Easily Distracted

Trampoline disassemble (via djfoobarmatt)

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:34:07 +1000

Trampoline disassemble (via djfoobarmatt)

This is solid gold. Via freedomtodither: a flowchart to...

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:13:14 +1000

This is solid gold. Via freedomtodither:

a flowchart to determine what religion you should follow (via cdn.holytaco.com)

Jebediah having a very Nirvana moment

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:03:56 +1000

Jebediah having a very Nirvana moment

Jackson vs Bean (via PatrickBoivin)

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:43:38 +1000

Jackson vs Bean (via PatrickBoivin)

apple sues god, says fruit too similar to logo

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:45:29 +1000

apple sues god, says fruit too similar to logo:

freedomtodither:

@jr raphael has some fun at apple’s expense …

"So is there anything more to this book than just an excuse for sex in microgravity? Well, yeah, of..."

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:37:23 +1000

“So is there anything more to this book than just an excuse for sex in microgravity? Well, yeah, of course! It’s Charles Stross so it’s packed full of awesome original world building and mind blowing ideas”

- » Saturn’s Children

Brontosaurus - actually I’m testing google reader ->...

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:39:57 +1000

Brontosaurus - actually I’m testing google reader -> tumblr -> twitter -> friendfeed -> facebook pipeline.

"‘here’s to all of mum’s husbands past and present!’, that last one from a..."

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:47:50 +1000

“‘here’s to all of mum’s husbands past and present!’, that last one from a girl of 11, which caused three people at my table to choke on their champagne, one woman shooting it through her nose, which you hardly ever see.”

- How not to make a toast - Eureka Street

"…we would feel cheated if we found out that someone had won the New York Marathon by taking a..."

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:51:52 +1000

“…we would feel cheated if we found out that someone had won the New York Marathon by taking a subway, or had taken drugs in order to win any kind of race. We actually want to see authentic human achievement, we want to see it in the arts, and we want to see it everywhere in human life.”

- Philosophers Zone - 19 September 2009 - Forging ahead - the philosophy of authenticity, fakes and forgers

"The first you know of a mouse in the house is a blur of movement in the corner of your eye as you..."

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:25:06 +1000

“The first you know of a mouse in the house is a blur of movement in the corner of your eye as you wonder aimlessly about the house. A few times, you think it is just a reflection but then these peripheral events start to take shape and with a feeling of dread your suspicions coalesce. Still you tell no one, not even your wife, especially not your wife. Maybe the mouse is just a one-off, an accidental interloper from the overgrown outside. But you start to keep an eye out for it.”

- » A Mouse in the House

Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Lena Headey Joins Game of Thrones. Very Interesting...

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:09:06 +1000

Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Lena Headey Joins Game of Thrones. Very Interesting...:

The Game of Thrones casting started with period-piece powerhouses (Sean Bean, Jennifer Ehle) and strong character actors who elevate their material (Mark Addy, Peter Dinklage), but the last few reveals have gone from uncannily perfect to television standard (we’re pulling ingénues from The Tudors? For real?), and I’m beginning to worry.

"its release unexpectedly marked the death of some part of me, and in monitoring the shift in my..."

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:50:08 +1000

“its release unexpectedly marked the death of some part of me, and in monitoring the shift in my heart of Star Trek from a living, vital pleasure to a glass-encased museum piece, I got a bit lost in myself. It led to a summer’s worth of soul-searching about certain things…”

- Graphic Engine » Blog Archive » Where I’ve Been

"Invasion of Poland began this morning. Warsaw bombed. General mobilization proclaimed in England,..."

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:39:09 +1000

“Invasion of Poland began this morning. Warsaw bombed. General mobilization proclaimed in England, ditto in France plus martial law.”

- 1.9.39. « THE ORWELL PRIZE

via img123.imageshack.us @GreatDismal

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:04:31 +1000

via img123.imageshack.us @GreatDismal

"the guy at the garage doesn’t believe what I say, or doesn’t take seriously what I say..."

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:13:30 +1000

“the guy at the garage doesn’t believe what I say, or doesn’t take seriously what I say about the car because I’m a woman, what does it matter? It’s entirely inconsequential. But even an insult like that that’s fairly inconsequential because it’s an insult to me as a knower, in my capacity as a knower, it goes deep, and that’s because our capacity for knowledge and for passing on our knowledge is so tightly knitted up with our very status as a rational being. So when I’m insulted in my capacity as a knower, I’m seen as lesser as a rational being. And that’s a way of being lesser as a human being.”

- Philosophers Zone - 22 August 2009 - Power, prejudice and the murder of Stephen Lawrence

"Politics becomes more and more a contest between competing individual freedoms and rights. My..."

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:38:40 +1000

“Politics becomes more and more a contest between competing individual freedoms and rights. My relation to society is defined no longer in terms of our mutual responsibilities and obligations, but in terms of what society owes me as a private individual.”

- Faith and Theology: On Calvin, Hobbes, and rights

Strap on the long hair wig controller, load in the game software...

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:18:44 +1000

Strap on the long hair wig controller, load in the game software and rock out with your hair. (via Headbang Hero - Hacked Gadgets - DIY Tech Blog)

"Fans searching online for Biel have a one-in-five chance of hitting a Web site with malware,..."

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:57:21 +1000

“Fans searching online for Biel have a one-in-five chance of hitting a Web site with malware, according to McAfee’s third annual report listing Hollywood’s most “dangerous” online celebrities.”

- Jessica Biel most ‘dangerous’ celeb in cyberspace | Security - CNET News

"American attitudes to crime and punishment are unspeakable; disturbing, mediaeval, and barbaric are..."

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:57:13 +1000

“American attitudes to crime and punishment are unspeakable; disturbing, mediaeval, and barbaric are some of the adjectives that spring to mind. But above all, the word that most thoroughly applies is merciless. The commission of a crime is taken as an excuse to unleash the demons of the subconscious, however dark, however disproportionate, upon the perpetrator. Once labeled a criminal, an individual’s right to fair treatment is utterly expunged, and any violation or degradation, however grotesque, is seen as something that they brought on themselves.”

- Charlie’s Diary: Merciless

Charlie's Diary: Merciless

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:54:29 +1000

Charlie's Diary: Merciless:

Another wonderfully composed rant from a favourite author