January 2008
“May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions.”
– Joey Adams
I'm So Scared
Are we sure that’s Dick Clark? I’m pretty damn sure that’s a robot.
“New Year’s eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march...”
– Hamilton Wright Mabie
The #2 Album of the Year: LCD Soundsystem - Sound...
Aiden and Sophia Top Baby Names of 2007 →
“Aiden” has been #1 since 2005? I can’t think of a single boy I know named that, although it is an interesting name: the Gaelic word for “Little Fire.” Doesn’t it sound feminine to you? And will somebody please chance “Little Fire’s” diaper?
Headline News
Fark finally came out with it’s best headlines of the year, and there’s a couple of really good ones. :)
Bear attack victim had ‘tender heart,’ according to friends, family, bear
Bingo hall worker B-10 and robbed
Blind man reunited with missing seeing eye dog (as far as he knows)
Popping vitamin pills could increase your chance of dying by five percent. Great, now I...
December 2007
(Aural) Inspiration
I do my best design work listening to The Flashbulb or She.
What about you?
Best Freeware Games of '07 →
I can’t wait to dissect this list.
“Our interpretation? Self-service car washes are self-aware and, more...”
– Cracked’s As Seen on TV: The 10 Most Laughably Misleading Ads
“When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close...”
– Andy Warhol
Declan: I dunno...I love her, but this new years is going to be uber depressing
grencez: her friends are much lamer than both of you combined
Declan: The thought of her getting high at a party where everyone is drunk while I sit at home and code Perl or something is kind of too much to bear
CyanFlux: maybe try coding something in c
Australia Joins China In Censoring The Internet →
How sad and surprising
“My play was a complete success. The audience was a failure.”
– Ashleigh Brilliant
The 10 Best Rollercoasters On Earth →
I’ve ridden one of them. It’d be a very cool life goal to ride them all.
WatchNot only can a Lyrebird emulate any other bird’s song (which is so accurate it confuses other species), but it will also incorporate the sounds from its environment. In this case; cameras, a car alarm, and chainsaws. Jaw-dropping stuff.
The #3 Album of the Year: Kanye West -...
“If you can’t convince them, confuse them.”
– Harry S Truman
Time travel is real, and it's available on eBay. →
You have 90 days to pay, but if it works.. can’t you just go back in time and get your money back?
Wow, I Found the Girl I want to Marry →
She’s on Craigslist, strangely enough.. and in Washington DC
20 deputies, two canine units and a police... →
Was someone: A) Terrorizing shoppers B) Robbing merchants or C) Wearing low pants?
The #4 Album of the Year: Sage Francis - Human the...
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s...”
– Groucho Marx
Computer Advice, via #tumblrs
nstrich: what's a good game that lets me FUCKING SHOOT PEOPLE on a mac?
Ghostvirus: there are none. enjoy your mac.
Best Buy Customer Service
Best Buy Guy: Can I help you find something?
Me: No.
Best Buy Guy: Well if you are looking for a gift, you should get Rush Hour 3. Everyone loves this movie. I guarantee you.
Me: Thanks.
Best Buy Guy: Trust Me!
2007 a Year of Weather Records →
U.S. Weather stations broke or tied 263 all-time high temperature records, a tornado struck New York City in August, In the Middle East, an equally rare cyclone spun up in June. Major U.S. lakes shrank; Atlanta had to worry about its drinking water supply. South Africa got its first significant snowfall in 25 years. And on Reunion Island, 400 miles east of Africa, nearly 155 inches of rain fell in...
Pick your Favorite!: Last Words Edition
Time for another Livejamie.com, Pick your Favorite!™ - This time brought to you by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
The above link contains the last statements of 405 convicted offenders, morbidly preserved on the web by the overambitious Texas DOCJ. Some of them are actually powerful, eloquent speeches, Some of them are hilarious.
So.. Pick your Favorite!™
“I did not get my...
