2008

Jul

I love that this is on the first page of results for a...

Full text of an angry letter written by food...

My mate says The Wire is simply the greatest...

Better than the Fail Whale :-)

“This is why I know it’s still early in the development of...”
— Jeff Bezos of Amazon (via...

Spam subject line du jour

“Nazi toddlers ruined my birthday”.

Osama loves laughing. Channel 4 “has set two people...

Jonathan was intrigued to read about the...

“What viable ideas lie undiscovered in the space between a...”
— Paul Graham on the idea of...

Facebook has started legal action against rip-off sites like...

“I have always believed that writing advertisements is the...”
— Philip Dusenberry (via simko)

What if there were no stop signs… and a major corporation...

FACT: 81.5 percent of all e-mails sent in...

“I think it’s axiomatic that a new form — and I view YouTube...”
— Eric Schmidt, Google CEO

Nauseously Optimistic. Well, I try to be.

I know everyone reads (and blogs) xkcd, but looking through...

A Wordle of what I listen to most according to Last.fm...

Selling with DIPADA

Talking to older and wiser people at work learns me stuff… Definition - Define needs and...

“The archetypal example [of dread] is the example of the...”
— Wikipedia on Existentialism...

Death Cab for Cutie...

The very first piece of commercial Apple software, released...

“Every time you sniff and say somebody has ‘too much...”
— Twitter / Merlin Mann (via...

Nintendo unveils Wii Music

Inspired choice of picture in an article on Microsoft...

rickyv says Jeff Rubin told me about “The Underpants...

(via dtrmcr) One of my favourite Garfield minus Garfield...

$99 cup of coffee

“The main value of your initial idea is that, in the process...”
— Paul Graham

“Your twenties are always an apprenticeship, but you don’t...”
— Jan Houtema (via...

The world's shortest horror story

“There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap,...”
— Ed Howdershelt (via Dive Into...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-13)

The English smoking ban...

Just took an enjoyable Sunday evening walk while catching up...

“Calling someone talented is such an insult to hard work.”
— Riaz Interesting point of...

Manhattanhenge is today.

“Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other...”
— Malachy McCourt (via...

Another great fact

*Sigh*. I knew it had to happen eventually. iPhone...

Gina Trapani on how she feels about being included in the...

Fancy a drinkowac?

“Cookies are delicious delicacies”
— The preferences panel in early...

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The more eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed that I recently added Google Adsense to this...

Quality fact

McDonalds is “technically the world’s largest toy distributor”, according to...

Getty Images to pay Flickr users for use of...

Music in the video games industry

“Shit! Your Subversive Graffiti Just Blew My Tiny...

Wikipedia: smart cow problem

Jonathan has been dressed in a gorilla suit,...

Radiohead - Bangers + Mash This was one of the very few less-than-fantastic moments of...

“The concept is to break out of the Web-only worldview and...”
— The admirable theme of this...

“The fastest way to succeed is to double your failure rate.”
— Thomas J. Watson Sr., founder...

Just started using StumbleUpon this evening, and while...

Sugababes: rubbish live

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-6)

Browsing around some of the great design and art work on...

Some handy Latin phrases

“Last Monday employees of Microsoft Corporation turned up to...”
— BBC Radio 4’s The Now...

Things that annoy me (part 217)

People who buy really expensive hi-fi equipment, but don’t actually have a clue about...

“Literature is what, I think, intelligent people have instead...”
— Patrick Hemingway, son of...

Google Images: Stockholm (via sujay) Also check out...

Innocent Smoothies are great (via Flickr)

HOW TO BLOG (via vanityvanity) Or write, teach, make...

BBC: Pringles 'are not potato crisps'

verbadjectivenoun says: I wish we used the word ‘zaftig’ more often for women. Had to look this up. ...

livejamie says: I get all nervous now when I click on YouTube links. Is this something I want going...

Ad networks: the new cool kid clique?

Tumblr interestingness rating

(Followers/following)*100 I’m 74. Does that make me quite interesting, or...

“The combination of linkability, mashups and RSS in...”
— Me, in an e-mail today. ...

