February 2011
34 posts
Our town has been making great use of robo-calls...
January 2011
51 posts
What happened to CNN? →
In 1991, I sat glued to the television watching Bernie Shaw and Peter Arnett broadcast from a hotel room in Baghdad while the city was being bombed. At that moment, I thought CNN was the most incredible thing that had happened in my entire life. Time magazine went on to name Ted Turner Person of the Year, in no small part because of that broadcast.
This weekend, I am traveling. Cairo is...
Why Not Declare Class War and be Done With It →
There’s an old joke: An Oxford professor meets a former student and asks what he’s been up to. The student tells him he’s working on his doctoral thesis, whose topic is the survival of the class system in the U.S. The prof expresses surprise. “I didn’t think there was a class system in the U.S.,” he says. “Nobody does,” the student replies. “That’s how it survives.”
Teaser Site for Upcoming Toshiba Tablet
Gruber on Toshiba’s teaser site:
Whole site is made using Flash; when iOS devices load the site, they show this:
Such a shame. Add this to the list of interesting places on the Internet you can’t see on your device. Of course, if you had a Toshiba Tablet, you would enjoy the entire Internet. Yep, Flash sites too.
Translation: We don’t think it’s worth the investment to...
While training, a U.S. Marine witnesses a large...
From a Class A (!!) report of The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization:
OBSERVED: We were conducting Marine Corp Training exercises. Our last training event was a mock war to apply what we had learned. So, my squad was over on top of a hill ridge over looking saddle. We were waiting for the enemy to come up the hill so we could engage them, but then we heard a noise from behind so we turned...
chaztoo asked: Sean, you're a smart guy, maybe you can settle this dispute. People are all, "I love the book, but I'm mad at you for pricing it so low." And I'm all, "IT HAS THREE *FEWER* COMICS IN IT THAN ARE ALREADY ON THE WEBSITE FOR FREE!" Which one of us is right?
“…Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (via azspot)
Working from home isn't so bad.
The Boy: Daddy! I made you a microphone! Here!
Me: *accepts microphone made of K'Nex* Wow, that's fantastic! Thank you! I'm going to put it right here for now.
The Boy: Ok. I'm gonna put mine next to yours because I love you.
As told by my wife.
The Boy: "I'm a genius."
The Boy: ...
The Boy: "Mama, my shirt is stuck on my head!"
Watch3rdmartini:
tCN - Skype Edition: Albert McMurry
We’re closing out Season 2 of the COCKTAIL NAPKIN with a bang. Albert McMurry is a progenitor of raunchy toots and a booze bon vivant, heading the efforts behind the smash Tumblr success, American Drink.
In this episode, we have a good time talking about what American Drink is all about, share a couple of our own drinking-related stories, find out...
“COLUMBUS, Ohio — A homeless Columbus man whose deep baritone made him an...”
– Offers From MTV, Cleveland Cavaliers Coming To Man With ‘Golden Voice’ | WBNS-10TV, Central Ohio News
Woo-hoo!
“Republicans are telling Americans a Big Lie, and Obama and the Democrats are...”
– Robert Reich (via silas216)
I have never seen it put so succinctly. Anyone in a position of power who ignores or denies that this is the case does not have your best interests in mind.
http://threewords.me/seanhussey →
I will absolutely give this a try.