December 2008
60 posts
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here is where i lose it:
Jared is a fascinating combination of Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, and Leonardo da Vinci.
superdoofus-stratodrive:
i want an army of marmosets and sloths. i want them to be armed with torpedos and grenades and sharpened lengths of bamboo (for bloodletting).
i want to walk around with a board and give everyone concussions.
i want the earth to be twenty degrees at all times and i want my house to...
“West New York [rest of post got chopped, it follows here -Marc] and Hoboken are...”
– Nik (via webmarc)
what does this mean? I live in West New York, so I must know.
is this a joke on me (and/or my house plants?)
(via chrispazen)
So, yes Chris, this is a joke on… your house plants. :-)
“West New York”
– Nik
“… Can we have separate words for those who struggle to uphold the law and...”
– Squashed: Mark Dreier did a bad thing…
People that publicly support a group and secretly undermine it are frequently called traitor by said group.
Flashlight Worthy →
Perusing now…
(from 52books: Recommending books so good, they’ll keep you up past your bedtime.)
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Discounts for Mustached Americans
Jared, this one’s for you.
malty:
duplo:
“In a down economy and in good times as well, no one more so than the Mustached American can use a break. So the American Mustache Institute is partnering with merchants nationwide to offer a five percent “Mustached American Discount” card at restaurants, movies, haircuts, dance lessons, shoe repair, guitar restringing, wig manufacturing, medical...
When the cat's away...
“No, thanks anyway!
(pause)
I’m totally not doing any work while he’s gone.”
—Jacob, declining David’s offer to join for the afternoon coffee excursion.
How many mouths do you gloss?
Tom: yeah, great... Let's hear how many lip glosses you have again.
Shannon: well I don't have my purse today.
Shannon: so I only have two.
Safari on iPhone makes me cry.
I have no idea what dashboard page number I was on when I started chasing links. And then safari crashed, so now I’m done.
The Miracle of Compression
I’m totally going. webmike:
Courtland Milloy in the December 10, 2008 Washington Post wrote an interesting column on the expected crowds for the Obama inauguration.
One of the largest recent crowds was 750,000 thousand for the Garth Brooks Concert in Central Park. The upcoming Washington event is bantering around the number of 4 million.
For the recent opening of the Nationals Park,...
DNS Tomfoolery
My new tumblog address is http://webmarc.me.
If your feedreader or bookmark-keeper doesn’t pay attention to the permanence of HTTP 301 redirects, you should update those when you have the urge.
I’ll be relinquishing marc.redtilde.com to the wild at somepoint, perhaps to cybersquatters. Or to someone who would be willing to pay several dollars or perhaps half a bag of Cheetos.
Can anyone explain scrapbooking to me?
Scrapbooking is a paper analog of Tumbling.
toldorknown:
No. Anyone who claims they can is selling something.
craigslist foraging wins big yet again
Ever check out searchallcraigs?
withinluwithoutlu:
yesterday after checking craigslist like i do every day, i found an awesome entry:
Rockband AND Guitar Hero 3, with everything included for both games for $110.
i was dubious at first, but a few hours later i was home playing rockband with the gang. even the gf played!
p.s. goodbye productivity.
internet map
I do not, but I suspect you could use an amalgam of airline flight routes as a great proxy.
grahamgrafx:
im looking for the most accurate depiction of a visual layout of the internet. does anyone have any links of a recent one? (>= 2006) best internet map i could find
“In the first half of this year, borrowers defaulted on modified mortgages at...”
– The aggregate doesn’t tell the whole story:
I am personally aware of at least 2 cases of loan modifications that changed the note structure from an ARM to a conventional 30 year but had a net monthly payment decrease of only $150 or less on $3k.
So both of those notes were modified, but...
Wedding Day Golf
Yay! Or proof that I put my name on a ball anyway… :-)
goldshan:
tiffany:
If you hit a golf ball at our wedding, go see if it’s in the (ongoing) gallery of found balls!
Proof that my husband has hit a golf ball! Go Marc :-)
Hey Congress, just buy a bunch of cars.
(I’m convinced that this is NOT an original idea, but I can’t for the life of me recall where I saw this before)
I don’t understand why the automfgr bailout doesn’t just take the form of a purchase order.
“Dear Big 3, I’d like to take 30,000 of your most tricked out Ford Focus flavored cars, to go please. Love, Congress.” Or whatever. Make sure...
“I don’t eat corn on the bone.”
– Erika
Mac'n'Cheese? Nah, Mac'n'Meat.
Meat on stick x2 from street vendor outside 5th Ave Apple Store == endorphin rush.
Getting over redeye flights.
I recently asked the twitter crowd what they do to recover… here’s what I got. Tumblrs, whatchu got?
@webbandit: Sadly, like many things, one day you discover doing what was fine when you were “younger” just means you are getting “older”
@localstops: Serious cardio workout immediately followed by cheeseburger deluxe
@TyCage: Stay up every night playing games...
Watchazspot:
Jesus Christ! and a cast of dozens — Prop 8: The Musical
