August 2009
85 posts
In the interest of full disclosure, I should probably mention that the University parking people have waived 4 other tickets for the same thing for me this year.
FCC questions Apple over Google Voice →
marco:
In a letter sent Friday to Apple, the agency asked the company why Google Voice was rejected, which related applications have been rejected along with it, and what role AT&T may have played in the decision.
TechCrunch has the letters that they sent out - the answers should be fascinating.
1. Why did Apple reject the Google Voice application for iPhone and remove related...
Why is my stupid Tumblarity going down if I’m posting again. Way to reward bad behavior.
July 2009
82 posts
Watch“[A] game more or less distilled purely from gaming stereotypes, about a man that not only created explosions, but was actually made of explosions — or ‘splosions, to be more precise — and when he ‘sploded hapless baddies, they would ‘splode into various meat products (steaks, hams, etc.).” - Joystiq’s review of ‘Splosion Man -...
“A few days later, President Obama said the police acted stupidly. Big mistake! A...”
– Stephen Colbert (via savingpaper) (via apsies) (via robot-heart-politics) (via asprettyasasong) (via myownmelt)
Watchomg omg omg. omg. …. omg.
auburnsky:
thedailywhat:
Movie Trailer of the Day: The first official teaser trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland has leaked online, and is available above for your viewing pleasure.
The film, which stars Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen, Anne Hathaway as The White Queen, and relative newcomer Mia Wasikowska as...
“I need to find out everybody’s priorities before I blow everything.”
– My coworker.
I’m mature!
New Ways To Order Pizza
johncody:
anthonymichaelrojas:
1. Order two toppings, then say, “No, they’ll start fighting.” 2. Learn to properly pronounce the ingredients of a Twinkie. Ask that these be included in the pizza. 3. Use CB lingo where applicable. 4. Order a Big Mac Extra Value Meal. 5. Terminate the call with, “Remember, we never had this conversation.” 6. Tell the order taker a rival pizza place is on the...
“We completely understand the public’s concern about futuristic robots feeding on...”
– QOTD: Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. CEO Harry Schoell responding to rumors that his company’s new biomass-consuming robots are programmed to feast on the flesh of the dead.
[via.] (via thedailywhat) (via yellowhat)
I just got a text from my friend asking if I...
kevinivek:
Yeah lemme just put on a celtics jersey and some aeropostal sweatpants, maybe gel up my hair and get in my pick up truck, still a little muddy from when I went off roadin the other day and come on over, but only after I’m done watchin sports center, Dustin Pedroia straight bundled some guy last night. Hillarious but then he got up and was heated and I was like easy there killah. Guys...
Top execs at each company dream of ways to steal... →
So *thats* what the CEOs of Google and Microsoft are hiding!
“Facebook’s machine intelligence is very real; its system is learning...”
– Marshall Kirkpatrick, ReadWriteWeb.com
FACEBOOK IS GOING TO DESTROY HUMANITY. Story at 11.
Bush’s Justice Dept. blacklisted LGBT groups →
marcusallenthecat:
notthatkindagay:
Applicants for Justice Department internships and honors programs may have been rejected based on their membership in LGBT groups during the Bush administration, the Blade has learned.
Numerous applicants were denied entry to the department’s Honors Program and the summer intern program starting in 2006 because of their previous work in what were deemed to...
