2008

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good...”
— Edmund Burke, via The...

benhuber: i don’t think i post enough. what’s the point of having a blog if i simply fall out of...

“After a while you learn the subtle difference between...”
— Unknown

Fake Door Close Buttons(?)

I was skimming through The Week earlier today when I read that the “door close” buttons...

“You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its...”
— Abbie Hoffman

Megaphone desktop tool

Some quick details about my life and what’s been going on in it: I found someone I could buy...

“New #1 on my list of incredibly creepy euphemisms for having...”
— Josh Fruhlinger

@tinybuddha

“We continue to lie to ourselves every day. The US public...”
— Jim Kunstler

To anyone that may need this advice:

Do not, and I repeat, DO NOT make dead baby jokes to the parents of a newborn. That is all.

In school, our AP American History teacher has a Risk game...

“Every time you sniff and say somebody has ‘too much free...”
— Merlin Mann

Tweet Tweet

I’m trying out importing my Twitter updates. (I embedded them on my blog on a trial basis, too.) I...

“The end does not justify the means. No one’s rights...”
— Ayn Rand

I heard it was bad for Cookie Monster lately, but I never...

Dear Twitter, We’ve been pretty good friends and have seen many good days. I remember posting...

“Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and...”
— Norman Vincent Peale

More on Friendfeed Rooms

I’m really liking the idea, but I probably won’t use it—there isn’t really much incentive for me to...

The meaning of modern life

These past few days I’ve been thinking about what I think all working people think about at some...

Friendfeed Blog: Get a room!

The scary thing about this photo is that, in its original...

LandGrab

Picturing how this would work frightens me.

I recently went on a field trip to Washington D.C. It was...

How we got a word for "putting things off"

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“This isn’t totally related to your graduation project,...”
— My English teacher

Doing okay, Twitter?

Bensalem High teacher accused of harassment

Gore Verbinski Will Direct Bioshock Film

“Since gamers are one of our most supportive groups, we have...”
— Even Stride Gum wants to stop...

It’s a sunny, 81 degrees Fahrenheit. It’ll take...

That’s a little creepy. And this was just reblogged into a...

DINO * RUN

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lol this is not a real ad stop freaking out jake. I know...

HALLOUMI CHEESE ADVENTURE Last night, feeling my...

Death Note is going to be in American...

Ahh…hickeys. Because there’s no better way to show affection than by leaving a mark that...

twistori

I enjoy annoying people too much

Michael: chad!!
Michael: you're on the intertubes :D
Chad: nope
Chad: jimmy
Michael: jimmy?
Michael: who's jimmy?
Chad: yeah
Chad: chad's friend
Chad: i'm on his sn
Chad: sneaky sneaky
Michael: sneaky sneaky?
Chad: yup
Michael: impossible
Chad: sneaky...followed by sneaky
Michael: you're chad
Chad: am i?
Chad: AM I?
Michael: yes
Michael: I have confirmed it
Chad: how so?
Michael: I will not explain
Chad: it's because it's a guess
Michael: No.
Chad: yup
Michael: It is fact.
Michael: You are Chad.
Chad: i'm not even talking to anyone else at the time
Chad: and in fact just looking at an article...thats it
Michael: ...what?
Chad: you heard me
Michael: Oh.
Michael: You think that's how I proved it.
Michael: No, I know.
Michael: Simply put, you are Chad.
Chad: no evidence
Michael: No evidence /given/.
Chad: because none was found
Michael: Nope.
Michael: None given.
Michael: That is all.
Michael: You are Chad.
Michael: And you proved it again.
Chad: well if you have any real proof
Chad: i'm afriad i have to report you for some sort of stalking
Michael: Only after I tell "Chad" that "Jimmy" is on his screenname.
Michael: I'm implying you're not Jimmy.
Michael: You are Chad.
Chad: but you say it with certainty
Chad: and without any clues given at the time of your certanty
Michael: Because I am certain.
Chad: it would mean you have some sort of stalkable reasoning
Michael: Nope.
Michael: You proved it again.
Chad: that doesn't count
Chad: you said it before hand
Michael: You proved it once more.
Chad: ....
Michael: And you're losing your patience, Chad.
Chad: you're losing my patience
Michael: Pronouns confuse me.
Michael: But proof doesn't, you are Chad.
Chad: you use them an awful lot
Chad: without antecedents
Michael: Proved it again.
Michael: Admit it, you are Chad.
Chad: it wasn't when i started
Chad: but pat types slower than balls
Chad: i typed in my password and you IMed me and he responded
Chad: he says you're a nerd =p
Michael: I say you are Chad.
Chad: ...are you retarded
Michael: And I bent reality to make you Chad.
Chad: chad left
Chad: for food
Michael: Chad is still there.
Michael: You are Chad.
Chad: no
Michael: Yes.
Chad: no
Michael: ...
Michael: bahahahahahahahaha

If there is one thing that I never liked about Vimeo, it was the slow loading times. Compared to...

