January 2012
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December 2011
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Is it strange to see the Fail Whale and get nostalgic?
Dec 31st
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So dad pops the hood on the car, jiggles one wire, and tells me to try and start it. Starts right up.
Dec 29th
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Traumatic insemination - Wikipedia, the free... →
Man, nature is sure fucked up.
Dec 29th
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Bachmann Loses Iowa Campaign Chair To Ron Paul :... →
No comment.
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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I have a 33% off coupon for A Game Of Thrones...
This one, specifically. (The coupon is valid January 2nd, 2012 through March 1st, 2012.) If you’re interested in it, let me know — I have no interest in playing the game. I also still have a copy of the original Portal to give away.
Dec 29th
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Excerpts from "Expert Judgement on Markers to... →
Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
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“The Egyptian women performed on the half hour throughout the afternoon and...”
– A description of the American women in Paris for the 1889 World’s Fair, taking in the scandalous sights of Egyptian belly dancers. From Eiffel’s Tower.
Dec 27th
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Dec 26th
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Dec 25th
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Merry Christmas, everyone.
It’s a few minutes early for MST, but I’m about to fall asleep, so I’ll post this now.
Dec 25th
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“Interviewing Stein on his radio program, Cerf said, “I’m very proud to be your...”
– Author Relations | Futility Closet
Dec 25th
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Dec 25th
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“I am a gay robot. I oppose Bachmann’s position on gays, whether they are...”
– http://johnston-ia.patch.com/articles/bachmann-encounters-gay-robot-hecklers-in-liberal-iowa-city
Dec 24th
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“The tester felt that the Nook Tablet was the overall best display of the three,...”
– IPS displays in the iPad 2, Kindle Fire, and Nook Tablet put head-to-head | The Verge
Dec 22nd
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“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even...”
– General Erick Shinseki 
Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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How Much More Do Books Cost Today? | The Awl →
Spoilers: adjusting for inflation, book prices have held pretty constant over the last five decades.
Dec 22nd
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2011 Music, Part One
I said I was going to write up capsule reviews of all the albums I listened to this year. Here’s the first eight. I have a splitting headache now. Maybe I’ll have more in a few days. Amanda Palmer — Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under I had to unfollow Amanda Palmer on twitter, and I no longer carefully read her long rambling blog posts in which she updates the entire universe about...
Dec 21st
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“Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them...”
– Schopenhauer
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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A Note Regarding Future Big Idea Comments –... →
Is there anything more annoying than someone kvetching that their ebook wasn’t cheap enough?
Dec 21st
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Cat and Girl » Archive » The Greatest Generation →
They made meals out of Jell-o and science!
Dec 20th
It turns out I STILL have a copy of the original...
Dec 20th
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Great article over at asymco about how RIM managed... →
Dec 20th
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Some people will tell you they enjoy it when it...
They are either small children, or sociopaths. In both cases, they are a danger to themselves and others, and should be avoided.
Dec 20th
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Seasonal Affective Disorder
Now I’m not one to usually self-diagnose on the internet — that’s absolutely ridiculous, on par with deciding you have Asperger’s Syndrome because you like Rubik’s Cubes and Sudoku puzzles and have a hard time talking to people. But I will admit that something is making me depressive for the last month or so. I have made some decisions lately. I’m closing down...
Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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nearly to 200 followers
wooooooooooooooooooo
Dec 18th
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[ PISSPOWERASSCHRIST | YOUR FAVORITE BLAND ] →
Industrial music you might like if you like industrial music. Big clangy bits, soft thuddy bits, and the occasional farts. And I’m not kidding about the farts. But that’s only really on one album.
Dec 18th
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$1.7 million in BlackBerry PlayBooks stolen from... →
Who’s claiming this is bad news? RIM should give these thieves a medal for taking 5000 tablets they can’t sell off their hands!
Dec 18th
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Take This Book: The People's Library at Occupy... →
Backed. You should too.
Dec 18th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Autosummarize! →
@greatdismal’s NEUROMANCER, autosummarized into 100 words or less: Case shrugged. Sure, Case. Case nodded. Molly, Case. Case. Scared, Case. Funny, Case. Case? Case nodded. Hardly, Case. Case. Case. Case answered. Case. Case. Case asked. Case asked. Case asked. Case asked. Case shivered. Hello, Case. Wintermute, Case. Case laughed. Practice, Case. Case? Case asked. Case asked. Case asked....
Dec 15th
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“Cock tail, then is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar,...”
– May 13, 1806, on the letters page of an upstate New York newspaper called The Balance, and Columbian Repository, the word “cocktail” is defined in print for the first time.
Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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“Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.”
– Yogi Berra
Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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