December 2007
30 posts
Open Yale Courses →
“Nobody was there to commit to anything, and nobody did commit to anything,”
– Climate change Bali | Salon News
“Pendant plus de dix ans, on prend les consommateurs pour des pigeons ; ils...”
– Télérama.fr - Le fil musique - Pourquoi le disque craque
Le Monde.fr : Un client d'Orange reçoit comme mot... →
WatchThe Boondocks: the origin of Christmas
“Then again, I don’t see a downside at all to big record companies not...”
– David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the Real Value of Music
“all i ask is that you’re reasonably cute and willing to reciprocate my...”
– Crap Post From A Banker: “I Don’t Even Care If You’re Jewish Or Some Other Religion That Doesn’t Celebrate Christmas Because My Parents Will Be In France And Will Never Find Out”
“Poultry byproduct meal”
– An ingredient in Disney’s Old Yeller brand dog food. If you are buying generic (or apparently, Disney) dog food for your dog, you really should look check out what’s in it if you want your dog to remain healthy and well. Science Diet is a bit better—though it’s still mostly...
“Ass Backwards Is Just Right in Paris”
– Subtraction: Ass Backwards Is Just Right in Paris
That is true on so many levels. It’s the first place that ever felt like home.
I've just discovered ffffound.com
Between this and my Dashboard, I may never be productive again.
Watch“the bloodiest extreme knitting tournament ever” (via Jezebel)
“Things are so freewheeling that Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz —...”
– Torture, terrorism, CIA, death squads, Abu Ghraib | Salon News
That literally made my toes curl. I can’t imagine it without having some type of physical reaction.
"Machine Girl" Trailer →
Mark my words, this will be the best fucking movie of 2008! — ghostvirus
It looks like Power Rangers on LSD. Awesome.
You know how some people can’t get enough of the whole GTD thing, to the point where it’s now called productivity porn?
I’m now addicted to presentation porn.
“For three years the Philadelphia council of the Boy Scouts of America held its...”
– Boy Scouts Lose Philadelphia Lease in Gay-Rights Fight - New York Times
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Even with an app as deeply pleasing as Keynote, a decent presentation takes an incredibly long time to put together. Otherwise, it looks cobbled together, only with pretty pictures and fonts.
Cut to the Chase →
You realize that bars and clubs play loud music because it makes sobriety intolerable, right?
Jakob on the awful socializing environment of bars.
— marco
That’s because the economic model requires the customers to drink as much as possible or leave as quickly as possible. Bars need a pretty high income per seat/surface unit to thrive. At least in France.
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Oblivious
Have I somehow missed the announcement that tagging is now available for tumblr entries? Not via the bookmarklet though, right?
Building a digital SLR system: Looking at the... →
“The best kisses are always the ones that happen accidentally,” observes...”
– Why bad kissers don’t get to second base - CNN.com
Accidental kisses, as in, you fell on somebody’s mouth?
Also, bored by kissing at age 25? That’s just sad, man.
“NBC Takes Its Shows Off iTunes And Goes Home”
– NBC Takes Its Shows Off iTunes And Goes Home