January 2010
30 posts
The Western Whopper →
2000s retrospective: 10 years ago I was living in Somerville, writing networking protocols, contributing code to Mozilla, and writing things like this, back when I took having a weblog a little more seriously.
December 2009
23 posts
“The problem was that most of the decision makers—whose salaries were funded by...”
– The End of the 00s: How To Lose Your Idealism In Under Ten Years, by Natasha Vargas-Cooper
For some reason I keep imagining NVC starting this piece (which is pretty great) on one subject and then changing it up after spending the holidays with parents. Or perhaps I am just projecting.
10:40 <#####> i positively cannot get anything done knowing that mhk choi’s “avatar” review could drop at any second.
cool kids still use irc, btw.
Mayor's Proposed Budget 2009-2010, City and County... →
436 pages. This is pretty much what the Kindle was invented for.
“I would watch this movie if it were done right- namely if it were written and...”
– The Marmaduke Photoshop Challenge
Joe Mathlete forever.
SF Weekly: The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S. →
“The trouble with venture capital is it made itself obsolete. Commodity hardware,...”
– giles bowkett
I have had this thought a lot lately.
Skeet On Mischa, Walkabout →
Skeet is going old-school skeet this week, and it is a joy.
Also, if Douglas and I ever hung out, I’m pretty sure we’d sound like Dragoon and Red Mantle from The Venture Bros:
Dragoon: And I’m staying in the car! We! We are staying in the car. Red Mantle: We haven’t been outside in 30 years. I’m old and I’m afraid of everything. Dragoon: I’m afraid the...
“At the World Chess Cup, which is being held in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, two top...”
– nyt
"it also is Cantonese slang for penis" →
All season I kept planning to do a recap of all... →
“Producers Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski hired J. Michael Straczynski to...”
– IMDB: Ninja Assassin