April 2008
43 posts
The Q Tube - GLBT Music Videos On Demand →
Weighted Companion Cube traversing a portal... →
Super-nerdy video game reference as vandalism/art.
Student 'Twitters' his way out of Egyptian jail -... →
Muxtape With Coverflow Using Fluid →
Pretty sweet application of Fluid. It gets around the one problem with Muxtape’s current homepage: a big list of muxtapes gives you a place to start, but it tells you nothing about what you’ll be listening to. (via gwen)
Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand [New... →
File under: Totally fucked, Not surprising, Extending your heartache/headache that is America.
Basically: dozens of military pundits who have appeared on national media outlets have ties to the war machine, and they’ve been distributing the message of said machine.
THE MAGICAL LAND OF SHRINKY DINKS →
HOLY SHIT you can print your own Shrinky Dinks!
I don’t know if actual Shrinky Dinks are around anymore and how old you have to be to remember these things. But basically they were this awesome way to teach kids conspicuous consumption. Basically: You had magic paper printed with characters and stuff. You cut them out, put them on a cookie sheet, and popped them in the oven. They shrunk...
Music video for Scott Free (and His Closest... →
Looks like it was shot during Chicago’s Dyke March and Gay Pride Parade last year. I remember earlier acoustic versions of this song; the fleshed-out version sounds wonderful.
My old commute to work if I had been making an... →
Google Maps put transit info into their maps of Chicago. If I ever move back, remind me to move closer to downtown! Damn.
Plan ahead
Nik: My fortune cookie at lunch today:
Nik: Trust him, but still keep your eyes open.
Jason: in bed.
Nik: :D
Jason: And make sure he doesn't lose the key down on the other side of the headboard.
Nik: :O
Jason: I'm just sayin'!
Future Shipwreck » Christopher Schultz and His... →
Banerblog →
Pals Amanda and Ranjan get webloggish!
WatchIt’s totally possible to take this vocoder thing too far, if for whatever reason we were unclear on this point.
Apparently Ernie is my go-to guy for info on...
Jason: White person Asian geography question!
Jason: Taiwan is the island, not a city?
Jason: Just double checking
Jason: Duh, I should just look it up.
Jason: I keep forgetting HEY INTERNET
Ernie: taiwan is the island. :)
Ernie: taipei is a city.
Jason: Right. And Kaohsiung
Ernie: kaohsiung, also a city.
Jason: Which unfortunately, since I know what "hsiung" means but not "kao" I translate that as COWBEAR!
Ernie: *applause*
Ernie: you win! i can't beat that. (ps, now you must tumblr this)
WatchNik reminded me of this video which I had heard about but not watched. More info on Improv Everywhere’s site. So excellent.
Anything and Everything →
Neat little Flash presentation talking to six Canadian (I believe) Lomographers about their pictures. Probably from a few years ago.
SF No on 98 Campaign →
Rent control in California is apparently in jeopardy. Gonna do some more research but I know that if rent control disappeared in SF, it’d be disastrous.
loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies →
Full-length documentary of their reunion tour in 2004, available for viewing for one week only on the newly-launched Pitchfork.tv.
sir ian mckellen to battle for gay bishop gene...
maddux:
[Towleroad] Although openly gay Episcopal bishop Gene Robinson has been shut out of the Anglicans’ annual Lambeth Conference, he would still be attending and had signed up Sir Ian McKellen to help create a stir. The Telegraph has more details about what that event will be: “In an act of solidarity with the Rt Rev Gene Robinson, the Church’s first openly homosexual bishop, the...
Pantone Universe Eyewear →
(via superamit) Wow. Okay. Must remember this when I need new glasses.
** San Francisco tumblr meetup in MAY **
letsmeetinsf:
OK it’s about time the bay area had it’s own Tumblr meetup (we gotta keep up people!) so I’ve taken initiative and created this group tumblelog so people can know tumblr happenings in SF! I’m thinking the beginning of next month (May) for our first meetup. Happy hour on a Thursday evening? Other ideas? Zeitgeist might work…. If you are in the bay area, REBLOG THIS!! The more...
Car drives two miles in Muni tunnel before getting... →
This is part of the tale that was included in my phone-sent email to the office on why I was late yesterday. No delays my ass.
An interview with Grant Hamilton →
He takes some amazing abstract Polaroids. (And regular ones too.)
Watchimplodr:
Best Aprils Fools joke EVER. Via Adam Betts IGN Video: Legend of Zelda Movie Trailer Movie - Legend of Zelda Movie Trailer Debut (HD)
Aw, man. ZELDAAAAAA!
Sexy time
Ranjan: email amanda, me, sam, becky with your dates so we can coordinate sleeping arrangements, travel, etc.
Jason: Yah! Just wanted to let you guys know I want to start having weekends abroad. More like on your broad.... expanse of land. That's ... I didn't mean for it to sound sexual, honest.
Ranjan: hee
Ranjan: no i get it.
Ranjan: YOU WANT TO MAKE THE TIME WITH MY OOMANS
Jason: The sexy time, yes.
Ranjan: =)
Ranjan: i'll let her know.
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[time passes]
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Amanda: I M NOT UR OOMANS
Amanda: NO MAKE SEXXY TIME ON DA BROAD
Amanda: WE GOEZ TO RAINFOREST
Jason: Foolishness! Poor Ranjan fails to realize that you were not the broad I meant! MWAHAHAHAHA
Amanda: HAHAHAHAHAHA
Jason: He fails to take into account my gender-bending ways!
Jason: BUT SOON HE SHALL KNOW
Amanda: twue twue
Amanda: AAAIIIEEEEEE
Amanda: WAAAAHAHAHAHAH
If you're standing on an escalator, keep right →
Obviously worth a short newspaper piece.
What Every American Should Know About the Middle... →
via Chris.