The Telling Compulsion

The Big Lebowski Alignment Chart

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:07:19 -0800

The Big Lebowski Alignment Chart

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7)

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:26:46 -0800

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

No, wait; this one. godzilla haiku #11

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:52:48 -0800

No, wait; this one.

godzilla haiku #11

godzilla haiku #8

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:10:14 -0800

godzilla haiku #8

Itty Bitty Cities: 22 Models That Miniaturize the World

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:44:37 -0800

Itty Bitty Cities: 22 Models That Miniaturize the World

Software Patents

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:37:00 -0800

Software Patents:

Marco Ament:

To evaluate whether software patents are a net gain for society, we need to evaluate their reality, which differs quite a bit from most arguments for why patents are necessary.
…
Software patenting has resulted in a mess of trivial, invalid, and duplicate patents being issued and dysfunctionally “enforced” by threats and settlements at a tremendous cost to society.
As a working software developer, the thought of accidentally and unknowingly stumbling into someone’s patent is terrifying. There’s no question that it has hurt our industry in the past and will continue to artificially restrict progress indefinitely, and there’s little convincing evidence that the supposed benefits exist in practice at a large enough scale to maintain the status quo.

"It is Orwellian, sir. It is Big Brother. And Big Brother is none other than each of us. The..."

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:37:00 -0800

“It is Orwellian, sir. It is Big Brother. And Big Brother is none other than each of us. The surveillance state, gone viral. At long last, sir, have WE no shame?
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Uhhh…I think one of us is supposed to take our pants off now?”

- Keith Olbermann, Chat Roulette-ing with Jon Stewart

Holi

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:01:54 -0800

Holi

"As you know, the largest number with a designated SI prefix is 10^24, which carries the name..."

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:24:14 -0800

“As you know, the largest number with a designated SI prefix is 10^24, which carries the name “yotta-“. However, in our world of increasing physical awareness and experimental precision, this number is no longer a satisfactory “upper bound” in scientific nomenclature. The analysis of many physical phenomena reveals natural quantities in excess of 27 orders of magnitude, a number which is currently ignored by the SI system.
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We believe that the SI system can not only rectify their failing prefix system but also honor the scientific progress of Northern California by formally establishing “hella-” as the prefix for 10^27.”

- The Official Petition to Establish “Hella-” as the SI Prefix for 10^27

Impossible Escape by Seb Przd

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0800

Impossible Escape
by Seb Przd

Slo-mo Dogs: The Musical!

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:33:00 -0800

Slo-mo Dogs: The Musical!:

Pleix/Vitalic 2005
—-versus—-
Pedigree/Vitality 2010

GO!!!

LOL V

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:00 -0800

LOL V

"I’m the mayor of Storyville” says Wade, “and for a long time, I was the mayor of the Justice League."

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:59:51 -0800

““I’m the mayor of Storyville” says Wade, “and for a long time, I was the mayor of the Justice League.””

- Mat quotes Megan in Foursquare in SF: The Quest for Mayorship

Madness or technology?
Paranoid schizo monologist or guy chatting on a bluetooth headset?
Fisher King or Foursquare aficionado?

(Cute girl-about-town or cutest girl-about-town?)

Hot Chip want to put up an old-style house Build A House [mp3]

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:55:52 -0800

Hot Chip want to put up an old-style house

Build A House [mp3]

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-28)

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:36:14 -0800

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-28):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Congrats to Team Canada & their fans. Great tournament.

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:10:40 -0800

Congrats to Team Canada & their fans. Great tournament.

Citius, Altius, Fortius

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:31:02 -0800

Citius, Altius, Fortius:

Health officials in Vancouver have already provided 100,000 free condoms to the roughly 7,000 ahtletes and officials at the Games. That’s about 14 condoms per person. But as of Wednesday, those supplies started running dangerously low.

So naturally, the Canadian Foundation for AIDS research decided to step and make sure there were no hitches in Olympic action.

“When we heard about the condom shortage in Vancouver, we felt it important to respond immediately,” said Kerry Whiteside, CANFAR’s Executive Director. The organization assembled three large boxes of about 8,500 condoms, much to the relief of libidos at the Olympic Village. They’re expected to arrive on Thursday.

Why You Can’t Work at Work Jason Fried, co-founder of 37signals

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:20:15 -0800

Why You Can’t Work at Work

Jason Fried, co-founder of 37signals

"My feeling is that the modern workplace is structured completely wrong. It’s really optimized..."

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:20:09 -0800

“My feeling is that the modern workplace is structured completely wrong. It’s really optimized for interruptions. And, interruptions are the enemy of work. They’re the enemy of productivity, they’re the enemy of creativity, they’re the enemy of everything. But that’s what the modern workplace is all about, is interruptions. … People go to work today, and then they end up doing most of their real work after work or on the weekends.
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Managers are the biggest problem. Because their whole world is built around interruption. That’s what they do.”

- Jason Fried, co-founder of 37signals

Why You Can’t Work at Work

Always get buy-in from your key stakeholders.

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:30:43 -0800

Always get buy-in from your key stakeholders.