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Fucking Tumblr

Tumblr recently changed its posting interface again. Here’s what it looks like now: The new interface was inspired by the “super-constrained environment” of mobile apps, and with it they tried to compact Tumblr’s “years of features,” as one might “[move] a suburban house’s worth of furniture into a tiny New York apartment.” What does that […]

SpaceX’s Dragon launch

This SpaceX launch got me thinking about my favorite piece by The Onion, “Holy Shit, Man Walks on Fucking Moon” from Our Dumb Century. It’s basically a news story on the landing of the lunar module of the Apollo 11, liberally laced with profanity: Neil Armstrong’s historic first words on Moon: “HOLY LIVING FUCK“ I’m […]

Checking out from Newegg

I was considering using PayPal, but, uh, I guess that doesn’t seem like a particularly smart choice.

Christopher Nolan & JRPGs

Here’s a trailer for the film Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan and set to be released on July 16, 2010. It’s short, so feel free to watch it all if you want to, but the specific scene I’d like to bring your attention to starts at 0:42.

“The Farmer”

The Farmer (1887?) (hover over underlined words for annotations) Once on a time he used to plough And rise at dawn to milk the cough, And drive with merry song and laugh To pasture Brindle and her caugh. Then for the pigs he’d fill the trough, And for the market he’d be ough; Sometimes, his […]

Old Mac CDs #2 Gaiden: HyperGlot ICON Resources

This is another followup to the The Macintosh Demo Applications CD Version 1.1 post. It’s the last one, and it’ll be really quick, I promise. One of the demos, or demo groups, rather, was for HyperGlot Software Company, who made several language-learning applications. I peeked at the ICON resources for the general HyperGlot demo; the […]

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Pumpernickel packaging

Wait, will eating this make me irresistible? Should I have been buying this years ago? Is the guy really into her at all or is he staring off into the distance, thinking of delicious sandwiches? Did he just eat before the embrace? Is she getting a noseful of pumpernickel breath? Which of the two people […]

Google Chrome logo development

Pay people to commit arson with flair!

Tahoe company adds flare to wine bottles