April 2011
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but no, really, you are
I went an entire post without declaring: “You’re welcome.”
is it still insane if it's predictable?
On Friday afternoons when we don’t have web meetings, I sometimes find myself at my desk in the main office. Maybe I have a video cooking in the other room, but it’s usually because I don’t have anything important enough to start or finish on a Friday afternoon. This is my special time to read blogs.
First, let me extoll the virtues of Chrome. I love the Chrome bar because I...
March 2011
5 posts
oxford comma is the way, the truth, and the light
Persephone Magazine has raised again the perpetual question: Oxford comma- for or against? I will defend in a pistols-at-dawn duel to the death. People, seriously; it just makes sense.
nom-chompsky:
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answers are for newbies
Upon reaching my Terrible Twos, my father vowed that he would always answer my questions truthfully and to the best of his ability. Two year olds are best known for their barage of ‘why?’ questions. was a talker. I loved to explain things and I couldn’t imagine why anyone else wouldn’t want to. My dad tried to keep up. I would grill him about cloud shapes, rules about noise in...
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tumblrbot asked: WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?
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Thank you, Nick Denton
Welcome back—
I’ve never opened a time capsule, because I was the kind of kid who would spend days collecting and archiving the perfect representations of contemporary American culture, researching a weatherproof container, convincing my friend’s dad to dig a hole in the backyard, ceremoniously bury the box, and then promptly forget about the whole endeavor. If the new owners of...
January 2009
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Watch the 2009 Presidential Inauguration without a... →
Do you want to watch President-elect Obama’s inauguration tomorrow, but don’t want to be tied to your TV set? Neither do we. That’s why we found a few resources that will let you follow the goings on…
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no girls allowed at Disney →
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November 2008
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Vamps
I have something I need to get off my chest.
Any adult reading the Twilight series should be shot. For the nation’s silly tweens, I am making a concession. Let them have it; they’re too young to be part of the Buffy generation. And not enough of them have been forced to watch the series on DVD and get the proper training on immortal behavior. But anyone over the age of 25 should know...
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September 2008
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not as we
A few months ago, I posted the snippet of a live version of Alanis’ new song Not as We. Well it finally was released on her new album, Flavors of Entanglement. And its just as awesome as promised, they didn’t touch it a bit. The rest of the album leaves me a little confused—very…bjorkish. But it’s growing on me. What can I say, once a screaming vagina, always a...
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Who's Afraid of a MILF with Glasses?
note: I usually attempt to avoid blanket political discussion on the blogosphere. This is my special little space for discussion of sex and fashion and the academicization of pop culture. But for this I make an exception, because it illustrates how even in this tiny corner of the internet, a discussion about the potential vice president is relevant. -K
Eve Ensler, the American playwright,...
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grownup?!?
I heard on Gilmore Girls (a legit authority on many subjects, in my humble opinion) that the first sign of being a grownup is that you no longer use that word. “Adult” is the proper term, according to Amy Sherman-Palladino.
Regardless— I have a question for my generation. It’s the age-old cliche “When did we become grownups and how do we make it stop?” Yes,...
Tori Amos – Space Dog →
August 2008
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knol →
Knol: a unit of knowledge
Well, Google has taken on every other web service, why not challenge wiki, the arguably best/worst general reference site on the net? Wiki is great. Wiki is evil. Wiki is the source every academic knows they should avoid at all costs, yet it’s usually the top hit on any search. Just one easy click— it’s irresistable. Sometimes it’s legit and...
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Birth Control Makes Women Pick Bad Mates →
Evolutionary Sexology. Has it ever been so present in the popular media as it has been in the past few years? Or was it always lurking, exposed now only because of the prevalance of Digg, which is essentially a big group of nerds driving content ratings?
Maybe we just need it now. Modernism, Postmodernism, post-post modernism have come and gone. So where are we now? Are we so utterly tired of...
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more is more for men
Yet another reponse to a HuffPo blog entry— blogging about blogging. Anyone see a trend here?
Today’s Kristen-rant is perhaps not surprisingly focused on a gender/style related piece: How Modern Technology Ruined My Favorite Olympic Spectator Sport.
All in the interest of performance, Olympians are now sporting the shudder-inducing space suit to the right, in lieu of the Speedos...
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“Q: What’s worse: being overdressed or underdressed?
A: UNDER. Perish the...”
– Katherine Johnstone, Vintage Goddess
July 2008
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not so cuil
So I was all excited when I read in the HuffPost that the woman who developed the search engine that eventually became a backbone of google had started her own search engine. Taking on Google! wow! So I eagerly clicked and was immediately impressed. Sleek, black, just off-center. It’s very Web2.0 but come on, we kind of like that don’t we (see tmblr itself for proof)? So I typed in...
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trivia of the day
Q: Why do dimes and quarters have ridges on the edges where pennies and nickles do not?
