January 2009
47 posts
White House Unbuttons Formal Dress Code -... →
devongrandy:
I’m just going to say it already: I kind of want to work for Barack Obama.
The UK's Intellectual Property minister David... →
Good.
“Immortal” Jellyfish Ages Backwards →
robot-heart:
Scientists have just identified a 5mm-long jellyfish they call Turritopsis Nutricula, originally from the Caribbean but soon to be everywhere, which has the ability to “return to a juvenile state” after multiplying. According to the Smithsonian Tropical Marine Institute, this is the only known animal which is capable of quite literally reverting to its younger self, through a cell...
Apple Gets Patent for Multi-Touch →
dstrelau:
Very broad language — taken at face value, Apple effectively owns the IP rights to multi-touch in the U.S. This sucks.
The patent system is so messed up. I’m surprised there hasn’t been litigation over this.
Thailand bans Economist magazine →
Oh great. Here we go again.
"Veggie Love" PETA's banned Superbowl Commercial →
Oh my god, hilarious. It was banned for a woman “rubbing pelvic region with pumpkin.”
I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t. W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil, 1925
Sometimes it seems like love is just a fancy word...
robot-heart:
- Ani DiFranco
“I love you, in a really, really big pretend to like your taste in music, let you...”
– Meredith, Grey’s Anatomy (via heartscontent) (via illuminatedwallflower)
so spot on.
libbylovesnyc:
skysignal:
CAPRICORN The Go-Getter (Dec 22 - Jan 19) Patient and wise. Practical and rigid. Ambitious. Tends to be Good-looking. Humorous and funny. Can be a bit shy and reserved. Often pessimistic. Capricorns tend to act before they think and can be Unfriendly at times. Hold grudges. Like competition. Get what they want. AQUARIUS - The Sweetheart (Jan 20 - Feb 18) Optimistic and...
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t...”
– Louise Erdrich (The Painted Drum: A Novel) (via thresca)
“After all, what is knowledge, really, but high-resolution regurgitation?”
– Steve Carell on How to Act Brilliant (via girk) (via peterwknox) (via robot-heart)
Police in Nigeria are holding a goat handed to... →
This is hilarious. There are pictures of the “criminal” and everything.
“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
– Bill Watterson (via thresca) (via libbylovesnyc)
“There’s a little truth behind every ‘just kidding’, a little curiosity behind...”
– (via mypaperheart) (via fantasyaction) (via illuminatedwallflower)
“Why do we like to hurt so much?”
– Paramore (via sophisticatedinsanity) (via illuminatedwallflower)
Very. Good. Question.
“We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a...”
– W. Somerset Maugham (via rainier and glynnis) (via gregbrown) (via robot-heart)
Share this with anyone who needs a smile →
I love this! Hodgins is so cute!
“Girls are like cats. My cat whines and whines sometimes, and I don’t know why. I...”
– Christina (Justin is her fiancee) (via robot-heart)
Did Abraham Lincoln Invent the Emoticon (Smiley) ? →
I sure hope so!
Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America →
(via computersnob)
How scary.
Fox News' Chris Wallace: Is Obama even president?... →
devongrandy:
Everybody at Fox News is an idiot. There, I said it. Also, it appears that Barack Obama knows the presidential oath better than John Roberts.
I knew someone would try and claim he wasn’t the second this happened. Sigh.
I love the big deal the media is making about how “poignant” it is that Bush has to get in a helicopter and leave. Uhh, excuse me, I don’t think it’s “poignant” I think “jubilant” is a more accurate description of how I feel. Now shut up about Bush and show me Obama again!
“America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let...”
– President Barack Obama (via soupsoup) (via seriouslythough)
Woo! New President! It's Official~
AT&T advertises for American Idol →
They say this wasn’t spam because it was free and because it allowed people to decline future missives. Also AT&T claims they only sent the message to Idol participants and “heavy texters.” Yeah right. I got this message and I am neither a viewer of American Idol nor a heavy texter, by any definition. Also, spam was always free. It’s the fact that this was unsolicited...
