May 2012
11 posts
Dan Harmon Fired As Showrunner For Community →
danharmon:
Kids:
A few hours ago, I landed in Los Angeles, turned on my phone, and confirmed what you already know. Sony Pictures Television is replacing me as showrunner on Community, with two seasoned fellows that I’m sure are quite nice - actually, I have it on good authority they’re quite nice, because…
Great Scientists: Pythagoras
fakescience:
“Point to a word on a OneNote page, hold the Alt key down and left-click once on...”
– “Dictionari” - my favorite secret stupid joke in yesterday’s news.
OneNote 2010 Recycle Bin (And Other Cool OneNote Tricks) | Bruceb News
“The apathy factor in American presidential politics has seemingly never been...”
– Is This the Most Boring Election Ever? | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
April 2012
27 posts
“The sharpest remark of the evening came from Kimmel at the conclusion of his...”
– Not everyone’s laughing after the White House Correspondents’ dinner - latimes.com
“I wanted to write Dr Sleep because I wanted to see what would
happen to Danny...”
– Neil Gaiman’s Journal: Popular Writers: A Stephen King interview. - A thoughtful interview with Stephen King. This quote is about an upcoming sequel to The Shining.
“Women remain acutely underrepresented in the coding and engineering professions....”
– “Gangbang Interviews” and “Bikini Shots”: Silicon Valley’s Brogrammer Problem | Mother Jones
Don't Get Mono
fakescience:
Watch(via Moneygall - Google Gets Fined - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 04/18/12 - Video Clip | Comedy Central)
“A few thoughts about this case.
The book publishers are not victims. I write...”
– With DOJ Suit Against Apple, A Curious Take on Tech Villainy
“I wanted to increase the work requirement,” said Romney. “I said, for instance,...”
– Romney Flashback: Poor Mothers Should Be Required To Work Outside The Home Or Lose Welfare | ThinkProgress
“Sharov [head of Russian security firm that publicized Flashback malware on Macs]...”
– Apple Snubs Firm That Discovered Mac Botnet, Tries To Cut Off Its Server Monitoring Infections - Forbes
A Show →
This is big. Very big. Ze Frank is going to post new episodes of The Show.
If anyone is unfamiliar with The Show, first, my sympathies. Second, go here and watch popular episodes from the first incarnation of The Show in 2007. http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/
Life is good again.
“Obama has called the GOP budget social Darwinism. Nice try, but they believe in...”
– Twitter / @StephenAtHome: Obama has called the GOP b …
“So where does that leave the country? Not in a great place, if Luce is right....”
– Book review - ‘Time to Start Thinking,’ by Edward Luce - NYTimes.com
“If you were to bother to read my books, to behave as educated persons would, you...”
– Vonnegut’s letter to a book-burner - Boing Boing
“The basic concepts behind this model are:
Complementarity. In much the same...”
– A Quantum Theory of Mitt Romney - NYTimes.com - read the entire article! Smart and funny.
March 2012
26 posts
“When people choose not to buy broccoli, they don’t make broccoli unavailable to...”
– Broccoli and Bad Faith - NYTimes.com
Watchjar:
Dr Grordbort Presents: The Deadliest Game (by Media Design School)
“Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will finish work on Windows 8 this summer, setting the...”
– Microsoft Said to Finish Windows 8 in Summer, With October Debut - Bloomberg
