January 2010
31 posts
Bad Astronomy on NASA's budget →
mrgan:
The general public public perception of NASA is that it’s an inefficient, unnecessary drain on the US budget. How bad a drain? Bad Astronomy quotes The Space Review:
In a just-completed study, we asked respondents what percentage of the national budget is allocated to NASA … NASA’s allocation, on average, was estimated to be approximately 24% of the national budget (the NASA allocation in...
Loosely organized initial thoughts on the iPad
marco:
The iPad is almost the same size and weight as the Kindle DX, which I think is too large to use on a train unless you’re seated. (In addition to the difficulty and discomfort in holding the DX one-handed, doing so on a crowded train just looks ridiculous.) So the iPad is not going to be incredibly useful on the New York subway, but it’ll be great on commuter rail.
I disagree that the DX...
I have an idea!
I’ll get the text of all of the SOTU addresses and do a word count and compare them and see maybe if oh, crap, someone already did it.
“Police were called to the 26-year-old’s home about 5 p.m. Cops called for backup...”
– Cops subdue sword-swinging man - BostonHerald.com
Are we sure they didn’t stumble onto a movie set?
Just getting up to speed...
So, people are pissed that this iPad thing doesn’t meet the expectations of everybody who had no knowledge of what the hell was being made in the first place?
Do I have that right?
“District officials said on Friday that they are forming a committee to consider...”
– No Sex Please! We’re Just Kids!
Kids look up ‘oral sex’ in dictionary. Mother asks that the dictionary be banned from the district. District complies. My head explodes.
HT: @crystallyn
WatchWe can’t make it to San Francisco, so Bryce will entertain us all weekend by continuing to sing Christmas carols.
Wait just a fucking minute.
plaidlemur:
Martha Coakley lost that election. Forget blaming the voters. Half are dim-witted anyway. Coakley sat back until it was too late. She was out campaigned by a homophobic, misogynistic, teabagging troll who posed nude in Cosmo. I hope every single idiot on her staff never works again…and her.
Every single person in the country knew as soon as Ted passed that the Repubs would be...
I spent so long tapping that out on my iPhone that...
Wait just a fucking minute.
How the fuck did a woman-hating, conservative republican fuck win a Kennedy’s senate seat in the gay marriage capital of the fucking country?
53% of today’s active voters were duped. They voted for a dude they’d like to hang out with, reminiscing about banging chicks in the backs of their pickup trucks. (They would also never use the word ‘reminiscing’.)
YOU...
First-Person Tetris →
AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
everythinginthesky:
thememegeneration: Waaah, someone’s using a social service in a social manner, waaah!
See, that’s kinda my point: when did Tumblr’s priorities shift from making great blogging features to making arguably-great social media features?
That’s a good question. I think the answer is in the makeup of the userbase of Tumblr.
Check your followers. I’m guessing you...
“So when Brian Williams is asking me about what’s a personal thing that you’ve...”
– Barack Obama (via dancroak)
Waaah, someone's using a social service in a...
11 Funniest Real Business Names, Dirty Edition -... →
stuffparty:
I’d do business at any of these.
I live near and have been a patron of Bunghole Liquors. In fact, if anyone would like a “I got it in the Bunghole” t-shirt, let me know.
alinasmith:
I’m following the Clients From Hell tumblr, and at least a few times a day I get a post that says something about clients not wanting to pay for something. They say it’s because they want to change something, so why should they pay for what they don’t want?
Here’s my answer to that:
Pretend that instead of asking me to create design (FANTASTIC design, I might add), you asked me to...
Scarecrows need batteries.
Me: Good morning, Bryce! Did you have a good sleep?
Bryce: No!
Me: No? Why not?
Bryce: The scary man came into my room to try and take my new dinosaur!
Me: Oh, no! What did you do?
Bryce: I tried to scare him and I sat in my bed like a SCARECROW and I tried to say 'BOO!' but I didn't have any batteries so I went to the battery store but they didn't have any batteries so I went to ANOTHER battery store and I got some batteries and then I came in my room and I said 'BOO!'
Me: Wow! What did the scary man do?
Bryce: He ran away because he was scared and he did NOT take my new dinosaur!
Me: Good job! That's great!
Bryce: Yeah, that's great!
For the past 2 days.
Bryce: Daddy, can I have a donut/treat/lollipop/candy?
Me: No, not right now, buddy.
Bryce: But, Daaaddy! I haven't had once since last year!
