January 2012
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December 2011
3 posts
November 2011
10 posts
“But next to Romney, Gingrich seems authentic. Next to Herman Cain, Gingrich...”
– My Man Newt, by Maureen Dowd
I may have to change the title of this blog.
“American Airlines is being fined almost a million dollars for keeping passengers...”
– This fella Jonas Polsky writes some really good late-night-style monologue jokes.
Yelping with Cormac: Westfield Shopping Mall →
yelpingwithcormac:
You aint dyin in no shopping mall bathroom…
Yelping with Cormac: The Taco Trilogy →
A collection of Cormac McCarthy’s Yelp.com reviews of Taco Bell. It’s a trilogy.
Set in the gray villages of a desertbound country, The Taco Trilogy is a taut, brooding Yelp review epic about a fateful taco and a mysterious wanderer who is consumed by a quixotic quest for truth.
Taco Bell, Review I
Taco Bell, Review II
Taco Bell, Review III
“Asking computer nerds to design social software is a little bit like hiring a...”
– A great article by Maciej over on the Pinboard blog.
I think the reason it’s so difficult (if not impossible) to easily define the nature of a social connection is that it’s just a product of its environment and circumstance. He compares the Facebook of today to the AOL of yesteryear. I think a...
October 2011
6 posts
“We’re coming close to a tipping point in America where we might have a net...”
– … so we should make it harder for the “takers” to climb the socioeconomic ladder? What? (from TPM)
WatchI would watch this movie.
Also, big props to the (uncredited) Ali Wong!
50/50
“50/50” is the story of Adam, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, a 27-year-old who finds out he has a rare form of cancer. The story follows his diagnosis and treatment and his life as a producer for public radio, and, most of all, his relationship with his buddy, played by Seth Rogen.
Seth Rogen comfortably plays yet another bombastic chucklehead, but it’s not overbearing. He...
September 2011
6 posts
R.I.P. The Andy Rooney Game →
Joe Mande’s top-five Andy Rooney Games, wherein he edits Andy Rooney’s segment on 60 Minutes down to just the first and last sentence. Surprisingly hilarious (though that’s what I’ve come to expect from Joe Mande).
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“I refuse to believe corporations are people until Texas executes one.”
– Ara Rubya via @DanonNewsNet (via soupsoup)
“when you fire up Apple’s Xcode and start building CocoaTouch applications in...”
– Having spent a nontrivial amount of time working in Eclipse, I think I know what “sort of love” I prefer.
(via Daring Fireball Linked List: The Unfamiliar)
I just found this clip of my friend Natasha Muse...
Yelping with Cormac: Dolores Park →
yelpingwithcormac:
Mission - San Francisco, CA
Cormac M. | Author | A dusty home at the end of a road, NM
Three stars
He sat down next to the others. Studiously ragtag bohemians carefully squandering the waking hours. Pieces of a conversation that when added weighed nothing and meant nothing . He stopped…
First 3D Rendered Film (from 1972) →
This fella’s dad worked with Ed Catmull at the University of Utah and has digitized a very early Catmull film (maybe the first?).
August 2011
16 posts
“HURRICANE JEANNE DISCUSSION NUMBER 5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM...”
– xkcd
So, Steve Jobs has left his role as Apple’s CEO. Like, for good this time. It’s a shame, but it was inevitable, and it sounds like everything’s running pretty well down in Cupertino anyway.
For the purposes of this anecdote, it’s worth noting that I grew up entirely surrounded by Macs. My mom is a graphic designer. My step-dad runs a chain of computer stores that only sells Macs, which is now...
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A Farewell to Arms ★★★★
I really liked this book, but I think I would’ve changed the ending to “they become a happy family and wait out the war in Switzerland and then live on a farm somewhere and I don’t cry into my chili at the West Portal Squat ‘n’ Gobble.”
“[Steve Jobs is] the anchor baby of an activist Arab muslim who came to the U.S....”
– What they’re “protecting” us from - Anil Dash
Anil Dash is a smart guy. √
“I’m a lady so I don’t take a book into the bathroom, but I’ll admit that I have...”
– Amy-Jane is a delightful lady. You should read her Twitter feed. Or at least this 50-for-50 interview with her.
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My Drunk Iron Chef Kitchen →
Hey, I’m in this thing tonight. My Drunk Kitchen is a funny thing. I am going to attempt to bring my funny to this funny thing. It’s like cooking. Fuck, I gotta get out of bed.
Watchjoemande:
R.I.P. Lopez Tonight.
July 2011
13 posts
WatchSan Francisco is a fine place to live (via pblair).
“A torte, covered in glistening fruit, a lie as old as memory. Its flavor...”
– Cormac McCarthy on Yelp: The Cheesecake Factory, by EDW-Lynch.
Jeepers
Watch“When Jesse Has No Job” by Jesse Fernandez
Man, Jesse’s making some great stuff these days.
(via courtingcomedy)
“Cormac McCarthy on Yelp: Papalote Mexican Grill”
– EDW-L has found a Yelp review left by Cormac McCarthy