January 2009
109 posts
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December 2008
88 posts
laserguided:
This song is “Uptown Top Ranking”...
More Hiring! Interns and Freelancers
spiers:
So now I have three—possibly four—separate site launches in the pipeline for the next 9 months and need some help with research, prototyping, etc
INTERNS:
So I’m looking for a good intern (or two, perhaps) who wants to learn how the commercial website sausage gets made. Intern(s) in question will be working on prototypes and doing market research for all sites in development, and...
San Francisco Treats -2 →
“And the Next (No) Big Wave of the future will be fomented (fermented) in the...”
– rend it / wapo
how long until abandoned fast food places are resold as “classic american architecture” to people looking for places to live, i wonder. they could be the post-industrial lofts of some point in the future…
(via maura)
I can already picture the couple in Dwell.
I saw a man, he cooked at his restaurant →
Bizzaro Request
A while back on the tumblrs, someone I follow posted an image from an old Superman comic of life on Bizzaro, with the Bizzarians dutifully entering through the exit, and condemning the Earthlings for doing otherwise. As I gear up to teach the intro to writing about literature again, it strikes me that that image makes the point about the consensual nature of language a lot more succinctly than...
The day I wear the words "Non Society" over my... →
sarahchristine:
via megwhyte
“Stop trying to make ‘Nonsociety’ happen! It’s not going to happen!”
Seriously.
I’m holding out for Boner Party boxer briefs.
Rocco rococo →
San Francisco Treats →
T.S. Eliot - "The Journey of the Magi"
A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter. And the camels galled, sore-footed, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There were times when we regretted The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces, And the silken girls bringing sherbet. Then the camel men cursing and grumbling...
A young friend writes... →
Vinegar Hill House Sour Grapes →
UAW busting, Southern style →
whatevs:
Glad someone else sees what the Republicans are up to. Of all the shitty things that the Bush Administration has done over the last eight years, the way they’ve let the Big Three (and, by extension, the entire manufacturing industry) twist in the wind for their sick enjoyment is, perhaps, the most damning evidence of their lack of souls. Because honestly, other than ducking shoes, what...
Tierra Del Fuego Library
On behalf of a friend who is spending most of 09 following Darwin’s path in South America, a question: If you were spending eight months in a spot with little to no access to English-language books, what books would you bring to tide you over?
Desert Island variations →
Vice: The Blank Issue
laserguided:
Vice Magazine is leaving it up to the reader to make an issue. I think I’m going to churn out a couple of the Dos and Don’ts. That’s how I’m gonna take home the prize.
The release says:
After years of keeping the magazine all to ourselves, we’ve decided to let you take a crack at a few of its most popular sections. Just log in, create your own profile, and get to work coming up...
The Twelve or so days of Crassmas, #6: Cole &... →
The Twelve or so days of Crassmas, Interlude:... →
skeetonmischa:
Skeet On….Empire Top 15 Songs of...
Brooklyn Roundup →
Nick Gray and Nick Valentine -- soulmates? →
The Twelve or so days of Crassmas, #5 Large Pink... →
Fog, “Pneumonia” Ninja Tune...
Add taking seriously
And look how much gravitas Samuel Johnson loses here:
The want of human interest is always felt. :( Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. :) None ever wished it longer than it is. :0 Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we...
is it wrong that
maura:
i find it really hard to take seriously any think piece that uses the term ‘EPIC FAIL’ (caps not mine, blech!) as the writer lays out his thesis?
No, it’s not wrong. Similarly, if the writer insists on spelling “has” with a z, it’s not ready for adult swim.
A syllogism.
ninety9:
That’s wrong, and the SAT’s were a long time ago. What is the ‘blank is to blank’ form called again (cue Charles Nelson Reilly foley)? Anyway, Can’t Stop the Bleeding is to Deadspin as Grocery Guy is to Eater. Granted, I’m just a sucker for any Sarah Vowell dig.
Full of steak, so am reblogging for futre consideration.
I'm pretty sure Tumblr makes you stupid.
robot-heart:
thegurglingcod:
I never entirely bought into the idea of blog years, but I’m not sure what else explains the nostalgia I feel for the pre-Tumblr era. At the risk of sounding as if I am pining for some discursive never-never land, like I was some Frankfurt School refugee who wound up beached on a Great Lake, the internets were smarter before Tumblr:
1) Reblogging — The ease of...
Q&A with Regina Schrambling... →
I'm pretty sure Tumblr makes you stupid.
I never entirely bought into the idea of blog years, but I’m not sure what else explains the nostalgia I feel for the pre-Tumblr era. At the risk of sounding as if I am pining for some discursive never-never land, like I was some Frankfurt School refugee who wound up beached on a Great Lake, the internets were smarter before Tumblr:
1) Reblogging — The ease of reblogging creates an...
trainwrecks:
fusioned:
baitandswitch:
...
Add Saints/Bears
Lest we forget, Bears fans were the ones with the oh-so-classy Katrina resets back in January 07. Geaux.*
*Cajun talk for “kick those sausage-eating fuckfaces in the windpipe.”
You know what...
cajunboy:
fuck da Bears! Geaux Saints!
Dumb shit needed
Surprisingly, the truly pointless Christmas gifts are petering out faster the many worthy causes people have suggested. Both are essential for the Twelve or So Days of Crassmas project, where a worthless gift is presented, paired with a worthy cause you could give the money to instead.
If you have seen any particularly pointless gadgets this holiday season, please to let me know at fesser at...
