Tumble dans la ville.

Writing My Twitter Etiquette Article: 14 Ways to Use Twitter Politely by Margaret Mason - The Morning News

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:52:41 +0200

Writing My Twitter Etiquette Article: 14 Ways to Use Twitter Politely by Margaret Mason - The Morning News: I was amazed by how many people eschew basic courtesy just because it’s Twitter.

Testing the iPhone Tumble app.

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:36:36 +0200

Testing the iPhone Tumble app.

"A bank customer shot a robber after an armed confrontation in a Kansas City parking lot Saturday...."

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:49:18 +0200

“A bank customer shot a robber after an armed confrontation in a Kansas City parking lot Saturday. The robber was wounded in the head and was in stable condition at a hospital, police said. The shooting happened about 9 a.m. when a man and a woman were in a car using the automated teller machine at the Bank of America at North Oak Trafficway and Barry Road. They were robbed at gunpoint, but as the gunman walked away, the man in the car got out armed with his own gun, said Sgt. Chris Lantz of the department’s robbery unit. The man yelled for the robber to stop. When the robber turned around and pointed his gun, the man fired at him, hitting him in the head, Lantz said […] The robbery victim had a permit to carry a concealed gun, Lantz said. Under the circumstances, Lantz said, that would not matter because he could legally carry the weapon in his car.”

- Bank customer shoots gunman after robbery

Sds writes, “Responsible citizens with guns deter crime and contribute to the public safety.”

I think he’s crazy to choose this case as an example of responsibility, deterrance and public safety. The crime happened. But the “responsible” gun owner shot the fleeing suspect in the head over whatever he’d withdrawn from the ATM.

In this case, gun-ownership made a relatively simple robbery into a much more serious situation. If the robber actually turned around and aimed his weapon, the “responsible citizen” has a legitimate self-defense claim. Otherwise, he’s looking at attempted murder, assuming the robber pulls though.

In other words, the presence of the extra gun led to more violence. Had the gun not been there, nobody would have been shot in the head.

(via squashed)

I can’t imagine living somewhere where my neighbour or any random person on the street could be legally carrying a gun or keep one in their closet for no good reason, just because they felt like it. The very idea does not compute.

As an aside, I’ve lived in countries where there is no right to bear arms all my life and there is no more murder and violence than in those where the opposite is true.

"the movie works like thrillers used to work, before they were required to contain villains the size..."

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:14:33 +0200

“the movie works like thrillers used to work, before they were required to contain villains the size of buildings.”

- The X-Files: I Want to Believe :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews

Yum.

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:07:35 +0200

Yum.

Threadless T-Shirts - This is not a pipe.

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:45:41 +0200

Threadless T-Shirts - This is not a pipe.

squeleton orchestra 1 (via jm_frappier)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:22:58 +0200

squeleton orchestra 1 (via jm_frappier)

Uhm. A development podcast. With a logo that depicts the...

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:33:18 +0200

Uhm. A development podcast. With a logo that depicts the silhouette of a woman who’s bending over.

This stuff just mocks itself.

"There is a strong case to be made that, in recent years, it is with good reason that the..."

Mon, 05 May 2008 14:25:23 +0200

“There is a strong case to be made that, in recent years, it is with good reason that the English-speaking cultures of the world have lost interest in France. Certainly, French writers no longer enjoy the world standing they once had - the most prominent figure in French letters is probably the novelist Michel Houellebecq, known outside France mainly for peddling a stew of gloomy and sensationalist filth.
Meanwhile, French philosophy has become a quaint relic when it is not a joke (the name of Jacques Derrida, to cite only the most recently dead, already evokes, in the style of Life on Mars, the far-off era of early-Seventies prog rock and Maoism). French politics are a model of duplicity and corruption. French cinema has not produced anything worth watching in decades. French cooking is said to be in terminal decline. Even Paris - the crucible of European modernity - wears an old-fashioned air, a fact acknowledged by its young people, who flock to New York and London in search of employment. It seems that only the age-old sport of French-bashing, now equally popular on both sides of the Atlantic, reminds us of the existence of the French at all.”

