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Monthly Archives: June 2007

100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers

100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers

Affirmation Power Tools

Affirmation Power Tools
You are a useful man. You are powerful. This tool could drill through your son’s skull, and yet you use it to make this mighty bookcase.

Why Can’t Anyone Tell I’m Wearing This Business Suit Ironically?

Why Can’t Anyone Tell I’m Wearing This Business Suit Ironically? - let this not be me, let this not be me, let this not be me.

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
(thanks, Ed)

On Chain Stores

On Chain Stores
If Dunkin’ Donuts were a person, he would name his yacht “The MILF Hunter” and cruise the harbor while blasting Snow’s “Informer” from his boat’s $50,000 stereo system.

This post is for you, Robert Tourtelot

This post is for you, Robert Tourtelot - lawyer sends nastygram to DVD rental company owner, threatening him under non-existent laws. It just gets crazier from there, including the lawyer challenging him to a street fight.

Sleeping vs. Cat and Bladder

Sleeping vs. Cat and Bladder

Bork v. Bork

Bork v. Bork - Oh, now you like tort law. I see.

Teh Intarweb

Teh Intarweb - as Ze Frank put it: “all the problems of the online world accidentaly summed up on a single page”

Google and Privacy

Google and Privacy - So, there’s been a bunch of discussion on the internets about this Privacy International report naming Google as not-so-hot on the privacy tip. I think this post nicely articulates some of my ambivalence on the topic of everyone’s favorite non-evil teddy bear corporate giant.

Police use Facebook to douse party plans

Police use Facebook to douse party plans - file under “obvious and unintended consequences of living one’s life on the public internet”
Foster said, however, that Facebook has increasingly become a resource for police forces. It has been used to track down missing persons, find witnesses and even identify suspects.
“It seems to be turning out to […]

US Map With States Renamed For Countries With Similar GDPs

US Map With States Renamed For Countries With Similar GDPs - CA = FR

Hilarious Interview with Ocean’s 13 Cast

Hilarious Interview with Ocean’s 13 Cast - there are so many reasons I would think I’d hate this. It’s a celebrity piece; it’s in TIME; it’s a promotion for a sequel. And here I am laughing out loud repeatedly. Damn you George Clooney!

All God’s Children Can Dance

All God’s Children Can Dance - first film adaptation of a Murakami story. I’m a recent Murakami convert, I’m pretty interested to see what it’s like.

Boogie Nights, Meet Star Wars

Boogie Nights, Meet Star Wars