February 2012
17 posts
Stuff I will buy this co-op cycle
One of these, because my employee discount on it is insane.
A new video card and display for the Mac Pro, also using my fabulous employee discount.
A new turntable so I can actually listen to my records that I haven’t touched since the Technics died on the way back from NYC.
Stuff I will not buy this co-op cycle
Anything else. There, I’ve committed to it publicly. No speakers, no...
“These are the boys who suck up to the boss’s boss. They’re backslappers. These...”
– Some Advice for Young People | The Awl
I could have written this very article, and if I had, it would have been subtitled “Why I Left San Francisco.” The place is practically founded on an unwillingness to call bullshit. (via buzz)
Then again, New York is founded on saying “no, who the...
“Seriously, if you want to completely overload yourself with work, just spend a...”
– The Chamonix Branch Office
Can do, boss.
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Intellectual fatigue
Every cute, colorful little bubble on your phone’s home screen is a room (with hardwood floor and concrete ceiling) full of young men and women with Cinema Displays on IKEA desks sitting in fancy chairs who leverage (and often contribute to) the work of thousands of volunteers spread out all over the world, and every two weeks someone who did what they’re doing long ago and got rich...
Disgustingly racist anti-Asian Michigan campaign →
noelduan:
The 30-second ad opens with the sound of a gong and shows the Asian woman riding a bike on a narrow path lined by rice paddies.
Stopping her bike, the woman smiles into the camera and says, “Thank you, Michigan Senator Debbie Spenditnow. Debbie spends so much American money. You borrow more and more from us. Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank...
“Brogrammers are mostly Silicon Valley / Harvard type douchebags who got into...”
– Zynga AmA
NATVE CODE. LEARN IT, USE IT, LOVE IT.*
*unless you’re happy forever writing code that runs slower than mine. In which case, enjoy your virtual “machine.”
_: That feeling of exhausted emptiness, when... →
Haven’t had this in a while, and I miss it. I need to work on something BIG.
inkless-pen:
That feeling of exhausted emptiness, when you’re high on adrenaline and you can’t imagine its over, when you the clapping and bright lights, the smiles and handshakes finish and you’re exiting a building you’ll never again enter - it all feels like a dream, a sprint, a crazy production where…
Ben: this made me think of you
Ben: http://www.davidslog.com/12967343392/chris-next-book-by-peter
Adam A: rofl
Adam A: funny i would've said the same thing to you
January 2012
25 posts
jumiyori: When I was in high school, all I wanted... →
jumiyori:
When I was in high school, all I wanted was to get out of San Jose. I wanted time to pass, so I could escape into this future that I glamorized in my head. I hated South Bay’s suburban sprawl, its listless atmosphere, and the empty highways awash with blinding sunlight in the afternoons.
The future has not turned out to be all that glamorous, but at the end of the day leaving was the...
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Dear Coke Talk: On fun-sized advice. →
dearcoketalk:
Dear Coquette,
If you had to choose one Republican candidate, who would it be? Ron Paul. Not because I agree with him, but because I would love to see that kooky little Keebler Elf go up against Obama, make the general election a really weird conversation, and then lose.
Forced to Be Fat →
jumiyori:
29lives:
In Mauritania, where big is beautiful and stretch marks are sexy, young girls are brutally force-fed a diet of up to 16,000 calories a day — more than four times that of a male bodybuilder — to prepare them for marriage. - Marie Claire Magazine
…. I have often muttered under my breath after overindulging on fatty foods that I wished (Western) society’s beauty ideals...
“I think that middle class Americans are socialized from a very young age to view...”
– On Salary Negotiation
Watchcoketalk:
These types of shitheads are everywhere in my industry, and they are the bane of my fucking existence. One of them recently wormed her way up from the assistant level into my department, and I’ve spent the last couple weeks trying to teach her how to wipe her own ass.
I liked her well enough at first. She’s hot shit, barely old enough to drink, and loves telling everyone about her...
New lust object →
Just announced today.
Then again, it’s ridiculous to think about upgrading my audio interface - the MOTU I have is freaking awesome. What I really need are better mics…
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December 2011
27 posts
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