July 2008
52 posts
June 2008
99 posts
“While BoingBoing would seem to be a great symbol of the blog revolution—that...”
– Gawker - The Media Cool Kids: Never As Cool As You Think
Comedy is Science
adamfrucci:
Alastair Clarke explains: “The theory is an evolutionary and cognitive explanation of how and why any individual finds anything funny. Effectively it explains that humour occurs when the brain recognizes a pattern that surprises it, and that recognition of this sort is rewarded with the experience of the humorous response, an element of which is broadcast as laughter.
“By removing...
“For Mackenzie Rosenthal, who will be a senior at New York University next year...”
– NYT: Luring Affluent Renters in Manhattan, Or Rich NYU Fucks Make Everyone Feel Poor
Mother of god
Good morning!
jory: you should ditch billy joel and come to my birthday party
jory: i can guarantee both events are equally as gay
Countdown Begins...
In honor of tonight’s show, I’m subjecting the entire office to discs 1, 2, and 3 of Billy Joel’s Greatest Hits. Also, select tracks from 12 Gardens Live and Songs in the Attic. Enjoy.
This is funny to about .05% of the population
Jane: how did last night go?
jdel: Rolling Stone never showed
Jane: that's pretty LAME of rolling stone
Jane: and they call themselves a music magazine
jdel: eh you know
jdel: magazines
jdel: they'll show up in a month in line with their publishing cycle
JanePearl: hahahah, oh new media humor...
Getting totally amped for Billy Joel at Mohegan...
caro:
Just interviewed Larry Lessig. I did not pull the “I read your book for a college class!” line, because that would’ve been dorky.
One of my professors had such a love-hate relationship with Lessig…his entire course was based on disproving and discrediting a bunch of his theories. He ultimately made some fantastic points, and it was one of the best courses I took in college.
RIP Tweeter
Yesterday, Eve and I rescued a bird that was trapped behind a window grate. He was trying all day to get out, and we finally were able to pry the grate off and carry him out. He seemed quite young and exhausted from trying to escape all day, making him completely unable to fly. We set him up in a nice big box, complete with water and some crumbs, and even tried hand feeding him drops of water....
Things I'm Not Okay With
fek:
A Facebook friend request…from my mom.
Oh god, I just got one too.
George Carlin: On Employment
kabby:
“The very existence of flame-throwers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, ‘You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.’”
Attention Ryanluce: Tumblr IS The New Twitter
blakeley:
ryanluce:
This is tumblr, not twitter, kiddo. Don’t get your web 2.0 tekmologies confused!
caro:
Somewhere in the LES, waiting for the rain to die off a bit before I head to cocktails at the Bowery Hotel.
I never got into Twitter, most of my friends already know where I am already and what I’m doing. There didn’t seem to be much incentive for me to actually post anything to it…...
fek:
The official statement on Twitter, from the management.
Thank christ. Another loyal believer.
AP: Everything Sucks. Cheers. →
This reads more like an Onion article than the Associated Press, but it’s pretty dead on. Shit sucks. (via spiegelman)
Backstory to last night's photo
After leaving the office, Scott and I noticed a crowd gathering on the corner of Prince and Elizabeth, centered around an old beat up mailbox. There were probably around 15 people standing outside, most of them older, and clearly of a different generation. The ringleader, a frumpy lesbian in a tight linen shirt, started the proceedings by hopping up onto the mailbox and telling a “New York Story.”...
Gawker : The Best of TV News Lip Slips →
nickmcglynn:
(via blakeley)
Willie Randolph opens up after his recent firing →
kellyreeves:
via zachlinder
Holy moley, this made me tear up. So sad. : (
Phew…this killed me. I actually liked Randolph, but it needed to be done.
Sorry, gotta quote David Edelstein one more time...
katiebakes:
On Hunter S. Thompson:
Writers of my generation rocked out to his prose. We dreamed of living that large. We drank whiskey from the bottle, gobbled down speed, and threw ourselves onto our manual typewriters. The upshot was posturing horseshit and trips to the emergency room. No one but Thompson succeeded in being at once so addled and so lucid—and after a while, tragically,...
David Karp And Charles Forman Are Just Really... →
caro:
I took most of those photos! (via blakeley)
That only makes it weirder (and I only say that because I secretly wish I was involved in this uber-straight/metro-man-love).
Watchblakeley:
Shaving While Intoxicated In Las Vegas
The entire time I was watching this, I was imagining the caption “THIS IS HOW REAL MEN SHAVE.” No shaving cream? Seriously? That’s like a Chuck Norris joke waiting to happen.
One day our kids will blog from their minds. No keyboard, no laptop. Think about it.
