2008

May

video taken during today’s Chinese earthquake

Beautiful Agony is Not Porn

I have a soft spot for new videos shot on old equipment. Directed by Melina Matsoukas. Even better...

A theory on economic indicators I've...

marklisanti: The health of the economy is inversely proportional to the cleanliness and...

In honor of the tumbl below, Oxford Comma by Vampire Weekend

What is the most erotic word in the...

bunnynico: johnbrissenden: If it’s not unbutton, then what is it? Tumblrers, start your engines…...

you want to know what the worst rule is...

When you write in legalese, and you want to list some things in a sentence, the last two things in...

“It just occurred to me that trademark infringement is a form...”

The BBC produced this eleven years ago, when I lived in London, and for months it was inescapable. ...

A music video for Datarock’s “Fa Fa Fa,” done all machinima style with the Sims 2...

Awesome data visualization video: commercial air traffic flight patterns

marklisanti: My new favorite website, for at least the next...

from the bizzare coincidences...

In the past twelve hours, two people, working at two different companies, and on two unrelated...

there's a story here, I reckon

From today’s LA Times: Silver Lake Reservoir — the century-old neighborhood landmark...

it's like superman meeting bizarro...

From: ian spiegelman Date: Wed, May 7, 2008 at 4:11 PMSubject: Re: Book to help kids cope with...

My Beautiful Mommy, a book that helps children understand...

listen close and you can hear my soul...

I just wrote, in a powerpoint presentation, that a certain website has “an audience of...

Gary, Indiana: 95% voter turnout

I just made your day 33% more awesome.

“Even if Senator Obama fails to become President, he will...”
— Why? Because of the massive...

Taped to a tree in Beverly Hills. It’s not uncommon...

via elpasajero: Pac-man, explained.That makes so much...

good night, New York

(via datn and a billion other tumblrs)

one panel of said art installation

art installation in the lobby of the New York Times...

I feel like I made the right choice.

Apr

not Rocky . . . Ali!

As long as the innumerable boxing metaphors continue, shouldn’t we consider the possibility...

it's ranked higher than Dutch Boy Paint

If you type the word “dutch” into the Google Search Toolbar (for example, if...

The iPhone photography of Chris Kenneally: Workshop

The iPhone photography of Chris Kenneally: Curb Your Parrot

I wonder how many more spontaneous works of political art...

let's add MGM to the lame list

They sent a takedown notice to YouTube over the “Baracky” video. It pisses me off when...

marklisanti: The nice ladies who bought up all the dresses from the Olsen’s Mercantile sale rack...

spiritual graffiti

the courtyard of my New York office building

Bill Clinton denies saying that Obama played...

Barack Obama's brand as a user-generated...

I normally don’t reblog Boingy, because I assume you...

Lego keeps it real. “Not for you, son!”

Hillary Clinton trashes MoveOn.org

Baracky. so awesome.

this is the mashup to which I refer previously For a good time, run the video below, turn down the...

I would have used the Verve mashup, but whatever, point made.

my flight to NY tomorrow arrives at 7:11...

I feel like that’s a good sign.

Obama channels Jay Z and goes after ABC.

I find it perplexing and frustrating...

1. Coca Cola, bottled and sold in the United States, made with cane sugar instead of corn syrup. ...

Coolest thing I’ve seen all day. Entitled, “The...

oh, fucdge

eec: dude i have to interview a prospective intern tomorrow. dude i don’t even have any questions....

this game never gets old

Me: John McCain was in his 50s at the birth of hip hop
Me: 50s
Diallo: he was 54 when Studio 54 opened, most likely
Me: he probably thought it was a supper club
Me: he brought his coupons
Diallo: he heard that they were playing bingo inside
Me: when John McCain was born, Hitler was a U.S. ally (NOTE: this is actually true)
Diallo: I heard he carried the Olympic torch into Berlin
Me: fuck it, I heard he carried the Olympic torch into Sparta
Diallo: I heard the man is part fish
Diallo: he crawled ashore
Me: when, on the 7th day that God rested, he and McCain payed dominoes over some mint juleps
Diallo: right
Diallo: cause he made McCain on day one
Me: yup
Diallo: one candidate is ready day one, and McCain was made on day one
Me: John McCain: older than light
Diallo: E=McCain

“[Obama’s] complicity with rappers dates back to at...”
— From the right-wing blog...

“I don’t make movies, I produce content.”
— heard at a UCLA Film School...

… and then there’s this guy. Note the...

Beverly Hills: this guy turned his front lawn into a...

No Love for the Valley: Google Maps apparently replaced all...

I am consistently impressed by the College Humor team. (via samreich) UPDATE: Just realized that...

freeway shootings on the comeback trail

The 101. The 710. The 110. It’s like the swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano.

