April 2010
Watchspytap:
Never forget.
Barrett is the best air drummer I know.
“They don’t even know what it is to be a fan. You know? To truly love some silly...”
– Almost Famous, 2000. (via presidents)
I will always reblog this.
(via allshallfade) (via sassattack)
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5 Whopping Lies That Society Screams At You And 5... →
Yeah, this about covers it.
A Note to Google Users on Net Neutrality
spytap:
The Internet as we know it is facing a serious threat. There’s a debate heating up in Washington, DC on something called “net neutrality” – and it’s a debate that’s so important Google is asking you to get involved. We’re asking you to take action to protect Internet freedom. In the next few days, the House of Representatives is going to vote on a bill that would fundamentally alter the...
I am sick and tired →
fakefuckery:
of the zillions of tumblrs whose apparent goal it is to make women feel like shit about their bodies (via fashion photos of women weighing < a hundred pounds) and obsess over food (via photos of cake? candy? FROSTING? what the fuck people?), all the while shrouding their malicious intent under…
My “favorite” is the trend of women posing with food instead of eating it. I mean,...
“This is why the only platform to bet on is a platform with no platform vendor....”
– Scripting News: 4/26/2010
“Let’s put this shit to bed right now: Women don’t lose their minds when they...”
– Shakespeare’s Sister
FUCK YES!!eleventy-one!!
. :: proofrawk :: .
(via resmc)
THIS.
(via lajacaranda)
(via lipstick-feminists)
Amen.
(via turnabout)
“Did we see any fathers responsible for preparing/obtaining food during the run...”
– Good question, asked on the Television Without Pity forum. —Snacktime (via shutupfoodies)
UCSD Professor Ricardo Dominguez Faces Loss of... →
mondosmusicbox:
“Professor Ricardo Dominguez faces the possibility of losing his tenure at UCSD for implementing a computer program that targeted the website of UC President Mark Yudof. His program, powerful enough to potentially overload and crash the website, invited over 400 participants to access the UC server and redirected several links to a 404 error page that read “There is no...
: Intersectionality: Foodies and Fatties →
Fat-shaming is a really ugly aspect of some foodie sermonizing. It’s generally wrapped up in rhetoric about health, providing an illusion of concern to those who can’t understand why those darn obese people don’t just start eating whole organic grains like all the smart folks do. It’s…
“Well-explained in a commentary by the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s...”
– Christina Gagnier: Facebook: Keeping Your Friends Close and Strangers Even Closer
Nice to know I wasn’t the only one thinking along these lines. <3 the EFF.
HTML5 Video Destruction →
spytap:
Click around a bit. This is kinda cool.
FYI Storytellers: Might want to start thinking about new ways to utilize HTML5 to create unique experiences.
Holy crap this is amazing! Click the link people!
cilantro the new bacon?
shutupfoodies:
It has come to my attention that there is a “fuckyeahcilantro” tumblr.
Are we going to have to give cilantro its own “shut up” category?
Really now.
-Julia Childless
Maybe if fuckyeahcilantro hadn’t been on Tumblr for over a year I’d have more empathy for this post. Instead I’m just sad someone didn’t do their research.
“I have learned from writing a post mentioning Dylan that he has a claque of fans...”
– The Great Baez-Dylan Love Affair | Psychology Today
Probably the most fascinating article on Baez and Dylan I could ever imagine. This coda is just icing on the cake.
“Those of you who often over-commit or feel too scattered may appreciate a new...”
– No more yes. It’s either HELL YEAH! or no. | Derek Sivers (via heyamberrae)
Or you could say, “No! I’m too pretty and too busy!”
(via thefamouschronicles)
HELL YEAH!
“I think the Doctor’s always a bit vulnerable because he’s bonkers....”
– Exclusive: Producer Steven Moffat on the New ‘Doctor Who’ - FEARNet
“President Obama on Thursday signed a memorandum requiring hospitals to allow...”
– Obama orders hospitals to grant same-sex couples visitation rights
Fuck. Yes.
“Can we not come together, for the future. Let every one who really believes, and...”
– Speech at a Republican Banquet by Abraham Lincoln
From the same speech as, “Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government.”
“No one currently under the legal drinking age in the United States has ever...”
– Law & Order Forever - The Awl
Does this mean we should all do a shot, now?
