February 2010
28 posts
How To Make Postcards From Vintage Book Covers... →
“The idea for this project comes from a set of postcards I sent to a Swedish friend more than a decade ago. I mailed him a handmade postcard made from the paperback cover torn from a copy of Ian Fleming’s Moonraker. He mailed back a postcard right away written on the back of Ian Fleming’s Thunderball, and a tradition was created.”
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-21) →
Regina Spektor (5)
Metallica (4)
Colin Meloy (3)
The Beatles (3)
Adele (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“We were thinking if you just photoshopped the lamp off the table, you’d be able...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
Me (to 8-year old): You have to be easier on yourself. Everyone makes mistakes.
4-year old from next room: Except me!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-14) →
Cocktail Slippers (2)
The Woggles (1)
The Beat Tornados (1)
The Reputation (1)
The Mr. T Experience (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
World Loanword Database (WOLD) →
“…allows users to find loanwords, source words and donor languages in each of the 41 languages, but also makes it easy to compare loanwords across languages.”
“Wanna tell me I’m too wide for the sky? Totally cool. But fair warning, folks:...”
– Twitter / ThatKevinSmith
Kevin Smith gets thrown off a Southwest flight for being “a safety risk” too fat. He’s already tweeting truth to power. Oh, Southwest, you messed with the wrong Bob.
(via notemily)
(via apsies)
The 10 Greatest Apocalyptic Novels Of All Time →
“The books on this list take you down the darkest paths in uncivilized worlds, from cannibalistic gangs to vampire infected corpses. If this list doesn’t get you thinking on the quickest way stock your basement full of water, canned goods and rifles, I don’t know what will! Enjoy!”
CNET: Buzz off: Disabling Google Buzz →
“The way some of us see it, we didn’t opt in to some newfangled Twitter system and we don’t particularly want to see updates from contacts we never asked to follow creep up in our Buzz in-box.”
The Cambridge Online Survey of World Englishes →
This survey consists of a short set of questions about your variety of English. What we are interested in is not what other people believe is “correct” English or what you think you and others should say, but what you actually do say. You should answer each question based on what you think you would say in natural, casual speech.
Dragging trash can 500 ft. through 10 in. of new snow + chopping and hauling firewood for wood burning stove = cancelled gym membership
“It’s innate racism, and I think it’s why young people are turned off by this...”
– Meghan McCain Blasts Tea Party Movement, Palin (via girloffscript) (via think4yourself) (via apsies)
TIME: Asian Carp in the Great Lakes? This Means... →
“And if their voracious eating habits weren’t enough, the silver carp pose a direct threat to boaters. When startled, the fish launch themselves out of the water, turning into 40-lb. projectiles that could easily smash an unwary fisherman’s nose. It’s enough to turn a fishing trip into something worthy of the X Games, which may be fine for the extreme-angling...
CNN.com: Michigan man hurt after homemade rocket... →
“He is known for doing ‘crazy things’ at his parties,” an Oakland County sheriff’s department statement said. “On this date, after consuming an unknown quantity of alcohol, he constructed a device out of a motorcycle muffler and pipe.”
NY Times: Vaccine/Autism Study Is Retracted →
“Last week, Britain’s General Medical Council ruled that Wakefield had shown a ”callous disregard” for the children used in his study and acted unethically. Wakefield and the two colleagues who have not renounced the study face being stripped of their right to practice medicine in Britain.
For the study, Wakefield took blood samples from children at his son’s...
