August 2007
48 posts
SAN FRANCISCO / Hot day blamed for raising a stink →
I smelled it in the Haight when I made a stop on the way home. Ugh. I just thought it was a bad night in the Haight.
Wake n' Bacon →
Obviously my friend MJ needs one of these.
High Voltage: Lightning Bolt Hitting Plane Taking... →
Zzzzzzzzap!
WatchHa. That’s it. Obviously.
WatchSo you know, this isn’t safe for work unless you have headphones. Wow.
Korean blog entry on the new(?) or upcoming(?)... →
It’s really weird to read, because Google’s translator isn’t a miraculous machine, but what’s important is beautiful, dreamy square pictures.
“Frozen film will be brittle and may crack during camera loading or transport....”
– Storage and Handling of Unprocessed Film - And knowing is half the battle.
“Provia is the most versatile of the three for general use. Astia was designed...”
– Berin Loritsch, from Flickr: Discussing Skin Tones: Provia and Astia in I Shoot Film (I didn’t know, but it doesn’t surprise me, that this much thought went into different types of film. File under “should’ve figured that one out.”)
Parents 1, Smart-Ass, Teenage Son, 0 →
This had me trying not to bust out laughing at work. Via Ernie.
WoW Bash - Share your MMO chat →
Criminy, it’s like they made a website just for me. Time to go through some screenshots. Thanks, Mike!
5 business lessons from Optimus Prime →
Really they give three but hint at the other two. Like it matters.
Polaroid Photography of Grant Hamilton →
Why we're all blogging less →
Via Marco. As long as people keep weblogging, people will find themselves posting less at some point. I think this is the best post made about it so far.
“No, it’s not fair—but that’s the way it is.”
– Sarah, in a 15-year-old epiphany, Labyrinth
Clever little toothbrush with rinse →
Simple machines for the win!
Now, as then
Jason: There's a network called Mordor.
Nik: Can you get on it?
Jason: I'll try..... no, you need a password.
Nik: Figures.
Jason: Nobody gets into Mordor that easily.
Libertyville Abortion Demonstration →
Via Frothy Paradise: “If abortion becomes illegal, what punishment should be meted out to the women who have them? An interviewer asks this of protesters at an anti-abortion rights rally. The consensus seems to be, “Um…” (the YouTube poster disabled embedding—hence the link.)”
Psych! Rick Astley!
Nik: Have you ever been Rick Rolled?
Jason: Rick Rolled? What's that?
Nik: Lemme see if I can find.
Nik: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
Nik: And http://yougotrickrolled.com/
Nik: Just one of those inane Web Things, I guess. :p
Jason: can't watch it now, can you describe it to me?
Nik: Oh, it's just somebody posts "PROOF of new game having XYZ!" with a link.
Nik: And you click it and you get Rick Astley singing Never Gonna Give You Up.
Nik: And my god is that a bad music video.
Nik: (I still like the song tho.)
Jason: hahahaha!
Nik: :D
Jason: So basically it's "psych! Rick Astley!"
Nik: Yep.
Nik: (I stumbled upon a reference to it reading the WoW warlock forums. Somebody help me....)
Jason: oooooooooooooooooooooh...
Jason: *summons LL Cool J*
Nik: ???
Jason: DON'T CALL IT A COME BACK
Jason: I'VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS
Jason: MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT
Jason: WARLOCK'S GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT
Nik: ?!?!?!
Jason: GET DOWN
Nik: What they got you smoking downtown? :p
Jason: DAMAGE (unh) DAMAGE (unh) DAMAGE (unh) DAMAGE
Web 2.0 upgrades to Web 2.1 with new IQ-filtering! →
Goddamn, I am jazzed. It’s about time. Now the future really is now!
Dear Gavin Newsom, Hi, My Name is Chicken John… |... →
Chicken John is asking Mayor Newsom for some money so he can run against Newsom in the next mayoral election. I love it.
“The practice of reviewing a book without having read it inevitably brings Oscar...”
– Books we have never read - TLS Highlights - Times Online, via Laura/Frothy Paradise (Years ago, a friend of mine once told me I’d be a good book reviewer. I was slightly flattered at the time; now I wonder if said friend was familiar with Wilde’s view—probably—and as a result feel rather...
Metroblogging San Francisco: Sorry About Your... →
Fucking hell. Glad I got my new one before all this.
WatchFunny or Die Videos - What Am I? What Am I?
Pirates vs Ninjas →
A slide presentation.
TechEBlog » When Gamers Have Babies: Level 1 Human →
Awwwwww.