January 2008
120 posts
Another Dane Cook parody. I don't like him →
Typography for the win →
Listen
I wish my conversations could be this disjointed. ...
Munson: i'm confused, does that store sell rims? total non sequitur, but "She really enjoys her peas" is a sentence that just wouldn't work if it was said aloud.
Simko: I'd ask where that came from but instead I'll just confirm you being right
Munson: there were some peas in the freezer. there not mine. i assume there gabby's roommate's. i suppose i shouldn't eat her peas.
Simko: ...
Munson: i misused they're twice. i know but i just wanted to get to the part about eating herpes
Simko: ...
Munson: give it a while, it'll sink in
Simko: like a VD
Munson: like herpes
Simko: I just saw a great cartoon - summarized "I just had a baby... it was delicious."
Munson: ah. she ate the baby
Simko: Apparently
Munson: i wonder if she had a side of peas
Jack Thompson makes sense
Brian: You mean you're OK with mass effect?
Jack: Of course. This contrived controversy is absolutely ridiculous. Report that, why don't you?
The town that measures life in 15-second intervals →
Failed Openings
I was stuck on the assignment “House of Prayer” and tried writing story openings until I got an idea.
“There is no God here tonight,” he muttered to the woman.
“I’m a master of the occult,” pleaded the man at my door.
I heard a sound like bodies rotting coming from the Church.
“I’m only here for the wafers.”
There was something about conning Quakers that didn’t seem Kosher.
...
A story that had to be told →
“‘Canadian’ was the new derogatory term that racist Southerners were using...”
– Southern racists adopt “Canadian” as a euphemism for “black” - Boing Boing
New Theme! (dannyhasabook)
Dear fellow internet buddies,
Yes! It’s 1:19 AM and I just released my new theme. It’s a facebook-style tumbleog.
Check it out!
It’s got twitter integration, (last.fm to come soon), as well as other little things here and there that you can click on.
It’s based completely out of the facebook “News Feed” home page. I was seriously considering making it...
Rob’s Party Mix from Cloverfield →
WatchA lighter being lit in slow motion — mox— ianbroyles— poortaste — peterwknox — macuyiko
Make your own tumblelog
Has anyone ever played around with Drupal, Xaraya, Textpattern, Wordpress, Modxcms? If no, they are some great CMS (content management systems), a set of scripts that create all the pages, admin area, etc. With those you can do lots of things.
Recently, developers created new CMS dedicated to tumblelogs. Most commons are: Bazooka, Gelato, Ozimodo and Tumble.
Why you should use them (or not use...
People are dumb →
Matt Brett's baby was born and I missed it! →
Why users should not be CEOs
Wanted to answer these: Tumblr’s Future and why 21 year olds should not be CEOs and Tumblr’s Future
The biggest part of running a service like Tumblr (or Hype Machine) is saying no. You may notice that people don’t like hearing no, in response to their very real concerns about a free service. So the conversations above will only happen more frequently.
David and Marco...
Mibbit - Ajax Web-based IRC Client →
Meebo should buy this, it’s pretty slick. Come chat with us! #tumblrs at irc.freenode.net — livejamie
Nice app, but the design is terrible
“I only do this because I’m having fun. The day I stop having fun,...”
– Heath Ledger, Vanity Fair (August 2000)
“Do you ever do something…and then think to yourself…...”
– Zach Galifianakis
WatchThis Vimeo thing is pretty cool. Much better than YouTube.
I did this a couple of weeks ago while trying to learn After Effects. Just for fun. Needs sound (fx, as well as background audio) and other stuff.
— dannygarcia
This is really beautiful.
Heath Ledger is dead. →
I will be on MSNBC tonight at 9:30 pm to discuss it.
The AP is reporting that his housekeeper found him dead at 3:30 pm today, with pills “strewn around him.”
Jesus. This is insane. And so sad. God.
— juliaallison
I didn’t even believe it when I first read it - I thought it had to be some kind of sick joke.
R.I.P. Heath.
— goodbyegoodbye
Work Week
Today is my first attempt to stick to some sort of work schedule, ie, actually working for a block of several hours without web-goofing or napping or reading. — jakoblodwick
I know exactly what you mean, Jakob. I can’t seem to work for long periods of time on any project without web-goofing, as you say.
Bobby Fischer, Troubled Genius of Chess, Dies at... →
Soulja Boy Has A Talk With His Son →
Hey, someone used a photo of mine! Awesome! →
CSS Gradient Text Effect →
