September 2009
31 posts
Reblog with your first job and age you started...
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I made coax cable and packed finished units in shipping boxes for a company that made satellite receivers. I was 14.
August 2009
61 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-30) →
Pixies (18)
Ingrid Michaelson (12)
Barenaked Ladies (8)
Regina Spektor (2)
Bob Marley & The Wailers (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Mexican Meatball Soup with Rice and Cilantro →
I would eat this every day for every meal.
Ralphie the Cat →
“He knows it where it is.”
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-23) →
The Decemberists (6)
Modest Mouse (6)
Neutral Milk Hotel (4)
Iron & Wine (4)
Mogwai (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Creative Writing With Crooks: Scammers Get Over... →
“This email that pretends to be from FBI director Robert S. Mueller has the typical scammy touches: strange grammatical issues, unexpected shifts between formal and casual voices, a complete lack of understanding of how US government offices actually work, and an “official” gmail address.”
How to Let Go of Hyperparenting and Learn to Relax... →
“Hyperparents are spotted when they are trying to educate their child from the womb, and expose them to the most intellectually stimulating music and art and literature before the kid can crawl. They obsess over everything, from whether the child is learning fast enough to how safe every single thing is to every little scrape and bruise. They are overprotective, overbearing, overwhelming to...
Life after foreclosure →
“After losing their homes, these 4 families thought they’d never recover. They’ve found it difficult to rent and their credit is wrecked, but life is looking up.”
Wikipedia Lauches Official iPhone App →
“The truth, however, is that this isn’t a very good application and doesn’t really go beyond anything the regular mobile Wikipedia website doesn’t already do. The truth, however, is that this isn’t a very good application and doesn’t really go beyond anything the regular mobile Wikipedia website doesn’t already do.”
The Most Exciting Cars of 2010 →
Including the new Taurus SHO and a Cadillac wagon.
And Google Said, Let There Be Chrome Bookmark Sync →
“As promised, Google has just launched bookmark syncing for users on the dev channel of its Chrome web browser.”
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-16) →
Modest Mouse (7)
The Decemberists (5)
Iron & Wine (4)
Pixies (4)
Neutral Milk Hotel (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The Get-Started-Now Guide to Becoming... →
“And while being your own boss can be scary and a little risky, it’s not as difficult as people think.”
Disgusting: Make Yourself Beautiful WIth Bird... →
“Just because something is “natural” doesn’t mean it isn’t frightening.”
Dumpster diving + computer = 100 trees - CNN.com →
“For the past eight years, the Kenya native has been refurbishing computers, printers and other electronic educational resources otherwise headed for landfills, then sending them to grateful students back home.”
Purplemath →
“Purplemath’s algebra lessons are written with the student in mind. These lessons emphasize the practicalities rather than the technicalities, demonstrating dependable techniques, warning of likely…
50 Amazing Ramen Noodle Recipes →
“Going to college requires a lot of your time, which doesn’t allow you to cook your common four-course meal. Using the age-old college fallback, ramen noodles, you can cook yourself a tasty treat in…
Facebook privacy: a guide →
“The Internet is no longer a place where you can hide out easily—friends, family, and employers are all lurking, reading your embarrassing status updates and checking up on those drunken pictures from last week.”
Saturday Night Special: Dressing Down →
How to Find True North Without a Compass - wikiHow →
“Which way is north? Whether you’re lost in the woods or you’re trying to install a sundial in your yard, you’re bound to want to find true north from time to time, and chances are when the time…
10 Important Traits of a Great Blog Design →
“First impressions count and making sure that you have all the elements of a great blog design can ensure that readers will enjoy the content that you present.”
How Different Groups Spend Their Day - Interactive... →
“The American Time Use Survey asks thousands of American residents to recall every minute of a day. Here is how people over age 15 spent their time in 2008.”
Knife Sharpening by Steve Bottorff- Sharpening... →
“This 5 chapter tutorial will teach you how to select equipment and sharpen any knife or edge tool to a shaving sharp edge.”
Watch“Your Celebration is A Sham” by Andy Peterson
The 60 Minute SEO Site Audit - Search Engine Watch... →
“This quick check isn’t meant to substitute for a complete and thorough site audit. However, it’s good to do this at the beginning of an audit because it will find a good portion of a site’s major…
On Language - How Fail Went From Verb to... →
“In a few years’ time, the use of fail as an interjection caught on to such an extent that particularly egregious objects of ridicule required an even stronger barb: major fail, überfail, massive fail or, most popular of all, epic fail. The intensifying adjectives hinted that fail was becoming a new kind of noun: not simply a synonym for failure but, rather, a derisive label to slap on a...
lift-standard - Project Hosting on Google Code →
“LIFT (Lexicon Interchange FormaT) is an XML format for storing lexical information, as used in the creation of dictionaries.”
tights are not pants →
“Downloadable DIY Press Kit W/ Printable Flyers!”