That's doodoo, baby.
The Environmental Protection Agency are such alarmists.
Another casualty in the war against blog games.
Need an analogy but don't have the time to actually think of one your self?
This place is everything a weblog should not be.
Time Travel vs. ESP
Who Owns Your Browser revisited.
Everything has something in common on the blogosphere.
What the War In Iraq is really about.
Ross Burton builds the first real-world application using Kid Templates.
They have more in common than I thought.
One of the many interesting anecdotes waiting for you in Neil Stephenson's "In The Beginning Was The Command Line"
Alan Turing would sooo beat Linus Torvalds in arm wrestling and technologies no different.
"I love God."
How I failed the Turing test.
I am my own worst enemy.
Just great stuff.
Koshi's been hanging out at the legendary San Francisco dive bar, "The Zeitgeist," every day for thirty days now; takes photo's and blogs about the picnic table discussion.
"... the caganer is often tucked away in a corner of the model, typically nowhere near the manger scene. There is a good reason for his obscure position in the display, for 'caganer' translates from Catalan to English as 'pooper', and that is exactly what this little statue is doing — defecating."
Who says legibility and correct punctuation aren't street?
The greatest thing I've ever seen on the internet.
"We’re born as unreal people but somehow get turned into respectable members of society with good cover stories."
Letter found hidden beneath a backyard pond to the person who would eventually remove the pond. One of the best pieces of writing I've seen all year.
"This plugin will alert you if you accidentally stumble onto MySpace.com, and take you back to the site you came from."
"It is against the law to break the law in these premises, or anywhere!"
Boo! Horrible name collision imminent. Is REST really that unknown or do they just not care?
Reading xkcd has become one of my last regular forms of physical exercise. My abs are burning right now from violent guttural reactions to this one.
I finally watched "There Will Be Blood" a few days ago and the milkshake line practically jumps out of the movie at you. I have no idea what the hell happened in the movie but that line made it all worth while.
I've since went to sleep and reawakened. I'm typically fairly curmudgeony when I wake up but I'm still having the same reaction.
Interesting take on AFD as launch-crazy-but-legit-projects day. I didn't use the Internet at all this AFD and sent everything in my reader to /dev/null. Now, I feel kind of bad. Sorry about that, internet.
Mark contributes the obligatory fisking.
This takes "the use of code in weblog titles" to a whole new level. Hilarious.
"In the spirit of the Firefox 3 firstrun pages, I would like to permanently commemorate the noble deeds of the robot community in their fight for an open web."
"Cameltoe is a set of utility functions for making Ruby objects more like camel toes." -- You've piqued my interest :) It looks like this adds a String#cameltoeize method, amongst other things...
He's insane.
This is pretty funny. Even the options dialogs are themed.
Includes a nice chart of the Differentiation of Fat Joe's Liquid Based Promiscuity :)
Makes sense to me.
"You think your better then me just because you no grammar?" :)
"Other than the fact our child will be bright, text-based and sarcastic, we will otherwise be a normal family."
"Groj Sale"
"maybe try coding something in c"
Great tune!
"No one party has a monopoly on bullshit" ... "it's not just about talking bullshit, it's also about living it..."
"Facebook isn't the internet, dipshit."
"Clearly, after inspecting r guys, the expected utility of inspecting one more an continuing optimally is 1/(r+1) the sum of b = 1 to r + 1 of U(b, r+1). Call this expression Z."
"Aaaaaaaar! Home a day early, ye are, husband. This varmint a poor stranger be who lost his clothes." :)
I just had this exact conversation with my wife. No one understands...
Coast to coast... THREE TIMES! The original TecmoBowl soundtrack is fried into the deepest areas of my brain.
This just ruined my day. I'm going home. Absolutely horrible. Just horrible.
"Always code as if the person who will maintain your code is a maniac serial killer that knows where you live."
This should immediately supercede your present Ninja Mask technique.
