2008

“Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know...”
— Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Sometimes life on this island is just unreal

Dmite - Readabook

“By failing to live by the letter of the texts, while...”
— Sam Harris, The End of Faith

The latest from jenreadsjunkmail

The secret to a “Black v. Red” game on SimAnt is...

Friendship

Shannon: I wish you were here so we could go get a booth in Denny's and talk. Partly because I'm hungry, and partly because I like to talk and have no friends.
Me: Having no friends is better than having my friends. The last email from my friend Jeremy ended with "Heather, breast implants. Think about it. I know I do. Jeremy"

NY Times: A Blacklash?

Jen: God damnit what is his name?!
Me: Botero?
Jen: YES. That's it.
Me: All the really suspicious Google queries in my browser history are your fault.
Jen: Yeah, I know the feeling. I'm pretty sure if anyone ever got ahold of my computer, they'd think I was some fetishistic pervert.
"fat people painter"
"paintings of fat people"
"fat children paintings"

Si l’bor d’lo

Emphasis added

Dear Random Plastic Elephant on the Kitchen Counter This...

“The scene to the right, the fourth in Hogarth’s...

“Yes, I’m finnich!”
— Even after 8 months, about 150...

via zachklein: via swissmiss

There’s no Russian alphabet song?! Outrage! This is a GarageBand project.

19th century anatomists that have...

Robert Gooch Benjamin Gooch Roger Cooter Benjamin Alcock Lord Henry Cockburn Sir Thomas Booby (Our...

Vaguely in response to tumblr developer is a jerk…: This set off a little rant in my head, and...

“Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it...”
— Steve Jobs (NY Times Magazine:...

wetherobots.com (via dkoder) A lot of my French coworkers...

“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it...”
— Stephen Hawking (via...

Google Answers: Ants in a microwave oven

Emily, Melanie and Guillaume, I adore you eternally. I will...

Today's big fat thumbs down goes to A...

A Small Orange Software has earned my certified, exclusive Seal of Disapproval. Seven out of eight...

An unsettling thought

If you only get psyched about things you’re not really getting paid to do, you’re...

A colorized CAT scan of a woman who died in childbirth and...

ideas: KyleBean.co.uk - Portfolio

Jen Reads Junkmail

Shallow Blue Theme

The Mysterious “Save For Web” Color Shift

“Nothing is so stifling as symmetry. Symmetry is boredom,...”
— Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

Speaking of Étang-Salé, here it is 20 minutes ago

Striking like only the French can...

Teachers in both the middle and high schools of Étang-Salé have been on strike for over a week now. ...

New theme: Graph Paper

In search of new host

Well, looks like the mod_rewrite issues were caused by my host’s security restrictions rather...

“Если хочется работать — ляг, поспи, и всё пройдёт.”
— When in Rome, do as the...

“Photograph taken by the Hubble space telescope on...

RewriteRule ^desk$ bed

mod_rewrite is like the flight deck of a 747 disguised as a TI-83. It says come, come play with me!...

Dear Abby: Are birth control pills deductible? —Kay
Dear Kay: Only if they don't work.

peterwknox: Barack Obama

Scientology: Bringing people together since 1952

8-year-old suspended for sniffing marker

Awesome HOT TIPS for YOUR WEBSITE in 2008

Health site blocked 'abortion' searches

“Hey, I just invented a fun new game. It’s called...”
— A future pediatric surgeon,...

Succuba G by CatRocketship

“If what I say on the privacy of my own webspace could ever...”
— topherchris. Hear, hear! ...

A recent mention on NotMartha has led to a big jump in...

This is EXACTLY why I want a big dog

My days are filled with a disorienting mixture of languages....

A Simple Apology by Mark Gleim

“All you need for a good movie are tornadoes and scientists. ...”
— Randall Munroe, xkcd

Third-graders arrested in teacher attack...

Bizarre Thought of the Day, courtesy of Robert, in the form...

Poisson d'avril

I spent much of today being told “t’as une araignée dans les cheveux!” and having...

“The mating rites of mantises are well known: a chemical...”
— Annie Dillard (Pilgrim at...

Oh, and thanks for all the Europe suggestions. They, especially the “how many years will you...

This is as fixed-width as volcanic sand gets, I’m...

“L’outre-mer, c’est comme une femme … il...”
— Jacques Chirac

It wasn't a good article.

Jen: I left feedback on their site saying it was the best thing I had ever read from them, and thanking them.
Jen: Oh, and when it asked me to categorize my feedback, out of the list of options, I chose "offensive".

Obligatory European destinations?

I’ll be passing through Europe in late June, early July, with no strict schedule. I’ve...

Outwith

On FriendFeed

Seriously? How many ways can we invent to monitor each others’ lives before monitoring is all...

“The typical imperative from biology is not thou shalt, but...”
— Steven Pinker, How the Mind...

