June 2008
30 posts
Tif: oh, I thought you said robo-spanker. Casey:...
Marc
Watchjustin:
Gary The Puppet’s Magical Internet Adventure (watch in HD)
Created for Media Kitchen and Venture Day. I guess it was shown on a big screen for a bunch of important people, which is awesome. Shot on Steadicam by Kyle Fasanella, Directed and Written by Me, starring Gary the puppet (Ben Ross, Erik Beck). Shot on location at Tumblr, Next New Networks, Gawker, College Humor, and CBS...
The fortune Command
If you have MacPorts installed, do your self a favor and install fortune. I missed it. Here’s one of the first fortunes I’ve become reacquainted with:
Wouldn’t the sentence “I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and And and And and Chips in my Fish-And-Chips sign” have been clearer if quotation marks had been placed before Fish, and between Fish and and,...
Watchmarco:
Slate’s “Democratic Primary in 8 Minutes.”
It’s actually a great review: there were a lot of events that I missed when they happened, and this reminds me of just how despicable the Clinton campaign was.
(thanks, Nora)
Very well done summary; the tongue-in-cheek style makes it clear that it’s not a neutral piece, but is still informative and entertaining.
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Tim Russert dies at 58 of heart attack →
I’ll miss listening to him every week.
4 tags
Seriously, LOOK at him! →
cvxn:
Further to the five in this list, here’s another one of those “Internet jokes that’s going to make Obama win” that’s making the Tumblr rounds. And it’s the funniest by far. (via BeRightBackのおかげで)
“his font got serifs goddam”
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me, like 8...
(via IM)
Co-Worker: I know what we need...
Me: Yeah?
Co-Worker: http://www.lovesac.com/bigone.asp
Me: LOL This is ok to click?
Me: At work?
Co-Worker: LOL yes
Co-Worker: LOL LOL LOL
Me: Outstanding!
Co-Worker: next try this:
Co-Worker: hotasianchicks.html/girlongirl
Watchpile:
Fenway Park HD Camera - Sony HDC-910 - Canon 75x from Tom Guilmette on Vimeo
“The lens is a 9.5mm to a 700mm f/1.7.” Uh, wow.
Even if you’re not into camera-geekery, skip to 2:31 to see an awesome shot of the moon.
“What the fuck is wrong with Suzies? They can’t make a decent yogurt...”
– Marco (submitted to whitewhine)
Computer Language: Befunge →
I’d love to see what a webserver would look like.
David: I went to a rave.
Paul: I went to a rave at a cow shed in Belgium.
David: A what?
Marc: A cow shed.
Paul: You know, a shed for cows.
parallelize: Shell utility to execute command...
marco:
Warning to non-geek readers: You probably want to skip this post.
Usage:
parallelize {thread-count} < big_list_of_commands.txt
Demo:
(for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do echo "echo 'Delay $i'; sleep $i ; \
echo 'Done $i'" ; done) | parallelize 4
Now also at sourceforge
Windows Burn
Jeremy: Wow, this site looks different on Windows [ed: vs Mac]
Jeremy: I wonder what I'd look like on Windows.
Graham: A beautiful man.
Not just Chesapeake
toldorknown:
Remember: A shank is metal and a shiv is anything *but* metal. Mnemonic: “If it clanks, it’s a shank.”
I can’t tell you how many times I misread “shank” as “skank.” Seriously, I’m still giggling.
See also: Chesapeake
"The Happening"
Lee: Warning! I'm gonna give you a spolier.
Marc: Yeah?
Lee: It's going to suck!
