April 2008
34 posts
The Stupidity of a Gas Tax "Holiday" →
“Hillary Clinton has decided to line up with John McCain in pushing to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline, 18.4 cents a gallon, for this summer’s travel season. This is not an energy policy. This is money laundering: we borrow money from China and ship it to Saudi Arabia and take a little cut for ourselves as it goes through our gas tanks. What a way to build our country.”
Greatest Hits Roundup
The submissions are trickling in… Matt’s Greatest Hits His write-up on MatthewFoxGivesThe.Biz For those unaware, The Robit Devyllz was a synth/death/metal/devilcore band of which Matt was a member Sarah’s Greatest Hits The blog post on Sarahsblogg.in Thankfully, Third Eye Blind was nixed at the last minute Kienan’s Greatest Hits His post on Noteworthy Kienan...
“I will be immortal. To me, young has no meaning, it’s something you can do...”
– Frank Lloyd Wright
Greatest Hits (A Muxtape Game)
I recently went through an old leather CD case, purging old burned CD’s to make room for audiobooks - which I’ve been listening to more and more on my semi-daily commute. While doing this, I came upon a CD titled “Tim’s Greatest Hits.” Curious, I decided to leave it in the case and listen to it the following morning en route to work. The next morning, I popped in my...
On Comments
Lately I’ve found myself getting sucked into the comments section of an article I’ve just finished reading online. Typically, after 10-12 comments, I realize I’m consuming absolute filth…and quit. With exceptions, I think the web would be better off sans comments. I’m sorry I encouraged the opposite. I’ve fixed the issue.
M. Ward - Rollercoaster
Courtesy of today’s...
Hillary's New Inevitability →
Although Clinton supporters may disagree, this is a very honest and reasonable summary of the Pennsylvania primary results and what it means for the Democratic nomination race.
Sapiosexuality
Sapiosexuality is defined as: 1. (n.) A behavior of becoming attracted to or aroused by intelligence and its use. Origins: From the Latin root sapien, wise or intelligent, and Latin sexualis, relating to the sexes. from unwords.com to bjornstar to nikography to me!
Two Minutes and 42 Seconds in Heaven →
Joshua Allen explains why the perfect pop song is 2:42 in length: “Here’s the problem: ‘More Than a Feeling’ is four minutes and 47 fucking seconds long. I don’t have time for that kind of nonsense. That’s, like, one-seventh of my recreation right there. Don’t get me wrong, slugger. I love ‘More Than a Feeling.’ Those who don’t are your basic a-holes. But it’s like:...
“You have to admit, no matter how ***** your day is, a cute cat picture will make...”
– Digg user nsummy
“If you’re bored then you must be boring, too.”
– Piebald (via nikography)
Ryan Adams - Chin Up, Cheer Up
I was driving home...
If at first you don't succeed...
I gave lectures to several groups of high school students yesterday about entrepreneurship.
The title of my talk was “Needs+Networking=Business Ideas”.
However, I decided yesterday morning that I would focus more on the topic of failure. Specifically, the benefit of being unafraid to fail. I will write more on the subject in a short while, but in the meantime I wanted to share this...
DailyLit: Read books by email and RSS →
I just signed up to read John D. Rockefeller’s Random Reminiscences of Men and Events via RSS (although you could do it by email). From Daily Lit:“If you are like us, you spend hours each day reading email but don’t find the time to read books. DailyLit brings books right into your inbox in convenient small messages that take less than 5 minutes to read. This works incredibly...
Arturo: yes talk me in pixels
Arturo: is like when I go to walmart, please, can you give me 3 Mb of beef? and 45 pixels of leather?
Arturo: oh yes, what color do you want the leather
Arturo: oh ok, just the #FG4567!
Arturo: bye!
A 'West Wing' Writer Imagines the Showdown at the... →
This is a perfect blend of prediction, fact and fiction - similar to my Novel Idea or the concept of You Shall Know Our Velocity.
More Fun w/ HTML & CSS
I did some spring cleaning on the blog. Here’s what it used to look like: Now let’s see the current theme (the one you’re looking at now): The main change is added comments - so now you don’t need to have a Tumblog to respond to something I write. I also tightened up the spacing in the header and between posts. Finally, I changed the bottom navigation and footer...
“I don’t see things as good or evil, I just see them as witty or boring.”
– Sebastian Horsley via simko (via nikography)
“Don’t expect me to die for thee,” declared the Vaselines on “Jesus Wants Me For...”
– So it goes.