August 2008
“It’s also a good idea to make up a story about how someone from high school sent...”
– #106 Facebook « Stuff White People Like
July 2008
Fighting Words: Reading Lolita in Tehran →
Interesting counterpoint on Reading Lolita in Tehran, which I read earlier this year for my book club.
SFGate: Culture Blog! : Gavin's Wedding Recap:... →
Hilarious.
“As you can see on the map to the right (again, if you click to zoom), this is...”
– Lowering the Bar: If There Is An Earthquake While You Are Taking the Bar Exam, Do You Get Extra Time?
“Houston recycles just 2.6 percent of its total waste, according to a study this...”
– WTF is Wrong with Houston? - NYTimes.com
““Meanwhile…back in Oakland, I love the Trappist glassware policy:
...”
– What’s On Tap - The California Craft Beer Blog by William Brand
Los Angeles Area Struck by 5.8-Magnitude... →
Dad says everything’s OK but that it felt very strong and shook for a long time. I don’t envy the Bar Exam takers (it started today) at the SoCal locations!
The Walkmen's You & Me Is $5 On Amie Street -... →
“That price is good for three weeks — you pay $5 (buy here), and Amie Street gives $5 to a charity close to the hearts of Hamilton and the rest of the ‘men, which is just one more reason You & Me is a great investment.”
Slydial →
Free, ad-supported service that lets you go directly to someone’s cell voicemail. Sneaky.
“If you need to appear on an internet list to know whether you’re...”
– Twitter / Merlin Mann
The Honda CR-V Crave Reader →
This is sort of amusing, but not so great with concepts that are more abstract. It guessed that I was craving happiness, but I was actually thinking of something else.
5 Reasons Lossless Formats Will Not Destroy MP3 |... →
Upcoming Shows
7/28 - No Age at the Great American Music Hall 7/29 - Rocky Votolato at Bottom of the Hill 7/29 - Chromeo at the Fillmore 7/29 - The Hold Steady at the Mezzanine 7/29 - Jay Reatard at the Independent 7/30 - Bloc Party at the Fillmore 7/30 - Eef Barzelay at Cafe du Nord 8/3 - Film School at Cafe du Nord 8/4 - The Faint at the Fillmore 8/15 - Or, the Whale at the Great American Music Hall ...
The Long Winters :: View topic - guitar tabs →
Practicing my guitar this evening, I decided to see if I could find any Long Winters tabs online, and came across this great 12-page thread on the Long Winters discussion board where fans guess at the tabs and John Roderick drops in for commentary/corrections.
e-MANcipate! is a project to accelerate the... →
“My vision is always about marketing and media. I plan to create ‘collections’ once or twice a year - basically guides that show gents wearing pantyhose in a fashionable way -, print them and send to pantyhose manufacturers, fashion designers and newspapers to show them it’s OK to wear, and, on the other hand, to keep the issue covered in the media. I would also put...
Scenes from one of my favorite movies, re-enacted... →
neuralgraffiti › Barack Obama Is Your New Fixie →
My brilliant friend PH, despite taking the Bar Exam in 5 days, wrote a script to capture all of the iterations of Barack Obama is your new fixie (the your new bicycle hipster edition). Read them here. Barack Obama has pink skulls on his socks.
Brilliant fake muxtape from The Catbird Seat. →
Thanks to PH, who is presumably taking a Bar study break…
Cake Wrecks →
“When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong.”
Thank you DM for the link!
brooklynvegan: The Mountain Goats & Kaki King -... →
I’m reading between the lines here, but Portland 10/21 with the next date in L.A. 10/25 leaves wide open the possibility of San Francisco on 10/23 or 10/24. Please, John?
“So cute: Borders music employee Jeremiah’s Staff Pick is Minor Threat....”
– Twitter / Scott Simpson
“FWIW the Vegas hotel that flew your live lobster from Maine into a _desert_...”
– Twitter / Merlin Mann
Barack Obama Is Your New Fixie →
Same as the original, refresh, refresh.
“Gust Avrakotos: There’s a little boy and on his 14th birthday he gets a...”
– Charlie Wilson’s War (2007) - Memorable quotes
“So when a white person tells you about their unpaid internship at the New...”
– #104 Unpaid Internships « Stuff White People Like
“Five things that should be issued to every American on his or her 14th birthday...”
– 5ives » Five things that should be issued to every American on his or her 14th birthday
Midomi Test: Featuring John Roderick of The Long... →
Midomi epic fail + John Roderick + Merlin Mann = very funny
Twitter / Merlin Mann →
“More than ever, Roderick looks like someone you ask to leave somewhere. http://twitpic.com/4dd2”
Man, I am inflamed with jealousy following Merlin Mann’s Twitter updates as he hangs out with John Roderick, who presumably arrived in SF today ahead of the Long Winters show tomorrow night (Merlin is the Long Winters’ neglectful webmaster).
Music & Art: SF Weekly - MP3 of the Day: The Long... →
The Dirty Truth About Plastic | DISCOVER Magazine →
I thought this article was a great layperson-oriented summary of the problem presented by the so-called endocrine-disrupting chemicals that are in certain plastics and pesticides and which have become ubiquitous on our planet, why so little has been done about it, and what the potential effects may be several decades from now.
You people know I’m not one to be overly-paranoid about toxins...
