What The Fuss Is All About

staff: If you’re a fan of Tumblr’s recently updated Android...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:20:51 -0500

staff:

If you’re a fan of Tumblr’s recently updated Android app, consider the wisdom of Tumblr’s own Android expert Chris Haseman. He recently released his second book, Creating Android Applications: Develop and Design. Available for Kindle download and paperback purchase via Amazon, Chris shows you how to use the powerful set of Android tools to begin creating the next generation of Android applications.

“I wrote the book because learning Android is hard in a few ways,” he says. “Doing a bunch of searches on how to write an Android application gives you information without knowledge.”

Creating Android Applications provides a complete introduction to developing for Google’s mobile OS, offering tons of insights and hard-earned advice. After a tour of how to install and configure the Android SDK and Eclipse IDE, you jump right in to build your first Android project.

“Android has several traps for beginners all of which I’ve fallen into. The book, in a way, is my best attempt to help new people avoid them,” Chris says. “Plus, I’ve always wanted to dedicate a book to my wife, and this seemed like the shortest path to get

Not a day goes by that I don’t laugh about the creator of Tumblr’s shitty, shitty app writing a book about how to write apps.

"One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man’s laugh before you know anything of him,..."

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:38:05 -0500

“One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man’s laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.”

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Also, if that man is laughing at a fart.

beefranck: O hai. I’m in the latest Cross Stitcher magazine....

Thu, 31 May 2012 18:28:16 -0500

beefranck:

O hai. I’m in the latest Cross Stitcher magazine.

I kind of love that they had to include an explicit content warning.

We’re friends. No big deal.

How UUs play LIFE:

Thu, 31 May 2012 16:42:51 -0500

Unitarian Universalist: [begins game] I don't think my car is a hybrid. This isn't environmentally responsible living.
Friend: It's okay. It's just a game.
UU: [reaches "Get Married"] Well, what if I'm against the institution of marriage and don't need one to affirm my commitment to my partner?
Friend: Please shut up and take your husband.
UU: That's a bit heteronormative, don't you think? What if I want a wife?
Friend: FINE TAKE A WIFE.
UU: [lands on "Have baby boy"]
Friend: [takes out a blue character]
UU: Are we just supposed to assume that blue means boy and pink means girl? I refuse. I want my baby boy to be pink.
Friend: Whatever, have a pink boy.
UU: But maybe my baby doesn't identify as male at all. I mean, gender is actually just a social construct--
Friend: We're never playing LIFE again.

pleatedjeans: 27 Funny Vehicles From The Simpsons Not...

Thu, 31 May 2012 16:39:53 -0500

pleatedjeans:

27 Funny Vehicles From The Simpsons

Not affiliated with the human ass.

"When he’s not busy trying to help us all through one of his amazing podcasts, Merlin Mann is..."

Thu, 31 May 2012 16:13:28 -0500

“When he’s not busy trying to help us all through one of his amazing podcasts, Merlin Mann is dreaming about wonderful things. These are those things.”

- Merlin Mann’s Wishlist. Not a beg. Just a high-five. How great are computers, amirite? And, people. And, RSS. And, Amazon. And, let’s be honest here, how great is this sweet-ass 24″ x 36″ poster of X-Men #100?. Just sayin’. (via merlin)

This is a neat idea. I’d love to see a how-to on this.

mrsbadcrumble: A coworker just got this product in this box out...

Thu, 31 May 2012 15:24:16 -0500

mrsbadcrumble:

A coworker just got this product in this box out of the machine in our bathroom. We’re wondering if it’s been in there since 1977.

Gards! SEIZE THEM!

tea-andoranges: thepinesaredancing: I die. haha

Thu, 31 May 2012 15:01:53 -0500

tea-andoranges:

thepinesaredancing:

I die.

haha

rachelmck: ghaas: 1969 Fender Rhodes Student Model What a...

Thu, 31 May 2012 14:24:57 -0500

rachelmck:

ghaas:

1969 Fender Rhodes Student Model

What a beauty.

Wow!

Advice For A Generation Of Men

Thu, 31 May 2012 14:13:11 -0500

Advice For A Generation Of Men:

I just found this Tumblr today (thanks to Modern Primate). You should check it out (even if you’re a lady).

taff1973 replied to your post: For the first time in almost 35 years, I’m attempting to not...

Thu, 31 May 2012 14:03:39 -0500

taff1973 replied to your post: For the first time in almost 35 years, I’m attempting to not give a fuck about what other people think about me.

Good luck, let me know what the secret is?

There is no secret. Just stop doing it.

My whole life, part of my brain has been trying to calculate in real time what people think of me at any given moment - how I’m walking, how I’m talking, how I’m listening - it’s pretty rough. So, I’m just not going to do that anymore.