Listing all posts for August 2007

Friday, August 31st 2007

“Once I was “in,” I often described my job, without a hint of exaggeration, as “thinking of the stupidest shit possible.” I once pitched a story positing that the U.S. government had data confirming that the one commonality linking all mass killers, including the Columbine shooters, was that they never masturbated. Rather than issue this report, which would save lives but promote onanism, the government preferred to let occasional slaughters take place. My editor rejected it on the grounds that it was “too plausible.””

A writer from the Weekly World News dishes the dirt

A Tribe Called Quest — 1nce Again (via Untitled). This video is like, ten years old at least. Suddently I feel quite old.

Thursday, August 30th 2007

Technology from The Future: Content Aware Image Resizing

Wednesday, August 29th 2007

Monday, August 27th 2007

Saturday, August 25th 2007

Friday, August 24th 2007

Apocalipse Now to the sound of Ninfa Artemis — the worst song ever?

Warning: You’ll feel utterly embarrassed listening.

Monday, August 20th 2007

Friday, August 17th 2007