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions....”
— Mark Twain

I just tried typing “help” into the Tumblr bot in the hopes that I could get some advice...

Arby's owner buying Wendy's for $2.34 billion...

Pennsylvania Exit Polls

“Unintended side-effect of the Internet: By witnessing...”
— Dalas Verdugo

Dinner was delicious.

Last.fm is offline

If Juno Was 10 Times Shorter and 100 Times...

Newman's Own

I just ate shrink-wrapped farmer’s cheese, chunky peanut butter (by the spoon), and Fig...

“I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world...”
— Jack Handey

Anatomy of the Facehugger

So, I recently tried out Mixx, and I have to say, it’s looking to be a lot better than...

“There are two kinds of people in the world, those who...”
— Robert Benchley (via FOAF)

Facebook added story importers to their...

Hello 5 people. ….Anyone else? Okay then. I hope my blog...

Dinner at my parent’s. This picture does not do the dish...

Well that explains it!

For some reason, when I added the Twitter IM bot, it didn’t show as online, and so I...

89 Dollar Websites

I’m sorry, Peter Knox. I unfollowed you. It’s not that your content wasn’t...

Banshee 1.0 Alpha 3

Sometimes, instead of listening to my own music, I tune into my Last.fm playlist. The songs it plays...

In some respects, adults are just big children.

Unlocking things in Brawl has become more fun as time...

I made a new custom stage. You can download it here and drop...

Blurb on homework

Why in the world should a teacher make me cram information about the curriculum outside of the time...

Michael: dun dun duuuuuuun
Michael: dun-dun, dun dun dun
Michael: dun dun duuuuuuuun
Michael: dun-dun, dun dun dun
Michael: dun dun dun, dun-dun-dun, dun dun dun, dun-dun-dun
Michael: dun dun duuuuuuuun
Michael: dun-dun, dun dun dun
Michael: ...
Michael: I'm singing the lengends of the hidden temple theme song
Chris: ah

I may not be buying Lego anymore, but that is...

MKULTRA

To Tumble or Tweet? That is the...

And I can’t for the life of me understand why I would send something via Twitter when I can just as...

Poll: 76 percent say U.S. ready for black...

Shakespeare. He’s very bizarre—if you hum in his...

I may be reading into this too much

Today, I was waiting for a restaurant to call our family (it was crowded), when I heard that tables...

Are you a Windows user?

It seems like most Tumblr users are Mac people. But there must be some PC/Windows Tumblrs out...

I’m considering getting the Kodak Easyshare v1233. The good quality (or so reviews tell me)...

Conan is the man. 

“…if you’re trying to show off for people at the top, forget...”
— Tuesdays with Morrie

“I’m hearing stuff in STEREO!”
— Me, after getting new earbuds....

Mr. Met is about to be Rick Rolled

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High School Musical 3 films in April

“Don’t know why you got buried. But I can only think it...”
— relic180 at digg

“licking your eyeball was probably the cookiest, sexiest...”
— confessionizer entry

Meet my imaginary friends. 

Here I sit, looking at laptops that I can’t afford. I need a job. 

On Religion

quicknss: Driving back to Philadelphia I realized that you can probably teach a monkey to do...

Chris: PS: This is what part of the alphabet would look like without the Q and R.
Michael: hm?
Michael: no it wouldn't
Michael: you used the "r" in part
Michael: and I'm sure they'd still order it the same way
Michael: and you used some letters twice!
Michael: explain yourself
Chris: ?
Chris: I meant "PS"
Michael: ...oh

Hi six people, Why are you following me? Do you enjoy most...

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t see what’s really all that novel about Muxtape.

Banshee releases 1.0 Alpha 2

This post is a petition for Patrick Cassels to start a...