April 2007
22 posts
WatchThis is not a video…
“Web 2.0 is not about blogging, People. Web 2.0 is about Cheap & Easy.”
– from gapingvoid. (P.S. - most of the time, the only thing worth paying attention to on gapingvoid is the cartoons) Leave a comment here.
Talking in the past
Wind (as in “wind it up”) has a past tense of wound. Rewind has the past tense of rewound — same deal. Thusly, I always want to say remound for the past of remind. That shirt remound me of the burrito I had once. You know? What about the English language irks you? Leave a comment here.
Has email made you more productive and aware?
Marketing guy: Why haven't you kept me up to date on this account?
Ops guy: I've CC-ed you on every email I sent to them.
Marketing guy: I don't have time to read my emails. There's too much information in them. If you send me an important email give me a call to let me know I need to check it.
from: Overheard in the Office
“Oddly enough, high school students in much of the rest of the developed world —...”
– from Reason Magazine’s “Back to 18?” article. The article makes a very good argument for reevaluation of the drinking age in the US.
Under fire: a reader voices his opinion
I received a comment today in response to my post about the criteria by which I judge people.
Reader Kevin suggests some reasons why I should be more scared of Photo #1. He gives three reasons:
One gun can do just as much bodily damage as four. My take: True, but if I were scared for others in addition to myself, two people sharing 4 guns should logically scare me more than one person with...
“Listen up, you bunch of whiny limpdicks, if someone is being an asshole, call...”
– from Dusty’s blog called Pork Tornado. To leave a comment, click here.
Let's cap off today with a question. No pun...
Which of the previous 2 photos scares you more? Is it Photo #1, of Stan and his gun? Or is is Photo #2, of Aaron and Brittny with their guns? For me, it’s #1. “Why?” I ask myself. Here are some answers I’ve come up with:
Stan more resembles the schema I have developed for dangerous gun-totin’ thug
Stan has alcohol in the background of the picture while Aaron...
WatchOne of my favorite songs from Barenaked Ladies’s new CD.
“Suppose you have a large space that needs a cost-effective way to stay cool in...”
– from Big Ass Fans‘ product information page.
I personally think it was Moctezuma's revenge
The Cynical-C Blog is keeping track of all the things that have been labeled causes of the recent massacre. At present, there are 47 different causes. Here are some:
It’s the fault of violent video games.
It’s the fault of movies.
It’s that no other students were armed.
It’s the cowardly students who didn’t rush the shooter.
It’s the first victim’s fault.
It’s secularism’s fault.
It’s the...
God's followers make for good punk rockers
I really like Relient K, a Christian punk rock band. Today I found another band, Hawk Nelson, through Pandora. Also punk rock. Also Christian. I’m not sure what God’s up to, but (in this respect) I hope he/she/it/they keep(s) it up.
UPDATE (2 April 2008): I recently purchased Hawk Nelson’s CD, Letters to the President. It’s really good; I recommend it.
Failed predictions
Associates of Edwin L. Drake refusing his suggestion to drill for oil in 1859: "Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy."
Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computer Inc., on his and Steve Wozniak's early attempts to distribute their personal computer: "So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'"
New York Daily News, after the premiere of Willie Mays, 1951: "Just so-so in center field."
Variety Magazine, passing judgement on rock 'n roll in 1955: "It will be gone by June."
Business Week, August 2, 1968: "With over fifteen types of foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn’t likely to carve out a big share of the market for itself."
see more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failed_predictions
“This is what happens when we allow foreign students to enter our country....”
– from the comments on MSNBC’s “On the Scene: The Virginia Tech Massacre” blog. Currently, 388 comments appear. (link)
Comments on newspapers' "Most Emailed" lists →
UPDATE (March 10, 2008): This was the first blog post I ever wrote. Can you believe I still remember it? Well, anyway, check this Onion article out - it is a satirical view of this same exact issue.