April 2009
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Chase Jarvis's iPhone Photography →
“The best camera is the one that’s with you”.
Neatly proving the adage that it’s what you do with it that counts, Chase Jarvis shows what can be achieved with the iPhone’s crappy camera.
Although, it’s hard to stop yourself thinking that the photos he takes with a real camera have got to be even better, right?
(via Daring Fireball)
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FYI - Bon Jovi Friday
fyeahbonjovi:
In case you didn’t already know.
Bon Jovi Friday - When you have Friday off from work and just fuck around all day Thursday.
courtesy of Xtacles and Urban Dictionary
Sadly, despite my having tomorrow off from work, today has thoroughly not been a Bon Jovi Friday.
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Words I Would Like
riazm:
A word for the emotion you feel when you’re forced to close the blinds on a beautiful day because the sun was causing glare on a spreadsheet that you hate to look at.
That would be a useful word.
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Regulators, Mount Up →
I know what the radio people were thinking. “Making bodies turn cold? Why, that’s murder! We can’t have him talking about killing people on our airwaves! Sure, Eminem and Nate Dogg can talk all they want about bitches liking it from behind in their new song. But Nate Dogg turning bodies cold? That’s where we draw the line!”
But listening to the song, I ask...
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daaaamn.com →
(via penllawen)
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The Danger of False Morels →
“Major bummer, found out we got tricked by false morels.”
— dalasverdugo
This reminds me of a time when a university friend of mine remarked, as we headed out for a beer, that he wanted to go to “a pub with morals”. I thought that was amusingly eccentric, but we had a think about it, and eventually selected on an establishment we thought would fit the bill.
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“Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese — I understand it’s a rather...”
– Texas State Rep. Betty Brown (via skidder, via marco)
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Mamihlapinatapai
a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.
Mamihlapinatapai on Wikipedia
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Odds of Dying in a Terrorist Attack →
aja:
You are 13 times more likely to die in a railway accident than from a terrorist attack
You are 12,571 times more likely to die from cancer than from a terrorist attack
You are six times more likely to die from hot weather than from a terrorist attack
You are eight times more likely to die from accidental electrocution than from a terrorist attack
You are 11,000 times more likely to die...
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“You may claim a kidnapped child as your dependent if the following requirements...”
– penllawen:
Actual IRS rules on when/if you can claim a kidnapped child as a dependent. I realise they have to think of everything, but still, any day you need to come up with rules like these must be a pretty weird day in work.
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“I take one last look at the waiver. It says the following.
sprains, strains,...”
– The Sporting Blog:
There are many sports out there. Spencer Hall isn’t good at any of them. Join him as he shows off his athletic anti-prowess while attempting various sporting activities for the first time in the “The Amateur.”
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Ego Stroking text messages for your iPhone →
pws:
Great idea.
I wouldn’t mind a pack of these.
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Dad's At Work by Sakupen →
penllawen:
One of my favourite Flash animations (via Newgrounds, so I cannot embed it).
Make sure you watch the credits, too.
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"Sand Won't Save You This Time"
penllawen:
Heavily edited excerpts from the “Sand Won’t Save You This Time” article in the extremely excellent “Things I Won’t Work With” section of Derek Lowe’s industrial chemistry blog In The Pipeline. It’s a heady mix of high science and dry humour and a recommended read:
In a comment to my post on putting out fires last week, one commenter mentioned the utility of the good old sand bucket,...
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The Different Kinds of People That There Are →
Lindy West has compiled a complete list for The Stranger.
Some excerpts:
People Who Claim to Be Afraid of Clowns These people (and they are numerous) are attempting to cultivate a cute quirk, but they are really just aping a cute quirk cultivated by thousands of cute-quirk-cultivators before them in a giant, gross, boring feedback loop. Yes, clowns can be mildly creepy. But come on. Among the...
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