May 2013
8 posts
Alan wont stop calling me Trollbridge
johneveretttrowbridge:
So I am starting an online campaign to get everybody to starting calling him “Alan Puke-Zinski” starting immediately. Join me.
Do you seriously think you can hurt Alan by calling him names?
Threaten to steal his gold if he ever again sets foot on a bridge.
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Google Starship
Google I/O begins tomorrow. It’s a big annual conference for developers and the like, hosted by Google. The Google New York office is hosting “Google I/O Extended”, where people who can’t be in San Francisco for whatever reason are going to watch Google I/O events on a big TV.
I’ll be in the New York office.
One of the items on the program is a game that will run...
Stop Giving Your Money to Rich People on... →
nicolemarietherese:
Alan Jones on why Kickstarter campaigns for ‘Wish I Was Here’ and ‘Veronica Mars’ have set a terrible precedent
This definitely qualifies as yucking other people’s yums but it explores some stuff that’s been bumming me out about kickstarter. Crowd-sourcing is about people with small scale financial means but without large-scale power being able to help art happen. That’s...
“Xenoarchaeology is a hypothetical form of archaeology that exists mainly in the...”
– Xenoarchaeology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3 is a film that explores the question, “Who or what is Iron Man?”
At the start of the film, Tony Stark is struggling with how to handle the events of The Avengers. He has witness some pretty incredible stuff, including bickering Norse gods from outer space and invading aliens from another dimension, meanwhile he is, as he describes himself to Pepper, “just a man in a can.”
(It’s...
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April 2013
21 posts
shortbreadsh:
erikawithac:
I have been applying for jobs constantly for the last four months and have literally not gotten so much as a call back. I haven’t gotten an interview for ANYTHING, barista, produce stocker, data entry, nothing. At what point do you just give up and just become a homeless loser?
PS my laptop harddrive just died AGAIN and my warranty is expired so thats cool its not...
“Bitcoin is exactly the mandate from the masses that Dennis would have approved...”
– sednet, Linode Forum :: BitCoin Discussion
Poorly written children’s show
Scientist: The other scientists will love to study our little friend here.
Boy: But Dr. Chu, he's not a discovery, he's my friend!
Chris Griswold: Thoughts after seeing Jurassic... →
uncannybrettwhite:
timmylovesjulie:
1. Why was the triceratops sick? 2. Jeff Goldblum is the best. 3. John Hammond should have died at the hands (or jaws) of the beasts, Dr. Frankenstein style. 4. I really wish we could go back in time and re-do Jurassic Park 2. There was a lot of potential for this as a…
I loved “Lost World” when it came out. I was in middle school and not a discerning...
“Oh when the chips were down, these people who say they love the gay community...”
– Tony Campolo (via 2timesdaily)
“At Google, the ad sales org is physically situated away from the rest of the...”
– Startup adventures abound!: Why Dave McClure is wrong about MBAs in startups (sorta)
“Because they share a rendering engine, developer effort to ensure Chrome...”
– Chrome Blink FAQ
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March 2013
36 posts
Watchlaughingsquid:
Comedy Hack Day 2013
I was at this event. I’m glad this (the Shout Roulette demo) is online, because it’s really funny. You should watch it.
During the pitch session at the start, Matt Klinman had, like, seven good ideas. (Most everybody else had one sorta-OK idea.)
Watchsebsational:
sometimes there’s videos that make me happy to exist on this planet
Also, this.
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“If our universe was a simulation you could totally tell. There’d be things like...”
– Sean Ansorge, on Facebook (inspired by this SMBC cartoon)
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“you have a lot of young, hopeful, unrich people, and a lot of older, less...”
– Paul Ford. (via jimray)
