February 2008
25 posts
After Saturday Night Live lampooned the media for their love affair with Obama,...
– Bill Clinton: The Bitter Half - TIME
"UPumpItUp" - Mandy Moore's Social Network →
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quarterlife Bombs on NBC Debut →
Less viewers than the “Cavemen” premiere… yikes.
Free Love [PDF] →
As in “love of things that are free”. An informative briefing from Trendwatching.
I don’t think we’re scanning nearly enough shit at airports yet....
– Rudy Giuliani, the Mexican immigrant
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's blog →
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2 Girls, 1 Cup: The Show →
This would normally be a incredibly dumb concept - but if you make this kind of the thing from the perspective of the talking cup and give it a PBS Kids show format, it’s actually amazing.
"Songs To Wear Pants To" has a redesign... →
…and “Never Been In Love” is fucking great.
David Fincher will direct an adaptation of Charles... →
Very exciting.
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OH MY GOD NEWSRADIO IS ON HULU
i don’t even know what episode this is, i’m so fucking happy
The Britney Spears Saga [All Involved Parties]
I feel like it would be good to make a list of everyone who contributed to or is/was involved in the media coverage of Britney’s rapidly deteriorating mental state. Just so we all can keep track. Leave a comment if I’ve left somebody out and I’ll update it.
-The Crips and Bloods
-Dr. Phil
-Lynne Spears
-Jamie Spears
-Kevin Federline
-Sam Lutfi
-Jason Alexander (first...
Lawrence Lessig: Why I Am 4Barack [Video] →
Didn’t really have a favorite candidate until I saw this video, and I pretty much agree.
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Astounding video technology - reblogged from juhaliza
The most telling figures are when one looks at the number of Oscar-nominated...
– TorrentFreak
Every program on the BBC has a message board on the website. I forbid it to...
– Russell T. Davies
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Some Good Mac Freeware Apps
I spent more than a year finding these after I switched from Windows XP to an iMac, and now I’m passing the time savings on to you. You’re welcome.
CountDown is a simple little timer that runs in your menubar, and you can set the end date to whenever you like. I set it to the end of term during fall term finals week; when you’re only sleeping two hours a day it’s actually...
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Me: I feel like my purchasing habits are way more self-conscious. Like, before I buy anything I think "Is this purchase in accordance with the brand identity of myself?"
Greg: Well, I think we all do that.
Me: Yeah?
Greg: Like me and all of my clothes. "Is it childish? Does it come in my size? I'll buy it!"
How did Locke climb out of the Abyss of the boneyard when Walt appeared? And how...
– FishBiscuit on John Locke in a Season 4 Premiere Recap
LawGeek: Students demo their favorite ways to... →
finishing what is hopefully the last all-nighter of the term. i can’t tell whether the burden of video editing or writing papers is better or worse.