"Results 1 - 10 of about 283,000 for 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0" - This is officially the craziest thing I've ever seen on the internet (with the exception of the Hasselhoffian Recursion).
"Streisand Effect is a category of Internet phenomena in which an attempt to censor or remove a certain piece of information instead backfires, causing the information in question to receive extensive publicity..."
"In the terminology of phonetics, this sound does not appear to have an official name, but might be characterized as a linguolabial trill. It is never used in human language phonemically, but it is widely used across human cultures and by other primates"
Oh man. This song was not this horribly bad when I was a kid.
Great research like this is what I love most about the internet.
"There's a time and place for a penis decal on your forehead and the Monday morning staff meeting is not it."
This is the "home page" of a professor who teaches web design at St. Cloud State University. Don't go there.
Chairing the WG is one way to fix your validation issues! (yes, I'm just being mean now -- ignore me. no but seriously.)
"I hope you can wipe the screen off!" -- I fell off my chair.
Q: Did you learn all you needed to know to be capable of doing the job? A: Yes, bullshitting through the interview provided me with the skills to effectively bullshit to customers...
"A biologist, a physicist, and a mathematician were sitting in a street café watching the crowd..."
"When the apocalypse comes, when the world ends as we know it, you can bet someone will be updating Metafilter."
Cute. The latest Digg flames all in one place :) Kind of Digg zeitgeist, I suppose.
Fix it at the source: "... Thus I propose that we turn off the Sun for roughly 0.2% of each solar day, or two to four minutes every 24 hours." Brilliant!
Oh my.
"For n = 12 we perform a total of 364 reps! Thank goodness there aren't 13 days or we'd have to do 454."
"I have yet to find a women who wants to be squirted with a Zune. I’ve stopped asking."
"OH DEAR LORD ITS SO BEAUTIFUL. I AM SO PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN RIGHT NOW."
Cleveland is so hard-core. Sometimes I really do love this place.
This guy gets around...
I don't know but it's definitely the coolest.
"So what do you do when you're pretty sure that the end of the world as we know it is coming soon, but your girlfriend doesn't believe you?" (via skvidal)
All hail the king adrock.
MIT is representin'
I give Aaron two weeks (tops!) at Wired before he's off to something bigger and better.
The kid is sick.
Q: What do you call a Michigan cheerleader with two brain cells? A: Pregnant
"You know what I love about Reddit? Someone can ask a question like this, and not one comment points out how completely ridiculous it is."
This is quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever read in my entire life.
"Why would my sister want to borrow someone else's broom, you sexist ass? My sister is a lawyer for the friggin' ACLU! before tossing her Napa Valley cab in the poor guy's face."
"I can pop my eyes out four centimetres each, it is a gift from God, I feel blessed."
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Your mom is like HTML, a tiny
and a whole lot a ."The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and 'Jeopardy' comes on at 7 p.m. instead of 7:30."
people pay for this shit?
Norse Mythology soooo kicks science's ass in this issue...
Help a brother out: "if I could make a website to get 2,000,000 hits, she would have a menage a trois (that's a threesome to you non french-speakers)"
Fairly acurate prescription...
"When I became a convert from Judaism to born-again Christianity after watching The Chronicles of Narnia, I thought things were going to get a lot easier for me..."
Evolution is at work. We leave them to themselves and we'll stick to ourselves, and in another 250,000 years we can eat them as either game or domesticated farm animals. God knows we don't have to selectively breed them for size.
this is insane
Bullshit: "It takes seven years to digest gum"
I do this all the time...
Serendipitously appeared during a google images search for "newpaper".
best game ever...
What a surprise!
Holy crap! Where can I get some thermite?
ABC's Bob Woodruff got a camera in there somehow..
Bwwwahahahahahahahahhaa..
"Guns don't kill people, Chuck Norris kills people" :)
Nice to see hollywood capitalizing on national crisis so soon. Bastards.
Dumbass..
hahahahaaaa!
Mmmm.. If only I had 1000 lemons.