A: The tradition started years ago when coins were made out of pure silver and gold. People would take a gold or silver piece and “trim” some of the metal off before spending it. After time, they found they could spend the money and still accumulate a significant amount of gold and silver...
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How to Take Distorted and Psychedelic iPhone... →
The thing is, the iPhone camera has a bug. No one is ever happy to find that the fancy high-tech gadget that they just bought has a bug. At the same time, every software or hardware engineer can…
May 2008
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i have a theory →
I swore that this blog wasn’t going to degenerate into a laundry list of pictures and links. At some point I will return with my biting wit and intriguing social commentary, bringing points of interest to my 3 loyal readers. Until then.. read this fellow tumblr blog. And submit something; it must live on.
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yet another nerdy webcomic →
This one is especially geek-oriented, but oh so cool. Do a mouse over and read the alt messages; they’re even funnier than the comic itself.
April 2008
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Digg's April Fool's Day Joke? →
Digg an article, get a random character!
March 2008
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dropout
Today is my first official day as a grad school dropout. Coincidentally, it is a Friday and I have very little work to do at my actual job. This void has left me with nothing to do but read things on the internet. I have a ritual of saving my favorite blog and cartoon-type daily sites for several months, then reading each one in one sitting, to imitate the marathon effect of TV. Today, however, I...
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guidebook to prostitution →
it’s a start.
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really expensive conversation →
What do you get for $4,300?
After Spitzer’s secret broke, there has been a flurry of activity on the internets concerning the subject of high class callgirls. The Washington Post (or ‘WaPo’ as insiders call it, I was recently informed) published the linked article today, as if its contents are new and fascinating. High priced callgirls?!? Hookers that are beautiful, smart, AND...
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Say it All in Six Words →
“Brevity: a good thing in writing. Exploited by texters, gossip columnists, haikuists. Not associated with the biography genre. But then—why shouldn’t it be? Life expectancies rise; attention spans shrink. Six words can tell a story. That’s a new book’s premise, anyway. “Not Quite What I Was Planning.” A compilation of teeny tiny memoirs. The forebear, it’s assumed, is Hemingway. (Legend: he...
February 2008
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Watchi dig the guitar interface on the right
WatchNow this far far far exceeds any paltry ETU attempts… If only our cubes were so cute.
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nyc vs la (round 933928)
BS: You know one of the biggest differences between our two cities...
when i pick up the times (my Times) and it says "Violence in Monrovia escalates" it's about the capital of Liberia. When i read the same thing from your Times, it's about 13 year old gang bangers. just an observation.
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Lloyds Linens →
go there. trust me. and then go back. more on this later
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How to decipher authors' handwriting →
As a historian, I have to appreciate this; it makes my eyesocket-burning work with 100 year old newspaper on microfilm seem like flipping through the pages of Vogue. Bravo to anyone who does this work; it had better be rewarding.
This is a beaut by Thoreau. Thanks for making our lives so easy, Thor.I’m going to go back and make my journals less accessable on the extremely rare chance that...
web 2.0
blah. I’m so tired of the term, but this is an interesting chart: source
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speaking of barbie jewelry →
I am absolutely in love with these; they are genius. If I had the money I’d buy them all. Be sure to see all the necklaces; they are my favorites.
consumption junction →
I’ve seen these before, but I didn’t remember the barbie one. I have a fascination with barbie art, and this one is great: Chris Jordan’s website is down at the moment thanks to its prominence on DIGG, but you can see his other stuff here later once the traffic dies down: http://www.chrisjordan.com/
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Man: The Book
I haven’t read it yet, but I feel like it might be necesssary:
Synopsis
The newly favored man is not really a man at all, but a hairless, effeminate, germ-fearing, non-meat-eating, exfoliating, wristband-wearing woman of the worst order. We as men are told that we must embrace the sacred feminine in ourselves, even if it doesn’t actually exist, and become the very quintessence of...
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homemade girl scout cookies~! →
oh hell yeah. ETUers, meet your next dessert.
January 2008
10 posts
What do you get when you turn a teddy bear inside... →
actually, look at his other stuff too. quirky, fun projects: http://www.kentrogowski.com/
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from the archives
July 30, 2007 16h54
bumble: oh my god
me: ?
bumble: im watching engaded and underaged
me: i've never seen it. is it horrible?
bumble: mtv
bumble: wow
bumble: the wife "likes girls" and the husband thinks it will "go away" after they are married
me: oh dear lord
bumble: they are in some little military town in south carolina
bumble: and all the military wives hate her
bumble: :)
bumble: good tv
me: hahaha. god bless mtv, the godless motherfuckers
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Survivial of the Fittest
best of craigslist : Survival Of The Fittest
Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, I hold M&M duels. Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters. That is the “loser,” and I eat the...
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