March 2008
55 posts
Just returned from my favorite Vietnamese restaurant. Naturally, I ordered a Thai dish.
Flip Video →
Merlin Mann has made mention of this video camera a couple of times. It’s compact, easy to use, and inexpensive ($150). We have a nice video camera that’s not too big, but still big enough that we don’t use it much. This thing seems perfect. Even has an underwater housing.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-3-30) →
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Leo Kottke
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Queens of the Stone Age
Rush
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
How long can a normal, healthy 8 week old kitten...
(via topherchris)
Don’t worry. Shouldn’t hurt the snake at all. Matter of fact, kittens are an excellent source of protein.
“There are a lot of wonky reasons to prefer a single-insurer model, but there are...”
– Obsidian Wings: Read It And Weep - Discussing Wal-Marts despicable decision to sue a brain-damaged former employee for damages she won in a lawsuit (WSJ article).
Kremlin Orders 3,200 Mice. No One Knows Why →
The bulk buy has been shrouded in secrecy. Apparently all that is known is that the requirements were that the mice had to be female and weigh no more than 18 grams each. Maybe they have 3,200 male mice that need companionship. Totally innocent.
marco: I just figured out that a quart is called a quart because it’s a quarter gallon. You have just taken your first step into a larger world.
Wikipedia: Anglo-Zanzibar War →
inky: The Anglo-Zanzibar War was fought between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar on 27 August 1896. With a duration of only 38 minutes, it holds the record of being the shortest war in recorded history.
I love this bit:
As a final act, Britain demanded payment from the Zanzibar government to pay for the shells fired on the country.
Pentagon: Inventory ordered of all U.S. nukes →
I’ll be out in the backyard digging my bomb shelter.
Egg McMuffin inventor dies at 89 →
A moment of silence on this momentously sad occasion, please.
“This is a fantastically provocative and interesting development! The ingredients...”
– Phil Plait (Life’s cauldron may be bubbling underneath Enceladus)
Siberian, Native American Languages Linked -- A... →
A fast-dying language in remote central Siberia shares a mother tongue with dozens of Native American languages spoken thousands of miles away, new research confirms.
“If the Solar Paint project gets off the ground, it is expected that they would...”
– Inhabitat » Paint on Solar Power!
Not finding any flaws in my plan to get a trained squirrel to do mundane tech support tasks. Just need to sneak it into the budget.
maniacalrage:
Tip: Double-knot your shoes I see people stopping on the street to re-tie their shoes all the time. Not once in the last 15 years have I had to re-tie my shoes. The secret is a simple double-knot. It takes only a moment more and saves you time in the long run.
You can actually do a little bit better by using the Turtle Knot. It has all the benefits of a double-knot, but is as...
Huge Antarctic ice chunk collapses →
Stupid Antarctic ice.
McCain versus McCain →
randomonium: The DNC just launched this Web site pitting McCain in debates against himself. Too good. McCain sure is a straight-talker.
“I don’t know where it was. It think it may have been a reader blog at...”
– Josh Marshall
Giant sea creatures found in Antarctic search →
What a misleading headline. A 12-foot jellyfish and a 2-foot wide starfish do not qualify as giant sea creatures. Neither of those things could sink a cruise ship.
Pilot's gun discharges on US Airways flight →
I’ll bet that was a real sphincter clencher for the passengers.
Being Poor →
dailymeh: By John Scalzi. I somehow missed it when it was fresh. I missed it, too. Wow.
“I mean, I could go down the list and continue on, but you get the point. I was...”
– John Cole (My Iraq War Retrospective)
“Blue lights flashing like a mutant shoppers’ special at a postnuclear K mart, a...”
– Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins. This is why I love his writing. The imagery is unmatchable to anything I’ve ever read. (via amwelles)
One of my favorite lines is from Villa Incognito: “The afternoon passed more slowly than a walnut-sized kidney stone”. Good stuff. Check out...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-3-23) →
Rush
Yo La Tengo
Leo Kottke
Bob Dylan
Led Zeppelin
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Narcissism →
Celebrity sex tape challenge
errorgorilla:
johnbrissenden: My friend H and I were recently playing that old childhood favourite, The Celebrity Sex Tape You’d Least Like To See. I beat H out the park with Rosie O’Donnell. Reblog with your answer. Sick. My nomination: Brian May and Anita Dobson.
Don Rickles and Phyliss Diller
How many of us are on Twitter? →
deltafoxtrot:
mirza: amwelles: deplorableword: I’m on Twitter, if you’d like to follow me. How about the rest of us? I’m there, with the same name. I am there too and my name is still mirza I Twitter- keep forgetting about it though.
Me too, but haven’t used it lately. Maybe that will change after following and being followed by other tumblr folks. fuddmain on twitter....
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-3-16) →
Rush
John Fahey
Yo La Tengo
Apollo Sunshine
R.E.M.
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Little Boxes, by Malvina Reynolds →
mirza: if you are into poetry, read it. That’s the opening song on Weeds. Most cool.
Hussein's Iraq and al Qaeda not linked, Pentagon... →
No shit? Really? Never would have guessed. You mean our fearless, flight-suited leader lied to us? I’m stunned. Shocked. My gast has been flabbered.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-3-9) →
Nine Inch Nails
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Rush
Doc Watson
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Bush vetoes bill banning waterboarding →
squashed: Alright, McCain, this is your chance to prove yourself. Head to Washington. Rally your party, override that veto. Talk about how this is the America you love and how we’re a great nation and don’t need to torture people. Talk about loving the troops if you want to. You can even make it a political stunt for all I care. But do the right thing. Considering he voted against the...
“I really don’t know how long it will take to repair the damage these bedwetting...”
– John Cole (Balloon Juice)
“This is fucking ridiculous. You literally cannot go one fucking day without...”
– Thepanzer (in the comments at Balloon Juice)