I don't even know what to say. Robertson has left reality.
Now kids can get in on all the fun of airport security!
Thanks Xeni... I've been meaning to write something to this effect as its so blatantly obviously.
Godel looks scrappy - I think he could kick Einstein's ass if he got a sucker punch in to start...
OMFG this is so messed up. I feel so bad for the kid whose parents read this and take it seriously.
Developing story... From the video it looks like it was broken up by military using assault rifles and tear gas. The video making its way onto the web is scary...
"We are willing to pay any individual $250,0000 if they can produce empirical evidence which proves that Jesus is not the son of the Flying Spaghetti Monster."
Video of a guy plot-spoiling the latest Harry Potter books to a crowd of many in front of Barnes and Noble.
always useful...
Podcasting Red vs. Blue style?
Right on...
An short story y Cory Doctorow... Will need to read this at some point..
Word. Authority has been set on its head. There's been no better time in history to be an ornery bastard. :)
Brilliant!
The original european zero-wing introduction followed by a load of AYBABTU spottings in teh wild..
oh hell no.
The always insightful James Governor's with a fist full of insight into insightless topics such t-shirts... weeeeeeee!
As it turn out, Sun Microsystems owns the word "share" and they aren't sharing it..
Holy crap.
Bwwahhahahahaaa.
Fuck yea, Len..
Holy crap I'm going to be eating this in about two hours...
Holy crap a new Feynman book! Published by his daughter.
Finally located while orbiting a strange gaseous planet...
Bwwwhhhaaahhaahahaaaaahhaa!
It's kind of amazing that at some time in some place in this very universe this actually took place.
What the Internet Is and How to Stop Mistaking It for Something Else.
Notes on stuff that should be backed up and other tips for a smooth upgrade. The comment thread looks promising as well with everyone reporting in with problems and opinion.
Wow! I didn't think this was actually possible. I'm sure I'll try at some point in my life but I don't have any dilusions about actually reaching Marc's level of accomplishment.
Husband has wife stoned and her adulterer whipped 100 times and released.
About time someone noticed.
Superb slashdot pile-on regarding the switching off of analog TV signals on 1/1/2006. The FCC/MSM do not know what to do since NO ONE will be switched over to digital.
I'm sooo screwed.
Awww shucks, Mr. O'Grady, I'm flattered!
Old Testament meets Lego - brilliant!
The beauty of science ladies and gentlemen.
A great snap of Seth Vidal, quite possibly the best project leader I've ever had the privilege of working with.
Talks about Blink and other cool stuff as usual.
Hell yea..
A non-deterministic market index for programming languages. Pretty cool, really - and somewhat surprising I guess.
I'm sure I always get these wrong and likely always will.
Mark Cuban gets it.
Best c.l.p thread ever: irritating whitespace-based indentation gone, death of for loop, all strings are regular expressions, and WE FINALLYY GET BRACES! (via Hans Nowak)
Find locally owned alternatives to Starbucks in your neighborhood.
Oh wow, this is huge - the hard evidence we've been waiting for...
Wow, this may be the most serendipitous page I've come across on the c2 wiki. It starts with strategies for when generalization is okay, leads into caveman number systems, how many objects the brain can recognize without counting, God as Lisp programmer,
Joshua gets some funding for del.icio.us so that he can work it full time. Congrats!
holy shit
I'm seriously considering considering moving to Brazil. That country is really starting to get their shit together and the gov seems close to the people.
Awesome look at how big music companies DON'T GET IT! Ugghh. This stuff drives me crazy.
Superb rant against Sun's licensing tactics and especially Gosling's cluelessness wrt what's important in a license.
Interesting prediction market that uses buzz around different technologies. I split my starting cash between REST, delicious, and Python.
Yea, this is the coolest thing I've read in a long time. Tim: let me borrow that "Gödel, Escher, Bach" book - I'll tear that shit up in a night, I swear...
How to properly use body language to convey your negative feelings at the office...
