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(h/t: MK)
Friday, November 04, 2011
Cameo of the Day
Can you guess who that is?
Answer at the 1:21 mark. And if you like supercuts, see also waxy.org and Andy Baio's recent Epicenter post.
You're not helping, National Geographic
Not the best opening paragraph:
For most Americans, daylight saving time 2011 ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 6, 2011, when most states spring forward an hour. Time will spring forward to daylight saving time again on Sunday, March 11, 2012, when daylight saving time ends.
When I got the link, it took me a few re-reads to see it, admittedly. Probably because my new thing to be unbearably pedantic about is the proper spelling. (Which it is, above.) In my own defense, I'm barely through my first cup of coffee.
(h/t: The sharp-eyed KK, via email. Added: who just admitted that it was the comments over there that tipped him off.)
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
What could possibly go wrong with that?
Did you know you can have a printer with its own email address? And that you can send it email with attached documents, and they'll automatically print out?
The printers start a low, low price of $150. The add-on spam filters? Doesn't say. Or maybe HP wants to get the economy going again through paper and toner sales.
In all seriousness, it does sound like a pretty cool thing.
Sweet
It's not often that rebukes to misguided punditry come as quickly as this one has.
Thus concludes Alec MacGillis, in re: David Brooks.
It's a complex world
Highly non-linear, too:
(title: vide)
[Added] But you know who doesn't think foreign policy is complex? Thanks to a reference from Dan Drezner later in the diavlog from which the above clip comes, we can confidently state: Republican candidates for president, that's who.
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Well, it's imaginative. I'll give them that.
Beginning of a recent bit of bacn:
Dear Reader,
We hope you have taken the opportunity to enjoy full access to The Economist online, The Economist on Android, iPhone and iPad and The Economist in audio, a range of benefits that are only available to subscribers.
We have been providing you with full digital access to The Economist due to an error in our systems. Our system will be updated to correct this error in a few weeks. After that time, your full digital access will only continue if you subscribe.
I would therefore like to explain the subscription options that are available: [...]
Wonder how many people immediately thought OMG, what have I been missing??? and ran right over to look.
Upon further review, however, it occurs to me that when pitching digital subscriptions, you'd probably want to avoid planting a mental seed like "an error in our systems." Not to mention the notion that it'll take a few weeks to clear it up.
Somehow, this too can be blamed on Teh Liberal Media. And, of course, Obama.
From Pareene's summary of Karl Rove's latest doings:
Acting like a pundit while actually managing a national political campaign for a well-funded Super PAC seems a bit ethically problematic, but the Wall Street Journal and Fox News obviously don’t really care.
[Added] On the other hand, Michelle Cottle says that Eric Boehlert says:
“The rest of the right-wing media is so certifiably insane that Karl, by standing in the same spot he has always been in, now looks like the moderate and thoughtful one.”
Which reminds me of the time when John Ashcroft was lauded for his moral leadership in resisting the Bush Administration's executive overreach, but never mind my gloomy outlook.
I'm not much of a fan of "THIS is what's wrong with our country" pronouncements
However ...
Only one side, in fact, seems to be trying — the Democrats — and it is being far too accommodating …In case you aren't already tired of seeing what mindless anti-tax fanaticism vs political invertebrates really means, have a look at "Tales From the Congressional Supercommittee."
Monday, October 31, 2011
Tebow gets Tebowed!
Swiped from TBogg, who will explain further, if you wish. More details available at Shutdown Corner. Fun site: tebowing.com. Darwin fans should not miss The Evolution of Tebowing.
[Added] See also "Tebowed, But Not Tebroken," from ZandarVTS.
[Added2] Follow-up.
Headline of the Day
Rick Santorum: Mitt Romney Is To Blame For Same-Sex MarriageYeah. That Santorum.
(Think Progress via Joshua Holland.)
Happy Halloween! Want to see a very creepy movie trailer?
Could be I read The Exorcist at a particularly vulnerable age, but this trailer gave me some good chills.
Definitely go full screen on this one. (Hover over the video and click the icon that will appear in the upper right corner of the frame.) Sorry about the leading 15-second ad -- a movie preview before the movie preview.
Cool logo, whose ever it is, [Added: Bloody Disgusting's, according to Get Glue, it looks like.]
Definitely go full screen on this one. (Hover over the video and click the icon that will appear in the upper right corner of the frame.) Sorry about the leading 15-second ad -- a movie preview before the movie preview.
Cool logo, whose ever it is, [Added: Bloody Disgusting's, according to Get Glue, it looks like.]
