May 2007
WatchWill Ferrell - The Landlord
“the Government is now considering granting powers to “Stop and Quiz”...”
– Between the Hammer and the Anvil
Better living through self deception (kottke.org) →
Interesting article about how people tell their stories and think of their past experiences and how that influences their mood and general outlook on life.
120 immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria arrive in... →
More bollocks from The World’s Worst Newspaper.
“a prancing sack of mum-rock and self-pity”
– Robbie Williams defined by Flying Rodent
I HATE IT HERE: Everything indie sucks now -... →
“You like to eat food and pay your rent? Then put on a clean shirt and do your...”
– The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs on how to motivate “ambitious”, “demanding” Gen Y-ers.
“However bad you think it’s going to be, it’s actually going to be...”
– Thoughts on the imminent smoking ban in England from one who knows. Between the Hammer and the Anvil: Hands Across The Border
“An extra dimension of time is not enough. You also need an additional dimension...”
– A Two-Time Universe? Physicist Explores How Second Dimension of Time Could Unify Physics Laws
“Police are asking people to be wary of buying the chocolate from people on the...”
– Crumbs! Lancashire chocolate thieves take Flakes | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
“feel free to send in some ideas about why Microsoft has no cult. My theory is it...”
– The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs
“It’s like seeing a fight break out at the Special Olympics. The two...”
– The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs
“What’s that? You say there is a YouTube channel devoted to discussing the...”
– Crooked Timber » » Well There Goes the Weekend
“Thing is, we really don’t want old people using iPods. Ruins the image....”
– The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs
“I don’t want to use the term DRM any longer.”
– HBO’s Bob Zitter (via Epicenter - Wired Blogs)
“We knew that Google was going to get better every single day as we worked on it,...”
– The Long Tail: Google’s case against marketing
Numbers follow a surprising law of digits, and... →
Does your house address start with a 1? According to a strange mathematical law, about 1/3 of house numbers have 1 as their first digit. The same holds true for many other areas that have almost nothing in common: the Dow Jones index history, size of files stored on a PC, the length of the world’s rivers, the numbers in newspapers’ front page headlines, and many more.
“Married teacher ‘made pupil play xylophone during sex’”
– Married teacher ‘made pupil play xylophone during sex’ | the Daily Mail
“The sleazy low-rent moralising blood-soaked mountebank scumbag is announcing his...”
– LENIN’S TOMB
Imagini Visual Profile :: Vaginaholic →
My new favourite word.
“The IBM Personal Computer can be tailored to fit the user’s needs. A basic...”
– IBM PC Announcement 1981
WatchPaleo-Future: Online Shopping (1967)
Apple 2.0: Apple's Outsize Presence on Web 2.0 →
“A crash reduces Your expensive computer To a simple stone.”
– Microsoft Windows Errors - in Haiku
MIT Technology Review: Different →
Inside (sort of) Apple’s industrial-design machine.
WatchChris Anderson with Will Hearst - FORA.tv
Blast from the Past: Apple Introduces "Easier to... →
ain't that the fuckin truth
Robert: Girls only think they want funny guys
Robert: They really only want moderately humorous guys
Robert: If they're too funny they go in the friend zone
