July 2007
44 posts
Fridge or Freezer? (Discussion Forums @ Nikonians) →
And some other questions, but this came up between Courtney and I today when I said I was going to stick all the film in the freezer.
The Two Coreys →
Via Courtney: “Corey Feldman and Corey Haim are back together in their own reality show. Yikes.”
gDisk →
gDisk is a software that turns your GMail account into a portable hard drive so you can always have your important files accessible accross the Internet.
“And that’s when I discovered that I love [Aqua’s album] Aquarium....”
– Improv Message Boards - True Porn Clerk Stories
Cyclecide » Ferris Wheel →
I got to ride this last night. Really freaking fun, and safer than it looks.
Watch“Gayliens” on Acceptable.tv
The Chicago Manual of Style weeps for you, laugher
Nik: Yeah.
Nik: I loled.
Nik: Or is it "lol'ed"?
Nik: Is the apostrophe obligatory?
Jason: nope
Jason: I mean, it's already grammatically incorrect, so who cares? Technically, you l'edol.
Nik: :O
“Naturally, when you hear an explosion, you think the worst,” Von Jones...”
– Power restored in San Francisco (and people WILL get their underwear!)
Marco hates smokers →
Suggestions: First, ask them nicely to move. If that doesn’t work, there’s always water balloons and leftovers-from-above. Seriously, you have the higher ground literally, you don’t have to take the higher ground ethically. Excelsior!
“Linna” means “castle” in Finnish →
I convinced Nik, from whom I get a good chunk of stuff for this tumblelog, to start one. Now I’m just going to reblog his stuff. :)
Expressions of negative Clippy feelings →
Apparently telling Clippy “God damn clippy” will lead to info on how to shut him off. Clever.
Morse code trumps SMS in head-to-head speed... →
Ellen Feiss, telegraph operator
Nik: Awesom-o commented: "I was always under the impression that morse code was pretty fast though. Whenever you hear it in cartoons and stuff, they're always "bip bip bipppity bip bippitty bip"."
Nik: And then my Morse key, like, ate my paper.
Nik: It was a really good paper.
Make A Wish Or I’ll Blow You Away →
I’m strangely pleased at the idea that someone got a piece of cake with Chuck Norris’ crotch on it.
“He asked me if I was supposed to meet Heather. When I said yeah, he asked for...”
– Trust me, I have a pineapple@Everything2.com - via Nik
All threads must be stopped
Jason: Werewolf, however, had some clearcut stories. But they were mostly "this thing is a thread, stop it"
Nik: All threads must be stopped!
Jason: hahaha!
Jason: er
Jason: threat
Jason: HAHAHA
Nik: :-D
Jason: HEY EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET, STOP TALKING
Nik: If only.
Tact Filters →
Via Nik. I think I’ve just taken my tact filter right out.
Lolcat Bible →
“Iz good.”
Mission Stencil Story - a photoset on Flickr →
Old is the New New :: Dungeon Master Zero →
Slashdot | Bionic Hand Makes it to Market →
Ace. Wonder if we’ll get to see some retrotech-looking versions that were made-to-order.
Nik is part Finnish
Nik: We have a challenger to Love You Tender!
Nik: YouTube - Gregorius: NMKY (Finnish YMCA cover) [see below -Ed.]
Jason: Oh SHIT what?
Nik: It is also Finnish!
Nik: What is it about these people? :D
Jason: I just think they don't feel embarrassed about anything.
Jason: Which is enviable.
Nik: I can vouch for that.
Lomography Ringflash →
I should just stop resisting come to grips with the fact that the Lomo Society will eventually be sucking up a portion of my paycheck each month.
“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is...”
– James D. Nicoll, quoted in Language Log: The spoils of linguistic piracy
WoW 2.2 Mac client in-game video capture - WOW... →
Oh nice, now I can make videos of me and my friends getting drunk and throwing ourselves over the dam. Woo! (Thanks to Nicole for the heads up.)
Amazon.com: Slingshot Flying Chicken With... →
No, seriously.
