June 2009
6 posts
Two Different People
Katherine and I are different, that’s obvious, but one of the most differentiating characteristics is our choice of airport reading material. Me = The Economist, Katherine = Life and Style Weekly.
May 2009
13 posts
La Roux
I can stand the latest La Roux single “Bulletproof” which is more than I could say for “In For the Kill”. But it just seems to be a direct rip off of Yaz’s Situation, no?
La Roux - Bulletproof
Yaz - Situation
Amazon Oddities →
You can’t even make up half the items available here: Mr. T Rubber Duckie? Alligator Forceps? Maybe a Darth Vader Dog Costume? It’s all here!
via Kottke
Tumblarity
Oh and this kinda pisses me off. So my Tumblarity is 13, what’s this mean? Who knows. Dennis Crowley is 63, what’s this mean? Who knows. Is he almost 5 times cooler than me? At least. But besides the actual value calculation it kind of has another effect on me. It doesn’t endear me to Tumblr any more and most definitely less.
I shouldn’t be so sensitive about it but its...
The 99 for $7.99
I just bought The 99 Most Essential Pieces of Classical Music off Amazon (in 256k MP3) because for $7.99 you almost have to. I do so much programming that its good to have some background music andwhat could be better than classical.
via Kottke, duh
Die Hard International
The title of Die Hard in some other countries
Thailand - Big Building Fight
Norway - Operation Skyscraper
Hungary - Give your life expensive
China - Tiger’s bravery and Dragon’s might
…and my personal favorite
Russia - A Hard Nut to Crack, literally “Hard Nutlet”
Source: Wikipedia
Worst Website
A co-worker and I decided to take 15 minutes and put together the worst website we could. Who do you think did, um… worse?
http://www.ace-apps.co.uk/ugly-sites/john/
http://www.ace-apps.co.uk/ugly-sites/rob/
For full effect, turn your speakers on for my site…