February 2010
35 posts
“For its part, Adobe would like to portray Flash as some noble gift that it has...”
– The Macalope Weekly: The Jerk Store
“While I was double dipping between the salsa and guacamole I started to weep. Is...”
– Twitter / Albert
STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT
—Moltz
I know, I know. It’s sloppy. I should have actually edited this post before publishing but sometimes I get a little excited… and lazy. I was distracted. It’s a hell of a thing to have your life choices slap the fat dick of realization...
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Go Ahead
Go ahead, playa
Roast a few more peanuts
What you don’t use
put back in the jar.
Then tomorrow
when she eats peanuts
she’ll have
a roasted peanut surprise.
And she’ll be all,
(chorus)
ooh yeah, papi
ooh yeah, papi
Papi give me good
Roasted Peanut Surprise
(2x)
Research Instruction at the Point of Need →
Introduction
“In this essay, we (Tom, a composition instructor at a large state university, and Glenda, a librarian at a large community college) describe our collaboration in the teaching of an online, research-based advanced composition class offered by the state university where Tom teaches. We describe why, in addition to using the instructional media provided by libraries to help...
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Travel tips
It’s been a while since I did any regular travel and I’ve forgotten a lot. I figured these notes may help somebody out there. The goal for air travel is to get in and out of the airport as quickly as possible.
Packing
For business travel it’s easy, one 22 or 23 inch roll-on bag and a backpack. Most business trips last two or three days so I pack light (two pair of pants, a...
doublejack:
See, Arabs all be flying planes into buildings like *this*, but white folks fly their planes into buildings like *this*.
Little-Known Secret to Typing Contractions on...
freitag:
When you’re typing on your iPhone or iPod Touch and you were to type W E R E and hit space it’ll think you typed “were” but if you type W E R E E and hit space, that’s not a word and it’ll default to “we’re.” There are other contracted words where that works but you kind of have to discover them, such as I L L L = I’ll.
I’ve used this tip extensively in the last week and...
Ali Bombaye I (Zaire Chant) - Michael Masser &...
doublejack asked: My biggest regret from the SF tweetup was sitting next to you late Saturday night in the lobby at Vertigo and not introducing myself. Scotch and wacky tobaccy don't always have my best interests at heart.
Anyway, hi. I'm Doublejack, but you can call me Bill. I think you're funny.
Anyway, hi. I'm Doublejack, but you can call me Bill. I think you're funny.
dotsara asked: Not technically a question (I'm a rule-breaker, me), but! I'm pretty sure it was your mention of the Here You Go project that made me aware of it and just today -- a…bad day -- I got Julie's thank-you postcard, so here I am thanking you for mentioning it in the first place. (:
The Public's Role in Journalism
A couple thoughts. Citizens can participate in the news in myriad ways. The least interesting and influential is after-the-fact commenting once a story runs or airs. And, yet, this kind of reactive conversation seems to pre-occupy mainstream newsrooms. I’d suggest you turn commenting off, or at least closely guard it. Most newsrooms already use software to keep noxious people at bay or alert...
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“7, I-5, Seattle Weekly hours of bottleneck congestion: 256 Worst bottleneck:...”
– America’s 75 Worst Commutes - The Daily Beast
Top 10, YO!