$50 fines for anyone who displays his or her... wait for it... no. now.. wait for it.... UNDERPANTS! AHHHHHHH!
Ten Reasons Why Blogging is Good For Your Career
that's what i'm saying, bro..
Simon Willison showed me this scan of a Newspaper from April 14, 1865. It looks like a blog.
Nice little "People who make up new rules continue to be in very short supply."
I tried to do this for two months straight in college but it never worked..
This is just horrible Dave. Please, stop.. Stop... huuuurrting us.
Weblog for watching and reporting shady Gartner activity. Those guys are crooked as a barrell of snakes if you ask me.
Oh wow. This is cool.
Has this been entered into the smithsonian yet?
The AP just put out some RSS feeds. 'bout time, eh?
Stop it, I'm serious.
From Oct 23, 2000 issue of the German language magazine c't
Kick-ass flash game. Level 23 is impossible.
Nice. Gladwell talks about his new book "Blink" on IT Conversations. I haven't listened yet but it's impossible for Gladwell to say anything that is uninteresting.
A short story by Corey Doctorow.
"She just hit em in the head with a bible!!"
HIV as a possible cure for cancer?
That's a big prediction for having a "bad smell" but whatever...
Rocky warm-up spoof. This guy is my hero.
"Save Money, Save Time, Save Your Ass"
Google for president!
The whole PDF requirement at ChangeThis sucks but this looks like a good read anyway..
The author of the widely praised Baroque Cycle on science, markets, and post-9/11 America
All yo resizzle is shizzilated and shizzle, nizzle..
Community-contributed distributed recipe thing.
Cluetrain Manifesto: "This is why we hate you." Hughtrain Manifesto: "This is how we're going to fuck you up."
This is almost too painful to watch.
Perfect science experiment for the kids.
"Is it me, or is Jenna Bush holding up the sign of Satan next to her father's face?"
Paul Graham takes the honest route with High School kids and tells them what they should really be worried about. Great quote: "Rebellion is almost as stupid as obedience."
Truly odd. What's going on here?
AAaahhhhhhhh! Stop! Make it stop!
9 hours under the needle. hardcore.
"Clutter is a small Mac OS X application that lets you put music CDs on your desktop. You can drag them anywhere. Line them up neatly or put them in piles, it's your choice."
Photo management software, free from Google. Find, edit, share photos.
Check out the new Star War's themed Mr. Potatohead lineup.
Putting the Sans in Comic Sans - The source for anti-comic sans propoganda.
Some discussion on turning the new Mac Mini into a Media PC for the living room.
Apple's Mac Mini product page.
Hooking a mouse up to the Etch A Sketch.. Impressive!
Gabe from Penny Arcade let's the geezers in on this little secret the whipper-snappers have been hoarding to themselves called "The Internet." Check it out at your local library!
I would love to read this but I'm too busy doing work. Let me know if it's interesting. Work, work, work! ;)
Howard Stern and journalists throw some jabs at Google.
HA! The CNN exec who did the firing is quoted as saying "I guess I come down more firmly in the Jon Stewart camp". Amazing!
PONARV (PO narv) n. [acronym] A project of no apparent redeeming value. Hence, Ponarvian: one who pursues such projects.
Staples without staples... Brilliant!
The Economist explains Einstein's contributions to the science world.
home video of the tsunami hitting all over the place. unbelievable.
Adam Bosworth is the last person I would have guessed would summarize my religious and political position... but I'll take what I can get.
What "The Wizard of Oz" was really about..
Drugs that make you smart; sign me up.
haha
if only more people had that problem.
ouch!
The frog is probably radioactive too.. it's pretty big.
Supposedly kick ass video game for OS X, Linux, and Windows. Free demo available.
We'll be adopting this tradition in my home this Christman. no doubt.
It's not going to happen you guys...
I've been looking for an alternative to vasectomy.
Best bug report I've ever seen in my life.
Did IBM drop the x86 PC so it could start selling Mac's? Interesting..
