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Just backtracked through my posts since the Spring of 2007. I found some damn fine videos back when...

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:58:36 -0500

Just backtracked through my posts since the Spring of 2007. I found some damn fine videos back when I lived in MA.

So this is what my tumblr’s been like for awhile. Like...

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:56:00 -0500

So this is what my tumblr’s been like for awhile. Like since 2012-ish? Huh.

"There’s a certain amount of pain you can inflict on customers without losing them and the banks are..."

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:10:40 -0400

“There’s a certain amount of pain you can inflict on customers without losing them and the banks are all doing careful calculations…”

- Mark Schwanhausser

npr: Steve Jobs arrives in heaven, by editorial cartoonist Dave...

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:25:54 -0400

npr:

Steve Jobs arrives in heaven, by editorial cartoonist Dave Fitzsimmons.

Hell’s yeah! fenriz: (via 1st look at two more of those...

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:03:24 -0400

Hell’s yeah!

fenriz:

(via 1st look at two more of those fierce dwarves from The Hobbit | Blastr)

But Seriously...: How to Update Facebook From Google+ (Without Using an Extension)

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:21:53 -0400

But Seriously...: How to Update Facebook From Google+ (Without Using an Extension):

justinbee:

Facebook provides each user with a unique email that they can use to update their Facebook with. This way you can email a status update, picture, etc. without needing to access the site or the app, plus it works with any email address.

We can use that email address to cross post from Google+,…

"Because I believe in democracy,” he said. “I believe legislators are elected to make..."

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:55:00 -0400

““Because I believe in democracy,” he said. “I believe legislators are elected to make their own choices to vote — to vote their constituents, to vote their conscience.””

- Dean Skelos, N.Y. Gay Marriage Vote May Have National Impact, 25, June 2011

"[P]eople don’t understand that Facebook doesn’t consider the users their customers – they consider..."

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:30:04 -0400

“[P]eople don’t understand that Facebook doesn’t consider the users their customers – they consider the advertisers their customers.”

- Facefacts, Jason Scott. May 7th, 2011

Wikipedia, now an authoritative source? Take that GSLIS...

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:34:00 -0400

Wikipedia, now an authoritative source? Take that GSLIS education!
(xkcd, Advertising Discovery)

here there be dungeons and dragons

Fri, 20 May 2011 17:39:19 -0400

here there be dungeons and dragons:

Awesome little documentary on D&D, and Uncle Monsterface outro music ftw!

"Another problem with the net is that it’s still ‘technology’, and ‘technology’, as the computer..."

Tue, 17 May 2011 08:28:00 -0400

“Another problem with the net is that it’s still ‘technology’, and ‘technology’, as the computer scientist Bran Ferren memorably defined it, is ‘stuff that doesn’t work yet.’ We no longer think of chairs as technology, we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time when we hadn’t worked out how many legs chairs should have, how tall they should be, and they would often ‘crash’ when we tried to use them.”

- Douglas Adams, August 29th 1999

(via kittydoom)

Sun, 15 May 2011 16:07:04 -0400

(via kittydoom)

Everything you need to know summed up in three graphs

Sun, 15 May 2011 00:11:08 -0400

wilwheaton:

America, I am disappoint.

(images via The Great Orange Satan)

npr: They dress up like early 20th century gangsters and shoot...

Wed, 04 May 2011 11:37:29 -0400

npr:

They dress up like early 20th century gangsters and shoot Tommy guns on an obstacle course: Meet members of the American Zoot Shooters Association. Zoot shooting is a new sport that combines costumes and competitive marksmanship, and it’s attracted a small group of loyal followers. Photo by Darcy Varney for NPR. (Taken with instagram)

Uh, that looks like fun.

"This whole “let’s move librarians off public desks” seems like a step backwards for user experience..."

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:10:40 -0400

“This whole “let’s move librarians off public desks” seems like a step backwards for user experience by overly focusing on digital content to the detriment of face-to-face service.”

- Andy W, IT (and not that Stephen King creepy clown, either)

"The problem is ignorance, not stupidity."

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:42:34 -0400

“The problem is ignorance, not stupidity.”

- Jacob Hacker, How Dumb Are We?

James Kochalka, American Elf, 14, April 2011. I would so say...

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:33:20 -0400

James Kochalka, American Elf, 14, April 2011.
I would so say something like this.

"We are in danger of mistaking righteous consumerism for radicalism."

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:08:58 -0400

“We are in danger of mistaking righteous consumerism for radicalism.”

- Malena Watrous, Money Can’t Buy It: How the City of Free Expression Became a City of Righteous Consumers

Andy Kaufman on Letterman (June 24th 1980), David Letterman...

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:06:07 -0500

Andy Kaufman on Letterman (June 24th 1980),
David Letterman makes such a great straight man. Also, Andy rules.

Iron Maiden, “Wasted Years” from the Maiden England...

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:48:29 -0500

Iron Maiden, “Wasted Years” from the Maiden England tour,
Possibly the best live version of this song out there.