January 2009
68 posts
“HAPPY NEW YEARS GUYS 4.5 BILLION DOWN 3 TO GO LOLOLOL”
– A text message I just recieved
December 2008
93 posts
Rainbow Flag - Matmos
Recommended by Daniel...
2008 Playlist
My year represented by songs of varying quality I listened to over and over again, in chronological order. I’ve added links to some of the tracks which are downloadable for free direct from the artist’s website. Some other songs in this playlist, like the mashups and remixes, are also free but you’ll need to Hype Machine ‘em.
1. Free - Pharaohe Monch
2. Sweaty - Muscles...
30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to brick themselves →
“I have this fantasy that the second movie would begin with a brief statement by...”
– Daniel Handler on the prospect of a Lemony Snicket movie sequel. An old quote but still hilarious.
WatchAndy Warhol interviews a possibly stoned Steven Spielberg
BitTorrent porn tracker has job openings on its... →
Current positions include SEO Expert, Linux Sysadmin, ActionScript 3 Developer and “Porn Expert”.
Required Qualifications:
-Encyclopedic knowledge of porn stars, labels, studios and the adult industry
-Up-to-date with the industry’s movements
-Affinity with porn (masturbation doesn’t count)
-Good knowledge of English
What are you waiting for?!
I guess the fact that I have no idea what people are referring to with today’s “Tumblr drama” means I unfollowed the right people, huh?
New video game lets you experience what it's like... →
“Oh, come on, who hasn’t wanted to run and own a DQ?” Michael Keller, the chief brand officer of Dairy Queen International, said. “Maybe everybody doesn’t, but so many Americans have grown up with the DQ brand, and have had that experience of stepping up to a DQ window on a hot summer day.”
[via Ypulse]
“I want ten children. I love kids.”
– Tom Cruise
“My kids will live in a world without Comic Sans.”
– Hipster Runoff
P.S.O.K. - They Might Be Giants
I don’t...
Adobe cuts 600 jobs, citing... →
Class-action suit says Sprint cheated thousands of... →
I can’t believe I missed this in my earlier post. The first sentence of the article is “Sprint just can’t get a break.”
Blockbuster working with Microsoft to create Live... →
“When I got back here in 1997, I was looking for more room, and I found an...”
– Steve Jobs. I love quotes that make him sound like FSJ.
Are you ready for "WATCHMEN: The Cellphone Game"? →
Because… I’m not?
Despite the news yesterday that Glu Mobile was trimming its workforce and will likely cut the CEO’s pay, it said today that it will be releasing a mobile game based on the upcoming super hero film Watchman, a graphic novel. The game will launch worldwide in time for the film’s U.S. premiere in March 2009.
OMEGA CODE →
My year in music
Via bg5000 / piercethenight, 20 favorite albums of 2008, with the especially outstanding in bold: Blood Moon - Apes & Androids Live at Glastonbury - Jay-Z The Slip - Nine Inch Nails The N****r Tape - Nas The Bake Sale - The Cool Kids Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair Glistening Pleasure - Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head Slope - Steve Jansen In The Future - Black...
Love Lockdown [1994 Pilotpriest Remix] - Kanye...
New BitTorrent client Pump aims to be Songbird for... →
Pump combines content-aware web-browsing with the ability to simultaneously search multiple websites for torrents, direct downloads and streaming media. The client is currently only available for Windows and utilizes Microsoft’s Internet Explorer for web browsing. It also features a media player for audio and video content.
“Rick Warren has all the earmarks we saw with Ted Haggard, Larry Craig et al....”
– Susie Bright
Chegg.com Gets $25M Third Round of Funding →
If you’re sure you don’t want to burn your textbooks in a burst of glorious vengeance against your academic drudgery, Chegg is The Best. This article describes them as the Netflix of textbooks, and I would have to agree: the ordering and shipping processes are equivalent in their simplicity. I rented a $135 textbook for a semester and it cost $40. It came in great condition and I got...
jordan: have you seen the interview with the "designer" for the obama logo by the way? its amazing dumb
josh: i dunno
josh: he probably won the election for the guy, you know?
jordan: haha. i mean i am not saying the logo was dumb. i think it was brilliant, most of his campaign was. but the interview is trying to be something it's not.
jordan: i guess it's just i have been around graphic designers my whole life, and when they talk like that i just feel like they are trying to touch my penis from under the table
“It seems that everyone under 40 who dies takes their cellphone with them.”
– Anonymous counselor from the Hollywood Forever funeral home/cemetery
“We are very good at making technology and new services… But considering the...”
– Chung Yun-ho of Seoul-based consulting firm Veyond Partners on the prospects of ad-supported mobile TV in South Korea. Sounds INCREDIBLY FAMILIAR.
Sprint: Collapsing In On Itself
Okay, so let’s just recap here:
July 24th: Sprint sells off most of its cellphone towers for $670 million. Last month, Sprint posted a Q3 net loss of $326 million. A company spokesman announces “draconian” layoffs, in addition to saying “nothing is off the table” and “every option will be scrutinized” to turn the carrier into a viable competitor with...
