February 2012
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'Jon' by George Saunders →
I want to possess all the articulate I can, because otherwise there we will be, in non-designer clothes, no longer even on TrendSetters & TasteMakers gum cards with our photos on them, and I will turn to her and say, Honey, uh, honey, there is a certain feeling but I cannot name it and cannot cite a precedent-type feeling, but trust me, dearest, wow, do I ever feel it for you, right now. And...
Windows to the unconscious
A few nights ago I dreamt I was walking on an empty, infinite plane with a phone with no credit. Shane kept texting me inane details from his life and I couldn’t text him back to tell him to stop. This went on and on as I walked over the infinite, flat plane. It was very annoying.
Bookstore Cats →
I’m migrating my various domains away from GoDaddy. Anyone have any recommendations for a decent replacement?
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Hey Tumblr?
Following ⇒ Users ⇒ Turn Off Reblogs For This Person.
Please? Thanks, Ryan
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Sometimes being someone who gets a terrible, fierce joy out of solving obtuse technical problems while working among people who don’t enjoy their jobs feels like being the only guy in the mining camp who actually knows what gold looks like.
January 2012
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Quote: Jon Stewart
“Really…? Nerds…? You know, I think actually the word you’re looking for is ‘experts’ to enlighten you so your laws don’t backfire and break the internet.”
- Jon Stewart’s reaction to several members of the Congress exclaiming that “nerds” were needed amongst their sessions to help explain SOPA, PIPA and…well, the internet.
(via companypants)
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“One thing that [HTC’s ‘Sense’ re-skin of Ice-Cream Sandwich]...”
– Oh for fuck’s sake. MORE fragmentation? And now on a hardware AND software level? Aaaaargh.
(via The Verge: Leaked HTC Sense 4.0 previewed)
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Trello is a free, very simple, neatly designed Kan-ban / Agile board, for those who’re interested in such things.
Things successfully avoided during a...
☑ Your mom jokes ☑ Gestures ☑ Comparisons with another tablet’s ‘7-inch experience’ ☑ Euphemisms ☐ Giggling
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#SOTU
[THE SCENE OPENS ON THE MOUTH OF AN ALLEY FACING OUT TOWARD THE STREET. IT’S DIRTY AND A DUMPSTER SITS ON ITS EDGE. OUR HERO RUNS BY THE ALLEY’S ENTRANCE, BREATHING HEAVILY AND PERSPIRING. HE CATCHES SIGHT OF THE ALLEYWAY IN PASSING, STOPS HIMSELF SUDDENLY, BACKTRACKS AND DUCKS DOWN IT. HE DIVES JUST BEHIND THE DUMPSTER AND HOLDS HIS BREATH. A SECOND LATER A MOB OF PEOPLE STREAM BY,...
A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of... →
1957 - John Backus and IBM create FORTRAN. There’s nothing funny about IBM or FORTRAN. It is a syntax error to write FORTRAN while not wearing a blue tie.
This is nerd-funny.
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“[…]
In my hungry fatigue, and shopping for images, I went into the neon...”
– Allen Ginsberg, A Supermarket in California
Items Jason Bourne May Or May Not Have Used As...
A pen
A daschund
The concept of space/time
A copy of Vogue
The inside of his lip
His attackers’ terrible fashion-sense
A spider held under a glass
Hugh Grant
His man-purse which he keeps on insisting is totally practical, manly and in right now despite the fact no-one’s questioning it
A replica of the Death-Star (1/1 millionth scale)
His puppy-dog sad-eyes
Vaseline
A...
You Fell Asleep Watching a DVD →
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“She held my penis like people in fast-food commercials hold their burgers. And...”
– No-one has ever actually said this but it has been stuck in my head all day.
And while we're on the subject
Pictures of pretty buildings aren’t “Architecture” and pictures of quotes from famous authors spray-painted onto buildings aren’t “Literature”.
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When I’m drunk enough and narcissistic enough (Tuesdays, for example), I like to believe that that, as one of the first few thousand tumblogs to stumble into existence (stumblogs), someone, somewhere, at Tumblr headquarters still regards this microsite with fondness and keeps an eye on it. This is, of course, not true. But on the off chance it is, I’d like to make something absolutely...
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DrunkRonSwanson.com →
I have to complete an English exam this weekend as part of an application for permanent residency in Canada. It’s a serious exam that can take up to 4 hours. I have no doubt that among the other people taking it will be non-native speakers struggling with the vagaries and contradictions of the terrible bitch that is my native tongue. That has to be hard and somewhat terrifying. An exam to...
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