Sounds of the Valley, part two. Previously: Hall & Oates

Casa de Cadillac — the architectural soul of Sherman...

I’m not trying to bring back Black Sheep. For me, they never left. The Jake referred to in...

Disney, Beer and Mothers who write well

tumblcrush: Funny, the things we’re attracted to! “First, I’m crushing on BusYourOwnTray, and...

casting

looking for actors available in NYC on afternoon of April 26th for internet video pilot shoot. need...

a growing trend

In the past 48 hours, two friends individually and uncollaboratingly referenced Mario Chalmers to...

“Ovitz said Pellicano gave him the code name...”
— AP. I’m willing to bet...

Iraq is the new Alabama

Justin Timberlake has a future on...

Me: Do you think music from the 1910s was popular in the 1930s?
Jed: What was the music of the 1910s?
Me: Like player pianos and barbershop quartets.
Dave: Well, barbershop quartets became popular again in the 1950s and 60s.
Me: Did they?
Dave: Yeah, think of the Temptations. Its where the whole concept of the boy-band came from.
Me: <pause> So you're saying that N' Sync can trace its origins to the barbershop quartet?
Dave: Essentially, that's true.

concession booth at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

It feels like one hundred years have...

… but really it was only 18 months ago that Google bought YouTube.

who even uses the Yellow Pages anymore?

a solid idea: ————— Forwarded message...

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG I don’t care if it’s 10 minutes long, watch the whole thing.

(via elpasajero)

a Google map overlay showing all of Hillary...

Texting Roulette

jakehurwitz: Last night some of my friends and I invented a new game. Texting Roulette is where a...

Nielsen finds that TV viewing, especially...

Japanese barcode art

muxtaping it old skool

“I’d be more confident of satire’s power to hurt (as opposed...”
— Matthew Parris (via...

somebody found this tumblr by googling,...

It’s a little disturbing, yeah. Though not quite so bad as when someone found my old blog by...

these are the people in my neighborhood,...

Overheard this morning outside Beverly Hills High School: Guy: You should get on my plan. I have...

look what I found among the muxtapes — a Justice cover!

Mar

How to Win in a Knife Fight

“hey hackers — will pay good money for a program that...”
— pls make this happen kthxbai

This is happening right now

You need to hear this.

alexbalk: Hey ladies: you know how your boyfriends are always bugging you with music? Insisting...

Talk about a lost cause — the front of this...

the return of the California Gold Rush

Problem of evil - Wikipedia, the free...

This is the only track from the first Fugees album to feature vocals from Lauryn Hill. Pretty soon...

the new Obama Girl video might hurt more...

After all, we live in a post-Client 9 world now. Everything is going to change.

The last film ever produced by the legendary John Ford was a work of propaganda commissioned by the...

and thus endeth the rickroll

Aw, man! Somebody beat me to this. I was totally going to...

“I don’t like Portishead. The name makes me think of...”
— my dear Jenny Zirinsky,...

A new Portishead album is coming in April, eleven years since their last release, and a full...

no daylight savings time in Japan?

I just noticed that my little Uniqlock widget to the right is an hour off. Yes, I know that it...

an Easter-themed political message from...

via The Daily Dish: “An act of betrayal,” said James Carville, an adviser to Mrs....

“As it happens, many people inside Clinton’s campaign live...”
— The Politico, revealing that...

my dad found this photo of a 1950s burlesque dancer at an...

credit where credit is due

Despite my revulsion at the behavior of the Clinton campaign thus far, I have to acknowledge that by...

“Before today, this was a test of him. Now it’s become...”
— Jim Wallis, on CNN ten seconds...

um, can you even resign from the office of...

Every major American military conflict of the past sixty years as performed by the food of each...

sigh

I just asked someone if they would “ballpark the equity split.” Thus endeth my halcyon...

what I learned at work today

datn: spiegelman: With the exception of Fargo, no movie that takes place entirely in a snowy...

the crane hit my cousin Stephen's...

From an email he just sent me: “The crane toppled and hit my building first. It almost...

what I learned at work today

With the exception of Fargo, no movie that takes place entirely in a snowy venue or even has the...

Yes, HBO actually slapped Paul Giamatti’s face on the...

Hey, the LA Times made clever on a headline!

“institute”

saturday morning crab delivery

the absolute best thing I've seen all...

HoneyShed. It’s like the home shopping network, but with cursing and sex. The hosts who...

I know I’m going to regret calling attention to this, but last year I starred...

Battle Decks. It’s Powerpoint improv. I went to an EFF seminar on encryption keys once. ...

these are the people in my neighborhood,...