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Because you don't get enough spam already
I just added a gadget over in the sidebar that will allow you to sign up to get notified by email of new posts on this blog. Please let me know if you have any problems with it, should you decide to try it.
If it needs saying: I will not share your email address with anyone. (I am not even sure that I can see the addresses that get typed in; they're probably all handled by Google/Blogger behind the scenes.)
[Added] I put in one of my other addresses to test it. It looks like you'll get at most one email per day, and you'll only get that if I post something new that day. If you want to be notified more frequently -- i.e., as each new post appears --you might want to follow me on some social networking thing (links over there in the sidebar) or use a feed reader. Details available on request -- drop a note in the Comments or send me an email.
[Added2] Just got my first email from the above. It'll be from bjkeefe, with subject "bjkeefe," which is probably not likely to be the most informative line in your Inbox, but there it is. Also, it doesn't look like images or embedded videos come through, which may be to your liking or may not. It's easy enough to click over to the relevant post(s), though.
If it needs saying: I will not share your email address with anyone. (I am not even sure that I can see the addresses that get typed in; they're probably all handled by Google/Blogger behind the scenes.)
[Added] I put in one of my other addresses to test it. It looks like you'll get at most one email per day, and you'll only get that if I post something new that day. If you want to be notified more frequently -- i.e., as each new post appears --you might want to follow me on some social networking thing (links over there in the sidebar) or use a feed reader. Details available on request -- drop a note in the Comments or send me an email.
[Added2] Just got my first email from the above. It'll be from bjkeefe, with subject "bjkeefe," which is probably not likely to be the most informative line in your Inbox, but there it is. Also, it doesn't look like images or embedded videos come through, which may be to your liking or may not. It's easy enough to click over to the relevant post(s), though.
I are a restaurant
Came across an old bookmark, from a past session of ego-surfing, I expect. I are now closed, sadly, although it looks like I have been replaced by the Yucatan Taco Stand, which is way more fun to say.
I still live in Google Street View, however!
Click the first two pics to embiggen.
This one turns into noise if you try to blow it up any further, so I'm just going to declare that, according to the fine print, I was once an American Bistro.
[Added] Probably a bit too late for me (the restaurant), but I'm told that Google Street View may soon allow you to walk into various places of business, virtually. Here's a short video report from Newsy on that. (Sorry not to have embedded it, but it is too wide to fit in this blog's posting space, and it does not appear to be resizeable.)
(h/t: Alexandra Pfenninger, via email)
"The History Of English In 10 Minutes"
Really good. Nice job, OpenLearn.
Here's a link to a YouTube playlist, which will cause the ten one-minute segments to autoplay sequentially.
(h/t: Visual News, via someone on the Twitter whose name I forgot to note. Sorry.)
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Great video, great idea: "Keep Wall Street Occupied"
No doubt the banksters will call up their favorite Congressional mouthpieces to huff about how this is illegal, abuse of the postal system, and therefore terrorism. Which should only make you want to do it more.
Ouch
Before Game 7, the Cardinals dropped left fielder Matt Holliday (bruised right pinkie) from the World Series roster.
I figured as soon as I heard last night that the real reason was really a La Russa fit of pique, and the official reason only hardens my suspicion. But man, poor guy. Being put on the disabled list for a "bruised right pinkie" will be remembered by bench jockeys for the rest of his career.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Willard's latest flip-flop: he's now a denialist
The former Massachusetts governor had been one of the few Republican presidential candidates to embrace the scientific consensus that human activity contributes to climate change. But in a speech in Pittsburgh on Thursday, he sounded like more of a skeptic.
“My view is that we don’t know what’s causing climate change on this planet,” Romney said in the speech, a clip of which was posted by the liberal blog Think Progress.
Here's the Think Progress post.
(h/t: Kombiz Lavasany via Brad DeLong RT)
Love that NYT dryness sometimes
(It is not known whether snakes get heart disease.)
Also to his credit, Lawrence K. Altman resists for eight whole paragraphs before succumbing to temptation in the ninth.
Who knows whether the research described will amount to yet another nostrum that people can abuse as part of a healthy diet; the point is, the article is interesting, the accompanying photograph is way cool …
… and the video I went and found for you (from the photo credit) will feed your inner eight-year-old boy like nobody's business.
Definitely go full screen on that bad boy.
Headline of the Week
Play With Shelter Cats Online RIGHT NOW
See Christopher Robbins over at the Gothamist.
(h/t: MK, via email)
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Deep Thought
It turns out there is an upside to the squirrel becoming a symbol of good luck this postseason: think about which group that's gonna piss off.
(?)
[Update] Also.
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