January 2010
December 2009
Fuck off, cell phones. Fuck off, texting and... →
jhnbrssndn:crowth:electronicalrattlebag:claytoncubitt
bedrock
or: the excesses of your hyperextended childhood
when it comes to commercial photography:
nude/erotica photographers are used car salesmen
product photographers are bus drivers
portrait photographers are dune racers
wedding photographers are off-road rally racers
fashion photographers are nitrous-assisted drag strip racers
landscape photographers are alcohol funnycar pilots
journalist photographers are stock car drivers
art photographers are formula 1 operators
national...
TUB needs your donations in order to make it to... →
lumber:thecakeisalie:bobbymiller:
It’s sad, but true. My short film TUB needs your help.
Check out the kickstarter page above to learn more. Minimum donation is $5. Donate more and get cool “TUB” stuff and other goodies like an original watercolor doodle, etc.
It’s going to be around $7,000 to finish the film and get to Sundance. I’m trying to raise $2,500 by January 13th. ...
digital camera specs as they relate to bicycle...
so i used to work at an independent bike shop in minneapolis. i was big into biking for many years and even belonged to a biking bbs as far back as 1992 (dialed up on my brother’s mac classic). now, when i worked at the bike shop there was this one type of guy that would come in always asking about this new double-butted spoke or cnc’d bottom bracket or how can he radially lace his...
in which langer kills any hope that ebert could...
nudawn:spytap:
writer-a:
—by langer:
Avatar is a bad film.
Not because it lacks any meaningful character development (which it does), not because its plot is laughably flimsy (which it is), and not because it is little more than a big-budget remake of FernGully, but because it is yet another example of b-grade Hollywood moralizing, of not very smart people with typically superficial good...
Smug acceptance and spectacular rebellion: Ways we...
jhnbrssndn:
poisonville:
Under the shimmering diversions of the spectacle, banalization dominates modern society the world over and at every point where the developed consumption of commodities has seemingly multiplied the roles and objects to choose from.
The remains of religion and of the family (the principal relic of the heritage of class power) and the moral repression they assure, merge...
Jeff Bezos on the Kindle and the Death of Print
newsweek:
NEWSWEEK’s Daniel Lyons: Do you think that the ink-on-paper book will eventually go away? Amazon.com Founder Jeff Bezos: I do.
DL: Do you still read books on paper? JB: Not if I can help it.
(From our ‘Interview Issue’)
he thinks printed books will disappear? while he runs a company that uptakes substantial profit via products manufactured in countries whose manufacturers pay...
“When you are deluded and full of doubt, even a thousand books of scripture are...”
– T.S. Eliot (via crashinglybeautiful) (via libraryland)
First part: true. Now if I could just get to where I can judge the truth of the second…
(via enormousair)
yoda will explain to you the mind of the second truth:
“do, or do not. there is no try.”
you see, there is the one way:...
every time. EVERY TIME.
fightingevil:
reallykatie:
one or both of my parents: “heh heh, so what do you think about all that snow out there? how’s that ‘global warming’ working out for ya?”
GLOBAL WARMING DOES NOT MEAN IT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE WARM OUTSIDE. IT MEANS THE ICE CAPS ARE MELTING AND THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING.
JUST BECAUSE IT IS CHILLY OUTSIDE AND THERE IS SNOW DOES NOT PROVE YOUR ARGUMENT THAT THERE IS NO...
Minnesota-style Spoof Video of Jay-Z’s “Empire... →
stuffaboutminneapolis:
freshmn:
I think @g_rote’s initial comment best sums it up: How white is Minnesota? This white:
Minnesota… ’sota… ’sota….
(via east-lake and Metblog)
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Oh sweet Jesus….
ROYAL
curious,
how the hoi polloi turn ragesoaked eyes towards voter-dictated governmental healthcare “death sentences” over the secreted and profit-driven “death sentences” of a private corporation.
it takes a mere senator to enact legislative change and their competition is fierce, the senator has no tenure nor excuses for a damning lambasting.
tell me again of this “free...
ensemble shows i do/don't find funny:
do: newsradio 3rd rock from the sun malcolm in the middle seinfeld grounded for life just shoot me frasier home improvement trailer park boys murphy brown wings golden girls cheers friends (stfu, it was well written and cohesive) undeclared (the only good thing judd apatow has ever touched) mork and mindy will and grace night court
don’t: arrested development curb your enthusiasm garry...
Dems may drop Medicare expansion →
marco:
Via Dan:
Wait. So you exchange a public option for a Medicare expansion then you drop the Medicare expansion?
Of course.
Democrats (in power): We want to pass this bill that makes a lot of sense. It would help a lot of people and it’s supported by the majority of the population.
Republicans: No. You need to compromise.
Democrats: OK. Well, I guess we can do without this huge part...
i'm going on record to state that google's new...
i use a dictionary for denotative definitions. not this connotational, new jack, kindergarten-level, crowd-sourced idiocy.
google’s definition for “connote” mirriam-webster’s definition for “connote” oxford’s definition for “connote”
go fuck yourself, google. yr definitions are dumb and you should be ashamed of this dumbness.
from...
beards, mustaches and the tertium quid →
tragos:
enormousair:
msodradek:
enormousair:
kateoplis:
tragos:
I would like to clarify here. I was merely claiming that beards lead to truth, justice, poetic sublimity and well-engineered bridges. Whether beards—or cable-knit turtlenecks for that matter—are sexy is beyond my jurisdiction. I can only hope the Tumblr community can shed light on this issue.
Au contraire, my statement...
if digital camera manufacturers can do this, i'll...
onboard software that minutely and mechanically adjusts a concave sensor, thereby eliminating lens distortion and vignetting.
c’mon, let’s bring hubble’s technology down home.
I have no idea what 95% of the ingredients are in...
(via poortaste)
of course you don’t, most cosmetics/health & beauty products aren’t subject to the same fda ingredient labeling regulations as food or drugs.