January 2009
70 posts
Megabus to Indiana.
I never remember to prepare for this trip with water bottles of booze.
Autonomous Robots Invade Retail Warehouses →
New Books
The Modern Middle East: A political history since the first world war
This I’ve Been Silent About
Newset book obsession: Topics & History of the Middle Ease
“Our president’s approval rating is somewhere between pictures of baby pandas on...”
– Rachel Maddow (via uoma) (via soupsoup) (via vikax)
Top 7 Twitter Apps for Mac →
Star Wars: A New Heap →
Or: How I stopped worrying and learned to love the death star.
“The Millennium Falcon resisted the modernist demand for purity and separation, pushing into the eclecticism of the minimalist expanded field.5 Its tangled bastard asymmetry made it a truer dream ship than any of its purebred predecessors. It is the first flying saucer imagined as architecture without architects”
I always feel like a dick coming into a store...
I’ll have to make it up with the tip
frangry:
The Cure - Just Like Heaven (via snuh)
ginobambino:
microphoned:
Arctic Monkeys...
backtothis:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Phenomena
The...
Working ALL Day
Took a break from the 9 to 5 design job to finish up a flier. Then once I’m done for the day I’ve got to run home to finish a freeance web design. I also need to
Get my hairs-cut
Do Laundry
Groom
Pack a weekend bag
Ugh, long busy day/night ahead.
the problem with reporting the clogged toilet is...
And it totally wasn’t me! I mean I tried to flush it to see if it unclogs, so I’m responsible for the extra spillage but I was NOT the original clogger.
I would just like everyone to know that!
Obama's White House →
lovepuppy:
dearworld:alcaniglia:
Great article describing how Obama runs the White House in terms of dress code, hours, etc. A must read.
I started following these other bearded tumblrs...
anniehinton:
GPOYW is beardy as heck today. 1, 2, 3, 4.
Must be the snow.
Saddlebacking →
My desire for summer comes from a place where I don’t want by toes to freeze while k wait for the hslsted bus.
A Brief History of Presidential Drinking →
n0her0es:
“As we drove around we were followed by a car and a station wagon with Secret Service agents. [LBJ] drank Cutty Sark scotch and soda out of a large white plastic foam cup. Periodically, Johnson would slow down and hold his left arm outside the car, shaking the cup and ice. A Secret Service agent would run up to the car, take the cup and go back to the station wagon. There another agent...
I'm really digging this girl's music
Tumblr: http://allisonweiss.tumblr.com/
Music Page: http://allisonw.com/music/media_music.html
I’m just reblogging new music so I have some...
fred-wilson:
Of Vegas & Vanity - The Loom -...
HR FAIL
I just got a reply to a job I applied for, from over 2 MONTHS ago! Maybe in a non-technology field that works, but not for web tech.
ALSO, the letter was not addressed to me by name and the email was set in COMIC SANS!
I'm pleased to discover that Modest Mouse posts... →
me: i...i had dreams of our president holding me, stroking my hair, telling me that everything was going to be alright.
c: because he's so warm and tender?
c: everything will be just fine
me: ...and then he asked if I wanted him to distract me
me: and I said yes
c: with pictures of shemales? I've totally had that dream!
Startups who cold-email don't have money
Chris,
I hope this finds you well. I am in the process of getting a startup off the ground called……
EMAIL DELETED
Happiness is finding the DVD of 'The Empire...
It was on my bookshelf.
Books from the past month (most recent first)
Charlie Wilson’s War I thought the movie was super interesting so I decided to check out the book. If anything, this book gave a great insight into how congress can be used by just a few people.
Look me in the Eye: My life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robinson I only picked this up because it was written by the brother of my current favorite author (Augusten Burroughs). This kid had...
ok, an hour long lunch break combined with working...
I hate paying rent. It always feels like my bank account just got kicked in the nuts.
225. Arabic Versions of Global Brand Identities. →
My favorite is the Burberry logo.
Google’s Favicon: A Discussion On Brand Identity... →
Best and worst twitter apps for iPhone! →
Can you really put your makeup on while riding the...
I understand putting it on in the car, thats a relatively smooth ride. But the CTA buses give people motion sickness they’re so bumpy.
stupid real job. Now I can read NSFW emails from...
and tumblr itself is sometimes too racy
“There is absolutely no scientific basis for the assertion that the regimens...”
– Dr. Peter Pressman, an internist with the Naval Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla , New York Times (via soupsoup)
First day of work. Doing nothing, like every first...
The croissants at Corner Bakery are a joke.
I don’t even think there is butter in this!
Ski Injury report: day one
A friction burn that broke the skin on my forearm, from when I bit it on an icy black diamonds. bruised hipbone from a similar fall And rug burn around my ankles from rough socks and tight boots.
It cracks me up to get texts from non-iPhone users. I have to remember how to read over-abbreviated text speak.