December 2011
15 posts
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☞ Food, Clothing, Shelter... and Fire!
I think in another life I may have been a pyromaniac.
I’m not, let us be clear, here. I was nowhere near Oldman Peabody’s barn at the time. But under slightly different circumstances, had my nature been nurtured or my nurture been natured, I could see my inner pyromaniac emerging. The spark is there. (I’m more of a two rocks guy than a two sticks guy, you see.)
These visions of...
December 17th. Xylophone. →
This might be a little inside baseball, but here’s the gist: somebody made a video game controller accessory, hired the worst marketing guy in existence, then the marketing guy wrote some nasty emails to paying customers, and then the internet exploded. And then someone else made this video based on the marketing dude’s emails. ”I know the yellow Power Ranger and Richard...
NerdGirlfriend.com →
It just launched, so there isn’t much content… but NerdBoyfriend.com is pretty excellent, so I expect NGF to grow into its own soon enough. [via]
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☞ What Do You Give When You Hate Giving Anything?
We’re getting down to the wire here, folks. T-minus two days until Christmas. Have you finished all your shopping? Unlike last year, this year I didn’t put things off until the last minute. I’m all set. My list is complete. I’ve dotted the Ts and crossed the lowercase Js.
I imagine 99% of the rest of you are done as well. But for the 1% of you who just don’t know...
Kim Jong Il— Homicidal Dictator, Filmmaker →
Part two of two. Here’s part one. And here are some yankees visiting North Korean labor camps.
Best Table Tennis Shots of 2011 →
I love me some ping pong. Table tennis. Call it what you will. Set it to Christmas music, and it’s even better. The dude in #7 seems like he needs medical attention. [via]
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☞ Hibernation, Aestivation, Cryonation,...
Humans don’t hibernate, right? I mean, not normally. I’m sure there’s some dude in Japan who hibernates. But there’s a dude in Japan for everything. There’s a dude who hasn’t slept in like 20 years. There’s another who just eats hot dogs all the time. There’s probably one who’s been playing Tetris hanging upside-down while blindfolded and...
Louis CK: Live at the Beacon Theater →
In case you haven’t heard, Louis CK released an hour-long special exklusiv to the internetz last weekend. It’s pretty good. It’s DRM-free. You should buy it. [via everyone]
3.2 Million Dots. →
Recreating a photograph in pointillism is pretty cool on its own. Doing it with Bonobo playing in the background? Even better. [via]
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☞ 84 Out of 100 Women Prefer Men Who Wear Hats
Show me an executive on Wall Street who’s taken a pay cut in the past five years and I’ll show you a New Yorker who likes the MTA.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority runs the subways here in New York. And the buses. And the Metro-North Railroad. And the Long Island Rail Road. (Which is inexplicably two words, “Rail Road,” instead of “Railroad.” Don’t ask...
Death to Pennies →
Very convincing video outlining why we should get rid of the penny. And the nickel while we’re at it. I can’t help but think the common man would somehow get screwed if we did, though. You know, moreso than usual.
It’s A Wonderful Lie: Bank Fraud, Bailouts And... →
George Bailey as the 1%. It seems so obvious in retrospect. Merry Christmas you wonderful old Building & Loan!
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☞ Zen And The Art Of Castle Maintenance
I’ve don’t want to brag, but I’ve been to a castle or two in my day.
I know, I’m pretty awesome.
Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria was pretty sweet. It’s on the border of Germany and Austria outside of a town called Füssen (which literally means “feet” in German) (whose town crest, from the looks of their Wikipedia page, seems to be a circle of feet,...
Letters of Note: Space: The Final Frontier →
A series of memos between Gene Roddenberry and his producers, showing various drafts of the opening monologue for Star Trek. Awesome.
Street Skiing →
This is ridiculous. It takes a couple minutes to get going, so I give you permission to fast forward if you get bored. You’re going to watch it again anyway, I assure you. There’s a whole “Where’s Waldo” thing going on in the opening shots. [via]