February 2012
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The Backlog
I recently underwent a task: to sort my video games autobiographically in the order that I obtained them. Yes, this is a move inspired by High Fidelity. The goal wasn’t introspection, but to see if I could do it. I then decided to take every game that I’d beaten, and turned it on its side. What was left was a stark picture of my backlog: The games I’d bought, but never beaten,...
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January 2012
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December 2011
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Enquirer to shrink, move printing to Columbus →
taestell: Although previously announced in August, it’s now official that the Cincinnati Enquirer will close its Cincinnati printing plant, laying off 200 employees, and move printing operations to the Columbus Dispatch’s plant. Gannett, of course, glossed over these details and chose to tout the new “easy-to-use format” coming soon to the Enquirer. Although the new format will allow for more...
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“Does anybody create anything anymore?! Is it just all reblogs?!”
– Merlin Mann ranting on 5by5’s After Dark #50: After Back to Work #36 (via clangandclatter; reblogging ironically)
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November 2011
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October 2011
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“I wouldn’t hold out much hope for the tape deck, though. Or the Creedence.”
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The Doodads Were Secondary
I spend most of my day staring at Apple products. That sounds like your usual brand enthusiasm, and brings to mind images of Calvin pissing on a Windows logo in the rear window of my car. It’s that kind of statement that makes your average person view Apple fans as an irrational cult of personality. Let me attempt to justify myself. In 2005 I bought an iPod. In 2007 I bought a Macbook...
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September 2011
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WatchWatch
lonelysandwich: One of my three favorite scenes from Louie because it’s fodda yanna banodda fonna. via fixpert
Sep 20th
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“I have married broken spoke charging smoke wheels Spit and swallowed opioids”
– I like the new Wilco song as much as the next plaid-wearing 401(k) holder, but this could have come from a javascript Jeff Tweedy lyrics generator. (via yourmonkeycalled)
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Trigger Happy TV hedge maze - YouTube →
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August 2011
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Henderson
Emma (Daughter, 5): I want to watch the movie where the family has the big giant monkey that lives with them and he eats the chocolate... and they play around."
Kris (Father): "Emma, I'm sorry I don't know which one you are talking about."
Emma: You know, the one with John Lithgow. He's kind of creepy, but I did appreciate him in the role of Eric Qualen in Cliffhanger."
Kris: "Wow. I totally agree."
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July 2011
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“Obama says that the rich have stopped paying taxes, and they have. But why have...”
– Vinay Gupta, “On the Practical Exercise of Power – or why the Old White Dudes keep winning” (via taestell)
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Achewood § February 2, 2007 →
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