2008

Rush Plays Rock Band Backstage at Colbert |...

Berlin crowd cheers Obama

“Maybe it didn’t have to be an actual war, though....”
— Fafblog Interviews: HILLARY...

Fafblog! the whole world's only source for...

“I would like to know why is Steve Jobs using a BlackBerry...”
— Real Dan Lyons Web Site »...

Single-issue voters

If you are a single-issue (or even a two-, three-, or four-issue) voter in any part of the political...

2nd Amendment

The Second Amendment is 27 words in length. I often wonder what people that wrap themselves in the...

“There’s just more competition. I think that’s an...”
— Fox, FX, ABC execs tell it...

Kieran Healy’s Standard Model of Sociophysics

Friday Squid Blogging: Rising Squid...

Buy Me Some Peanuts and- Oh, What the F@#$?

Tim Goodman. The Bastard Machine : A few...

Kurt Vonnegut on Writing Better | 43 Folders

Corporate Socialism « Jon Taplin’s Blog

Cat and Girl

“This is all a canard, orchestrated by the US airline...”
— View from the Wing » Blog...

"Iranian missile photoshop"...

Apple Remote: Remote Control Done Right

[audio] Stripper From Future Jumps Out Of...

Grasping Reality with Both Hands: The Semi-Daily Journal...

“The proposed high-speed rail system would whisk travelers...”
— Environmental study, alignment...

Condoleezza Rice: ‘I Am Proud Of The...

Giants telecasts should just play ball

Just how do Californians perceive their...

Just how do Californians perceive their...

“So while we have spent six years getting our ass shot off in...”
— China’s Oil Strategy...

Right-Wing Apoplectic Over Pixar’s WALL-E:...

The “Crisis” In Venture Capital

Wall-E–A Hollywood Miracle « Jon Taplin’s...

Calvin and Hobbes for June 28, 2008

“…unencumbered capitalism is not a substitute for...”
— The Wire (TV series) -...

“Sabrina Poirier, a student at Pensacola who withdrew in...”
— TBogg » “Optical...

Sarah Milstein on urban hiking - Boing Boing

America’s Religous Tolerance « Jon Taplin’s...

Clutter: Extreme Lifehacker Home Office...

ZSFA -- 2008-06-21

Paraguay inmates riot for more sex

Smoking, Drinking, Writing, Womanizing,...

MyDD :: Obama Electoral Myth Debunker

always write roman number 3 in the space...

Continental Airlines and United Airlines...

“The historically temperamental owner did not hold back his...”
— Fantasy Baseball Owner Rips...

“But really, I just rent space from the media. I don’t...”
— Bogus narratives

“One time, I caught a guy who was running around stealing...”
— How Cops Really Want to Police...

"On the TV, the closed caption...

“Not me. I’m going to keep using it. I will copy and...”
— Daily Kos: More on the AP...

“Ed White, Alaska’s VP of corporate real estate, assembled a...”
— Alaska Airlines saves millions...

A Remarkable Photo From Tornado Country - The Lede -...

Malthus Redux? « Jon Taplin’s Blog

When McCain Drops Out - Yahoo! News

Trying to solve the long-term nuclear waste...

Teachers Matter - Home - "You Can't Spin on...

Interactive Media for Higher Education: The...

Sabotage manual from 1944 advises acting like...

Big Brown & Steroids « Jon Taplin’s Blog

Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US...

Subtraction: Go Speed Racer Go

The Bump Heard Round the World

Talking Points Memo | Transition

“Um, Gary? I’ve got something for you to bite. But...”
— The Secret Diary of Steve...

Talking Points Memo | TPMtv: McCain Leaves...

Barack’s Grand Slam

“Select first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation;...”
— Dee Hock

“Pointing to a 3-inch-thick stack of police reports that...”
— Tenderloin cop gets...

Talking Points Memo | Scottie on the Loose!

Movie review: 'Sex' improves with age

The Multitasking Virus and the End of...

A full rainbow rises over North Broad Street in Philadelphia...

The Multitasking Virus and the End of...

Eschaton

Hillary as VP-WTF

The Hidden Benefits of The Avocado

Sacramento Real Estate Statistics: Sacramento Housing...

