June 2008
57 posts
George Carlin's last interview →
marco:
Excellent. Too many great quotes. Read it when you have time.
“In 1968 the whole world was exploding. There was Paris, Vietnam, Grosvenor...”
– Joe Strummer
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Johnny Appleseed - Joe Strummer
A Good song for a...
“Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into...”
– Barack Obama (via azspot). Quote of the decade. (via marco)
If he did not have my vote, he does now.
“Me have crazy times in ’70s and ’80s. Me like the Robert Downey Jr....”
– Cookie Monster, on ‘The Colbert Report’
Tired of Your Job? →
livejamie:
Canada is hiring Astronauts!
Being Canadian and an Engineer has finally payed off.
“Why Russert and Carlin, and not O’Reilly and Mencia?”
– Some internet person (via Star and lifeofbk)
Don’t worry though, Carlos Mencia does have a habit of copying what other comedians do. Maybe we’ll get lucky?
(via livejamie)
I never would wish that on anyone, but it is very true. Why do we get the good ones for so short and the bad ones for so...
Favorite George Carlin Quotes
“I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, “Where’s the self-help section?” She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.”
” I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don’t have as many people who believe it.”
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
– Albert Einstein (via talby)
“Always code as if the person who ends up maintaining your code is a violent...”
– Coding Horror: Coding For Violent Psychopaths (via insertname) (via caseyliss)
rockuboff:
I think I’m the only person alive who does not like Pinkberry.
I really like how there coffee flavor tastes exactly like coffee yogurt, it has that odd tartness and everything.
lfarm:
Aaron and I are obsessed with a highly under-appreciated show called My Boys. I just watched the first episode of the new season, and it is back, better than ever. It’s never too late. Thursdays at 9:30pm on TBS.
I really love this show, although I didn’t like the sex and the cityesq episode where her friend from NYC came to visit, it made all us New Yorkers look like pompous asses.
marco:
orangesunshine:
Shine - Trey Anastasio...
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Power user setup on OS X
marco:
Casey Liss just got his first Mac. (I guess I won this.)
Note to Windows readers: This post is full of the little squiggly “⌘” symbol found on the “Apple key” on the keyboard. Windows’ Unicode support is half-assed, so if you can’t see ⌘this⌘symbol⌘ or if it shows up as question marks or boxes, oh well. You’re probably already skimming over this post anyway because you’re angry that...
“Anyone who thinks Journey sucks should try to write a song better than Don’t...”
– Jackson - after I told him that Journey sucks (via fred-wilson)
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New iPhone 3G!
marco:
3G networking
GPS
Thinner at the edges
Flush headphone jack
“Dramatically improved audio”
Feels even better in your hand
Metal buttons, black back
Same camera
Better battery life
Test of loading a complex website: 21 seconds on 3G, 59 seconds on EDGE.
$199 8GB, $299 16GB!
Available on July 11. (Damn, I really wanted to go out and buy this today.)
Where is the...
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Watch the Apple keynote live
marco:
I suggest:
Text updates and basic pictures from MacRumors Live. They’re consistently the fastest to get text updates out, and their page automatically refreshes with AJAX so you don’t have to do anything.
Photos from Engadget. They lag behind MacRumors Live by 5-10 minutes, but have better (and more) photos.
It starts in 34 minutes (1:00 PM Eastern). My predictions about the next...
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Big Apple BBQ →
rockuboff:
If I were around this weekend I’d so go!
I missed this last year, and I am probably going to miss it this year because my family is in town. It is horribly depressing and every time I am reminded I Get a little sad.
“But remember, the brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not...”
– Dr. Randy Pausch in the “Last Lecture” (via artistspaid) (via marco)
Support same-sex marriage and call! I just did!
lovepuppy:
joshruben:
It only takes 10 seconds!
Governor Patterson has said that NY will recognize legal same-sex marriages from other states and countries. He’s doing a poll on whether people support it.
If you’re interested in taking 15 seconds to lodge your support, just call:
1-518-474-8390
and say “I support the Governor’s directive on marriage”, then give them your 5 digit (New York)...
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New Restaurants for Families and Burger Lovers →
Wall Street Burger Shoppe is quite delicious, and now reading the details I may need to try the Shroom burger. It also helps that it is across the street from my office. If you are ever in the Downtown area I strongly suggest giving it a try.
talby:
Tonight Hillary talked about Hillary, McCain talked about McCain, and Obama talked about the nation.
Red Rocks
talby:
Not only is there great acoustics here but the structure keeps all the weed smoke on the crowd.
I stopped by here on my way to Vail a few months ago, and have to say it looked like the best place to see a concert ever. I really wish I had a chance to see a show there.
That's why hockey rules the NBA →
So well said.
Players from the Penguins and Red Wings played more than 100 minutes of demolition-derby hockey last night in an arena about 100 degrees. Tomorrow night, they’re back at it in a new city.
If NBA players had to play that much, David Stern would step in and give another six days off before the next game, on top of the 27 or so they already get between games now.
So, enjoy Game 1 of...
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64-bit PHP overcomes the stupid signed-integer...
marco:
PHP’s integer type has always been a 32-bit signed integer with a maximum value of 2,147,483,647. I thought there was no alternative.
Today I learned that you get 64-bit integers if you use the 64-bit version of PHP, so the maximum value is MUCH higher (9.2×1018).
If you don’t know, here’s how to tell:
32-bit:
$ echo '<?= PHP_INT_MAX . "\n" ?>' | php
2147483647
$ echo '<?=...
