January 2009
33 posts
How to Use Your Words →
Comic for January 25, 2009 →
astute readers will notice that t-rex has... →
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1 millimeter a day. →
Chris Hornbecker set himself a challenge: take a brand new photo every day. That may be easy given that he’s a professional photographer, so naturally there’s a catch:
Beginning with…
Worst-ever threat to UK privacy: write your MP... →
Glyn sez, “Hidden in the new Coroners and Justice Bill is one clause (cl.152) amending the Data Protection Act. It would allow ministers to make ‘Information Sharing Orders’, that can alter any Act…
Sylvia Hadn't Realized They Were off Staten... →
Suit, tapping singing girl on the shoulder: You sing wonderfully. Girl: Thank you very much. Suit: Yeah, by “wonderfully” I mean it sounds like a cat getting ass raped by a donkey. So I am…
“The Ultimate Internet Mind Virus
I know this guy whose neighbor, a young man,...”
– Internet Virus Antidote
January 22, 2009 →
Giant thanks to Chris Hallbeck for helping me get a new ad provider set up. I think I got rid of all the ones that play audio, but if you catch one, please provide me with the company name and…
Manhattan Project plutonium has been inside a... →
Urchin sez, “Researchers have found the oldest ever sample of weapons grade plutonium - inside a beaten up old safe at the bottom of a pit. The plutonium was the first batch produced as part of the…
DS Web: Powers of Ten-Tacles →
I should have Valentine cards up on the site sometime Monday or Tuesday. Cannot wait to show ‘em off!
DS Web: Powers of Ten-Tacles →
I should have Valentine cards up on the site sometime Monday or Tuesday. Cannot wait to show ‘em off!
Citizen journalists versus US Airways 1549 →
More on US Airways 1549, the plane that water-landed in the Hudson river in New York — the first photo from the scene was this stunning image from Janis Krums from Sarasota, Florida, who put…
“Twitter has never been about technology, certainly not during its fail whale...”
– It’s About People, Not Technology
From Fred Wilson’s A VC blog, and he should know.
Citizen journalists versus US Airways 1549 →
More on US Airways 1549, the plane that water-landed in the Hudson river in New York — the first photo from the scene was this stunning image from Janis Krums from Sarasota, Florida, who put…
“If the world were a village of 1000 people…”
– State of the Village Report
Orson Welles →
“I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.”
DS Web: You Gotta Believe →
Zelda map in cross-stitch form →
Servotron from the Sprite Stitch Board spent four months creating this fantabulous Zelda: A Link to the Past map in cross-stitch form. It measures 36.5cm by 32cm. Now I want a Torah-sized…
I'm An Idiot →
How Cory Doctorow Gets Writing Done [Productivity] →
BoingBoing blogger and sci-fi author Cory Doctorow admits the internet can be an “attention black hole,” but the prolific scribe learned how to actually write while staying open to the…
How Cory Doctorow Gets Writing Done [Productivity] →
BoingBoing blogger and sci-fi author Cory Doctorow admits the internet can be an “attention black hole,” but the prolific scribe learned how to actually write while staying open to the…
Voltaire →
“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it.”
America limps along after Bush, by the numbers →
Salon’s got a good, meaty, heavily linked and referenced roundup of the damage done to the US economy and body politic during the Bush administrations: How much poorer are we going to get before we…
FOLLOW FAIL: The Top 10 Reasons I Will Not Follow... →
Atherton Bartelby is a Brooklyn-based graphic designer, art director, writer, blogger, and photographer. He authors a blog at Curious Affairs.
We’ve all been there: You’re at a party…
Amazon's Best Selling MP3 Album For 2008 Was... →
As some of you may know, in a week and a half I’m giving a presentation at the music industry MidemNet conference, focusing on how Trent Reznor’s various business model experiments highlight the…
Atheist bus ads roll in London today: massive... →
A UK campaign to raise money to buy London bus-ads to promote atheism was a massive success — 800 of the busses took the streets today, and the campaign is spreading around the world.
Today,…
Atheist bus ads roll in London today: massive... →
A UK campaign to raise money to buy London bus-ads to promote atheism was a massive success — 800 of the busses took the streets today, and the campaign is spreading around the world.
Today,…
Aldous Huxley →
“Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.”
Edmund Wilson →
“There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.”