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 […]
Sea Sends Distress Call in One-Note Chowders - your stew mirrors the health of the oceans
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Saturday, January 20, 2007
How to Select Wine
FANCY SERIF FONT + PARCHMENT LABEL + SOMETHING YOU KIND OF REMEMBERED FROM THE MOVIE SIDEWAYS + $12-$16 PRICE TAG = SUCCESS
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Don’t Try To Read Me
It was brilliant. It was sophisticated. It was meaningful. And I wish I had thought of it myself.
San Francisco bike route planner - neat toy. Now I just need a bike.
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And You Thought Snow Globes Were Harmless Decorations - NYT mocks TSA, woo!
Sunday, December 24, 2006
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
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
History of Religion - watch the spread of major world religions. Neat.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
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.
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Sunday, December 17, 2006
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.â€
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006
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.
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Bob Ross Wii Game! - OMG. Now I need a Wii!
Saturday, December 2, 2006
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.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
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.”
Saturday, November 25, 2006
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.
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Monday, November 20, 2006
Wikipedia Brown and the Case of the Captured Koala [via]
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Thursday, November 16, 2006
Study shows increased access to pornography is associated with a decrease in instances of rape
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Thursday, November 16, 2006
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?