January 2012
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“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your...”
– Jonathan Coulton is wise.
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2012/01/21/megaupload/
(via neil-gaiman)
I wish I had summed it up so smartly. But you know me: talk talk talk.
(via areasofmyexpertise)
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Emailed my Representative instead
Democracy, Woo!
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Called my Senator
No voicemail messages necessary. I immediately got through to a person who took my polite message of opposition and thanked me for it.
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Tried to call my Representative
His voicemail box was full. Good sign?
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Sometimes when Lillian is asleep, she stretches...
Every damn time I get teary with the adorableness of this.
Watchthedailywhat:
Another Movie Trailer of the Day: First official trailer for Moonrise Kingdom — the latest installment in Wes Anderson’s storied directorial repertoire.
The film, which stars Anderson vets Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman alongside Bruce Willis, Ed Norton, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, and newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward, is set to open in theaters May 25th.
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The Best Time I Almost Bought a Falcon →
I’m leaving this here for Whit.
I love you, but I still say probably no on this…
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Dear Customer who stuck up for his little brother,
sweetupndown:
you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you. Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about 10-12 years old. The only way to describe him was scrawny, neat, and very clean for a boy his age. They...
December 2011
Hodgman speaks the truth to "power"! →
areasofmyexpertise:
“Leon Cooperman the Omega Advisors Inc. chairman and former CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS)’s money-management unit…. [wrote that] Capitalists “are not the scourge that they are too often made out to be….’
“[Now] Cooperman, 68, said in an interview that he can’t walk through the dining room of St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida, without...
I am so tired of receiving emails from people that...
Or any other kind of sense, for that matter.
At least a couple of people on the other side of the country have learned to write effective emails. I don’t dislike them anymore, even though their personalities grate terribly.
I Work For The Internet →
staff:
We work for the Internet. And we’re guessing many of you do too. Whether it’s researching, selling, coding, supporting, designing — so many of our careers depend on the Internet.
One argument that’s been made to Congress is that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is needed to protect American jobs. In truth, the new liabilities this bill would impose on startups could stop American...
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Lillian seems to dream of killing and eating...
Given the amount that her face twitches while she sleeps.
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For Caturday, we adopted a cat.
Pictures to follow…
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I don't believe that Hannelore would know that... →
She grew up in SPACE… With a father who seems highly non-religious.
November 2011
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This just in:
Facebook has changed a security setting and said nothing (again). On the Facebook homepage, take a look at your URL (top box on your screen.) If you just see “http” or just “www”, instead of “httpS”, you DO NOT have a secure session & can be hacked. Go to Account Settings - Click Security on the left top corner - click Edit next to Secure Browsing, Check...
Offerman Woodshop →
This is my favorite internet site since Acme Klein Bottle site!
Beef cakey!