(via turnabout)
We are having this huge two day gala at work in honor of that wolf guy who started it because of his “embodiment of the spirit of the city of new york” and verytime i read that, my head hurts.
(via...
“Why is the government even looking into this issue? It’s all due to the...”
– US government finally admits most piracy estimates are bogus
“The ease with which you can organize people means you no longer have to go to...”
– Celebrated writer and thought leader Malcolm Gladwell is relatively – and deliberately – absent from the social media landscape.
Spoken like someone who’s never tried to organize anything on the internet in his whole damn life.
What is this - the Middle Ages of Manhattan?
thefamouschronicles:
Last night, I had Gossip Girl on in the background while doing some spring cleaning. I am admittedly a few episodes behind, but after what I saw last night, I can’t watch it anymore. I can’t believe the idea of trading a night of sex with your girlfriend in exchange for a hotel was even allowed to be a plot point. Who OK’ed that? King Arthur? Jabba the Hut?
Blair needs to...
Trying and trying again.: Choosing an upgrade... →
This is the set of share curves for Chrome browsers. Beautifully ordered, right? Pretty much the idealized portrait of release early, release often. So how does Google do it?
From Royal Pingdom (awesome analytics, btw):
…
Genius. The post focuses on the mechanics of upgrade push and the…
Well stated!
A note on the Streamys
I attended without a professional investment in the institution that is (trying to be) the Streamy Awards. Commentary on what the Awards meant to the industry it purportedly represents is best left to other people but I wanted to add a note as someone who is incredibly professionally invested in the institution that is the GRAMMY Awards. We respects our award. As a symbol, as a statuette, as an...
“What really separates Moffat’s Doctor Who from Davies’ however, is the belief in...”
– — From a non-spoilery review of The Beast Below. (via teamelevenftw) (via flycatcher) (via teethspots) (via breathsoftruth) (via lostintransmission)
Part of the reason I was excited for Moffat’s Doctor Who were the things I loved about Coupling, namely the humor, whimsy, and sheer silliness built...
jericsinger:
Kate Nash - I’m Not Gonna Teach...
katyisntfunny:
Mike Spero - Moonshiners
With...
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Trying this again.
If one were going to be in NYC in, say, early June, who should one try to see, what should one try to do, etc.?
When you’re the only person doing what you’re doing at an organization it can be really hard to tell if fits of “But no one understaaaaaaaaaaaaands!” are legit or just your inner 15 year old coming out to haunt you.
“he took it all too far / but, boy, could he play guitar”
– Bowie.
I don’t know a greater rock ‘n’ roll lyric.
(via factsarenothing)
post-hipster dating.
Person Who Shall Remain Nameless: ... or [maybe he was] somehow offended by my idea of going to a brooklyn dive bar to sing karaoke?
Me: did you come off as too hipster?
PWSRN: PERHAPS
Me: you can't drop everything because he's awesome! even if you want to
PWSRN: I am not going to flake on a good friend's [redacted event] for a date
Me: you're good peeps
PWSRN: man we should all just say exactly what we mean. HI I WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU.
later
PWSRN: what if the answer is really YES? I am somehow TOO HIPSTER for a date.
“One final note. Each episode of Reinvent the Wheel begins not with a welcoming...”
– I am pulling out this bit of today’s NewTeeVee review (which I’m pretty happy with, mostly because I got to slip in references to The Simpsons and Top Gear) because SERIOUSLY. Seriously. (via lizlet)
Well we all know the most successful web series are the ones that are prohibited from traveling,...
Watch‘Hot for Teachers’ video produced by L.A. parents protesting school budget cuts | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times
The parents at Wonderland Avenue Elementary in Laurel Canyon were irate about the proposed education cuts from the state budget. So instead of going to Sacramento, they went straight to Hollywood.
The school’s PTA president came up with the idea of creating a video, and one...
Lunchtime Politics
shutupfoodies:
A former school food administrator on Jamie Oliver’s program (thanks LA Foodie for the tip:
The school lunch program is broken and it will take the critical mass of a lot of people saying this isn’t right and demanding change. Nowhere in the Child Nutrition Act is there any requirement for nutritiona education. In my years as a Director I never saw, nor was I asked about nutrition...
“… but what really gets to me with these tea-partiers and these Palin...”
– Henry Rollins in Cincinnati Magazine
