November 2008
Shots fired at Toys R Us in Palm Desert; 2 dead →
Riverside County sheriff and fire officials responded to a report of a shooting and two gunshot victims at 11:32 a.m. at the toy store in the Desert Crossing Shopping Center at 72314 Highway 111, said Cheri Patterson, information officer for the Riverside County Fire Department and Cal Fire, based in Perris.
Dennis Gutierrez of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed the...
Wal-Mart worker dies in apparent shopping stampede →
At 4:55 a.m., just five minutes before the doors were set to open, a crowd of 2,000 anxious shoppers started pushing, shoving and piling against the locked sliding glass doors of the Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, New York, Nassau County police said. The shoppers broke the doors off their hinges and surged in, toppling a 34-year-old temporary employee who had been waiting with other workers in the...
The Top 10 Reasons Why Kanye West is a Douche →
“The banks that have taken the taxpayer’s money ought to be part of the solution,...”
– Fair Game - That Money Isn’t Leaving the Vault - NYTimes.com
FiveThirtyEight.com: Did Talk Radio Kill... →
Stimulation, however, is somewhat the opposite of persuasion. You’re not going to persuade someone of something when you’re (literally, in Ziegler’s case) yelling in their ear. The McCain campaign was all about stimulation. The Britney Spears ads weren’t persuasive, but they sure were stimulating! “Drill, baby, drill” wasn’t persuasive, but it sure was...
In a fit of irony, iPhone pirating app gets... →
marco:
SaladFork, the author of Crackulous, called the leak “absolutely disgusting, and downright insulting.” He writes about his pride of development, saying, “[I] have released a new version of Crackulous almost every day or two, fixing all the bugs that had been reported up until that day. I was proud of Crackulous, and put a large majority of my free time into ensuring it will be the best...
WatchPhil Collins walk on music at UCB
The seconds from 0:05-0:48 are just some of the reasons Chelsea Peretti remains one of the great sheroes of the world.
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
A song for 4am, even...
“just went on a hike and discovered the place where desktop pictures are made.”
– Twitter / kenyatta cheese
“Businesses exist to serve the general welfare. Profit is the means, not the end....”
– Adam Smith (via azspot)
This guy sounds like a socialist.
(via dalasverdugo) (via justin)
Dunwoody becomes first female four-star general →
Ann E. Dunwoody, after 33 years in the Army, ascended Friday to a peak never before reached by a woman in the U.S. military: four-star general. At an emotional promotion ceremony, Dunwoody looked back on her years in uniform and said it was a credit to the Army — and a great surprise to her — that she would make history in a male-dominated military.
“Granting immortality to Detroit’s Big Three does not enhance creative...”
– David Brooks - Bailout to Nowhere - NYTimes.com
Friday Minus Garfield
jamiew:
nycmeetups:
Dan Walsh (Travors and Garfield Minus Garfield) and his fiance, Evie, are visiting from Dublin, Ireland. Let’s show them a good time!
When: Friday, Nov. 14 (tomorrow!), at 7:30 PM
Where: House of Brews, 302 W. 51st St. (51st and 8th). We’ve been there once before.
Same arrangement as last time:
They have reserved a cool little lounge-couch filled room for us UPSTAIRS...
Watchsandhya:
The NY TIMES STORY
Beastly Boys - Squirrels
Cleaning up my iTunes...
Rocketboom Hiring Web Developer (NYC) →
rocketboom:
Click the link for details.
“Yeah, yeah, I got to vote. It felt like I went and bought my first car without a...”
– Young Jeezy on voting for the first time in the 2008 US Presidential Election
Top Secret Power-Shifting Excercise in NY | F.A.T. →
from Urban Prankster:
We’ve been tipped off to a top secret event happening on the streets on New York next week. The organizers who include the Yes Men, the Anti-Advertising Agency, and others aren’t giving much away, but if you were praying for an Obama win then this will be up your alley no matter who wins. Get involved and join their team.
Spielberg Remaking 'Oldboy'--with WILL SMITH →
thehatgame:
NO! please tell me this is an elaborate (unfunny) joke…
The original article sums it up best:
“If you haven’t seen Oldboy, it’s really good, and don’t get me wrong, I still like Steven Spielberg despite the Indiana Jones incident, but this like somebody saying, steak is really good, and I really like milkshakes, so I’m going to make a steak milkshake...
thankless job
dalasverdugo:
soxiam:
carolinemartin:
Yes, I love having vimeo upload/transcoder speed so fast. I recorded this video like less than 10 minutes ago and it’s already up.
i talk to pile about this from time to time. aside from a working login form, this is probably *the* most important engine we’ve been tuning at vimeo. but just like automobiles, no one thinks twice about it when it’s humming....