April 2009
7 Things NEVER to Say to Asian-American Executives →
“You must be the IT person.” “You aren’t like them + You don’t act very Asian.” “Asian Americans are not risk takers.” “Where are you from? No, where are you really from?” “Oh, you speak English good!” “You’re not a minority because all Asians are rich and successful.” “You’re not Asian,...
“Sometimes I fucking hate Le Corbusier.”
– Me after reading a review of the ‘Le Corbusier: The Art of Architecture’ show at the Barbican in London.
This is also, quite possibly, the whitest thing I’ve ever said in my life.
“As if it were a swarm of bees, you should stay away from the SyncServices folder...”
– Apple support document HT1865 (via marco)
Wait, So How Did Big Banks Go From Being Dead... →
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WatchProduction Notes for ‘Know Your Meme: Single Serving Sites’
This script was originally written by Andrew two months ago intended for Joanne to deliver. It ended up being rewritten twice by both Chris Menning and I before most of it would be reverted back to its February ‘09 form. (Although many of our new jokes would stay in.)
Although much of our research in this episode is...
ToneMatrix - aM laboratory →
Simple sinewave synthesizer triggered by an ordinary 16step sequencer. Each triggered step causes a force on the underlaying wave-map, which makes it more cute.
Incredibly addicting. Like the first hour or two you picked up Electroplankton.
“The project was approved in the summer of 1970 by the State Committee for...”
– Solaris (1972 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“These ideas of nature are so rooted in the historic first world domestication of...”
– Architecture imagined as ecological « Javierest
“* Don’t Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What...”
– Don Miguel Ruiz, from The Four Agreements (via dichosyvida)
Donate To The Baratunde Got Jacked Recovery &... →
Hey fam,
On april 17th, while performing at a Manhattan club, someone stole my bag with laptop, keys, wallet, canon digital camera, canteen and deodorant! Yeah, they stole the deodorant too. That’s a cold bastard right there.
I really don’t have the funds to replace it but need these tools to do my job. I’m suggesting a $5 donation to help me get it back. That’s 700 people I need donations...
Little League Girl Throws Perfect Game →
metsgrrl:
Why isn’t the headline of this story “Little League Girl Throws Perfect Game”? Instead, it’s ‘Girl Throws Out First Pitch At Citi Field’. HEADLINE FAIL
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BAYONNE, N.J. — On the pitcher’s mound, a 12-year-old girl from New Jersey is perfect.
Mackenzie Brown is the first girl in Bayonne Little League history to throw a perfect game. She retired all 18 boys she faced on Tuesday.
There...
“… this isn’t exclusive to the Mets, it happens in most all ballparks,...”
– MetsBlog.com » Opinion: The K Corner
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WatchProduction Notes for ‘Know Your Meme: Christian Bale Rant’
Never got around to writing up notes on this episode last week.
The Christian Bale Rant was one of those events that was ridiculously popular for a hot second but had an incredibly fast roll off. Because of that, we decided to concentrate on the reasons why it fell off so fast instead of retelling a story that everyone...
“It’s worth noting that when reading between the lines of the newly released...”
– Ali Soufan, F.B.I. supervisory special agent from 1997 to 2005. (via ericmortensen > mikehudack)
Looking for Interns
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“I’m still going to keep watching though. Rocketboom is like Doctor Who, it’s...”
– from today’s comments.
Joanne Colan Leaves ‘Rocketboom’ | Tilzy.TV →
Just three months shy of her third year anniversary in front of the camera on one of the internet’s most profound web series, Joanne Colan has left Rocketboom.
When the former MTV VJ took over hosting responsibilities on July 12, 2006 after a dispute between Rocketboom creator Andrew Baron and original host Amanda Congdon left the show without a frontwoman, the gig was only supposed to be...
The Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden
Americans' Tax Burden Near Historic Low (WaPo)
As thousands of anti-tax protesters rallied across the nation yesterday and the president promised tax cuts for most, new data showed that the federal income tax burden is already hovering near its lowest level in three decades for all but the wealthiest Americans.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the average family forked over barely 9 percent of its earnings to the IRS...
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WatchCUT | PASTE
Neat little narrative sci-fi student film about cloning.
(via Vimeo)
“I would indeed limit the sense of the term [“market”] even more to...”
– Manuel De Landa on “markets” from MESHWORKS,HIERARCHIES AND INTERFACES
