June 2008
“The average American walks about 900 miles/year. Americans drink, on average, 22...”
– Shawn King - Twitter
Ugh.
marco:
Just got my first Firefox 3 permanent-tooltip bug.
Do they ever fix any bugs over there, or are they too busy making standard interface components “awesome”?
“Listening to You Look Nice Today and I’ve figured out what me next Halloween...”
– Charles Davis, singlehandedly blowing open the untapped market for filthy, cork-bearded men in fishnets. Well played, sir. [re] (via youlooknicetoday)
“I have been, and still am, angry at being mediocre.”
– Denis Diderot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baconhenge and other worthwhile pork-related craft... →
(Via Kent Nichols)
Berocca - Blogger Relief →
(Via Robert Brook)
A Remarkable Photo From Tornado Country →
Remarkable it is. The photography nerd in me is even more impressed that it’s rather well composed too. Screw sharpness and motion blur; it’s taken during a tornado, for chrissakes, and probably through a window, too. Just snapping that photo is incredible. That it’s a good photograph too is amazing. (Via John “Jiminy” Gruber)
“I suggest the deletionist wankers go and cluster around an alternate online...”
– Tim Bray, on Wikipedia’s “deletionist morons.” (via merlin)
“I froze your tears, and made a dagger
And stabbed it in my cock, forever
It...”
– David Brent
Overheard In The Office (via peterwknox)
CSR, on speakerphone: And where would you like this order shipped?
Secretary: 123 Main St.*, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
CSR : We don't ship out of the country.
Secretary: That's fine, but this address is in the country.
CSR : No, you said to ship it to New Mexico.
Secretary: Yes, New Mexico is a state in the US.
CSR : Sorry, but we can't ship out of the US.
Secretary: Do you have a supervisor I can talk to, please?
[Long pause.]
CSR supervisor: This is Tim. Can I help you?
Secretary: I hope so, Tim. Your employee doesn't seem to understand that New Mexico is a state in the United States, and so refuses to ship me your product.
Supervisor: Well, that's true. We can't ship out of the country. I'm sorry ma'am.
Secretary, raising her voice a little: Have you never even heard of the state of New Mexico? It's one of the big, square ones? It's right between Texas and Arizona? It's one of the 50 United States?
Supervisor: I'm sorry, it's just our policy not to ship out of the US.
Secretary: Tim, let me get this straight. Your company is going to lose a $14,000 order because the people in your customer service department are too moronic to know or comprehend that the state of New Mexico is a part of the United States?
Supervisor: Yes, ma'am. That's our policy.
Secretary, completely exasperated: Well, I guess there's nothing more to be said, is there?
Supervisor: No, ma'am. Have a nice day.
Watch‘Warcraft’ Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing ‘Warcraft’ | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source (Via Rands)
“On January 14, 1918, an assassination attempt (an attempt to kill Lenin) was...”
– Vladimir Lenin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thankfully, not all writing on Wikipedia is this bad.
Pieter Hugo Photography - The Hyena & Other Men →
Yousuf Karsh's portrait of Winston Churchill →
A photographer with, apparently, balls of cast iron.
Illcompost.net →
My new blog. In English this time around.
Intelligent people 'less likely to believe in God'... →
“Bud Lite’s subway campaign is “Drinkability!” Must be...”
– Remiel - Twitter