April 2009
57 posts
It is 666 miles from San Jose to Portland
“The people of the Carterets Islands, off the coast of Papua New Guinea, are the...”
– Journey to the Sinking Lands
Appears Portland will rain on me again this weekend.
Twitter Has Solved The Earthquake Problem
Problem: We don’t know when an earthquake is imminent.
Solution: There’s got to be at least a few dozen people in any earthquake prone city who just tweet about what their cats are up to. And since we all know that cats act really strange before an earthquake, all we really need is a feed of cat owner tweets.
Cross reference with dog, horse, or other quake sensitive animals, and you...
A Recent Suggestion To Me
Someone recently suggested that I write all these ideas down on little pieces of paper, and throw them into a bag. That way after I say something, they (or presumably others) could use a phrase along the lines of “You like that? He’s got a whole bag of em in his car”. Admittedly, I find the image of one going out to their car and returning with a bag of ideas to be funny, if...
Loving this idea http://tinyurl.com/daht8x let’s get something going up here in SF
“Anglerfishes employ an unusual mating method. Because individuals are presumably...”
– Anglerfish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cure For Honey Bee Colony Collapse? →
cross fingers
The Associated Press: `Golden Girls' star Bea... →
Isn’t this exactly the sort of thing that only GeoCities could handle. How the hell are we supposed to have shrines now?
Not Surprised That
the ninja camp has been quiet in response to these pirate attacks
RIP: Yahoo! GeoCities. AKA Alderaan 2.0 →
As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
I Mean, Hasn't That Ever Occurred To You?
No, it had not occurred to me, that as I formally begin training myself in the art of left handed writing, that I might teach myself to write a font. I’d been thinking about how they have writing books for little kids just entering school. You know the ones with cute worms and apples and all that? The ones where you just write the letter over and over again in the lines, sometimes on top...
‘The Geography of Buzz,’ a Study on the Urban... →
Emotional Cartography →
Patiently Awaiting Record High
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun
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Proposition 23
Who’s interested in spending the evening of Thursday the 23rd of April at the CAS?
They left that one wide open didn't they →
Pirate Vice
We’ve seen this sort of problem before, and we know how to solve it. Form an anti-pirate pirate force. Get a bunch of guys to dress up in linens and pastels, give them even faster cigarette boats and mac 10s. They keep whatever they want from the bad pirates, plus 6% of the rescued ship’s cargo. It’s probably cheaper than insurance and sending navies over there. We have five...
if found please return to Julia Segal →
Does anyone else find this as funny as I do? This is her tumblr, which is full of perfection.
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Welcome to Foodzie | Taste Something Different →
Coolhunting describes this as etsy for food.
Question: Why aren’t megacorps spinning off little homey brands to get in on this trend?
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“The confrontation boiled over when one of the assailants reached into the bowl...”
– Server at Palo Alto restaurant pelted with own noodles - San Jose Mercury News
yet another reason why I love M. Ward
turquoisebird:
According to Rolling Stone, M. Ward plays a $50 pawn shop guitar he’s had for almost a decade.
Ok, but how come when I do this with a t-shirt or socks it’s not cool?
Repeat Offender
A comment on my previous Marx post revealed to me the narrow focus on the loneliness and dissolution of his work. I find his poetic description of the starving proletariate youth meditative, disturbing and hard to resist. But as was pointed to in the comment, perhaps now is a time not for longing, but action. Indeed Marx’s cathartic first person description of a frustrated youth...
Tough Times Pushing People Back To Marx
Say what you like about the tenets of national socialism, at least it’s an ethos. It’s understandable with the failure and corruption on Wall St., that U.S. citizens are looking to the works of Marx. The man lays out some controversial but compelling thoughts. McCarthy I’m sure, is rolling in his grave. Which is why I found this piece by Marx so fitting:
I took for granted,...