August 2009
34 posts
Two Open Letters
Dear Texans,
Please do not call the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Driver License Division while I am trying to call. Hearing the “our lines are busy, please call back later” message while I’m just trying to update my address is getting pretty annoying.
-Kevin
Related:
Dear Texas Department of Public Safety Driver License Division,
Please do one of the...
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Shark < Cat
That’s not a “less than” sign. It’s an “eats” sign.
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You Know What Would Be Cool?
If you tagged a post #shark or #cat, your avatar was pimped to include the shark or cat for that post.
If you tag a post #shark, your avatar has the shark overlay.
If you tag a post #cat, your avatar has the cat overlay.
If you tag a post #shark and #cat, your avatar has the shark overlay. Because sharks are better than cats.
“The trouble is that you think you have time.
But you don’t. You never will....”
– From Surfer magazine (via snickerdoodle & elizablr)
I had to cancel AT&T U-verse because I’m moving this week, so I was gearing up for a phone tree from hell that would lead me to an unhelpful representative who would make me jump through hoops to cancel.
In a strange twist of fate, I said “Operator” at the prompt and I was immediately transferred to a real-life human being. I asked her to be transferred to U-verse billing,...
Facebook Wall Excerpts
This evening, I went into the FB archives.
I have no idea when I actually created my account. I can find emails from FB from before December ‘05 (when I moved off my school email address), but the earliest wall post I can still see is from September 6, 2006.
While trying to figure out how far back the wall kept updates, I stumbled across quite a few random wall posts that need a lot of...
The Candy Man
In Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, why do all the kids get free candy in the candy shop during the “Candy Man” song, but when Charlie comes in to buy chocolate, the candy man causes a big scene when Charlie doesn’t pay immediately?
A Question for the Coders
I’ve always been curious about the difference between “class” and “id” in HTML.
One of my coworkers tried to explain to me why it was important to use “id” when there would be only one instance of a given object on a page, but I don’t think I was really able to process the explanation.
My question was largely based around the fact that you have...
“Every ounce of everything I believe in was impossible three years ago …...”
– Gary Vaynerchuk
elizablr:
Lately I’ve noticed that, out of the kids I graduated High School with, it’s the ones that were average students, at best, that are now teachers….
Perhaps that is what is wrong with our education system - the cheerleader who always confused they’re, there, and their* is now a lanugage arts/english teacher.
*Seriously, I have the signed yearbook to proove it.
Ha. I can’t stand...
Their was a robbery, so there probably missing a lot of they’re valuables.*
*This statement should make you’re^ skin crawl.
^As should this.
TUAW's Response to Calacanis →
Apparently, Marco actually has a last name.
“Dunkin Donuts Coffee = Coffee Beans + Donut Dust + Crack”
– Ali
A Glimpse into "The Church of Facebook"
The Church of Facebook, by Jesse Rice
“God is great.
Beer is good.
And people are crazy.”
– Billy Currington
Pet Peeve:
People who spell the word “Congratulations” with a “d” instead of a “t.”
“We have to pay debt to the sources of our being. That includes mom and dad. That...”
– Cornel West (via azspot)
Clunkers
This morning, I was watching the most trusted newsman in America as he covered what happened with “Cash For Clunkers,” and I got a bit confused. There were all kinds of reports about people being mad about how the government failed to run the program for as long as it was planned … that it was an example of how they shouldn’t be managing out healthcare or whatever.
What...
“Friggin’ liar-heads is what they are.”
– Ali
If I had to pick an internet girlfriend this...
delbertshoopman:
I would totally pick Cary Randolph. One of my favorite blogs for a long time… Her daily doses of summer make me miss the mid-west, her drinking adventures in NYC make me smile, she’s always running like 500miles a day, & I can only imagine her real life presence to be seraphic. Follow her… you won’t be disappointed.
I can’t help but absolutely agree.
“They talk once in a while in as few pained words as possible about...”
– Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance