June 2008
30 posts
Weezer - Troublemaker
(via Matt/fluxblog)
I have...
This is a signature Dilla beat. I love it.
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“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not...”
– Ayn Rand (via simko)
Wii Fit shortage in the US
The current Wii Fit shortage in the US comes down to economics. The American dollar has dropped so far that it makes sense for Nintendo to largely ignore the world’s largest consumer market and to instead fulfill the demand in Europe.
And as far as the shallow game library for Wii goes, Marco, I’d beg to differ. Have you missed out on a few key titles? All of the Nintendo franchise...
Dr Dog - The Rabbit, The Bat, And The Reindeer...
Hillary Clinton makes an awkward fundraising pitch →
The Clintons are worth $100M+, as revealed this past year. Why on earth would anyone want to donate money to retire debt that she took on during her unsuccessful campaign run? I think they can afford to pay it off themselves?? (via marco)
Girl Talk - No Pause (via aronson)
This mash-up...
Reddit goes open source →
I’m interested in playing with some of reddit’s reputation systems to see what makes them tick. I definitely think it’s cool they’ve gone open source, but I also sort of feel like this was done to draw some of the real tech crowd back to their site, many of whom stopped checking it as the quality of posts/links has gone way down. (via marco)
Friends From Home Embarrassing →
nwsppr:
BROOKLYN, NY—After taking a group of visiting hometown friends out with the circle of friends he has made since moving to New York from Hingham, MA three years ago, 25-year-old paralegal Andy Stein reported Tuesday that his friends from home are “pretty embarrassing.” “I guess I never noticed it then, but they’re all really loud, they complained about how expensive New York beer is the...
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The High Party
Dr. Dog - “The Old Ways” (via...
I totally called that win last night, even though I initially wanted to retract that statement 5 minutes into the first quarter. What a crazy game.
I'm the 53,205,017 richest person on earth →
Which puts me in the TOP 0.88% richest people in the world. This, um, puts things into perspective.
Death from Above 1979 - Romantic Rights (M....
I tried to give my notice yesterday, but I couldn’t find an appropriate moment. Is there ever an appropriate moment? Probably not.
“I’m on it, brotha’”
– apparently not cool to call your boss “brotha.” i spend too much time on-line.
The Predictions of Fahrenheit 451 →
In the classic novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury describes a world in the future where Americans are addicted to electronic media for information and entertainment and the written word is no longer desired. Although this book was written in 1953, see how close his predictions were.