December 2009
“Pullets hatched from April through July may be raised under natural light. Those...”
– Poultry and Livestock
I love Nature. It’s so fucking crazy.
Watchoptimisto:
Michael Jackson - This Is It - Directed by Spike Lee
Rad. Spike Lee is on Vimeo now.
“If we can’t catch a Nigerian with a powerful explosive powder in his oddly...”
– Maureen Dowd, NY Times (via underpaidgenius) (via buffleheadcabin)
Dowd irritates me, but…you know what? Yes.
(via robot-heart-politics)
Agreed.
(via asprettyasasong)
SERIOUSLY. Would making him turn off his electronics and stay in his seat an hour before arrival really have been the final key...
“Nicole, I gotta try those Burger King Funnel Cake Sticks.” “Oh.. no....”
– cabel
“Our current response to terrorism is a form of “magical thinking.” It relies on...”
– Bruce Schneier (via azspot)
HuffPo: A New Year's Resolution: Transfer Your... →
blakewhitman:
jackzerby:
I will definitely be doing this, screw Citibank.
I will as well.
I’ve been meaning to do this since Chase took over Wamu. Making it a resolution is a good idea.
“The Obama administration pledged Thursday to provide unlimited financial...”
– U.S. promises unlimited financial assistance to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac - washingtonpost.com
“Scientists discovered that some female ducks have evolved vaginas with clockwise...”
– Weekly Review—By Margaret Cordi (Harper’s Magazine)
SAY WHAT?
Continued...
nullisnotzero:
lizlemon:
Their “my family of four has all middle seats but we’d like to fly together…”
I hate it when people are like, “excuse me, my husband is sitting next to you [in the middle seat], would you mind switching with me? Oh, and by the way, my seat is a middle seat between two really smelly people.”
“NO, LADY. I’M THE OCD PASSENGER THAT SETS AN ALARM FOR EXACTLY 24 HOURS...
“Most user-generated content is created as communication in small groups, but...”
– Clay Shirky (via azspot)
This is actually something we’ve always acknowledged at Vimeo. We even had an awkwardly-worded tag line for a while, “not everyone should see everything,” that was meant to convey the closed nature of some interactions on the site. I like how Clay has...
Watch3D wireframe…virtual..sound..thing. Incredible. Especially the very end. Via Richard Devine who you should really follow on Twitter for a constant stream of cool stuff like this.
“Since the process changes the intrinsic surface properties of the metal itself...”
– Researchers Create Gold Aluminum, Black Platinum, Blue Silver : University of Rochester News
via Marcus
(via 2020)
There are more interesting bits in the full article.
“It just doesn’t work,” Watts says, when I meet him at his gray...”
– Is the Tipping Point Toast? — Duncan Watts — Trendsetting | Fast Company
UGH. I hate when I start reading an interesting article and then see that it’s like six pages long (I’m kind of a slow reader due to mild ADD). WHY DID YOU NEED TO DESCRIBE THE SETTING IN SO MUCH...
“Foster Burger opens soon, where Cava once was on 53rd and Foster. Burgers,...”
– Courier Coffee Roasters
Duly noted. Close enough to check it out for lunch some day.
“Min # of infants impeded from boarding airplanes because their names were on the...”
– harpers
“More twitter music ahead. And then music made out of dirt. After that just...”
– Rich Jensen on Owl City (via sciencefiction)
Vimeo's 25 favorite videos of 2009 on Vimeo Staff... →
Includes links to individual staff members’ faves.
Black Books - Full Episodes and Clips streaming... →
Black Books is also very good. If you like “The IT Crowd,” you’ll like this one.
Peep Show - Full Episodes and Clips streaming... →
They’ve expanded the offering from 1 series to the first 5. This means you can watch almost the whole thing! DO IT!
“Dancer? Prancer? C’mon, it’s Christmas Eve not Christmas Steve.”
– badbanana
WatchMultitouch Rotary Dial and X-Y Granular Exploration (via Vimeo)
I love Max/MSP. The only license I had was back in the OS 9 days. Some day we’ll be together again!
steveagee:
I put on “Solaris” (the original) and fell asleep during the opening credits. I just woke up a few minutes ago as the end credits were playing. I have a feeling the movie was really awesomes! (FYI the end credits only say “The End”)
Dude, I used to go to sleep to that movie for like a month. I’d fall asleep and then the next night I’d rewind to where I fell asleep. The...
WatchHere are my top 14 Vimeo vids of 2009. I couldn’t make it 10!
Oh man, I forgot about David Rees’ awesome year-end lists.
www.mnftiu.cc » Decade In Review: TRENDS
LIST #1
10. New cars 9. Computers and all the things they do 8. Countries fighting 7. Politics 6. MP3s 5. Cable news going so crazy 4. Space missions(?) 3. Y2K 2. Terror 1. Joe Lieberman, greatest hero of the decade.
“American’s often judge George Washington harshly because he kept slaves. At...”
– Thom Hartmann (via azspot)
INSERT PAGE TITLE HERE →
Brian Butterfield has a new Netsight.
“Trees: We (probably totally) sold out of trees this year (Tues. 12/8/9 pm)....”
– living christmas tree rental
Keep Portland weird.
juliavickerman:
Adventurous day of chemically-enhanced stress-free travel has landed me in South Carolina. My suitcase is missing but I’m happy to be here.
Say hi to Bojangles for me. I wish I was eating a Bo-berry Biscuit right now.
50 most popular baby names of the decade... →
(via azspot)
Hoo boy. Aiden, Caden, Jaden, and Brayden all on this list?
Every day the same dream →
david:
via travors
Really cool that someone made this.
“As you walk past the third funky little coffee shop in two blocks on your way to...”
– (via whiterainbow)
Adam has been in Portland since the late 90’s, so he’s especially perceptive when it comes to sniffing out the weird transformation this city is undergoing.
