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The Tea Party and Ayn Rand

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Rand … was also a staunch advo­cate of abor­tion rights and sex­ual hedo­nism, and an athe­ist to boot, which her con­ser­v­a­tive admir­ers have largely ignored.

via The Tea Party and Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged | Megan Gib­son | Com­ment is free | guardian.co.uk.

22 Apr 2011 · [0]

“It kind of feels like the iMac grew up with us.”

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…it kind of feels like the iMac grew up with us.

via Fla­vor­wire » Redesign­ing Clas­sic Prod­ucts: Always a Bad Idea?.

21 Apr 2011 · [0]

The Telephone’s Unbeatable Functionality

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I can­not think of any­thing that works as well or as con­sis­tently as the hum­ble land line telephone.

via What The Telephone’s Unbeat­able Func­tion­al­ity Teaches Us About Inno­va­tion | Co.Design.

21 Apr 2011 · [0]

Archive Team on GeoCities

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GeoC­i­ties was the largest self-created folk-art col­lec­tion in the his­tory of the world

via Yahoo! Pulls Plug on GeoC­i­ties, Erases Inter­net His­tory — TIME.

20 Apr 2011 · [0]

NetNewsNostalgia

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the best apps are the ones that have the fewest fea­tures and exe­cute on them insanely well.

Was painfully reminded of this while look­ing for a Nota­tional Veloc­ity alter­na­tive for Linux.

via Net­News­Nos­tal­gia « carpeaqua by Justin Williams.

19 Apr 2011 · [0]

my Perfict boy

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via A “Per­fict” Boy Is Hard to Find — The Hair­pin.

10 Apr 2011 · [0]

Emacs in Tron

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I was tick­led that I got emacs into a block buster movie.

via jtni­moy — Tron Legacy (2010) via Kot­tke

10 Apr 2011 · [0]

Charlie Brooker on Rebecca Black hate

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One of the most dis­ap­point­ing things about the slew of online Rebecca Black abuse is the sheer poverty of lan­guage involved.

via How to tweet bile with­out alien­at­ing peo­ple. Or mak­ing 13-year-old girls cry | Char­lie Brooker | Com­ment is free | The Guardian.

29 Mar 2011 · [0]

In Defense of the Multi-Camera Sitcom

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Char­ac­ters have to walk into a house talk­ing about stuff they prob­a­bly should have been talk­ing about in the car on the way there.

via In Defense of the Multi-Camera Sit­com | Split­sider.

28 Mar 2011 · [0]

Long Exposure Photos of Video War Games

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Rhi­zome | Long Expo­sure Pho­tos of Video War Games 2001–2002 — Rose­marie Fiore.

28 Mar 2011 · [0]

‘Gay cure’ app: more than 80,000 complain

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Apple is under fire from gay rights activists after it approved an iPhone and iPad app tar­get­ing “homo­sex­ual strugglers”.

Well at least they’re still “free from porn.”

via ‘Gay cure’ app: more than 80,000 com­plain — Tech­nol­ogy news, com­ment and analy­sis | guardian.co.uk.

21 Mar 2011 · [0]

Thirteen-Year-Old Rebecca Black’s Lyrics vs. Katy Perry’s Lyrics — Culture — GOOD

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Call­ing “Fri­day” dis­as­trous is akin to The New York Review of Books tear­ing apart The Beren­stein Bears. Sure, it doesn’t meet your stan­dards. It’s not for you.

via Thirteen-Year-Old Rebecca Black’s Lyrics vs. Katy Perry’s Lyrics — Cul­ture — GOOD.

18 Mar 2011 · [0]

Ponytail — Beg Waves

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I mean, COME ON.

Pony­tail — Ice Cream Spir­i­tual — 01 — Beg Waves [261]

13 Mar 2011 · [0]

December 30, 2010 | The New Republic

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Decem­ber 30, 2010 | The New Republic.

13 Dec 2010 · [0]

The right’s favorite scare word is “elitism.” What does it mean? — By Jacob Weisberg — Slate Magazine

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The prob­lem with the GOP’s elite-bashing is not their def­i­n­i­tion but their con­tra­dic­tions. In prac­tice, con­ser­v­a­tives are no less inclined than lib­er­als to adopt supe­rior stances or to tell peo­ple how to live their lives.

via The right’s favorite scare word is “elit­ism.” What does it mean? — By Jacob Weis­berg — Slate Mag­a­zine.

2 Oct 2010 · [0]

grain edit · Intelligence in Lifestyle

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grain edit · Intel­li­gence in Lifestyle.

25 Sep 2010 · [0]

Sensational Poster for @eugenemirman comedy festival — Cabine… on Twitpic

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Sen­sa­tional Poster for @eugenemirman com­edy fes­ti­val — Cab­ine… on Twit­pic.

16 Sep 2010 · [0]