December 2007
“I wonder if the writing score would have been higher if I hadn’t said that...”
– Contempt Slot
In The Name of the King →
Excerpt from the movie’s press release:
As the Krug overrun the countryside, the King’s magus Merick discovers the true source of their power: his old rival, Gallian (Ray Liotta), a formidable and power-
hungry wizard. Gallian plans to use his hellish militia to overthrow King Konreid (Burt Reynolds) and place his sniveling pawn, Duke Fallow (Matthew Lillard), on the throne.
This is a...
We’re over the border and Kansas is behind us. Insert 70s prog rock or Wizard of Oz joke here.
Based on an admittedly small sample, the people of Wichita tend to be of small stature and overly talkative.
The Seeing Tongue →
Blind since birth, Marie-Laure Martin had always thought that candle flames were big balls of fire. The 39-year-old woman couldn’t see the flames themselves, but she could sense the candle’s aura of heat.
Last October, she saw a candle flame for the first time. She was stunned by how small it actually was and how it danced. There’s a second marvel here: She saw it all with her...
2007 ToKTA: Best Tumblr Meme
FollowOnTumblr, from Joe Lazarus
With one simple run-on phrase, a list of tumblelogs he followed, and a polite request that everyone consider reblogging it, Joe made it as simple as a google search to find out what tumblelogs other tumblrs thought were worth following.
Considerably more work safe than the now non-existent Tumblr Radar ever was, and higher volume than the great Reblog Notes...
“really, everything is better at f/1.8.”
– tricia ward
“Now that 2007 is almost over, someone should put together a list of the year’s...”
– lonelysandwich
Purple Rain playing in UPS lobby, but they don’t seem to even want to be some kind of friend.
At what point will having all of this Christmas music on my iPod revert to being “eccentric”?
“OS X steals focus like a Pop-Tart in a Fat Camp.”
– Merlin Mann
“This is a ridiculous debate. And it’s doubly stupid having this question...”
– Contempt Slot, in response to:
Today’s Political Discussion on Facebook, as Presented by ABC: Do you think a woman can be as effective a President as a man?
“What is it about Paul that made The Medium so ready to believe the smear? If a...”
– Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > On Second Thought Maybe You’re Not a Nazi
Design Observer: What's In A Name? →
Pseudonyms like “miss representation” or “Xman” or “Pesky Illustrator” or “Inaudible Nonsense,” or even the passionate, erudite “DesignMaven,” are not cute, they are cowardly.
I agree with him for the most part (see my 2nd rule, after all), but I think for clarity’s sake that people should use their real name and a handle for online writing. There might be plenty of Cameron Hunts in the...
IT Salaries to Rise Twice as Fast as Inflation →
From their lips to HR’s ears.
Benazir Bhutto 'killed in blast' | BBC →
from kiyo:
A very sad day for democracy.
Damn it.
2007 ToKTA: Food for Thought - Multifaceted...
(Tie) All Along the Watchtower & daily meh
These two were going to get their own categories, history (aatw) and programming (dailymeh), because that’s how I thought of them.
Reviewing them, though, I found that both had a great variety of topics covered. AATW may post about history slightly more often than the average tumblelog, and likewise dailymeh concerning programming, but to...
New phone books are out and I’m the first name on my page. You can’t buy that kind of visibility.
You know it’s been a lousy day when you count an uninterrupted elevator ride to the lobby as a win.
“A nation of happy, well-dressed women will go a long way toward making the world...”
– Most Influential Women of 2007
BAHAHAHAHA
(Thanks to Contempt Slot for pulling this enlightened quote.)
“So girls, remember that you either have to be pretty, talk about pretty people,...”
– The Feminist Pessimist: What a crappy list of role models
Motion Mountain - The Adventure of Physics : The... →
from dailymeh:
How does a rainbow form?
Is levitation possible?
Do time machines exist?
What does ‘quantum’ mean?
What is the maximum force value found in nature?
Is ‘empty space’ really empty?
Is the universe a set?
Which problems in physics are still unsolved?
This site provides a free physics textbook that tells the story of how it became possible, after 2500...
Sorry folks, but I don’t think there’s anything special about Hershey’s Special Dark. Give me the plain bar and I’m happier.
2007 ToKTA: Lowest Cost Award Badge Creation Award
livejamie
Jamie produced a variety of logos to choose from and put up with my changes, all at my proposed price of absolutely nothing.
I modified his final deliverable, so anything you like about it is his and anything you don’t like is mine.
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“I wasn’t planning on showing up at [Ron] Paul’s press conference...”
– Tucker Carlson
Quiz: Web Company or Pharmaceutical? →
One thing that web 2.0 companies and prescription drug makers have in common, is their nonsensical product names. Think you can tell which of these names is a web company and which is a pharmaceutical? It’s tougher than you think. (via Away With Words)
“First on Fox this morning: A group of friends get an unexpected surprise...”
– Tulsa’s Fox 23 News Daybreak proves you can force a holiday reference into any story.
C'mon, she encourages her kid to eat like a pig,...
A Christmas Story is even more entertaining if you pretend the father is bi-polar and the mother is an alcoholic.
“You can deduce how they arrived at the name: they want you to take Pre-Tense...”
– Away With Words: Pre-Tense: The Pill for Imaginary Invalids?
“If you’re looking for a flexible and easy online blog and don’t want to deal...”
– MakeUseOf.com
Tumblr Tip: When Did I Post That?
If you’re using a theme without post dates only (no times) like me, an easy way to find the time you posted a previous entry is to edit it, then click on “Show advanced options”. The “Date this” field will be pre-populated with the date and time last saved in the post, which is the actual post date and time by default.
“The truth is that we passed through a far worse crisis in the tech collapse of...”
– Ben Stein - Bursting the Economic-Fear Bubble
2007 ToKTA: "They Must Be Tumbling In Their Sleep"...
(Tie) About half the population of Japan, apparently.
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“Tumblr is, inexplicably, named the top learning aid. “It’s a great place for...”
– Michael Arrington
inexplicable, adjective (adverb inexplicably). unable to be explained or accounted for: inexplicably, Michael Arrington could not see the explication in the very next sentence.
(via jakob)
