November 2009
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WatchNeil Young Sings Fresh Prince
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WatchSNL Digital Short: The Date
This is one of the most bizarre things I’ve ever watched.
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Twitter Your Progress
I finally got a chance to play a little of Uncharted 2 last night, and noticed in the game’s options menu there was an option for setting up your Twitter account, which it would then use to “update Twitter with your progress as you play the game.” I think I actually saw a shark being jumped in the background.
But I started thinking about it, and, frankly, it’s actually a...
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WatchBetween Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Conan O’Brien
And Andy Richter. And another Andy.
Fact-Checking
Shawn Morrison: I was worried at first, reading all the EyeTV stuff, that I'd have to get HD over-the-air but I do believe you're correct, that I can get that through the cable line.
Me: Oh, I'm right, baby.
Shawn Morrison: Well, after the whole "cars can run on garbage, just like Back to the Future Part II" incident, I'm still fact checking you.
Me: Okay, like I said a thousand times, I meant it's POSSIBLE, it's just not a good idea. I'm sorry I put all that garbage in your rental car's radiator. I was just trying to prove a point.
Me: And it did drive, you'll remember, for at least a little while before catching on fire.
Shawn Morrison: I guess, I just felt misled.
Shawn Morrison: Which brings up the "trust me, babies have 9 lives" incident. It's just that when you're wrong you're REALLY wrong.
Me: Ugh. God, I am never going to stop hearing about that, am I???
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I was making a purchase online tonight and, after entering all my details and my American Express card info, I submitted the order. The page refreshed with an error saying my credit card couldn’t be processed. I barely had enough time to even read the error before my phone rang.
It was American Express. An automated system making sure this purchase was legit. It confirmed the site and...
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Simon Aldous, Microsoft employee, the other day in an interview with PCR:
One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it’s very graphical and easy to use. What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7—whether it’s traditional format or in a touch format—is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics.
Translation: “People...
Skipping Beginnings
Shawn Morrison: As long as the first 30 pages are perfect, I'm not too worried.
Me: I didn't read the first 30 pages, but I'm sure they're fine.
Me: I always start at page 44 on anything.
Shawn Morrison: Ok, this explains why you never commented on the tranny scene.
Shawn Morrison: Sorry, scenes.
Me: I find it a lot easier to read things when I don't have to bother with all the initial boring stuff.
Me: Sure, sometimes that makes it hard to follow.
Me: But on average it's worth it.
Me: I do the same thing with movies.
Me: I always start 20 minutes in.
Me: Which reminds me: I don't understand that movie Memento at all.
Me: It doesn't build to anything.
Shawn Morrison: Well the real problem is when you do this with dating. Women don't like it when you put it in and they don't even know you're in the room.
Me: Hey--at least ONE woman DID like that.
Shawn Morrison: I will say I do like it when you drive cars. Always jumping into already moving vehicles. It gives your persona an action-adventure touch.
Me: Yeah, that is pretty impressive. Let me tell you--it took a LONG TIME to get good at that. I spent a lot of time in hospitals the first year.
Me: I don't know how many times you can break your legs before it's a permanent problem, but I was getting close there for a while.
Shawn Morrison: Well, I'm glad you solved it. You're so much more interesting now.
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“We don’t listen to music in the office. We listen to US Army audio transcripts...”
– Jason Fried (via friedisms)
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Uggs Aren't the Worst
Neven Mrgan writes:
I like Uggs. I think they’re cute. They’re from the snow-bunny universe and I can dig that. Big, goofy rain boots also speak to me; they’re jovial.
I don’t usually think Uggs are cute, but they don’t bother me too much so long as the person wearing them is dressed somewhat appropriately (it’s the sweatpants, dirty tee with Uggs that I...
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WatchThe Onion: Ultra-Realistic Modern Warfare Game
“Developers are also creating bonus downloadable missions like ‘Redeployment Germany,’ where players repair humvees for 10 hours a day.”
Me: We're awesome, I think is the point there.
Shawn Morrison: That's the jist.
Me: I was trying really hard not to correct that to gist, but I couldn't fight it.
Shawn Morrison: Yeah I saw that but... I figured as two gentlemen we could let it slide.
Me: Apparently not. Now we have to duel, BTW.
Shawn Morrison: Gesus Christ.
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Music Purchases, November 2009
Clangour by Sin Fang Bous
Grand by Matt and Kim
Sainthood by Tegan and Sara
Transmitter Failure by Jenny Owen Youngs
Colors
Me: Is this weekend the one where Sara is out of town, or next weekend?
Shawn Morrison: This weekend.
Me: I have no followup. I'm just asking people on IM random questions that I don't care about the answers to.
Shawn Morrison: Speaking of which, what color are your shoe laces?
Me: The most common pair I've been wearing lately is WAIT I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE.
Shawn Morrison: God, color names have gotten so artsy.
Me: Yeah, it's really hard to get that name across when I order new shoe laces over the phone.
Shawn Morrison: I know, I'm painting my living room STOP FOLLOWING ME CREEP I'M CALLING 911 IF YOU DON'T GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY BATHROOM which should be pretty sweet but I'll have to go in person.
Me: I love that color.
Shawn Morrison: Brisk without being maudlin.
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I recently ordered some new furniture for my living room. Buying new furniture was, at least for me, a horribly stressful process because I’m a bit obsessive and just kept thinking I wouldn’t find anything I liked now that I would also like later (this is also one of the main reasons I will probably never get a tattoo).
A friend of mine suggested I look at Room and Board, because she...
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Friedisms →
A new site collecting inspirational quotes from Jason Fried:
“I am Jason Fried. I say amazing and thoughtful things that are real. Get real by reading what I say while I’m getting real.”
So, so real.
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“I don’t read fiction. I find it a waste of time. There are so many amazing...”
– Jason Fried
This makes me sad. I appreciate Fried’s frankness, his passion and his ideas, but I will never understand someone who can simply swear off fiction so easily. Does he not watch films? Plays? Read poetry? Has he sworn off television and radio shows? Or is his anti-fiction stance...
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