December 2010
Sam Harris: A New Year's Resolution for the Rich... →
via kateoplis:
While the United States has suffered the worst recession in living memory, I find that I have very few financial concerns. Many of my friends are in the same position: Most of us attended private schools and good universities, and we will be able to provide these same opportunities to our own children. No one in my immediate circle has a family member serving in Afghanistan or...
The Space Jam website is still up and still... →
Just What Does Your State Do Best? Infographic
via imjustcreative:
via fastcompany.com
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Preemptive Fails of 2011
Watch at least 2 Netflix movies a month (embarrassingly I am on my 2nd DVD … in my 3rd month as a subscriber. Granted I have used Instant a couple of times … but otherwise THIS IS NOT OK because they keep taking my $$$)
Along similar “I need to use my 2.5 hour commute better” lines to #1, read 1 book per month. (Note to self: gratuitous Facebook creeping does not count...
Best Time Wasters Online - Best Time Wasting... →
Over the last decade, the Internet evolved in ways most of the people who use it couldn’t even begin to imagine ten years ago, and in ways most of them still don’t understand now. Nowhere is this more true than in the realm of Things Meant to Contribute to the Lack of Productivity, where absurdism doesn’t just live so much as proliferate faster than pretty much anything else in...
“Marta is looking forward to the summer once again. This tips you off to the...”
– annual Christmas letter from my Oregon cousins (for the record, these are different cousins than the ones that my mom was referencing with the comment about the buffet)
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“…they’re the ones that we always said the all-you-can-eat buffet...”
– my mother, on her cousins (and to think this is how she talks about family…you should hear some of her comments about other unrelated randos…)
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2010: The Year in Mistakes - The Boston Globe →
(Perhaps more pleased with myself than is socially acceptable that the San Jose Wallet Incident was omitted from this list)
Cupertino effect →
via bestofwikipedia:
The Cupertino effect is the tendency of a spellchecker to suggest inappropriate words to replace misspelled words and words not in its dictionary. (via sleevia)
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2010: a preemptive post-mortem
So this year started with a stranger slumbering on a neighboring sofa whose snores (the stranger’s, not the sofa’s) were enough to stir even the soundest of sleepers (myself included) from their stupor. Looking forward to more similarly exciting times in 2011!…but first, a look back at the past 360ish days:
ATX new year’s
DC snowpocalypse / snowmageddon / snowtorious...
Watchthepursuit:
New Scientist TV: Best videos of 2010: The progress bar illusion
“illuuuusions, Michael!”
Yiying Lu makes splash with Twitter's 'fail whale'... →
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look at your life, look at your choices
me: Why is this present inside a happy meal box?
Dad: Just shut up and open it.
me: Oh, nice. A beer stein.
Dad: Yeah, knowing you, I figured it would get a lot of use.
Mom: I use mine as a pencil holder on my desk.
Dad: Yeah, I don't think Molly's will be implemented quite like that. Chug away.
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sadly this beats the electric can opener he bought...
Dad (passing a box to my mom): Here we go... "To Nancy from Mike"... I picked this one out myself...didn't tell anyone about it because I wanted it to be a total surprise.
Me: That cannot have been a good idea.
Mom (inspecting the box): This looks like a gun.
Mom (after opening): ...a ukelele? Really?
Dad: You said you got one once before and really liked it!
Mom: ...yes. When I was eight.
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“Your mom says they’re famous…but they can’t be because...”
– Mike Bierman, on Badgley and Mischka
A New Word for 'Hipster:' The Final Vote |... →
Doucheoisie
Plus: Was the most popular option, winning 25% of the vote. Sounds pretty. Minus: Does it really describe hipsters, in particular? Also: Due to our nominal “douche” ban, we might have to enforce its use only in shortened “Schwazzie” form.
Fauxhemians Plus: Really rolls off the tongue (sexxxily). Minus: Is it mean enough?
Pabstsmears Plus: Cleverly...
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