February 2009
70 posts
“File this under “things that made my day.” ♥”
– kittenheels.tumblr.com
Me too.
“Putting WALL-E up against Bolt and Kung Fu Panda rather than letting it compete...”
– John Gruber
Shaq tweets →
Via kottke.org:
After Shaq tweets that he’s hanging out at a local diner in Phoenix, two nervous Twitter users venture out to see if Shaq is actually THE_REAL_SHAQ.
Returning to our hushed whispers I asked Sean, “Should we go talk to him now?” “I don’t know, should we?” “Yes, you should” a very deep voice entered our conversation from 2...
Quicken Can’t Believe Mint Is Doing So Well; Sends... →
…And then gets smacked in the mouth.
It’s pretty arrogant to think that your competitor can’t be doing better than you. But acknowledging it with a letter alluding that they’re liars?
Hilarious.
Nannerpuss FTW.
My Setup
For David’s meme :).
15” MacBook Pro (2.53 Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM). Only two weeks old! Main development machine for Mobelux.
Mac Pro (2x 2.66 Dual-Core Xeon, 4 GB RAM), 23” Cinema Display. Work machine. Doesn’t really count since it’s not mine, but since it takes up space on my desk I’m listing it.
17” iMac (1.83 Core Duo, 2 GB RAM)....
Doing hard things →
I find the title of this blog post funny, because Hulu.com didn’t do the ‘hard thing’. In fact, they did the opposite. Turning off the spigot on Boxee was the cowardly, easy way out.
The hard thing would have been to fight the old-media content holders and convince them to do the right thing.
Man, am I in a mood today or what?
NYTimes: Enforcing Manners, Tumblr Shuts Down 5... →
john, in reference to brianvan:
Something very troubling about Tumblr getting any share-of-voice, for this, today, on NYTimes.com when the entire U.S. economy is cratering. 1/2 the day on Gawker yesterday - now that I can kinda understand.
Ok. I’ve hit my limit.
This is a black and white issue, and quite honestly not worth the the time or space that it took to publish. It’s...
WatchI can’t remember the last time something this funny was on SNL. Top 10 material.
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Sept. 11 widow killed in Buffalo plane crash →
“ZOMGOPENGLESMATHSWTFBBQ!!!!!!!111”
– urbanape
My Leap should be here any minute. Can’t wait. Literally.
http://marcolove.tumblr.com/ →
Fun fact of the day: someone created a shrine site dedicated to Marco Arment on Tumblr. True story.
Found in my ‘you also might like’ section.
Dear Katy Perry,
Get back in that banana and don’t come back out until you’ve written a new song.
Wallet on fire
Just made a few purchases for the body and mind.
For Mobelux:
Leap Chair by Steelcase.
Martin Desk by Turnstone.
Cableway by Details.
For me:
Kindle 2 by Amazon.
I’ll be giving some background on the decisions and writing reviews as they arrive. Can’t wait to sit in a real chair.
WatchAmazing. The best part is that it clocks in at just under a half an hour.
Via Boing Boing.
“The Nuge is like Sting. He’ll go tantric on your ass.”
– Emily