July 25, 2008

“I have experienced soul-data through silicon.”

Kevin Kelly

July 24, 2008
SparkFun sells a tiny wireless video camera for $50.
July 23, 2008

Does anyone know anyone who makes glass marijuana pipes in Portland?

Let me know?

romeojulietsierra: somethingchanged: Yes this is a real McCain poster. Via Talking Points Memo Awesome! It’s like the less funny sequel to Top Gun where it turns out Goose had a pilot brother who comes to see Maverick and they’re all old now and someone dies in a test-flight accident two-thirds of the way through.

romeojulietsierra:

somethingchanged:

Yes this is a real McCain poster. Via Talking Points Memo

Awesome! It’s like the less funny sequel to Top Gun where it turns out Goose had a pilot brother who comes to see Maverick and they’re all old now and someone dies in a test-flight accident two-thirds of the way through.

“I was having sex with fourteen- year old girls when I was fourteen. But if I was to do it now, it would be really bad. But then you still find them sexy, so does that mean you’re a pervert? So if you’re having sex with a fourteen-year old girl when you’re fourteen you’re always going to find them sexy but you’re not fourteen any more. You’ve got to change.”

Damien Hirst interviewed by The Idler, a British magazine about positive laziness.

Isotype!
Isotype!
July 22, 2008

I’ve had the Creation Museum on my mental back burner for a while now.

After all that simmering, here’s what’s left in the pan: “Does the Creation Museum hold an opinion on whether curiosity is or should be satiable?”

OS 10.6 should have a better spell checker. It should take data from the internet and work like Google suggested search.

Imagine the future of spelling becoming something of immediate majority consensus rather than someone at the NY Times or Oxford. After all, the idea of correct spelling is really only as old as lead type.

watchweeedsonlinefree.com

I hope this is for real. It looks like it is, but I refuse to watch a second of episode 2 without being able to see 1 first.

Barack Obama Jr.
Barack Obama Jr.
malty: I’m house sitting for my uncle and aunt. Mark bought this huge ‘old person’ remote so his 18 month old kid can play with it. He found out that it actually works for their tv. So yesterday I sat on the couch with a child’s size juice box (2-3 sips tops) and a massive remote controller. FAIL I have this remote too. When I first moved in my living room was empty except for a couch, a coffee table, and this remote. Everyone who came by was immediately disoriented.

malty:

I’m house sitting for my uncle and aunt. Mark bought this huge ‘old person’ remote so his 18 month old kid can play with it. He found out that it actually works for their tv. So yesterday I sat on the couch with a child’s size juice box (2-3 sips tops) and a massive remote controller.

FAIL

I have this remote too. When I first moved in my living room was empty except for a couch, a coffee table, and this remote. Everyone who came by was immediately disoriented.

“Magazines have basically looked the same for 150 years,” Mr. Granger said. “I have been frustrated with the lack of forward movement in the magazine industry.”

This guy.

Yeah, I’m tired of books, too. They really should be battery-operated by now.

July 21, 2008

William Deresiewicz on The Disadvantages of an Elite Education

The article is sort of interesting and definitely long-winded, but mostly it has a very weird emotional aftertaste. I’d have liked it more if the author were flat out pompous and spoiled. But then again that’d probably go against the grain of his own thesis.

kaaaali.muxtape.com

Muxtape before desk job: ****
Muxtape after desk job: *****

Desk job. Deskjob. Ew. Haha.

July 20, 2008
More sports should be like this.