June 2009
72 posts
2009-06-26/no_hire.md at master from raganwald's... →
The boy who never grew up: Michael Jackson,... →
“I don’t care how good you are at programming, finding bugs, whatever. If...”
– Abakas: Be Nice
“Assistant State’s Atty. LuAnn Snow said the attack was one of three...”
– No jail time for cop who pummeled bartender - Chicago Breaking News
“The thing is, Tank Commander is far more dangerous than Tank Man. Tank Man can...”
– Lawyers, Guns and Money: Tank Man and Tank Commander
“Nothing is solid, nothing is real, everything Transforms.”
– io9 - Michael Bay Finally Made An Art Movie - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
“Added Criclow: “I don’t think what he’s doing is mere magic. I...”
– City Councilman Unearths Magical Zoning Amulet | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
“First each wooden brick is hot-glued to one another. Then the entire tower is...”
– #9 9/11 Jenga « Catalog of Unfit Toys
“The dialog of the Autobots, Deceptibots and Otherbots is meaningless word flap....”
– Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews
Apple Employee Fired For Thinking Different | The... →
“How does the show go on?” said Kate. “The show must go on.”
– TV’s Jon and Kate Gosselin say they’re divorcing - News - Yahoo! TV
The Commodore 64 vs. the iPhone 3G S: The Ultimate... →
“Shiite Muslims mourn their dead on the third, seventh and 40th days after a...”
– In Iran, One Woman’s Death May Have Many Consequences - TIME
“It shows, for instance, that in at least ten provinces — in order to have...”
– PRESS ROUNDUP, Uncategorized – Tehran Bureau
“Rafsanjani heads the cleric-run Assembly of Experts, which can remove the...”
– Struggle among Iran’s clerics bursts into the open - Yahoo! News
“Mr Rafsanjani’s daughter, Faezeh - who addressed supporters of protest...”
– BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran TV says 10 died in protests
Pete Hoekstra is a Meme →
“The US study questions notions of Generation Y’s uniqueness by uncovering...”
– FT.com / Companies / Financials - A to Z of Generation Y attitudes
“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we...”
– Erica Jong - Wikiquote
“All of us were given access to this information, because - in theory, at least -...”
– CHARLES PLATT GOES UNDERCOVER AT WAL-MART - New York Post
Cliopatra: Sudden Whackjob Syndrome →
The comments share the important point that the First Red Scare came before any New Deal Brown Scare. However, do we really want to repeat any kind of Scare?
L.A. County rings up $1.5 million for unused... →
Pixar grants girl's dying wish with home viewing... →
“How could he make such a callous joke when the governor is only now getting over...”
– Letterman Apologizes To Palin | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
“The problem is the two spaces indent. If you only use one space, it won’t...”
– For The Love Of… - The Daily WTF
“Over the next ninety minutes, I’m going to show you that all your problems...”
– Family Guy: Long John Peter (season finale) - VIDEO - TV Squad
“The basic point is that the recession of 2001 wasn’t a typical postwar...”
– Dubya’s Double Dip? - The New York Times
Genius from Kyle Cassidy: Depth of Field
wekilledamandapalmer:
In the Bag of Photographers tricks there are about ten easy technical techniques that make people think your photos are better than most other people’s. One of these, and it’s a big one is depth of field. Depth of Field (or DOF if you’re writing it) refers to the area that’s in focus in any given photo. DOF can either be “deep” or “shallow”. A shallow DOF is one where...
Why cats fail to grasp string theory - life - 01... →
Out-of-place artifact - Wikipedia, the free... →
“So, species listed by decreasing order of intelligence: Dogs, Prairie Dogs,...”
– Schneier on Security: Prairie Dogs Hack Baltimore Zoo
“Say ‘Hebbo’ to Tarvuism!”
– Tarvuism - The official international internet website for the Tarvuist faith
“But there is a problem: the key principle of the Pokeocracy is acquisitiveness....”
– The Top 10 Most Absurd Time Covers of The Past 40 Years: Mr. Luce’s mag does satanism, porn, crack, Pokemon, and more! - Reason Magazine
Administration Plans to Replace Controversial Real... →
Hit & Run > Super-Powered Police Dog Proves a... →
World’s oldest dog?