BoingBoing tests the MSN blogs censors..
Sorry, no one is getting christmas presents from me this year.
This book is excellent. B&N and Borders keep telling me it's out of print.
I forgot about the burning shark!
hardcore!
Oh man that's sad..
Doctorow with a short review of the Baroque Cycle.
Count the stars game. Surprisingly addictive.
Tremendous theory on how Fight Club is based on, and a continuation of, Calvin and Hobbes.
A guide to calling shotgun.
phaw! how do we know that's not some other virgin?
Punctuation substitution!
Hell is making tremendous progress.. I'm going to move my previous recommendation of a moderate-buy to a strong-buy due to a recent strong showing in the market.
wow! I'm not sure how they could have faked this. the voices are clear as day with the volume cranked.
real pooping sounds! fun for the whole office!
How to be wrong: "I would argue that Xbox Live is a great experience for the end user precisely because it's a closed, controlled environment, and anything that threatens that is a real concern for Microsoft."
Different methods of finding primes. Quantum machinary not required.
This guy is living the dream. I wonder if there's room in his cave for me and my powerbook. Does he get wifi in there?
Tim Bray redesigns North America for efficiency.
The poem that inspired the book that inspired the movie that tweaked my brain for about two weeks.
good to know..
note: trying to learn this at work seems to annoy people.
omfg. make it stop! make the bad man stop!
Stewart will be on 60 Minutes this Sunday talking about the same things he was talking about on Crossfire.
"Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intraveinously" -- good to know!
This QA session is a book in itself. Stephenson's a complete madman.
One fish story to rule them all..
Includes some quotes from Novak and Carville. Funny Carlson and Begala couldn't make a single valid point while Stewart was on the show.
Python based guitar tab editor/viewer.
Dell Exec: "Spyware installed on roughly 90% of computers."
US Citizenship 101: Freedom of Expression :)
Almost as good as the guy who was auctioning an "ass whoopin'" on ebay.
What do Moore's law and boiling oceans have in common? Sun's Jeff Bonwick explains in three easy paragraphs. Really brilliant stuff.
"Bush Vows To Pay Closer Attention To Needs Of Non-Presidents"
AirWolf, Alf, The A-Team, Fraggle Rock!, Gadget, Knight Rider, Miami Vice, Thundercats!, Transformers, and many many more!
nuckin futs!
"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur. -- Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound."
Breaking up w/ PowerPoint.
"This is no longer an interesting coincidence. It is an unmistakable message from God."
I can die in four things...
21 Reason's Google will never hire me.
Map Homer's daily route from home to moes, to work, to moes, and then back home.
What really happened on Louis and Clark's trip.
The original DOOM ported to DOOM 3 graphic engine.
"...we pay the future to come and pick you up.."
I would have literally killed for one of these.
"The image has shocked, sickened and outraged people. But more importantly, it has captured the imagination of young men and women up and down the country who don't give much of a shit about anything."
You gotta love TBL.
postoffice.ebay.com
"Two kids committing the carnal sin of copying a game onto a floppy disk.."
Mark pretty obviously prefers morons to assholes.
What about God?
Some lady that throws away mail for my very own Sen. Mike DeWine got fired because she kept an anonymous X-Rated blog about relations w/ FIVE upper staffers.
waste time here.
My cable bill would be $5/month. I watch Comedy Central, C-SPAN, and Cartoon Network. The 50 shop-at-home channels are kind of cool though too. I'd hate to lose those.
"Of all my programming bugs, 80% are syntax errors. Of the remaining 20%, 80% are trivial logical errors. Of the remaining 4%, 80% are pointer errors. And the remaining 0.8% are hard." --Marc Donner
"If the wood moves, it's because he decided he wanted it that way. Can you possibly conceive of it as an accident? Do you think Stanley Fucking Kubrick didn't notice that the wood moved? Everything in the film is on purpose. There are no mistakes."
"We have links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over 2500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world."
"Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority."
