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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 […]

My New Wardrobe

My New Wardrobe

Sea Sends Distress Call in One-Note Chowders

Sea Sends Distress Call in One-Note Chowders - your stew mirrors the health of the oceans

How to Select Wine

How to Select Wine
FANCY SERIF FONT + PARCHMENT LABEL + SOMETHING YOU KIND OF REMEMBERED FROM THE MOVIE SIDEWAYS + $12-$16 PRICE TAG = SUCCESS

Don’t Try To Read Me

Don’t Try To Read Me
It was brilliant. It was sophisticated. It was meaningful. And I wish I had thought of it myself.

Smart Kitty

Smart Kitty

San Francisco bike route planner

San Francisco bike route planner - neat toy. Now I just need a bike.

And You Thought Snow Globes Were Harmless Decorations

And You Thought Snow Globes Were Harmless Decorations - NYT mocks TSA, woo!

Saying Yes to Mess

Saying Yes to Mess - the NYT tells us it’s ok to be messy. (And suggests that you make more money if you are).
Mess tells a story: you can learn a lot about people from their detritus, whereas neat — well, neat is a closed book. Neat has no narrative and no personality

History of Religion

History of Religion - watch the spread of major world religions. Neat.

If beer is heaven, coffee is faith.

If beer is heaven, coffee is faith.
No one without hope ever drinks coffee. If you put a cup to your lips, you’ve made a tacit acknowledgment that you expect life to get just a little bit better… Coffee is the signal to an antagonist world that you’re ready to stand up for one more day.

Craigslist Meets the Capitalists

Craigslist Meets the Capitalists
Larry Dignan, writing on Between the Lines blog at ZDNet, called Mr. Buckmaster “delightfully communist,” and described the audience as “confused capitalists wondering how a company can exist without the urge to maximize profits.”

Charlie Brown Christmas - Performed by the Cast of Scrubs

Charlie Brown Christmas - Performed by the Cast of Scrubs - apparently, this was done by an editor on the show, with the cooperation of the cast. Nifty.

Bob Ross Wii Game!

Bob Ross Wii Game! - OMG. Now I need a Wii!

Rye Is Back

Rye Is Back - According to the NYT, at least. I’m also happy to see they also thought the Old Potrero I got for my brother was pretty harsh. Maybe I’ll have to try the other one that they liked.

In Class Warfare, Guess Which Class Is Winning

In Class Warfare, Guess Which Class Is Winning - New York Times Ben Stein interviews Warren Buffet about fiscal policy.
“There’s class warfare, all right,” Mr. Buffett said, “but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”

Diary of a turkey killer

Diary of a turkey killer - Derrick pointed me to this moving account of getting closer to your food by raising it and taking its life yourself. I thought it was rather-thought provoking.

Wikipedia Brown and the Case of the Captured Koala

Wikipedia Brown and the Case of the Captured Koala [via]

Study shows increased access to pornography is associated with a decrease in instances of rape

Study shows increased access to pornography is associated with a decrease in instances of rape

OJ is writing a book about how he “hypothetically” might have murdered a couple of people

OJ is writing a book about how he “hypothetically” might have murdered a couple of people - It’s called If I Did It, Here’s How It Happened. I’m not normally one for moral outrage, but does this strike anyone else as kind of disgusting?