June 2008
31 posts
Book Launch 2.0 Video | Red Room →
Having been a publicist for a publishing company, I have been on the other side of this phone conversation. The irony of course is that this video is likely the most valuable tool for promoting the unmentioned book.
Workplace Discrimination
If the bag of candy in the break room is any indication, Runts are receiving undue attention while Smarties and Nerds are unpopular. Butterfingers are out-and-out shunned.
That’s all I got.
“…that concern over profanity seems quaint, even outdated. But the fact...”
– Why bands give themselves unprintable names. - By Hua Hsu - Slate Magazine
Cycling to Work: Month 2 →
It has been two months since I started riding my bike to work and figured it was time to check in again and assess where things stand. Progress It has been a little over two months since I…
Newsvine - Sports bra saves US hiker in German... →
Yeah, sure it was her bra that saved her and not being naked in the woods.
“In a gas station today.
The candy bar doesn’t scan, so the cashier holds up the...”
– Blogadilla.com: The Tijuana of the Internet » Blog Archive » A Coconut Spunow
“They call it a “Non-Contact Handheld Infrared Thermometer” but you know what it...”
– Woot : Non-Contact Handheld Infrared Thermometer - Woot-Offs are a beautiful thing.
“To illustrate this, SHIA LEBEOUF flies up into the FUCKING JUNGLE and swings...”
– Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: The Abridged Script | The Editing Room
“It now costs more to park a car at one airport than to rent one at the other...”
– George Dyson (via Kevin Kelly — The Technium)
WatchHmmm. Bit torn over ReBlogging this one.
lonelysandwich:
Tumblr. - The Documentary.
David Seger made an incredible documentary. I’m in there. If you’re an idiot or an asshole, so are you.
via boringloser
Exits: Stewart Butterfield's bizarre resignation... →
Seems like an entirely honorable way to leave your post.
Class - Cheese U Boot Camp →
My idea of heaven.
“Somehow, he immersed himself in the holding tank.”
– Naked Man Rescued From Porta-Potty, Man Called 911 From The Toilet’s Holding Tank; Rescue Workers Had To Cut Him Out - CBS News - Never before has the word “immersed” carried such horrible connotations.
“I don’t have any—what’s it called nowadays. I don’t have any...”
– dooce ® - Feat. Josh Allen
“The new SamPhone is out? Holy shit!”
– Samsung To Offer iPhone Rival | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
“Then the crowd just burst into this ecstatic applause and started jumping around...”
– The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: Hot diggety damn — I do love blowing people’s minds
“BUT IF SHE REALLY IS SEEKING TO LEVERAGE HER VOTERS against a VP slot, or some...”
– good evening: CLINTON’S HAND: AT BEST, STRONG TRIPS
TBS and their annoying interstitial commericials... →
The network television business model is crapping out thanks to the acknowledged ineffectiveness of interruption advertising. Rather than innovating, they just become more interruptive. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
Watch‘I got the Chipotle Chicken Loco Cabeza Bag. Sometimes I just don’t like to move my arms’.
WatchMTV Movie Awards: Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Ben Stiller make a viral video