July 2008
42 posts
WatchQuantum of Solace Trailer
This gave me the chills. Oh, god, I can’t wait.
June 2008
37 posts
“I had a seizure? I don’t remember having a seizure. When was this? AN HOUR...”
– Woman walking down my street, which I posted to Twitter
WatchSaturday Night Live: Dad
I’ve always loved this commercial.
“I don’t want to eat shellac and latex paint. I can mix that cocktail up at...”
– My mom, after hearing a description of the M&Ms Premium shell
marco:
I’m one of the 24 million Wii owners. I’ve been massively disappointed in the pathetic, shallow game library. My Wii has been played about three times in the last year, and I usually forget that I even have one. But you recently released a game I’d like to buy: Wii Fit. Even though it’s $90, I still want to buy it. If it had good multiplayer (it doesn’t), I’d buy two. But I can’t buy it....
“Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into...”
– Barack Obama (via marco)
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Tip: Avoid a Stupid IE7 getElementById Error
Internet Explorer 7 will error and stop processing javascript if you set a variable to the result of document.getElementById when the variable name is the same as the element’s ID. So this will error:
test = document.getElementById('test');
But this will succeed:
my_test = document.getElementById('test');
Stupid to be sure, but at...
Sean Madden: I should just turn in my keyboard and go open a yogurt stand.
Me: You should.
Sean Madden: Would you buy yogurt from me?
Me: Maybe... which flavors?
Sean Madden: The standard ones. Almond, salt and vinegar, paprika, and peppercorn.
Me: Man, I could really go for some peppercorn yogurt right now.
Sean Madden: I'm telling you, that one would sell.
Sean Madden: Like hotcakes.
Sean Madden: But it would compete with our hotcake flavor.
“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and...”
– George Carlin (via torrez)
Exits: Stewart Butterfield's bizarre resignation... →
Absolutely fantastic. I hate to see Butterfield and Fake go, and I hope Flickr doesn’t fall apart, but they did a great job and they deserve their success. This letter is just icing on the cake.
Shawn:
So one of my biggest pet peeves with the iPhone is that the silent switch doesn’t truly silence the phone. If the iPhone is set to silent mode, phone rings and all alert sounds are silenced, but the iPod is NOT…
This is compounded by the fact that, once you leave iPod or lock the phone it takes a few taps to get back to a place where you can hit pause. When I’m...
An Email From My Sister
Dear Brother,
Thank you for your recent correspondence. I enjoyed reading your exciting news about your newly aquired sweater. I regret to inform you that I will not allow you to wear said sweater on the day of my nuptials. I feel as if you are attempting to “steal” the spotlight on my very important day, and judging by how eloquent this sweater appears to be, it is inevitable that...
WatchBill O’Reilly vs. Level 3 of Battletoads (via danhacker)
This was one of the worst levels in the history of gaming. I remember FREAKING THE FUCK OUT when trying to beat it. As I was watching this, I was laughing my ass off, and then I had a good cry because I’m still scared from that fucking game.
An Email to My Sister
Dear Sister,
I received your email with the subject, “Tuxes” this afternoon. I enjoyed hearing from you, and I have a response to your query about a possible Wednesday tux pickup. Unfortunately, it won’t work for me because I don’t think I would like to wear the tux.
I found an amazing sweater yesterday at Daffy’s and I think it looks very classy. With your...
I was traveling when the tomatoes/salmonella story broke, and I didn’t hear about it until yesterday, after eating several sandwiches with tomatoes. Oops. And now I’m sitting here staring at a new pack of Campari tomatoes and I REALLY want to eat them. I hope they’re safe!
I just got an email from Dreamhost telling me I have five special invitation codes I can give out. Each one has the following perks:
You get four times the normal disk and bandwidth
If you choose their five-year plan, you get $150 off
If you choose their ten-year plan, you get $200 off
I don’t know if this is something you might want. I’ve written about Dreamhost many times in...
Shawn Morrison: Also, I always forget which one it is:
Shawn Morrison: Take a crap in your bed while you're gone, or don't?
Me: Let's go with don't this time.
Shawn Morrison: Right, right, got it.
Shawn Morrison: Last time I got confused.
Me: Yeah, I remember that quite vividly.
Shawn Morrison: Especially since it happened beneath the covers.
Me: Yeah, thanks for that, by the way.
Shawn Morrison: I know you like mysteries.
Shawn Morrison: And discovering things.
“I was wondering if there is any danger in eating too many apricots? I don’t mean...”
– “bobbleArtist” in feedback to NutrionData, via Feedback Fail
I love this feedback, because it sounds very serious and specific. I also enjoy the author specifying parts of the digestive system he is worried about, so as to best describe his apricot worries.
WatchBackyard FX: Blow your actor in half!
We’re thrilled to have to written, directed and co-starred in the most recent test film for Erik Beck’s excellent Backyard FX show. You’ll learn how to do the effect and then see our sketch at the end. Check it out!
WatchTropic Thunder viral video (via livejamie)
I saw my first fight on the subway yesterday. I was waiting at my local stop at about 9:30AM, which, on my line, means there were hundreds of people waiting. Very crowded. I’m thrilled I don’t commute any more. Two trains went by and they were too full for anyone to get on. We were all waiting and waiting—it had already been about 25 minutes.
A guy on the platform started...
Me: Are you @kindle.com?
Shawn Morrison: Yep. Don't send me any of your fan ficiton though.
Shawn Morrison: Especially the Gilligan's Island crap.
Me: YOU SAID YOU LIKED THOSE STORIES.
Shawn Morrison: It's just so obvious that Gilligan is YOU and the professor is ME. It's just getting awkward.
Me: Whatever.
Me: At least I made you the professor.
Me: He's SMART.
Me: IT WAS A COMPLIMENT.
Obama finally secures the nomination. Good for him and us. Even better for us? It not being Clinton. I enjoyed hearing her campaign manager on CNN a few hours ago saying she was “absolutely not” going to stop her campaign after tonight. Well, she can keep going if she wants, but now we can officially stop giving a fuck, instead of just not giving a fuck but waiting for it to be...
Sean Madden: How would you feel if you saw an animatronic ventriloquist?
Me: You mean a robot talking through his closed mouth to make it appear as though the smaller robot on his lap was talking?
Sean Madden: Yeah.
Me: Nervous.
