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Monthly Archives: May 2007

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Google’s new streetview feature kind of freaks me out. Time to buy new curtains to hide from our “Don’t Be Evil” overlords.

Working at Google (a comparison chart)

Working at Google (a comparison chart)
At Google, you get your free Google-approved haircut at the Googleplex by a Googler with an IQ in the 99% percentile of all haircutters. The average Googler Haircutter has over 45 RSS feeds in their Google Reader. The walls are very clean, and you will not need to interact with […]

Striking Image

Striking Image:

From the NY Times today

That’s One Way to Sell Tile

That’s One Way to Sell Tile - tugs at the heartstrings a little more than your typical building materials ad.

I Has a Sweet Potato

I Has a Sweet Potato - insight into the mind of a dog. My finals-addled brain can do nothing but look at and read about cute things.
Dog: I am starving.
Me: Actually, no. You aren’t starving. You get two very good meals a day. And treats. And Best Beloved fed you extra food while I […]

In Praise of Budweiser

In Praise of Budweiser - not sure if I agree, but perhaps I should revisit my stance on the matter.
There is only one major issue on which I stand completely alone, reviled by all. And it’s this; Budweiser (by which I mean the real Budweiser, the beer which has been sold under that brand by […]

My Life as a Hot Woman

My Life as a Hot Woman - Esquire’s A.J. Jacobs poses as his nanny to help her get dates. It’s an interesting portrayal of the interaction between men and women as played out in the online dating world.

But every time I get scared, I just think seven little words: Six Hundred Dollar Hello Kitty Cell Phone.

But every time I get scared, I just think seven little words: Six Hundred Dollar Hello Kitty Cell Phone.[via]