers...”
– San Francisco Admin Coughs Up Passcodes in Secret Jailhouse Meeting With Mayor | Threat Level from Wired.com
I love this story.
Ritual is selling their ping-pong table. Well, at least they’re selling a ping-pong table. There may still be another one on the roof.
The Quest is Over →
A couple months ago, an anonymous blogger set out to try to be the ESPN.com featured comment of the day. He was armed only with a careful study of the cheerful banalities that usually appeared, and endless patience.
On his 42nd try, he succeeded.
Food For Thought: Greatest Characters In The...
skeetonmischa:
This is another one of those topics that comes up often in these parts after watching an especially amazing TV series. With the new season of “Mad Men” starting next Sunday, I believe it’s time to drudge out this list again.
In no particular order, here’s a rough list of great TV characters in my opinion:
Homer Simpson from “The Simpsons”
Alan Partridge from “I’m Alan...
fuck you, brandon walsh →
(via itsbedtime)
This one is completely epic. Though there are days when I worry about Molls.
Somebody Please Stage Hamlet Using Only Zeitgeist... →
SFist: Breaking News: George W. Bush Sewage Plant... →
WATCHMEN TRAILER!!!!!!!!!!!! →
skeetonmischa:
(via azizisbored)
I’ve watched it a couple of times now. Fuck. I just started reading “Another Roadside Attraction” (took a break from “Tree Of Smoke), but I’m going to have to dig out the old “Watchmen” graphic novel like today. Sheeeeeiiiitt.
The original link appears dead, but I’ve updated it to point to a YouTube copy.
Updated: YouTube link is dead too; changed link...
“A state employee has resigned and officials have disavowed an international...”
– MSNBC (via Laughing Squid)
“I think the OpenBSD crowd is a bunch of masturbating monkeys”
– Linus Torvalds
East Boothbay boatyard destroyed by massive fire →
It’s a miracle that all of East Boothbay didn’t burn down — the buildings are packed in pretty tight on the road side, and the structure basically went off like a bomb. There were two tugs under construction at the time; like everything else, they’re completely gone. “It’s like the building melted,” said my dad over the phone. Water pressure south of...
Jason Whitlock is the only interesting sports...
At least, the only one working for the MSM. Despite this, I still only read his stuff when I remember to, like when Deadspin links it. He’s not the first to complain about the growing cast of “Football Night in America” (Simmons has devoted at least 5,000 words to the subject), but he may be the most precise in his analysis (“Tiki Barber quit football in his prime because...
“Before the trial started, in early September, an offer was communicated to Mr....”
– Judge Larry Goodman, via the Chron
Iran Gen.: Our finger is always on the trigger -... →
skeetonmischa:
Oh, brother.
See also the Seymour Hersh piece in the New Yorker about how covert military action against Iran has already begun.
Do Not Cool Kids In Alcohol Baths →
skeetonmischa:
Even in my dreams, there’s a bug/crawler thing up that pops up in the lower right corner of it promoting the season premiere of “Brooke Knows Best”.
My favorite take on the ad bug phenomenon was the Agee/Panos/Toledo Channel 101 opus Just the Three of Us.
Hans Reiser leads police to body, believed to be... →
Holy shit.
"I'm not here to make friends." →
(via goldenfiddle)
“Here is one of the hacks
41.232.166.49 - - [30/Jun/2008:17:02:38 +0000]...”
– Web Security Consultant / Database Expert Needed over Weekend - boston.craigslist.org
The high point of Wanted was the trailer for Pineapple Express.
“If you have Photoshop which is the quickest way, you can set a watermark inside...”
– 0x00000
