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balanced reporting
Dec. 30th, 2009 05:45 pmOn the idolatry side, we have the most utterly fabulous Obama action figure. Be sure to scroll down to see the poses with the samurai sword and the light saber.
To even the scale, here's some snark.
To even the scale, here's some snark.
in case anyone hasn't seen this yet
Jun. 22nd, 2009 10:17 pmJohn Hodgman testing Barrack Obama's geek cred
(14 min long, save it for when you've got time)
via silenced majority portal, also seen on boingboing
(14 min long, save it for when you've got time)
via silenced majority portal, also seen on boingboing
random points in brief
May. 9th, 2009 01:03 pmThis morning at the farmer's market I bought three different kind of cherries. Yum! Greed is fun!
For the crafty types: Surely we all *need* Cthulhu ski masks
Especially for past residents of Pittsburgh, Cleveland, or Detroit (or any reasonable equivalent):
Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video (#1)
Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video (#2)
Watch both, in order, for maximum LOLs.
courtesy of my boss, another former Pittsburgher
For the crafty types: Surely we all *need* Cthulhu ski masks
Especially for past residents of Pittsburgh, Cleveland, or Detroit (or any reasonable equivalent):
Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video (#1)
Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video (#2)
Watch both, in order, for maximum LOLs.
courtesy of my boss, another former Pittsburgher
miscellany
Dec. 9th, 2008 12:33 pmFrom now on, instead of saying "if I get hit by a bus", I'm going to say "if an F18 crashes on my home".
In other important news, I fully understand why The Scarlet Pimpernel was panned by critics when it first came out. It is a novel that was apparently better as a play, and destined to be a B movie! Somehow, "bad enough to be good" works better for film than print, I think. Must suggest to book club that we make our next meeting into movie night...
Last and least, this may or may not be fair, but it's funny.
In other important news, I fully understand why The Scarlet Pimpernel was panned by critics when it first came out. It is a novel that was apparently better as a play, and destined to be a B movie! Somehow, "bad enough to be good" works better for film than print, I think. Must suggest to book club that we make our next meeting into movie night...
Last and least, this may or may not be fair, but it's funny.
nevertheless, I am compelled to share "Prop 8 The Musical":
via boingboing, sfgate, etc
via boingboing, sfgate, etc
letter from The USA to The World
Dec. 3rd, 2008 01:00 pmDear World:
The United States of America, your quality supplier of ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for its 2001-2008 service outage.
The technical fault that led to this eight-year service interruption has been located, and the software responsible was replaced Tuesday night, November 4. Early tests of the newly-installed program indicate that we are now operating correctly, and we expect it to be fully functional by mid-January.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage, and we look forward to resuming full service --- and hopefully even to improve it in years to come.
Thank you for your patience and understanding,
Yours truly,
The USA
gacked from a co-worker
The United States of America, your quality supplier of ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for its 2001-2008 service outage.
The technical fault that led to this eight-year service interruption has been located, and the software responsible was replaced Tuesday night, November 4. Early tests of the newly-installed program indicate that we are now operating correctly, and we expect it to be fully functional by mid-January.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage, and we look forward to resuming full service --- and hopefully even to improve it in years to come.
Thank you for your patience and understanding,
Yours truly,
The USA
gacked from a co-worker
cartoon for (web | interaction | graphic ) designers
courtesy of a colleague who is none of the above
courtesy of a colleague who is none of the above
and also this bit of pure silliness
Jul. 10th, 2008 11:20 amBecause it made me lol:
no attribution available, obtained from random email
no attribution available, obtained from random email
my geeky sense of humor, a sampler
Jun. 14th, 2007 03:19 pmgeek humor + cute kittens = lolcats indeed
An article about spam in the Communications of the ACM used the phrase: adversarial information processing.
While looking in the yellow pages for something I didn't find, my eye lit upon this entry in the Internets section: Predatorial Advertising Associates. (Talk about your truth in advertising, eh?)
These things crack me up. YMMV.
An article about spam in the Communications of the ACM used the phrase: adversarial information processing.
While looking in the yellow pages for something I didn't find, my eye lit upon this entry in the Internets section: Predatorial Advertising Associates. (Talk about your truth in advertising, eh?)
These things crack me up. YMMV.
In case any of you haven't seen it yet: music video about cats in places they're not supposed to be (somewhat NSFW, especially if you don't wear headphones :)
via boingboing
via boingboing
