December 2009
“W. Eugene Smith: I have now printed somewhere between 200 and 300 negatives of...”
– W. Eugene Smith | Pittsburgh Photographs —- 1955
“Sometimes it seems I financed it from the lining of my stomach. As for others —- if asked, I will advise them not to do it —- and I will hope they do.”
That is my New Year’s Resolution.
Y2K, remember that?
I was working at Verizon, taking repair calls. They had a few of the college students work past midnight (when we usually closed) to make sure there weren’t any problems.
A co-worker of mine was so convinced that there was going to be rioting in the streets that he went out and bought an ultra-compact Glock and a TEC-9. Why he needed the latter is beyond me.
I hear two auto-tuned songs on top-40 radio
swamibooba:
And immediately think of the music manufactured for the lower classes in 1984.
A lot of things remind me of 1984.
That and A Brave New World.
And maybe more Kafka than I should admit to…
“But with the power of hindsight, “High Fidelity” is surprisingly prescient, the...”
– Naughtie Behavior | The Decade in Film Style - T Magazine Blog - NYTimes.com
If this jacket’s torn, you’re gonna pay big.
Hunters kill man in animal disguise Boing Boing →
Take that, furry!
“That’s when you end up with Stephanie Seymour in Guns ’N Roses’ video for...”
– Don’t look now: 10 surefire ways to make a terrible video for a good song | Music | Inventory | The A.V. Club
“I must admit to being a little disappointed that there is no use of algorithms...”
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An update to that article about the Instapaper re-design. Is this guy serious?
I’m not even a programmer, and even I know there almost never a “perfect opportunity” for algorithmically-generated content. I think there might be a bigger point to make here, which is that programmers aren’t even the...
I know if I don't see Avatar it's gonna be the...
jaimeleigh:
And ten years from now people will be all “Whaaaaat?” when I say I’ve never seen it. That’s right. I’ve never seen the matrix.
I’m anti-James Cameron. I’ve never seen Titanic and plan to never see Avatar. I’m just not that impressed by spectacle.