January 2011
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“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in...”
– Eisenhower on the Opportunity Cost of Defense Spending (via wilwheaton)
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Video of genuine gay and lesbian night clubs of... →
1. I did not know they had gay clubs in the 50s 2. I did not know they had colour cameras in the 50s. 3. Those outfits would all totally work today.
Mo McRoberts on how movie & TV owners are... →
It’s AMAZING how dumb and oblivious to history these people are.
Skype's CIO has provided a clear and detailed... →
This is fascinating and useful to the wider technical community. I wish all large tech companies were so transparent.
Lucas Till - IMDB →
This ridiculous hottie is going to be Alex Summers (Scott’s brother) in the new X-Men movie. GIANT WIN.
(His previous impact on my world was as the unrealistically hot love interest in this Taylor Swift music video. Fuck yes you should click through.)
If you put a video camera on the end of sword and... →
[via @kottke]
Two students summoned to the principal's office... →
These two guys are heroes. They’re not gay, they’re just completely comfortable with themselves, and they used it to brilliant effect. Bravo.
The cute ones always live the farthest away.
Fucking tell me about it.
“As for social, I expect that Google will find greater success with their...”
– Facebook Will Thwart Google, Says Ex Googler (via switchedblog)
Ricky Gervais on atheism →
‘“Why don’t I believe in God? No, no no, why do YOU believe in God? Surely the burden of proof is on the believer. You started all this. If I came up to you and said, “Why don’t you believe I can…
Bo Burnham has a new single out →
He’s kind of abandoned YouTube since he hit the big time, which is a shame, but I guess he’s gotta make a living.
Dilbert's wikipedia page has an invaluable list of... →
It helpfully marks the “special” compilations, i.e. ones that are just re-packagings of previous strips — which you usually don’t want if you’re a Dilbert completist like me.
Amazon is vulnerable to an XSS attack if the... →
It’s easier than you think to get a book you created on Amazon, and this is pretty neat.
Yahoo axes AltaVista, MyBlogLog
1. altavista is MAD POPULAR in Portugal for some reason, to this day.
2. The ongoing existence of altavista (it’s just a skin to regular Yahoo search results) is something that confused everybody inside the company, too.
3. Hey, CNN’s new tumblog is not half-bad.
cnnmoneytech:
Screenshot: me
Following hundreds of layoffs, Yahoo said it is shutting down a number of products,...
The Christian Right has discovered, 40 years... →
This happens every couple of years. Some new sub-group discover that they’ve been dancing to YMCA and giving their kids rainbow-coloured toys, find out that these are associated with gay rights, and…
HandlerSocket, the MySQL plugin that turns it into... →
HandlerSocket bypasses the whole “SQL” part of MySQL, and turns it into a data store with extremely fast I/O. I’m itching to try this out.
“Dina Lohan says that her loser daughter is “deeply hurt” after an episode of...”
– I love What Would Tyler Durden Do.
Today for you, tomorrow for me →
Reddit readers get a lesson in the real contributions of Mexicans to America.
“Ingredients: CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, WATER, GELATIN,...”
– Jet-Puffed Marshmallows Miniatures
Mmm, I suppose I’ll have to be adult and admit I was wrong; that sounds super yummy!
(via herewearenowentertainus)
Bitch, I cannot believe you are even starting with this this. Ingredients of ShopRite Light Whipped Cream:
Cream, Milk, Sugar, Dextrose, Sorbitan...
Web 5.0
Wait, what? Web 2.0 is an “accepted standard”? A standard of what? Accepted by who?
clientsfromhell:
Client: ”We want the interface to be edgy and all Web 5.0.”
Me: ”Web 5.0 doesn’t exist. Web 2.0 is an accepted standard and 3.0 is still just theoretical discussion at this point.”
Client: ”Exactly! If our site is first to market with Web 5.0 we get to set the standards and...
An insightful look at RIM, makers of Blackberry,... →
This guy really seems to know his stuff, and the data is persuasive.
