December 2008
75 posts
EVERY 30 GB Zune died last night →
marco:
(via jeffbaum)
This is hilarious. A software bug made every 30GB-model Zune crash last night at 2 AM, and they won’t reboot properly.
edit: I’m still laughing about this a half-hour later. The various comments everywhere are hilarious.
Uh oh, it’s Y2k…9. I have a sinking suspicion that it’s having problems because this year is a leap year, making today the 366th day...
“I’ll tell you the secret to life. Eastern Europeans are all depressed....”
– Elise, Valentina. A thesis for a ballin’ dissertation; “Why vodka is the only good thing Russia has ever contributed to the world… with the exception of hotties occasionally”. Adium Chat, 2008.
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of German rockers and jars
Valentina: did you know Tokio Hotel was only 13 when they started out in Germany?
Valentina: they're like emo german Jonas Brothers!
Midori: I cry for you, Germany.
Valentina: they're now like 19. and sold multimillion records globally. dude, what have we done with our lives?
Valentina: I wanna keep the 13 year old singer in a jar with some air holes and a leaf
Midori: HAHAHAHAHAHA
Midori: amen.
Valentina: you have to admit, his performance is fadorable
Valentina: but he's totally trying to cash in on the androgeny card like J-rockers... except he's German
Midori: man, he's tiny and angsty
Valentina: isn't he though? hence he gets a leaf. cry over that, betch, that's dinner!
Microsoft Patents Pay-as-you-go PC Computing →
This will probably make me more willing to buy software I know I’m only going to use once instead of…
Oh, you know. ;)
start wearing purple.
Gogol Bordello tonight at Webster Hall!
Gonna be there? Send me an email (check in the footer)
“Wow, so you all just left the ticket booth, and migrated to Boston.”
– Kenny
[So true. I didn’t even realize it, haha.]
“wut? didn’t heer u, wuz 2 bizzehs snorgling [snorglesnorglesnorgle]”
– Anonymous, for sake of maintaining self image
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Hi, I'm a frequent flyer addict. →
FYI, I have never made a completely useless flight like this guy did just to make a certain status on Northwest or United. (Partially because I’ve never needed to - Business like mine is more than enough to boost me up to an agreeable status every year.)
I do like to make hella impulsive flights to visit people whereever though… Such a travel addict.
oh how I have missed thee, TB
Not tuberculosis.
Thunderbird was my one and only mail client love back when I was on Windows 24/7, but when I switched to OSX as my main OS, I had to nix using Thunderbird because of how flippin’ slow it was to start up. Granted, I think the last time I used TB on OSX was 2.0.0.11 (the latest stable one is 2.0.0.18, released on Nov. 19, 2008), but for an application to be slow on a brand...
for all the sound techies out there.
Ben: I read the Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook® from cover to cover and memorized as much as I could
Ben: we can talk about transfer functions
Ben: or echo cancellation
Ben: toe-in vs. straight mounting
Ben: slapback, feedback...
Ben: slapback is undesirable except in bed
Ben: where a satisfying secondary crack spaced shortly after the initial impact lets you know you done good
NFL Fines Wes Welker $10,000 For Endzone Snow... →
Welker, who leads the league with 109 receptions, fell to the ground on his back just behind the end zone and brushed both arms and legs back and forth in the snow after catching an 11-yard pass from Matt Cassel in the second quarter.
The “snow angel” was an illegal demonstration.
Merry Christmas!! (a mixtape, part 2) →
Enjoy!
Merry Christmas!! (a mixtape, part 1) →
FIXED! Download away!
“Our new car has a 5,000 word vocabulary - That’s bigger than dad’s...”
– My mom to neighbors about the new car’s voice recognition system
Trying to teach your parents how to utilise bluetooth with their new car: Priceless.
I don't need anything for Christmas
benglert:
Except to keep what I already have.
Amen.
i left my camera at home.
This is a picture I did not take from a bridge between NJ and PA, of ice floating down the Delaware River at dusk on a cold December day, banks matted with snow-covered trees for as far as the eye could see.
[inspired by unphotographable.]
Left a little feedback for the folks at Publr... →
After getting a whiff of the most blatant Tumblr ripoff I (and many other people) have ever seen, I went and commented at Publr’s customer service site after reading a Publr rep’s very weak argument as to how Tumblr and Publr are/will be different.
facts.
- Chick flicks are in for ‘09.
- My friend and her mom make the best latkes and applesauce ever. I am spoiled every year by her Hanukkah party.
- Puppies are cute. Even when they are good-sized black lab puppies and step on your chest while licking your face off.
RIAA To End Mass Lawsuits →
shutupinternet:
“It has been a PR disaster”
No shit.
A how-to everyone should probably read →
A car with legitimate bullet holes in it just rolled by. Lolwut.
BREAKING NEWS IN JAPAN:
Midori: Cup noodles is reducing the calorical content of their noodles by 25%.
Ben: what!
Ben: now I'll have to buy two to get my MSG fill
Ben: fuck that shit
Midori: ...
Midori: T_T
Hint: It's black and lime green
One of our customers just sent me a specially-designed Axio bag with carbon fiber lining.
Thanks, guys :)
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Snowing In Seattle | Sherwood
Happy holidays from...
Tumblr tumblr Tumblr tumblr tumblr tumblr Tumblr...
This is a grammatically correct sentence used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated constructs.
Literally, it means “Tumblrs from Tumblr, who are tumblred by other tumblrs on Tumblr, also happen to tumblr other tumblrs on Tumblr.”
(Inspired by kayteesays.)
Sidebar: I’m testing a theory by researchers at CERN that Tumblr posts which reference Tumblr are...
New theme! (Now with more updates!)
Comments are back up! (And are no longer in Japanese.)
Search is still not working. (My b, guys. I’m clearly inept.)
I replaced the “Mobile” link with “ImageView”. Why? It’s neat. It shows only photo posts and displays little previews in a flickr-esque manner. And, I’m pretty confident that the majority of people who care enough to access tumblrs from...
Gay penguins the best daddies in the zoo →
via Yahoo Australia:
Penguins caught stealing eggs from straight couples in an attempt to become fathers have been given their own to look after following protests.
Zoo keepers moved the male birds away from the rest of the penguins to avoid problems as hatching season approaches.
But angry visitors to Polar Land in China complained it was not fair for the males to stop becoming surrogate...
Christmas is a difficult time.
In the warmer months I rely on half gallons of lemonade to fuel any coding that I have to do. During the winter months however, it’s just wrong to be drinking lemonade when there’s hot cocoa, eggnog, and straight-up good coffee to compete with.
My solution? Grapefruit. And if I feel indulgent, grapefruit with honey.
A pretty acceptable and delicious substitution for my usual...
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Tell That Mick He Just Made My List of Things to...