August 2008
88 posts
Jonathan found Henry Rollins' spoken word show... →
“Yeah, I went to Rome. Saw the Pope. Where’s he live? Vatican innit? And I went...”
– Some pleb at the cigarette counter in Sainsbury’s (via Error Gorilla)
“Ambition is a state of feeling perpetually flawed.”
– Scott Adams (via abhilashr)
Clever bloke. He doesn’t just do the Dilbert comics, y’know.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-24) →
Jean-Michel Jarre
BBC 6 Music
Simian Mobile Disco
Smith n Hack
Deadmau5 & Jelo
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Googleloop →
“Follow the smoking parrot”
YouTube Comment Snob hides badly spelled, profane,... →
A much-needed Firefox plugin.
ideasarelikestars says:
If I could somehow filter my dashboard so that I didn’t have to read posts including the words ‘Obama’ and ‘McCain’, I reckon I could catch up on the latest posts in a tenth of the time. Tumblr, are you listening? Can you build that feature in please?
It can be done with a handy Greasemonkey script: Tumblr Savior.
Who Really Won The Olympics? Jamaica, With 2.2... →
By this metric, the USA does *really* poorly. And the UK comfortably beats them.
Esser - Long Arms
Like a punky, more lo-fi Hot...
Nice surprise
I hadn’t used my Paypal account in probably over a year, and just discovered it’s got £17 sat there than I’d forgotten about.
It’s like the digital equivalent finding a crumpled up fiver in an old jacket.
eBay here I come! That’s a good bunch of bargain books/CDs right there…
:-)
“If you take reasonable precautions against copyrighted materials on your...”
– Video sharing sites etc will be pleased with this court decision
“When you treat people like idiots, they’ll behave like idiots.”
– Hans Monderman, the genius behind the district in Holland where there are no roadsigns. (via mark)
Maybe, but if you treat people like intelligent adults, they often behave like idiots nonetheless.
“It’s a typical techie trap: trying to solve a social/legal problem with a...”
– Someone over at Hacker News talking about OpenTape.
I like the idea of OpenTape, but this is an interesting point; I’ve often come across techy solutions to non-techy problems.
“They resent you being in First Class if you don’t look like a square.”
– Russell Brand on the latest podcast of his BBC Radio 2 show
The new version of Tumblr
Full implementation = faaar better than the beta (which, quite frankly, was not very good).
I’m sure the ability to run multiple tumblelogs from one account will prove useful for some future nerdy project.
Liking the ability to search my dashboard/previous posts too.
Not sure if introducing queue/drafts features will be overkill…we shall see.
Design is all still a bit big, but Mac...
rickyv says:
How much would Obama or McCain pay under the table for a Michael Phelps endorsement? Over a million, I’m sure.
Well over a million - that’ll be loose change after the talks he’s no doubt already having/had with Nike et al. An endorsement from him would mean instant credibility. Which makes me worry about how much money influences elections. (Not that that’s not...
Ads ARE NOT the new online tip jar →
Great post by Tom Willerer in reaction to a recent post by Seth Godin.
Tom suggests someone “creates an actual online tip jar that is as easy as clicking on an ad”. This is something I’m really interested in, and will be intrigued to see what role online tip jars play in the future of monetising content.
Take a look at Tipjoy. It’s pretty much as easy as clicking on an...
There should be a Perez Hilton-style site for...
Or a Private Eye-style blog. Is there?
(Would be especially surprised if there’s one that’s not US-centric.)
Muxtape is dead! Long live Muxtape! →
OpenTape, an open source translation of everyone’s favourite now-defunct mixtape site, has just launched. Interesting piece on why it potentially will/won’t work.
“Paris Hilton To Invade Rwanda”
– I’m getting lots of PH-related spam at the moment. This is the most amusing one today.
The Mail on Sunday is the only national Sunday... →
Oh dear. I suspect it’s because the great British public is a bit racist. Or likes free CDs by McFly. Or both.
Reversible business models →
“In China, some doctors are paid monthly when you are healthy. If you are sick, it’s their fault, so you don’t have to pay that month. It’s their goal to get you healthy and keep you healthy so they can get paid.”
NowDoThis →
Really. What. Is. The. Point.
(PS. It’s by Jakob Lodwick)
“It seems that profanity can work as a record button for the brain. It brings...”
– 37signals on how profanity works (via abhilashr)
Jimi Hendrix - Like A Rolling Stone (via bijan)
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“Microsoft’s attempts to stifle adoption of open web standards could soon...”
– Ars Technica
(Take that, Redmond)
Parents let kid drop out of school to focus on... →
OMG WTF BBQ
As the article says, “it would be one thing if the guy was a bona fide music or athletic prodigy” - but is there any precedent or proof that one can actually have a career as a pro-gamer?!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-17) →
Radiohead
Friendly Fires
Gotye
Kylie Minogue
Peter Gabriel
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
I need to get my Spanish back up to scratch again
Can anyone recommend any good Spanish-language podcasts/Twitterers/other Web 2.0 bullshit I should try out in pursuit of this goal?
Not even necessarily a “learn Spanish” podcast etc., but maybe just an entertaining listen aimed at native speakers that I can stick on in the background. It’s all about immersion…
“Gay men and women were barred from working in sensitive posts in the diplomatic...”
– MI5 seeks more gay spies - Financial Times
Wow, didn’t realise this…
joeyprofit says:
is there a terrible pun class in Journalism school?
I do hope so. But actually, if there were, I’d be forever regretful that I didn’t study journalism :-)
Idea for South Korea promotional tag line...
pursehouse says:
“South Korea - We’re not bastards like the North”
That’d be enough to make me go.
I’d add: “we still eat dogs though”.