November 2011
2 posts
“I find it unfortunate that at no point during my workday does anyone ever have...”
“Some man in China say th’ truth comes out this,” he said,...”
– Until I’m re-reading one of his books, I always forget how much I adore William Gibson’s writing.
August 2010
1 post
July 2010
1 post
Strange and True Facts about Death: More people... →
Strange and True Facts about Death:
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
More people are killed each year by coconuts than sharks. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts.
You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a…
June 2010
9 posts
“I love the fact I live in a time where video teleconferencing exists. It makes...”
– John Scalzi Whatever
“While, years ago, you might have had to buy a CD to satiate a craving for Katy...”
– Torontist
“While many argue that corporations have too many rights as it is, this might be...”
– Bruce A. Dixon (via azspot)
Interesting to think what the course of action would have been on the BP disaster if there had been just one individual responsible for the spill a la a forest fire. (via tanya77)
“[The Deepwater Horizon oil spill] is not an environmental disaster, and I will...”
– Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), speaking after Congressional Hearings last week. (via stfuconservatives) (via soupsoup)
Fuck you, Don. (via tanya77)
May 2010
13 posts
PonyPonyShow: Net Neutrality Update. Lawmakers... →
Jesus, this shit again.
From Free Press: “Congress just sold you out to Comcast and AT&T. Seventy-four House Democrats and 37 Senate Republicans just signed their names to industry letters telling the FCC to halt efforts to protect Internet users and prevent phone and cable companies from…
“If Google did not act, we faced a Draconian future where one man, one company,...”
– AppleInsider | Google compares Apple to ‘Big Brother’ from iconic 1984 ad
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life:The Lord...”
– John Rogers
“An oil company doesn’t just wake up one day and say ‘Gee, I think I’d like...”
– Paolo Bacigalupi - Ship Breaker « via Whatever
WatchMeet the sloths
“Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to...”
– Secondhand Lions
“The war on drugs has been escalating and militarizing for a generation....”
– A Drug Raid Goes Viral - Reason Magazine
“But tomorrow’s computing systems, heralded by the iPhone, are not for DIYers....”
– Flash, iPad, Standards – Jeffrey Zeldman
“Social conservatives must rise up as one and say no lesbian is qualified to sit...”
– American Family Association
Thank you, AFA, for providing yet another nail for your own coffin.
Guess what, AFA, God doesn’t approve of your hate-filled, prejudiced, violent attitude. He doesn’t like it one bit. Think about that. (via tanya77)
“So what can you do? The answer is that you do the best you can, take what...”
– Leonard Pitts: Living with the risk of terrorism is the cost of freedom
“the mag’s iPad edition has been nicknamed the Iran edition by the people...”
– Apple’s no-nipples policy means fashion mags are censoring their iPad editions
“Why do free social networks tilt inevitably toward user exploitation? Because...”
– @librarythingtim - Tim Spalding
via http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/03/infographic-facebook.html
“Jobs has hit the nail on the head when describing the problems with Adobe, but...”
– Pot, meet kettle: a response to Steve Jobs’ letter on Flash
April 2010
39 posts
“If some GOP group does something like, oh say, voter intimidation or...”
– Report: CA Voters Tricked Into Registering As Republicans With Pot Petition
“Child pornography is great,” the speaker at the podium declared...”
– Johan Schlüter, from the Danish music industry.
“Imagine that hundreds of black protesters were to descend upon Washington DC and...”
– “Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black” (via azspot)
Hilarous (and sad). (via tanya77)
So Far This Year the Roberts Court Has Upheld the...
garlandgreyblog:
These are the people who might be ruling on Gay Marriage very soon? These are the people that we should count on to advance civil liberties and make the individual more free from the tyranny of the majority?
No fucking thank you.
WatchClips from THE WILD HUNT, a movie about LARP. Doesn’t the last 20 seconds remind you of just about every ubergeek you’ve ever known?
