November 2008
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terrible puns [zoya has] used to title art papers
zoya:
“De Stijl My Heart”
“Brevity is the Sol Lewitt”
In case this wasn’t already abundantly clear, I fricking love puns.
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“New sign in my office: ‘How do you want your answer? (Choose two) Immediate....”
– Remiel
I like this even better than the more famous triangle.
(via merlin)
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How to Touch a Girl →
ste of The Triforce:
Favourite part:
With anything that’s on her face or hair that might be embarrassing (like a piece of food) you’ll need to decide whether or not to do this. Some girls will be mortified if you tell her she has a dead spider in her hair and offer to pick it off; others will find it humorous.
My favourite part is:
Remember contact with bare skin should...
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“What?! Jaffa Cakes is not a fruit?”
– infobunny, referring to this article
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“… get outside yourself, and realize that everyone and everything has its own...”
– fascinated:
“Patton Oswalt’s speech to a graduating high school class. It doesn’t read as well as it must have sounded, but still a good read.
“I think of this when I meet someone who at first glance looks like they have it “all figured out.” They immediately become...
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“Remember, photography is 1% talent and 99% moving furniture.”
– Arnold Newman (via merlin)
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“Pau. I’ve never played against him, only on the same team. I want to put...”
– Rudy Fernandez, on Pau Gasol, his teammate on the Spanish national team, when asked whom in the NBA he most looked forward to playing against.
I want to put points on your face!
(via TrueHoop)
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Now →
I ended up on The New Yorker’s article about elevators via Sprint’s incredible Now dashboard.
I have actually seen something very similar before, although I can’t quite put my finger on the name or details right now, but this version is both more immersive and impressive.
I feel we should be spending more money/effort/time on malaria.
(via Daring Fireball)
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“Loading up an empty elevator car with discarded Christmas trees, pressing the...”
– Up and Then Down — The New Yorker
“Popular”? That surely must be the wrong word.
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WatchSebastien Tellier - La Ritournelle
fascinated:
“The video is no less awesome than the track. Whoa.”
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“Wanted to dress up as Axl Rose for Halloween this year, but my costume is going...”
– nostrich (via zoya)
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Watchfascinated:
“Wow. Best use of streaming live video EVER.”
Seeing as the only other use of streaming live video I’m aware of is for bored looking women in bikinis to try to persuade you to fork out money for real porn, I would have to say I agree emphatically with fascinated.
So far I have seen the puppies sleep (in a pile), eat, shout, and wrassle. It’s awesome!
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WatchGenuinely funny.
(via marco, via samreich, who made it)
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Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social... →
Every now and again I think to myself, “Surely The Onion is rubbish, now?” but nope… It’s definitely still got it.
(Tip of the hat to Tom for the link.)
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“Actually, no, I didn’t. And no, it doesn’t taste like freedom, it tastes like...”
– Ian Jenkins about the Starbucks free-coffee-for-votes thing
I am inclined to agree. Starbucks tastes more like a hot coffee-flavoured milkshake than coffee. Except that sounds kinda awesome, whereas Starbucks is just insipid.
My Top Tip for coffee is Go to Italy. Every single cup of coffee I...
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Sweating the Details →
This is a great article about the decisions Matt Gemmel made whilst designing his iPhone speed-dial application, Favourites.
It really illustrates how wrong the people are that dismiss the iPhone for having less functionality than its competitors (such as my Nokia N95, which is indeed a very functional phone), and also the people that think that “design” is about how something...
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“I think people passing a law against people wearing sagging pants is a waste of...”
– Barack Obama on MTV
Amazing. America, please vote for this man.
(via paultough, via squashed)
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Watchjacobd:
I was just thinking about how Dean Kamen is a cool guy and I admire his work. I read a bit about his company Deka, which basically focuses on doing things that are very very hard. I then saw a bit about the Luke Arm project, building a mind-controlled prosthetic robot arm. I am now convinced that Deka is Stark Industries and Dean Kamen is Iron Man.
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