Twitter At Scale: Will It Work?

"Owning the launch too" and "The 2-week plan"...

“Muxtape had a database problem this afternoon and...”
— Muxtape downtime message,...

One Potato, Two Potatoes, Red Potatoes, Blue...

More reasons to love the British

Don't be like that.

Next Time You Email the World, Use BCC....

Cat and Girl

Robert Rauschenberg on process, change,...

Talking Points Memo | Too Hard a Ball

Grubulub: dirvish’s Blog » Blog Archive » ‘Tis but...

Tax-Free Hedge Fund - Eschaton

You don't create a culture - (37signals)

I Detect FAIL. - Ted Dziuba

Gecko DOM Reference - MDC

Weekend Project: Get Your Party On with the...

Psychic Plague Panacea This is for all you STCPers. 

“If you want me to help you find plane tickets, you best...”
— I’m The Denzel...

Calvin and Hobbes comic on GoComics - Flash Player...

5 Signs of a Stress Ridden Mind : The Change...

Governance

This and this landed in my reader within minutes of each other yesterday.

Cat and Girl

Gas tax follies - Paul Krugman

Area Kindergartner Tackles The Shit Out Of...

xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language -...

The Speech Barack Can’t Give « Jon Taplin’s...

If you’re working in a big group, you’re...

Privatized Profits & Socialized Risk « Jon...

Rules

Pretty sure only a very small number of people read this, so… Rule #1 Talk to the girl that...

Geek to Live: The art of asking

Rails HTTP status code symbols

rails's Profile — GitHub

HTTP/1.1: Method Definitions

Is it Smart to Trade Time for Money?

“No one wants to buy security. They want to buy something...”
— Schneier on Security: The RSA...

Osmo Wiio: Communication usually fails,...

A Moment Of Zen « Jon Taplin’s Blog

Be Good

Shakespeare's Pulp Fiction - Boing Boing

Hightower Lowdown | What 8 years of...

Giles Bowkett: Build An ActiveResource Schema...

“In a sense, method_missing is a lot like the iPhone when it...”
— Giles Bowkett: Autoload...

WHFoods: Bell peppers

Teachers Matter - Courage

Ambercrombie & Dickhead « Jon Taplin’s Blog

I was born in a big town - Paul Krugman

Apple - Support - Discussions - Error message...

“Let’s say you want men to stop accidentally peeing on the...”
— Nudge - Freakonomics - Opinion...

Atari user’s desk, circa 1983 - Boing Boing

Spirit Showdown: Scotch vs. Bourbon

Grubulub: dirvish’s Blog » Factor military...

BP Opens Multi-Floor, 1,000-Pump Flagship Gas...

“We’ll be filing the lawsuit tomorrow along with a related...”
— Why We’re Suing Facebook For...

Procrastination

How-To: SSH tunnels for secure network access...

Poor things.

Ira Glass, entropy, and software development...

§ 141. Make it short

Almost $13 million bilked in alleged mortgage...

NIT Still Has 10 Open Slots If Anyone Wants...

FanBox Listens To TechCrunch Commenters

Different Kind of Centerfold (via war2d2) That’s...

Cellphone charms illustrate the six stages of...

Atlassian Developer Blog - 20% time nuts and...

“I like to think of what’s happening as a sort of minor-key...”
— A Crisis of Faith - New York...

Grilling the Perfect Steak | The Art of...

“What just happened? Lenders became de facto real estate...”
— Irvine Housing Blog »...

“This threw me for awhile: Make sure you notice the...”
— HowToSendEmailsWithActionMailer...

How to Wake Up with Energy Each Morning

Startups Must Hire The Right People And Watch...

A Most Uncommon Man - Dick Cavett - Opinion -...

The Vatican announces 7 NEW flavors of sin!

You suck

Health: If It Doesn't Rot, Don't Eat It

via www.lonelydinosaur.com

Beck: ‘Is Obama the Antichrist?’

University Politics are so Vicious Precisely...

And just like that, he was gone. (via war2d2)

Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist...

Tax Topics - Topic 455 Moving Expenses