February 2008
Plugging yourself on social networks →
waxy.org asks founders of social networks how they feel about self-promotion on their sites.
January 2008
Larry Lessig: Congressman? →
“How can you stop them?
Alone you can fight, you can refuse.
You can take...”
– Marge Piercy, excerpt from The Low Road
“Erath County Constable Lee Roy Gaitan said that he first saw red glowing lights...”
– Dozens in Texas Town Report Seeing UFO
Got an onaswarm invite?
I’d really like to give onaswarm a try. Email me (d@n at d@n dot org) if you have a spare invite. (just like desaturated)
Homemade Light Box for Product Photography →
Mom’s birthday present!
PolitiFact: Fact-checking the candidates →
I’ve been wanting something like this!
One Pill Makes You Autistic -- And One Pill... →
German researchers announce control of autism. Wow. (io9)
“The United States that goal was preparing to speak directly to reauthorize and...”
– George W. Bush’s final State of the Union speech, piped through a Markov chain text generator
WatchZach Morris Phone (via nickdouglas & Vimeo) From a time when men were men, women were women, and phones were scalding hot. Beard + cell phone = free trim.
Tweetmeme →
Collects top links in Twitter. Top link: Tweetmeme. Says it all, really.
“In the internet age, there are going to be lies that are spread all over the...”
– Barack Obama, MSNBC Debate, Jan. 15, 2008 Not only did Obama handle the smear emails masterfully, he also took out Google ads on the relevant keywords and linked ‘em there. Smart!
Ninety Second Review →
Promisingly ADD. (via warren ellis)
Presidents Who Had Pretty Good Rap Names →
“And what we’ve seen in these last weeks is that we’re also up against forces...”
– Barack Obama (via A VC: Can Obama Do It?; thanks blue) Goddamn, it’s good to hear somebody saying this while people are listening. His momentum is stripping away the apathy from so many left and middle voters. I hope he makes it!
“I do not understand Florida.
Just saw a church with a sign:
“New...”
– my friend Amanda
“‘Doctor Who’ is another example of how decentralized archives (in...”
– Decentralized Archive of Private Copies — translated from suckmysocks
Tumblr Themes →
Of course, I bust my ass for hours making changes to my theme, and then I find this site!
All South Park →
Links to all South Park episodes, watchable online. Yow!
OkCupid.com: IPayForBoobJob →
Scraping the bottom of the online dating barrel. I have to go wash myself with lye soap and a wire brush now. Unsavory update! My pal getouttanj, source of the original link, has supplied me with this IM transcript of some brave woman and Mr. More-Busty-Women himself!
WatchObligatory spoof of Tom Cruise’s scenery-chewing monstrosity.
WatchMario 2 Drums — via luweez & clintus Lengthy but awesome drum accompaniment to the music of our favorite Italian plumber.
aim higher: slogans that undersell
1. Delta Air LinesDelta Gets You There Slogan from 1984 to 1987. Not specified: What they do to you on the way and what condition you arrive in. 2. Hamburg Heaven …and the rest is silence. 3. Restaurant in Northern California (whose name I’ve forgotten) Left-to-right in two rows, or clockwise? (Apologies to Little My for using their album cover, the last known document of that fine...
