February 2011
106 posts
January 2011
136 posts
Les Savy Fav, Sleepless in Silverlake (via Greg...
Watchratsoff:
SNL Digital Short—“The Creep”
The Lonely Island and Nicki Minaj, featuring John Waters (!!)
(brakattack.)
Wow to all of the Lonely Islanders featured, then John Waters and Nicki Minaj.
Some terms relating to drunkenness from Francis...
invisiblestories:
ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS. One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him.
ALTITUDES. The man is in his altitudes, i.e. he is drunk.
TO CAT, or SHOOT THE CAT. To vomit from drunkenness.
CORNED. Drunk.
CUP-SHOT. Drunk.
DUTCH FEAST. Where the entertainer gets drunk before his guest.
HALF SEAS OVER. Almost drunk.
NAZY. Drunken. Nazy cove...
Why Almost Everything You Hear About Medicine Is... →
nostrich:
In just the last two months, two pillars of preventive medicine fell. A major study concluded there’s no good evidence that statins (drugs like Lipitor and Crestor) help people with no history of heart disease. The study, by the Cochrane Collaboration, a global consortium of biomedical experts, was based on an evaluation of 14 individual trials with 34,272 patients. Cost of statins:...
“In several experiments, researchers found that men who sniffed drops of women’s...”
– Chemical Signals in Women’s Tears Dampen Arousal, Scientists Say
I can corroborate this.
(via nostrich)
“I was always fascinated by people who are considered completely normal, because...”
– Johnny Depp (via vanityfair)
Too true!
(via roelofbotha)
“The 19th century American humorist Josh Billings, perhaps, put it best: “It...”
– On Early Warning Signs § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
“Billions of years ago, a Mars-sized body smashed into the young Earth, causing a...”
– Clouds made of rock vapor once rained magma on ancient Earth
cf,
Translit RU/EN - Russian Transliteration and Spell... →
Great tool.
See also these Firefox addons:
Transliterator
Russ Key
Photographers: You’re Now Officially Free To Shoot... →
balanon:
Thanks to a recent settlement with the NYCLU, however, all federal personel should be aware and adhere to a clarified set of rules and, in the end, allow photogs to shoot away.
…
Officers should not seize the camera or its contents, and must be cautious not to give such ‘orders’ to a photographer to erase the contents of a camera, as this constitutes a seizure or detention.
Some...
Mesita, Here For You
“Both Types Of Sponge”
– INSERT PAGE TITLE HERE
16 LAYERS OF SONG WITH:
Love In My Ears
Happy Sadness (Happness)
Parsley, Rope & Plasticine
I Am Here (Please Don’t Cry)
Thanks For Your Thanks
Both Types Of Sponge
Love In My Ears (Again)
MORESO
Aphorisms of Nassim Taleb
You have a real life when most of what you fear has the titillating prospect of adventure.
…
Social media are antisocial, health foods are empirically unhealthy, knowledge workers are ignorant, & social sciences aren’t scientific
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If you know, in the morning, what your day looks like with any precision, you are a little bit dead -the more precision, the more...
Woot Minions →
Brilliant. Via @vlbeta.
The Rules of the Game: A Fuller Thought on J....
agrammar:
Yesterday I posted a fairly peeved note concerning Jessica Hopper’s Chicago Reader article about Vampire Weekend. (She’s responded to that note, very graciously, on her blog, but that seems to have vanished.) My note led to a spike in traffic, which was unexpected: if I’d realized it’d catch much attention, I might have explained myself more carefully. The essay below is an attempt to...
Recess Mobile - Elegant SMS Integration +...
cbustech:
Recess Mobile builds elegant SMS + web apps for ourselves and our clients.
Thanks for the mention, guys!
“While in London, Dahl also acted as minder for Ernest Hemingway, prior to his...”
– Roald Dahl: the spy who loved me - Telegraph
“30-something, I’m assuming. He has a land line and uses the word album.”
– “Asian Population Studies” | Community | TV Club | TV | The A.V. Club
True, but not when combined with “drops.” As in, “when the new land line drops.”
The "please give me $1 million" guy got $1 million... →
Great clips
WatchHulu - Portlandia: Farm - Watch the full episode now.
Two more days on Hulu. A must watch.
Pushnote →
nostrich:
Did Stephen Fry seriously just launch a global commenting service? Why?
Good for him, but that may be the fan-crack talking. It does violate a fundamental UX principle: it’s not at all useful without dragging in your friends first. Eric Ries of IMVU (interview transcript):
I mean, it requires a lot of explanation. instant messaging add-on – it’s not a category that exists...
“It isn’t that they can’t see the the solution. It is that they can’t see the...”
– Gilbert Chesterton, mathematician, concerning those who aren’t into math. (via readysetnooo)
“It isn’t that they can’t see the the solution. It is that they can’t see the...”
– Gilbert Chesterton, mathematician, concerning those who aren’t into math. (via readysetnooo)
Watchratsoff:
Did You Read?
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein offer us another excellent glimpse into Portlandia, their 6-part sketch series coming to IFC 1/21, illustrating that when Portland is not duking it out over locally sourced pork, we’re busy fighting about what I’ve read and you haven’t.
(robotindisguise.)
Watchratsoff:
Did You Read?
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein offer us another excellent glimpse into Portlandia, their 6-part sketch series coming to IFC 1/21, illustrating that when Portland is not duking it out over locally sourced pork, we’re busy fighting about what I’ve read and you haven’t.
(robotindisguise.)
“Through interviews, one study in 1992 found that Americans consider strong moral...”
– Sizing Up the Nightlife - A study of status distinction