2008

Jul

I love The Big Picture

Mt. Etna volcano as seen from the Space Shuttle, thanks to...

Brier miscommunicated it.

cdent: And this and Disqus both require that the person doing the comment establish an identity...

Brier did it.

cdent: Brier demanded I start a tumblr thingie. “Now I have a place to put my...

I finally saw In the Shadow of the Moon tonight. It was just—in every sense of the...

MobileMe for Mac and PC! If you use anything else,...

“Depending on which side of the bed I wake up on, blogging is...”
— Steven Frank

I know some folks who need need these badly.

Jun

“We take everything with us. ”
— Jeffrey Zeldman, looking back...

The Awesome Bar sure learns fast.

Any top-level domain you like

“Yet there runs throughout the opinions of my Brothers Powell...”
— Justice William J. Brennan,...

“When all a programmer has is a hammer, all screws appear to...”
— W. Jason Gilmore

According to topherchris: The world learned of ice on Mars...

Reblogging suggestions

I think reblogging is a great feature at Tumblr. I’ve been arguing for years that commments,...

That's why there's chocolate and...

It’s fascinating to me how changes to something that people use frequently can be...

“The Celtics squeaked past the Lakers to win Game 6....”
— Greg Knauss

A baby’s laugh is infectious enough, but slow it down so it sounds like Jabba the Hutt? I...

Hope springs eternal for a dog in a house full of bacon.

Rite of Passage

What is on Keith's tongue?

Danger! Danger!

“Never confuse movement with action.”
— Ernest Hemingway

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which...”
— Edgar Allan Poe

Toilets...in...Spaaaace!

“Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that...”
— Will Cuppy (via enquotations)

You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you. (via...

May

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my...

Heather Rivers should win some sort of tumblaward for these...

Now, see, this is what I was talking about! A laptop with...

“There’s something noble about doing lots of irrelevant...”
— Jonathan Rosenberg

This photo, from an article discussing Apple’s patents...

I wonder how long it takes to defrost. Via the defective...

This is the droid you’re looking for.

Procrastination is the Tumblr dashboard. (via the deplorableword)

joelaz: MUTO, by BLU An awesome stop-motion graffiti animation painted in the streets of Buenos...

A chicken in every pot belly

I walked around a corner this morning to find the boy on the couch, gazing beatifically out of the...

Brainscrew (via FFFFOUND!)

Airwolf by Ernest Cline Shakespeare is Airwolf. James Brown’s music is Airwolf. Sex so...

CHOKE ON MY COOKIE!!

Dad: Let's get your coat on.
Boy: Cohhhhhhht!
Dad: Okay, now your gloves.
Boy: Guuuuuuuvs!
Dad: Ready for school?
Boy: Cooooooool!

“Humor is also a way of saying something serious.”
— T.S. Eliot

I’ve been down that road before. (via FFFFOUND!)

Apr

My old stomping grounds. And by old I mean really, really...

“Did you know that every time you can has, God kills a...”
— Anonymous client of the...

Inflatable tube man dances to Cream’s “Glad” - Boing Boing

“[…] the older you get, the more you need the people...”
— Mary Schmich

The Inside Story of Galactica’s Crazy Closers Thanks to tim.shey.net.

They told me there would be days like this Via FFFFOUND!.

Crap...now I feel bad.

sydvish: I’m sorry! I meant to direct this to my usual commenters, but I guess I didn’t specify. ...

WTF tumblr?

sydvish: I can’t believe none of you gave a shit about my CVS post. It’s not that I...

“Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old...”
— Sir Winston Churchill

Good call, livejamie: Ah I love the Discovery Channel What a great commercial. And…I love...

Getting Beg The Question right

“Few things burn morale like urgency.”
— Jason Fried in Urgency is...

Think Obsessed That’s still one of the greatest commercials ever. In typical fashion, since...

“I don’t care about making money, I just love to sell...”
— Buddy Kallick, your Buddy in...

The past is gone but something might be...

I may die of gastric jealously. Eric has the chili. What could be better than a Cincinnati chili...

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The...”
— Jack Kerouac, from On The Road...

“For we have seen its star in the east, and are come...

This one doesn’t even need the first two panels. Jon...

And I just can't hide it

My favorite thing about all this Microsoft and Yahoo! hoopla is that the trademark makes Microsoft...

This is freaking fantastic. “Googly eyes” is the new “more cowbell.” Thanks...

I am haunted by the Coney and the Way.

mills: Most of the people who see this site use Firefox, and thus see a hideous border around the...

“Money, when it travels at a certain trajectory and speed,...”
— Textism: Alright. (via...

Set condition one throughout the ship My anticipation for...

“You don’t want to get stuck…with an unyielding...”
— Merlin Mann. That’s...

“Don’t give up a split second before the Dave Chappelle...”
— Jay Smooth, who does a damn...

Quest for the Crown

Wow, what an amazing photo. Thanks to tmblg.

“I love you. You love me. We’re best friends, only on T.V. With a great big hug and a...

Mar

Desktop Screenshot! I’ve never really understood the...

That’s what Happens

“In this life, you should try everything once, except incest...”
— Composer and poet Sir Arnold...

merlin: Crispus Attucks I’m guessing I’m not...

“If you still doubt the awesome power of the Internet,...”
— Time Magazine on Garfield...

You are, you know. (via garfieldminusgarfield)

“[…] a programmer working as programmers are meant to...”
— Paul Graham in You...

(via livejamie)

“All Google really wants are broadband wireless networks that...”
— Breaking: FCC Confirms that...

Nerd detection t-shirt Avoid awkward relationships...

A dramatic representation of my week thus...

“You know that feeling when you have to pee, and you’re...”
— A girl named Jess

I need some. Thanks markbean.

The technology behind this robot is amazing. It’s reaction to the environment is incredible...

“We are grateful for ink. Always.”
— David Simon from The...

“Living with a golden retriever means regularly pulling a six...”

This goddamn LOST theme gets me every single time.

Blink. I have no words. I am wordless. (via tmblg)

FriendFeed Is This Years Twitter, But Why?

“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is...”
— A.A. Milne

kottke.org is ten years old today

Yee Haw! (via ashleyj430 © All rights reserved)

Hydrogen Cars Are Here. There's just one...

“I just wanted to see something new every day and write a...”
— Augustus Haynes (David Simon)

Via after the savoy truffle: Life is loooooong.

In which Things get Worse

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an...”
— Pablo Picasso (via aatw)

“Twitter is golf for nerds.”
— Merlin Mann

“Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know...”
— Thomas A. Edison

Along with everyone else in the tumbleverse, I reblog....

Google Contacts API

“If Clay Davis used Twitter, would they be tweeeeeets?”

Haiku for a new car

Shiny car of gold Newer than you—the scratch ‘fore you were one day old Bugger.

“With Tumblr, I publish more than I ever have before.”
— Marco Arment In the end, this...

The Police charted by jrgkgb1 (via...

Feb

“A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built...”
— Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

(via garfieldminusgarfield)

Bunny Suicides (via maniacalrage )

Several excellent tips on caring for an infant. (via dooce)

Weather balloon delivered wireless networks? That is freaking awesome. (via joshmohrer)

The Sandinista Project: Grea