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Listengoodtimesgreatoldies: America Simon and...
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Google your dreams.
Here is an actual thing I did today: Use Google to see if the set of vague “facts” I had in my head (a mother and daughter pair of elephants from St. Louis Zoo were recently killed on highway 40 after escaping their enclosures) were indeed true or a dream I had last night. Verdict: dream. Though in the course of attempting to verify, Google did let me know that two of the STLZ...
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McSweeney's explains Twitter.
Twitter seems to be, first and foremost, an online haven where teenagers making drugs can telegraph secret code words to arrange gang fights and orgies. It also functions as a vehicle for teasing peers until they commit suicide. In order to become a “follower” on Twitter, teens first must flash their high-beam headlights at an oncoming motorist on the highway. Then, if that motorist...
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Prank: Disco Elevator.
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Listengoodtimesgreatoldies: Little Martha The Allman...
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Listengoodtimesgreatoldies: Ruby Tuesday The Rolling...
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Listengoodtimesgreatoldies: Five O’Clock World The...
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Click to feed them.
Apr 5th
There is no GPS in Illinois.
Apr 5th
The Substance Of Style: Wes Anderson
“With just five features in 13 years, Wes Anderson has established himself as the most influential American filmmaker of the post-Baby Boom generation. Supremely confident in his knowledge of film history and technique, he’s a classic example of the sort of filmmaker that the Cahiers du cinéma critics labeled an auteur—an artist who imprints his personality and preoccupations on each...
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CAPSLOCK
Why on earth do people use capslock at times when it’s not required? Is it really more legible? Does the computer hear you more clearly that way?
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Tycho Brahe Had A Pet Moose And A Metal Nose As...
Astronomer and nobleman, 1546-1601. Encyclopedia says he was a “Danish astronomer whose work in developing astronomical instruments and in measuring and fixing the positions of stars paved the way for future discoveries. His observations—the most accurate possible before the invention of the telescope—included a comprehensive study of the solar system and accurate positions of more than...
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Public shaming as marketing tool
“A bus stop ad for a fitness company in The Netherlands uses an LCD display to show the weight of the person sitting on the bench…with the idea that the public shame of your weight would entice you to sign up for the gym.” (seen at kottke.org where I seem to get everything these days)
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