“I’m really pleased with this model’s versatility, which I...”
— Smashing Pumpkin (and personal...

Who's laughing now?

“Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of...”
— William Ockham. You’ve...

“Curatorship: the big job of the next century.”
— Jason Kottke This is something...

Reddit finally realises: the social bookmarking site is...

Liverpool city centre skyline Public domain image from...

Radiohead - Lucky bijan says: I’m getting pretty excited about seeing Radiohead next month. Mmm,...

(via danhacker) “Workin’ for” =...

Oooh! Zack de la Rocha has a new band...

BBC: UK government launches data mash-up...

Priorities, CNN?

“The funny people who run the American Family...

“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the...”
— E.B. White (via peterwknox)

I love friendly record shop staff.

Jun

The angry quasi-socialist 16 year old in me loves this...

The things I do in the name of "my...

I’m “collaborate and listen”, every...

How was your weekend? (via travors) Indexed is always...

The Times: Back to the Great Depression?

Jonathan uses the word "mental" too much to...

How the stock market really works

The Westboro Baptist Church (members of which shown in the...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-29)

The Various Kinds Of Jobs You Can Get

Toilet water is cleaner than the ice in...

“Any idiot can face a crisis — it’s this day-to-day living...”
— Anton Chekhov (via imlendc)

Universal Edit Button - an extension for Firefox that...

xkcd is onto another winner today.

TinyPaste: like TinyURL for text

How to ruin a grad student’s evening: I’m not a...

Tech hype vs. real-world economic impact Obviously this is...

I saw Radiohead last night. They ruled.

“Cult comedy The Mighty Boosh gets up to 40% of its viewing...”
— One of many interesting facts...

Motown's "Black Forum Records"

My mate's thoughts over the current PRS...

A collection of retro games photoshopped into the real word....

Google MapMaker

Google the term "search engine"

Google itself does not even appear on the first page of results. Yet old-school mid-90s search...

(via radard and maddux)

Feeder album review

Something my life lacks at the moment:

Swashbuckling. Need to correct this ASAP.

The stupidest Facebook app ever

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-22)

Saturday...

…is life admin day. Rubbish.

(via didyouevernotice)

Geek And Poke moves away from its usual subject matter of...

BBC: Massachusetts "teen pregnancy pact"

pursehouse: After being introduced to Google labs by Deamer...

(via TechCrunch UK)

“Short-sightedness in face of digital revolution will cost...”
— Brand Republic wins the...

I know it's old, but I still find this...

Jack: Hey, you know what sucks?
Lindsey: vacuums
Jack: Hey, you know what sucks in a metaphorical sense?
Lindsey: black holes
Jack: Hey, you know what just isn't cool?
Lindsey: lava?

Study finds people don't mind in-game...

amwelles says: As much as I like having a larger music collection, I kind of miss the intimacy of...

Google to buy Digg?

Google Analytics worries me...

Apparently, “sex offender” is the 3rd most common search term for this site. Oh...

Welcome to Tumblr, Pursehouse.

Sentric Music on The Guardian blog

Brighton Port Authority feat. David Byrne - Toejam Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) under a new alias with...

(via artistspaid) iMeem? Really? I do like the We7/Qtrax...

jacobbijani says: Now That’s What I Call a Series That Just...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-15)

3 Smart Things About Music

Jonathan is currently really into...

BBC: Shadow home secretary David Davis...

Idea: A Bar in Silicon Valley (via inky)

Metallica to bloggers: don't review our...

He wasn’t lying. But despite encountering over 1800...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-8)

If I must receive spam, I want it all to be this cool:...

A guy on a street corner just asked me if I wanted any vegan food. Either that’s a really...

Ignore this, I’m just testing stuff :-)

Found on some random blog. Kind of missing the point of...

Anti-energy drink WANT.

“The illiterates of the 21st century will not be those who...”
— Alvin Toffler (via Derek...

The geekiest thing ever: “Last.fm for software”

Web 2.0 for unsigned bands

Why People Use Twitter (via fred-wilson) There should be a...

Of course. Those are the only two possible answers. ...