NY Times: Far Below the Surface of the World’s Oceans, a...

Yes, yes it is.

Today I was teaching one of my younger classes how to say “Yes, I like…” and...

Hitachino Smallcaps: a great typeface design by Alexander...

Disabled pregnant woman used as target...

New theme: Box Factory

Tumblr’s ass-tattoo. Love it.

jessehattabaugh: testumblrone: via cracked.com

Ici, repose. (Saint-Pierre was pretty this morning.)

http://mon.thly.info/

“After the one extravagant gesture of creation in the first...”
— Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at...

All in good taste

Adam: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/36834
Me: I love "falling to the communists."
Adam: My favorite is "A visit from Cap'n Bloodsnatch"
Adam: You see, "falling to the communists" is still tasteful. And that's no good.

Celebrity sex tape challenge

johnbrissenden: My friend H and I were recently playing that old childhood favourite, The...

Seethrough theme

“It may be the first time in history that the person who is...”
— Tom Daschle (Reuters: Clintons...

My favorite small brother type human

“This album is the best one I’ve ever heard in my life....”
— The Sneeze, Jr.

“Rachel wants to go out tonight but, I got a Facebook notice...”
— Jesse Hattabaugh, re:...

A screenshot from Mon.thly.Info beta

Mon.thly.Info: A call for beta testers

Are you female? Swell! Do you like to break things? Even better! You should try to break my beta...

“It is something we seem hard-wired to do. When you find new...”
— Irving Biederman, from Why...

If you have this. EMAIL ME IMMEDIATELY. We can work out...

Totally sweet theme

Sacrifice

Me: Can you test the site in IE7?
Jen: Do I get reimbursed for the shame I feel as the ie icon creeps further and further up my frequently used applications list?

“I have a hard on for algorithms.”
— Adam, you are adorkable

Never make jackass friends your alpha testers. (Thanks,...

When Yi sent me this, I thought it was an ill-conceived...

And to all a good night.

Jen: (sing-song) I know which one youuuuuu are

I lurve it so, so much. alarchy :: jinon :: sangsara :: The...

Hint: not the same

Have you ever hit a bird with your windshield? Yeah, me too. Have you ever hit a bird with your...

The Five Ballsiest Con Artists of All Time

Jen: I like this game: http://chainfactor.com/ It's both attractive and fun.
Me: True. Relatedly, has anyone ever told you, "go to hell, you're ruining my life?"
Jen: Only myself. =(

I did this with R.L. Stine’s modern classic,...

“We’ve decided that IE8 will, by default, interpret web...”
— Microsoft on the IEBlog, via...

“She speaks English very well for an American.”
— English workshop student, on...

Mini-Pigs: These pint-size pigs are hogging the spotlight,...

Griddle 1.0: A new theme for the plugged-in amongst you,...

At Misprinted Type via youwillbeassimilated

Selective comments with Tumblr post...

A wise man once said “Why duct tape comments onto a tumblelog?” I wholeheartedly agree...

Me: Aquatic pink salamanders. With external gills. ...

Dear Senator Clinton:

I just wanted to let you know that I’m really proud of you for putting yourself out there and...

CSSArtillery.com

Tugging on the sleeve of how it used to be

“Ses dents raclent le parquet.”
— Maryse. French has the best...

Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods'—FREE

Is it Tuesday yet?

World’s first eyeball tattoo via Geekologie

Tumblr’s getting cooler.

“Did I ever mention how frequently I lost my glasses as a...”
— Ned (and for the record, I...

Thought Cloud 2.0

Live demo here. Download includes: Text file—copy into “Custom HTML” under “Customize” The...

Six year olds probably don't exist

Today, in the middle of a lesson, one of my CE1 students leaned over, stuck his little fingers down...

Who clicks on ads?

Greetings from New Jersey (PostSecret)

Is that supposed to make me feel better? (PHD Comics)

Hillary is mom jeans

One of me and Jen, snatched from Ned. Same great day.

Chicago, Feb 2006

Shameless

Lately my RSS fix is full of people saying, basically, “I am for Obama, but that’s...

The “who repeated a two-sentence thing from...

“Avoid complying with a demand by a stranger to get into a...”
— University of Chicago safety...

Campaign 2008

“By not spending 22 and a half hours a day reporting on...”
— Jen. c.f. BBC: Ivory...

Paultards Enraged At Fake City

“Heather? Is ‘dork’ the same as ‘hearty...”
— As shouted to me from across...

You're Not Special

Worrisome

“Running for office is sort of like being waterboarded.”
— The ever tasteful, ever...

Stuff White People Like

via core77: Extensis Typecaster. It’s always nice to...

Language Log: Egg, penis, whatever

“Could this all be part of the Clinton master plan to make...”
— Robert Schlesinger, The...

Betrayal

The Indian Ocean just stole half of my favorite pair of flip-flops. And all this time I thought we...