February 2008
“I was born in San Francisco and used to live off Haight and Ashbury. I miss...”
– Me introducing myself to the people of Sproutbuilder.com
January 2008
“40% of Internet users in Egypt have been affected since two submarine cables in...”
– Sounds like the work of an Evil Overlord to me. full story
Good Book
See books are still important. They are what people do when the internet doesn’t work. poortaste:While Tumblr was down today I finished reading Chuck Palahniuk’s An Oral Biography of Buster Casey. It was excellent.
“Every dance move is the Robot if you can imagine an advanced enough robot.”
– Demetri Martin
Ebay Removes Whuffie/The Demise of Ebay? →
“Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until...”
– Mike Myers (via travors)
Creative Economy Workshop: Robot man Caleb Chung →
Best Personal Blog longlist 2008 - Irish Blog... →
travors: in the running for best personal blog at the Irish Blog awards Congratz!
“Yo Saf Bridge” Played by Christina Hendricks from Twin Falls, Idaho. (She...”
– FireflyWiki.org | Firefly / Yo Saf Bridge
Travoltosis
Christopher Walken’s diatribe on the expanding state of John Travolta’s face. I might add three other well known pundits afflicted with this horrible aberration of quantum physics: Ted Kennedy, Val Kilmer and Al Gore. Master Control Program from Tron may be the source of this malady.
Virtual Bystanders Hit In Virtual Attack: Hackers... →
WatchMashup: Beatles & Led Zeplin
“Protons have mass? I didn’t even know they were Catholic.”
– unknown (via raincloudcat)
Boise Fiesta Bowl vet Zabransky Signs With... →
WatchDebbie Downer: The reason SNL is enjoyable to me is the randomness and unexpected happenstance of live television.
Twin Falls, Idaho: Base Jumper Paradise : Stand By... →
This site has some beautiful photos of people base jumping off the Perrine Bridge. This bridge is in my home town. (I don’t know what the site is really about because I don’t read mass amounts of white text on black unless I have to.) As a boy of 9 I went with my troubled friend Bill Joe Snarr on an expedition to cross the bridge on it’s 6 inch under-railing (Old bridge). Half...
The Fonz in Bronze →
-via juryduty
“the thing that had the most powerful effect on me and may be fundamental to the...”
– Fred Wilson on the one media moment that moved us the most
My wife and I discuss internet development
Marcy: BTW- I don't use the term "two point oh" and "three point oh"- I prefer The Social Web and The Semantic Web and so on...
Me: So in other words you refuse to acknowledge common terms that others use to simplify and better define that which is difficult to explain?
Marcy: (pause..grin) Yes.
Me: That's what I thought...sounds about right. (sigh)
Marcy: (laughter)
Me: (laughter)
“(She) believed she should get a medal and a parade because she had “taken...”
– Arizona drunk driver gets 10 years for negligent homicide
Intertubes: Best Foods
Previously I kanoodled on about the perceived internet fascination with Pirates, Ninjas, and Zombies and determined the focus exists because they are freakin’ cool. (I don’t care about what socio-economic background you hail from.) Today I am machinating about the perceived internet focus on Coffee, Bacon, and Cupcakes and have determined that the welcome center in heaven will be...
“deal with change before it deals with you.”
– Brian McConnell
MIT offers 1,800 classes online for FREE. →
— wherescoachbombay
Baghdad: One Big White Zone
“The snow showed no favoritism as it fell faintly on neighborhoods Shiite and Sunni alike, and upon all the living and the dead.” Chris Chester AP about snow falling for first time in 100 years.
“It’s like being with an Irish priest. You start to confess your...”
– Bono on having Al Gore around the house
Google Android Platform for Cell Phones →
Soon the Robots will understand our speech... →