March 2009
26 posts
“Democracy is not my faith. And American democracy is not my idol. To see the...”
– Cornel West (via azspot)
Why Does Improv.com Redirect?
Can someone please explain to me why www.improv.com redirects to www.improv2.com?
Take a look at improv2.com’s whois record … notice anything interesting about the registered contact’s domain? It’s @ improv.com.
This would suggest that the people running the Improv Comedy Club website (www.improv2.com) have access to the improv.com domain, but they would rather host...
My new Facebook public page along with a "vanity...
bijan:
Last night I set up a public page on Facebook. My friends at Facebook also helped me set up a “vanity url” so you can find this page by simply going to http://www.facebook.com/bijansabet
It seems like the process of getting a vanity url is much less protected and restricted than it has been in the past. Obviously, they haven’t opened up the floodgates to let everyone in on the...
Chat at Work
Customer (via Me): "I believe the server is being provisioned.Thanks again and God bless you."
Me: So I've got that going for me ... which is nice.
Coworker: Yep, that's why you are called The Evangelist.
Me: Amen.
Convenience Charge
“Your payment made on 3/21/2009 for the amount of $6.55 and fee in the amount of $1.70 from credit card number ************ has been successfully submitted. “
In order to pay my water bill online, I have to pay a $1.70 fee to Western Union Speedpay. My convenience would appear to be worth a 25% premium.
Stupid.
Let's play out a conversation in our heads so I... →
hellamike:
Me: I can’t deal with all of your shoes.
Ali: Why?
Me: They are all in the living room.
Ali: Oh.
Me: Every pair you own.
Ali: Every pair of shoes you own are in the living room.
Me: Yeah, but I own three pairs of shoes.
Pretty bold assumption that you won’t get into any trouble by having the theoretical argument entirely non-verbally. Ali is giving the impression...
the new seafood diet
ragbag:
here is a trick to help you lose weight: eat sunday night’s leftover sushi on tuesday night.
i am starting to feel very ill—and not in the beastie boys sense.
More of a You Be Illin’ in the Run DMC sense.
“Killing for good? … Listen to yourself … [Insert Awkward Hand...”
– A terrible actor being faux-interviewed just before the credits roll in Boondock Saints
Paradoxical
skeptictank:
I’ve learned that there are two things you should take without a second thought whenever they are offered to you: work and time off of work.
And time off at work. :-)
“When those who love God try to talk about Him, their words are blind lions...”
– Leon Bloy (via beautifulordinaire)
Cafe Owner Thrives with No-Pricing Policy →
(via Justin Smith)
Watchpatrickcassels:
While watching this, I like to imagine a stuffy FAA beuracrat in the back shrugging his shoulders and joining in.
I haven’t flown Southwest in about 5 years. Watching this video almost makes me regret that.
hellamike:
Sometimes I’ll be in a situation where I am looking at myself from a distance and think “Wow, I’m an adult now.”
And then there’s times where I’m pissed off because I forgot to buy Kraft Mac and Cheese at the grocery store to go along with my chicken nuggets. Like this morning.
You must have been in a rush to go spend hundreds of dollars at Candylicious.
No? … That must...
Twitter user @bryanbrinkman has been mentioned about 1500 times on Twitter in the past 18 minutes thanks to @jimmyfallon.
If anyone else happens to be “friends” with Guy Kawasaki on Facebook, be sure to click “less about Guy” when one of his 28 (using yesterday’s total as an example) AllTop auto-posted updates comes across your News feed (Read Mashable’s Fourth Twitter “Brand Voice” Observation).
You’ll be surprised when you’re reminded that other people...
“Now, I’ve never really seen single-purpose flour, but if it exists, I...”
– Mr. Chi City @ 5:06
tmblg:
Fats Waller - Trouble Blues
Feels like...
Complaint #377
whitewhine:
“Why doesn’t my new iPhone allow me to copy and paste? Ugh.”
-Whine by Rebecca
“When did White Whine become as topical as Olivia’s “You are the weakest link … Goodbye” response to Stewie on Family Guy? Ugh.”
Twitter limits search results to 100 pages @ 15 posts per page. There have been 1500 instances of the word “epic” in the last 15 hours. That’s too many.
staff:
Now you can flip between Dashboard pages with the left (←) and right (→) arrow keys. This is great if you’re trying to navigate the Dashboard with a sandwich in one hand.
Let us know if you catch anything acting funny.
I’m a huge fan of this new feature. Now I can procrastinate much more efficiently.
Double-Sided DVDs
Double-sided DVDs don’t make any sense to me. The little label says widescreen (flip-side) which would suggest that you are looking at the top of the widescreen disc, and the player would read the other side … It actually means that you need to flip the disc over to have the top (not the flip-side) read by the DVD player.