January 2008
156 posts
American Idol - Season 7
The auditions programs have featured They Might Be Giants - “No” and on the last Miami program the instrumental bit of Barenaked Ladies - “Box Set” someone on the production has a sense of humor.
choreplay →
livejamie: n. When a woman is turned on by the sight of her husband/boyfriend/partner doing regular household chores, that she would normally be doing. “Last night, it was all about choreplay. I was all ‘OH YEAH, fold that laundry. Oh yes, just like that! In half and, then in half again. OHHH’” What a great word - though not so relevant to me since my husband is...
“But the company has declined to do banner ads, said Newmark. He added he already...”
– Craigslist founder talks about open source, banner ads - Yahoo! News (via sox) (via david) good on him.
New York Works →
“New York Works is an audio portrait of a vanishing city.” Featuring: Walter Backerman, Seltzer Man; Selma Koch, Bra Saleswoman; Frank Schubert, Lighthouse Keeper; Frank Sabatino, Fisherman; Charlie Zimmerman, Water Tower Builder; Cali Rivera, Cowbell Maker; Pasquale Spensieri, Grinder
Origins of woot / w00t →
Disney photos by Annie Liebovitz - so pretty and... →
Just Answer the Question. And Stop Slouching.
Four-year-old boy to stranger: Do you have a little boy?
30-ish single man: No, not yet.
Four-year-old boy: Why not?
30-ish single man: Because I don't have a wife yet.
Four-year-old boy: Why not?
30-ish single man: You sound like my mother.
--38th & 2nd
Overheard by: Todd J.
http: //www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/013360.html
BIC Pen Drawings by Juan Francisco Casas →
Spanish artist Juan Francisco Casas drawing photorealistic art using only a BIC ballpoint pen. Some examples of his amazing work: theperfectman (2007) Windybrighton (2007) Click#3 (2008) Link: Casas’ website [in Spanish] | Gallery - via The Daily Dish and Spluch
Slice: A List of Regional Pizza Styles →
part of Serious Eats, awesome community food blogging.
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George Orwell - Bookshop Memories →
[via boingboing]
ePassportPhoto.com - Free passport photos. Period. →
[via Consumerist]
“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we...”
– Carlos Castaneda
The true meaning of George W. Bush's favorite... →
The true meaning of George W. Bush’s favorite painting. (via conscientious) (via Kottke)
Find original flickr photo from permalink url →
From the URL you’ve got extract the image name (2177060015_258bcfaff9_m.jpg) by splitting the number at the first underscore. The first part is the photoID, the second part is the hash/salt and (if there) the third part the size (Full format: photoId_hash_size.jpg). Now add that photoId to flickr.com/photo.gne?id=NUMBER HERE
Everything I Need to Know I Learned From Lost «... →
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Porn vs Reality →
— livejamie
“If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as “lines...”
– Wisdom from Edsger Dijkstra.
WatchUC Berkeley’s Marching band doing video game theme songs and formations