- Andrew Hussey’s Observer review of Graham Robb’s The Discovery of France. English swine. Also, wrong on so very many counts. (via czupcaks)

That whole article? Written by somebody who’s never set foot in France.

The following quote: “It is, however, one of the lingering ironies of this book that although the ‘discovery’ of this defining dynamic of French history is clear to an English historian such as Robb, it is yet to be discovered by the French themselves.”?

Written by somebody who’s never talked to a French person.

Slang Stock Market

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:51:26 +0200

jakoblodwick:

rickyv:

I’m shorting the word “douche.”

After a strong resurgence in 2005 and showing strong staying power through 2007, its day has come. Lately most of the people I’ve seen use it fit into two categories, or a combination of both:

1) people over 40 who have finally had the word passed down the cool chain from their younger friends and co-workers

2) the “douches” originally being described themselves

Pretty soon even the douches won’t be calling people douches, which is when the stock will completely crash.

The worst thing about “douche” is that it lacks a clear meaning. Calling someone an “asshole” means something. So do “loser” and “jerk”. But when someone says “douche”, it just means “I don’t like them, but am too lazy to articulate why”. Maybe that person is a violent, alcoholic banker on trial for rape, or maybe he’s a pot head from the midwest who writes about conspiracies on his blog.

“I don’t like ‘em and I’m not sayin’ why.”

Well, to me “douche” means despicable. For any reason. However,the word “despicable” has something of a moustache twirling James Bond villain from the Seventies implication to it, which is why I use the word douche.

Also, and this is a big part of the appeal for me, it sounds right. Much like “fuck”, the sound carries and complements the meaning well.

tina fey intersection (via Mop Top Stumptown)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:19:52 +0100

tina fey intersection (via Mop Top Stumptown)

There’s a huge, brilliant rainbow over Paris, and I can see it out of my office window. Like...

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:16:46 +0100

There’s a huge, brilliant rainbow over Paris, and I can see it out of my office window. Like life standing still for a couple of minutes.

Found this near my bus station the other day. Alone, out in the...

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:49:30 +0100

Found this near my bus station the other day. Alone, out in the rain. Seemed a violent image, at nine a.m.

"This strip’s been up for 800 seconds and it’s already the most controversial thing I’ve ever..."

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:33:27 +0100

“This strip’s been up for 800 seconds and it’s already the most controversial thing I’ve ever written, beating out comics about cunnilingus, the Obama endorsement, and my making 4chan tiny on the map of the internet.”

- xkcd » Blog Archive » FRUIT OPINIONS!

iBand (via )

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:33:20 +0100

iBand (via )

"Friday Night Lights No new episodes expected for this season. Future TBD."

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:15:53 +0100

“Friday Night Lights
No new episodes expected for this season. Future TBD.”

- After the WGA Strike: When Will Your Favorite TV Shows Return? - Ausiello Report | TVGuide.com

Ouch. My show!

"And yet, while the continents are certainly drifting apart in some ways (secular Europe looks on..."

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:07:50 +0100

“And yet, while the continents are certainly drifting apart in some ways (secular Europe looks on with bewilderment at the contest between preacher-men in this presidential campaign), Europeans aren’t quite the decadent lotus-eaters that some Americans claim.”

- Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? - James J. Sheehan - Book Review - New York Times

The article mixes a little truth with a lot of condescending crap.

jessicalouise: This video always left me wet between the...

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:43:03 +0100

jessicalouise:

This video always left me wet between the thighs.

I dunno. The black eyeliner, the thick neck, the slicked back hair, the wifebeater, the working class pride … it does it for me. Mike Ness is hot, i make no apologies. And going with the same aesthetic, Dave Gahan also rocks it well, but with a touch more comfortable-with-my-sexuality-essex-boy-gayness-though-i’m-totally-straight.

(…)

For me, it’s that distinctive Dave Gahan voice that sells it in the end.

Unbelievably gorgeous macro shot of a dew covered bug. Photo by...

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:41:37 +0100

Unbelievably gorgeous macro shot of a dew covered bug.

Photo by Photographer Martin Amm - photo.net

via kottke.org

La téléphonie SIP pour iPhone chez Free

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:21:10 +0100

La téléphonie SIP pour iPhone chez Free: J’anticipe le massacre.