April 2010
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Thirteen words not found in the English language:
natface:
thedisgruntledgradstudent:
austinimus:paintangerinenvy:bambilly:rasputin:areyouthedoctor:thechocolatebrigad:
1. Waldeinsamkeit (German): the feeling of being alone in the woods
2. Ilunga (Tshiluba, Congo): a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time
3. Taarradhin (Arabic): a way of resolving a problem without...
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No Surprises by Regina Spektor →
copycats:
originally by Radiohead
Click the link above to purchase this single from iTunes, as the net proceeds from its sale will go toward the Emergency Relief Fund of the international independent medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders.
— *editors note: I have deleted our earlier post of this and replaced it with this link, as this track has been released for charity and...
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NYT: We would've published photos of the iPhone... →
The Gizmodo/iPhone 4G/Apple saga has only gotten more fascinating, at least to me — especially in light of the San Mateo County police seizing Gizmodo editor Jason Chen’s computers last Friday night, while he and his wife were out to dinner.
One question I’ve been asked repeatedly since this story broke last week, ‘would The New York Times have published pictures of the phone?’ George...
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one forty plus.: Twitter Isn't "Over", I'm Over... →
Last week in Los Angeles I participated in a live Q&A as part of an ASCAP expo on songwriting. When the topic of Twitter came up, I explained my waning interest in it being part of my daily life. By no means do I think it’s over as a medium altogether, but I do think that the days of “Twitter: The…
Yeah…even as a marginally known quantity on these here Interwebs, I get a fair...
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How Facebook is putting its users last →
ronworkman:
soupsoup:
It’s almost become a joke: Facebook makes a change to its privacy settings that opts you in to a bunch of scary stuff, the entire Internet flips out about it, it rolls back the change, and then a few months or years later, it makes the same or a very similar update, opting you in to it again. It would be funny, if it weren’t getting so damned insulting.
Seriously. I...
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Hitler reacts to the Hitler parodies being removed... →
ronworkman:
“But tomorrow, they’ll forget all about it and watch cat videos.” Amazing.
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hey guys, I'M GOING TO BE ON TV TONIGHT!
What are you doing at 12:08 AM EDT/PDT (11:08 PM CDT) tonight? I’ll tell you what you’ll be doing: watching Spike, because you looooove sports video games! Seriously, though, here’s the deal: tonight, at the times I specified above, Spike is airing a half-hour special called “GameTrailers TV Presents: EA Sports Season Kickoff.” Basically, it’s an exclusive...
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This Web-2.0-social-networking shit is a mindfuck...
I think that by now, we’ve all had — at one time or another — a strange experience with the internet and the ways in which it brings us information. My strange experience came last night, thanks to Facebook.
One of my high school classmates was a guy named Chris Fiorenti. He wasn’t a close friend, or even a friend, really; I hadn’t seen him or talked to him (in person or online)...
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Rockmelonsoda.com →
pineapplesoda:
Oh, hey. The site’s up and running.
That’s where to go if you’re interested in following TJS and its related thingies. I haven’t quite decided what to do with this Tumblr yet. Maybe I’ll use it to post blurry, fake polaroid photos of household objects with phrases like “I remember every word…” pasted on them in Photoshop. Seems to be the cool thing to do.
But yeah, TJS is over...
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11 Brilliant Arrested Development Shout Outs To... →
butmac:
ronworkman:
onemoretimewithfeeling: I LOVE this list!
Ok I thought I was pretty smart until I saw number 6 and 11 - had no idea about those. Awesome.
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ranajune:
shaneguiter:thisisallis:
Radiohead-...
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Hitler “Downfall Meme” gets taken down →
Don’t tell me the production company just now found out about the meme, nearly four years after it began. Ugh. This is silly. This particular meme never got old for me…
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Right. Moving On… [My Response to Ebert] →
(via tiff)
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Gizmodo paid $10,000 for “lost” iPhone 4G →
ronworkman:
soupsoup:
At the time of this writing, Gizmodo’s story alone is bordering on 2 million page views.
Now word is leaking out that Gizmodo paid a cool 10 grand for the iPhone prototype, which all things considered, seems like a bargain given Apple’s typically tight rein on product leaks.
$10,000 has undeniably diverted a ton of eyeballs to Gizmodo’s site, and the surge in web...
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NICOLAS CAGIN' IT!: Today's "Case of the Mondays"... →
Reese’s Pieces.
I was reminded of their existence today. And being reminded of their existence, I was subsequently reminded of the existence of the general public’s tendency to pronounce it “Reesee’s Peesees.” Let me say this in no uncertain terms:
If you pronounce it that way, you are a…
Wait…people actually say that?
Humanity, you disappoint me.
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natface:
Hornets, Hornets! — The Hold Steady
I...
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Today’s music (yep, I’m officially on...
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Today’s music:
“Life On Mars?”...
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“How many hipsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Some incredibly obscure...”
– Nick Fraker on Twitter
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Rockmelon Soda →
pineapplesoda:
Hey, look at that, I have a website.
Incidentally, the name Pineapple Soda is changing to Rockmelon Soda. Why? Because some dickface is squatting on pineapplesoda.com and wants obscene amounts of money for it. As I am not in the business of rewarding scumbags for being scumbags, I just changed the name of my company altogether. If you see that guy on the street, please feel free...
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Crysis 2 doesn't mean to evoke 9/11, but it did... →
Sorry for the cross-post spam, but I’d appreciate it if (A) you could check out this post, and (B) Digg it, if you’re so inclined. (Reblogs would also be appreciated!)
Of course, if you don’t want to click twice, you can reach the Destructoid post itself by clicking here.
Thanks!
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Just click and enjoy (especially Disney fans). →
[via Julio Capote on Twitter]
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