Told or Known

Let me google that for you

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:52:23 -0600

Let me google that for you: Tired of being asked questions that a simple googling would have answered? This is the single serving site for you. Demo.

Twitter.

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:18:00 -0600

Twitter.:

nostrich:

amwelles:

97% is boring. 3% is pure awesome, and 99.9% of that 3% is nostrich and lonelysandwich. (via stupidinboston)

Hey, thanks! If anyone’s interested, here are some Twitterers I particularly enjoy following for their ability to make me laugh (which is where I find most of the value in Twitter now):

CcSteff

Nick (Douglas)

Avery Edison (A fellow Brit)

Strutting

Toldorknown

Too kind. If you’re looking for even more of The Funny™, almost everyone I’m following deliver on a consistent basis.

The Fairy Feller’s Master Stroke Queen (1973) Based upon...

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:00:00 -0600

The Fairy Feller’s Master Stroke

Queen

(1973) Based upon the Richard Dadd painting of the same name. Posted because I mentioned it on Twitter last week.

"To live up to the ideal we just embraced, we have to do intentionally what Obama does by nature. He..."

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:18:17 -0600

“To live up to the ideal we just embraced, we have to do intentionally what Obama does by nature. He listens to those with whom he disagrees, but he responds only to the goodness expressed in even the most fear-driven of statements. Ignore the small, the petty, the self-involved, the defensive, and respond to the moments of goodness in all of us.”

- David Weinberger – We. One. (via Fritinancy)

Fritinancy: Twittering the Election

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:46:45 -0600

Fritinancy: Twittering the Election:

Rod Knowlton, a k a Told or Known, had a bunch of good lines, including “Barack Obama is our first open source president.” And this excellent pun on John McCain’s “that one” dismissal of Obama: “That Won.”

Nancy Friedman’s always interesting Fritinancy (formerly Away With Words) is even more interesting today thanks to a mention of yours truly.

"While I regret this development, I am not in mourning, for I no longer have any clear idea what,..."

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:12:07 -0500

“While I regret this development, I am not in mourning, for I no longer have any clear idea what, exactly, the modern conservative movement stands for. Eight years of “conservative” government has brought us a doubled national debt, ruinous expansion of entitlement programs, bridges to nowhere, poster boy Jack Abramoff and an ill-premised, ill-waged war conducted by politicians of breathtaking arrogance. As a sideshow, it brought us a truly obscene attempt at federal intervention in the Terry Schiavo case. So, to paraphrase a real conservative, Ronald Reagan: I haven’t left the Republican Party. It left me.”

- Christopher Buckley, on leaving The National Review

Superpoop: Photo Comics by Drew

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:45:19 -0500

Superpoop: Photo Comics by Drew

You've already lost money.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:15:36 -0500

I believe that many stocks are still likely to fall further, so I decided to sell some of mine. If I’m wrong and this is truly the bottom, I’ll just buy back in when they’re a little higher and miss out on some of the recovery — and that’s the worst case. That’s not so bad. I’ll just have a smaller gain than someone who timed it perfectly.

But if I’m right, and stocks fall further, I’ll have saved a lot of my money from being lost by selling them now and waiting until an upswing to reinvest that money.

What’s your time horizon and confidence Apple will recover? You sound pretty sure they will, in which case the proper move now is to put more money in, not cash out. Trying to time the market, which is what you’re doing, is a sucker’s game at the best of times and completely insane in the current environment.

Also, if you buy back in (with only the present cash-out funds) at a slightly higher price than you sold, you won’t have a smaller gain. You’ll have a loss until the stock recovers and gains enough to cover the spread and your transaction fees.

"The leadership vacuum could not happen at a worse time. If credit markets remain frozen, we’ll..."

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:13:19 -0500

“The leadership vacuum could not happen at a worse time. If credit markets remain frozen, we’ll soon witness a huge round of business bankruptcies. We’re in completely uncharted terrain.”

- Robert Reich’s Blog: The Meltdown (Part I)

Take On Me: Literal Video Version (via Laughing Squid)

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:33:39 -0500

Take On Me: Literal Video Version (via Laughing Squid)

F Minus

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:12:21 -0500

F Minus

the Daily Irrelevant Yep, that’s about it.

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:10:41 -0500

the Daily Irrelevant

Yep, that’s about it.

(via cleversimon)

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:11:28 -0500

(via cleversimon)

"Pro Tip: An open jar of Vicks VapoRub can really cut down the foot traffic in and around your..."

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:09:29 -0500

“Pro Tip: An open jar of Vicks VapoRub can really cut down the foot traffic in and around your cubicle. It’s like citronella for coworkers.”

- toldorknown (via hilker) (via nu)

Chick-O-Stick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:28:01 -0500

Chick-O-Stick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Chick-O-Stick’s original wrapper design featured a stylized cartoon of a chicken, wearing a cowboy hat and a badge in the shape of the Atkinson logo. The chicken is absent from the more recent wrapper design; some commentators have indicated that it contributed to confusion over whether the Chick-O-Stick was candy or a chicken-flavored cracker. The Atkinson Candy Company’s website/on-line store states that the company’s founder “came up with the name one day, and well, it just stuck.”

“Talking Points” Caribou Barbie™ on Vimeo (via...

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:38:09 -0500

“Talking Points” Caribou Barbie™ on Vimeo (via antichrista)

The Society for the Presentation of Inefficient Mechanical...

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:40:26 -0500

The Society for the Presentation of Inefficient Mechanical Devices Presents The Totally Unnecessary Overly Redundant & Mechanically Superfluous Light Switch Complicator (via jwz - Light Switch Complicator - via Anarchaia)

The Universe of Discourse : The Lake Woebegon Distribution

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:28:25 -0500

The Universe of Discourse : The Lake Woebegon Distribution:

This is a recurring joke on Prairie Home Companion, broadcast from the fictional town of Lake Woebegon, where “all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.” And indeed, they can’t all be above average. But they could nearly all be above average. And this is actually an extremely common situation.

The BBC has posted a short, but altogether enjoyable slide show...

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:36:21 -0500

The BBC has posted a short, but altogether enjoyable slide show of the work of political cartoonist and savage caricaturist Gerald Scarfe. Scarfe talks about the politicians and personalities that act as inspiration for his trademark wickedness. I didn’t expect him to sound so… pleasant!

(via Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog)

"For years now, they’ve told us that we can’t afford—that the government providing healthcare to all..."

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:21:03 -0500

“For years now, they’ve told us that we can’t afford—that the government providing healthcare to all people is just unimaginable; it can’t be done. We don’t have the money to rebuild our infrastructure. We don’t have the money to wipe out poverty. We can’t do it. But all of a sudden, yeah, we do have $700 billion for a bailout of Wall Street.”

- Sen. Bernie Sanders on Democracy Now! (via glueslabs)