July 2008
Delicious 2.0 Launches. Really. It Totally... →
(via kodewulf)
24 hours after cancelling my PutMeOutOfMyMobileMisery account, still disinfecting my iPhone
The Biggest Campaign Story You Aren't Hearing...
gregbrown:
Obama’s roots as a community organizer are well documented, as well as how his experiences have led him to favor boosting campaign staff to record levels over carpetbombing the airwaves with ads. But what you haven’t heard about is what those staff are doing: building a tremendously huge database and laying the foundations for what will be a monumental push as we near election day in...
“While some say that Marx is irrelevant today, I maintain that the time of...”
– Gregory Esteven, in The Monthly Review (via mattlanger)
mattlanger:
After reading bittentongue’s observations on the Exxon story, I was reminded of Zizek’s review of Hardt & Negri’s Empire, which contains this relevant chestnut:
Marx located the elementary capitalist antagonism in the opposition between use-value and exchange value: in capitalism, the potentials of this opposition are fully realized, the domain of exchange-value acquires...
A flicker of hope for us Scrabble loving peeps →
antikris:
I say FUCK the HASBRO/MATTEL version and go for the ghettofied new Scrabulous. Fucking corporate America. Bleck
thedaytheytriedtokillme:
Incomplete Sentences: is it the latest quiz that all the kids are posting on myspace? No, it’s an official National Security Agency form that instructs you to “Finish these sentences to express your real feelings.” My answers appear in bold.
I always wanted to be an astronaut
I can’t stop blogging national secrets
If my father would only read my blog
People think...
How much does this stink? →
nwsppr:
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has been cleared of unlawfully surrendering to pressure from Saudi Arabia when it dropped a corruption inquiry into a lucrative arms deal.
The then SFO Director Robert Wardle was praised by the Law Lords for taking a “courageous decision” in late 2006 in the face of Saudi threats to withdraw co-operation on anti-terrorism. The director resisted the...
Stephen Fry » Well worth the wait →
thesophie:
Stephen Fry talking about the iPhone and its apps. Is this a jhnbrssndn wet dream?
Only if he also dropped in some references to US politics. Otherwise the little hand stays stuck at six o’clock.
My first telemarketer hang up, ever.
Me: Hello?
Person: Hello, my name is Alex. How are you today?
Me: What?
Person: Hello, my name is Alex. How are you today?
Me: Does it mattter?
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
frangry: oof
frangry: THROW
frangry: UP
frangry: id rather fuck mary rambin
frangry: and i hate that cunt
bagcoffee: but she has such strong hands...
frangry: exactly....
Edinburgh Festival Diary 29th July 2008
thesophie:
Yes. The Fopp staff in Edinburgh are total winners. For those of you who can’t make out what’s going on here (what are you, an idiot?), this is a staff recommendation for The Wicker Man and under “why we like it” Steven (the hero) has written… “A great sing along soundtrack. Like Grease with more breasts. Best Scottish film ever?” Steven is obviously a hero. What else happened today?...
Two neat new iPhone things [WITH VIDEO!]
lonelysandwich:
When a person has an idea for software and puts together an engaging piece of video to demonstrate it, everyone wins. Today everyone wins twice.
First, the app known as MagicPad, which will soon be in the App Store, seems to be the closest thing to a real(ish) text editor to make it to the iPhone. Little things we take for granted on the desktop, such as variable fonts, have...
Watching the charcoal turn white, with a cold Corona in one hand and a Marlboro Menthol in the other.
Up with the lark before starting a summer school for 16-17 yr olds. Oh, and there’d better not be any MAD MEN spoilers on my dashboard
TumblePhone →
claudia:
matthewb:
The feedback on my recent iPhone interface for Tumblr was that it was difficult to set up, so I’ve made it easier. You can now direct users to an iPhone-optimised version of your Tumblr site using a URL like this:
http://tumblephone.com/<username>/
The core of the resulting site is the same as for the self-hosted version, with none of the hassle. If you use it, let me...
Predictions about Oliver Stone's new Bush biopic
karion:
When I am someday asked why, exactly, I formed a CajunBoy fan club, I am going to politely refer to the cinematic abortion line.
cajunboy:
This thing is going to suck more rotting assholes than a coked-out Charles Nelson Reilly in the men’s room at Studio 54. Judging by the trailer, it’s appears to be nothing more than a rushed into production rehashing of every salacious rumor about...
oh god, i can sure as hell believe it.
nudawn:
Hey buddy, the word you’re looking for is DENIAL. Putting a dress on it doesn’t make you straight, it makes you in the closet, or at the very least bi-sexual. Granted, anal stimulation is a commonly enjoyed by men and women, but if you like getting pounded in the ass with the peen, you’re probably a mo and just havent come to terms. But hey, if putting a dress on it makes you feel...
Welcome to my world, sister.
sarahbeara:
I’m trying to reconcile my need for social interaction with my disdain for humankind.
It’s not working.
“Objectified is a documentary about industrial design; it’s about the...”
–
Objectified: A Documentary Film by Gary “Helvetica” Hustwit
I do not like Bob Marley
alohanico:
I just remembered one of the hipsters that works with my friend at the Fashion Group had just gotten a Bob Marley tattoo the day before we all went out this weekend. Why you would choose to display your terrible taste in music on your shoulder is beyond me.
I get that Bob Marley really speaks to that white upper-middle class upbringing of yours, but seriously, can’t you just buy a cd...
That's "mature" as in "should have been drowned at...
Mature Student: We need to bring those African midwives over here and teach them about health issues and sterilization.
Prof: Well we can't really do that then because that's colonialism...[]...and if i did that I'd probably end up in jail, but I've been in many jails before, so it could be an ethnographic experiment.
Asperger Test →
awesome-everyday:
peterwknox:
editorlisa:mikehudack:spiegelman:( via unicornology )
I scored a 9. Average Man should be twice that. And I would need 32 to be considered a contestant for Aspergers.
Well, answers THAT question.
I scored a 12. No duh.
I got fucking 25. Eek.
“In other words, Tony Blair fully integrated the UK into Bush’s torture regime.”
– Daily Kos: UK torture coverup unravels (via robot-heart)
What is imperialism? (continued)
Back on 22 July I posted a quote from Adolph Reed, Jr., a political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania, in which he suggested that an Obama presidency would “further legitimize the imperialist orientation of US foreign policy”. Dan then quite reasonably picked up on the I-word, and asked what it meant. Specifically
What policies or practices of the United States...
Mr T's Secret
cultshasha:
My brother called yesterday, he said he was unhappy to be working the entire weekend. He’s a chief working in the kitchen at one of those My Hotels in London. Mr T of A team fame apparently owns the My Hotel chain, it’s very up market and my brother finds himself making food for a few celebrities, he made Christopher Lloyd’s dinner last week for example.
It’s a good as it sounds...
“Inflation and recession are now tightening their grip on the economy with every...”
– People Before Profit Charter
“in a world threatened by war over declining resources – water, land, oil, of...”
– Jeremy Seabrook: Glasgow East revealed the empty heart of New Labour
And the Oscar™ goes to: The Dark Night original...
So OK, I’m something of a soundtracks nerd, but for my money this is the best Batman soundtrack since Danny Elfman’s original score back in 1989.
Oh, and the Batman-as-W meme that’s been doing the rounds? I dunno, I mean certainly seeing the film with that knowledge made me more aware of it, but you’d have to be hard of thinking not to see it - the script really clobbers...
