March 2010
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I got your handclap song right here.
Watchremiel:
This simply makes me happy. Imagine inventing something:
1. Too advanced to be constructed in your lifetime. 2. Mature enough to work precisely as designed. 3. Compelling enough to be constructed 150 years later.
Whether or not to use "whether or not"
“Usually the or not is a space waster… . When, however, the intention is to give equal stress to the alternatives, the or not is mandatory… . One way [besides Cecil’s] to test whether the or not is necessary is to substitute if for whether. If the change to if produces a different meaning … the or not must be supplied.”
— The Straight Dope: Is “whether...
Raiding Eternity →
jimray:
Joel Johnson masterfully takes on our digital and analog impermanence.
Ignore the domain and go ahead and read this (skip the dumb comments). More technology writing — hell, more writing — should be as thoughtful.
This is the perfect kind of article to read with Instapaper.
Apparently this George Meyer character is a pretty... →
weselec:
I’m in tears.
I think Twitter just called me fat.
Maurice was right
♫ ‘Cause we’re living in a world of fools /
Breaking us down /
When they all should let us be ♫
quandary
someniceguy:
someasshole:
Comment by an asshole
Comment by a nice guy which counters the asshole’s comment
I WANT TO LIKE THIS BUT I ALSO DON’T WANT TO LIKE THIS
I just sneezed into my soup
I am amazing.
no belt; can't mop
that’s how i’ve been reading it
WatchBreaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere I’m just some fucking guy.
words wholly related
ragbag:
font & fondue
both come from the french word fondre which means “to melt.” fondue makes use of melted cheese and/or chocolate. fonts were originally made from cast metal.
My presentation at SXSW this year
deez nuts
