April 2011
27 posts
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Apr 29th
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“Since Alice had never received any religious instruction, and since she had led...”
–  Kurt Vonnegut, Slapstick
Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 23rd
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Are All Snakes Venomous?
fakescience:
Apr 21st
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Iggy Pop Writes A Letter To A Depressed Fan →
quartertothree: some-velvet-morning: mr-pharmacist: WHY DO PEOPLE NOT WRITE LETTERS ANY MORE? THIS IS THE BEST EVER.
Apr 21st
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Apr 19th
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Scorched →
The 2009 Guiberson fire in Ventura County, California burned the out-of-bounds area of a nearby golf course. These are photographs of golf balls recovered after the fire. Via MetaChat.
Apr 18th
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“Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we...”
–  Samuel Johnson
Apr 17th
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Apr 15th
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“When you say “This SUCKS!” you’re usually not saying “I...”
– Game designer Lars Doucet ruminates on suckage, specifically as it applies to computer role-playing games.
Apr 15th
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“America now jails more of its people than any country, including all...”
– David Simon on the War on Drugs. Via Guernica.
Apr 14th
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Apr 13th
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Apr 13th
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Apr 10th
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“Failure cascades just fascinate me. That’s why I play the game, really- to tear...”
– Rock Paper Shotgun interviews The Mittani, CEO of Goon Fleet and soon-to-be Chairman of EVE Online’s Council of Stellar Management.
Apr 9th
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Apr 7th
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Apr 6th
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WatchWatch
The Ramones live at the Palladium, NYC, January 7, 1978.  Twenty-six songs in 54 minutes, set to images of old monster movies. The band that single-handedly invented music (pssst: it’s hyperbole, dumbass) at the height of their face-melting 1-2-3-4 sha-la-la gabba-gabba-hey powers. There will never be another band that will make me jump up and down like The Ramones. Found via MetaFilter...
Apr 4th
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Apr 4th
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“The outside of (a DVD) is moving faster, so you can load things on the OUTSIDE...”
– Todd Howard discussing the difficulties and limitations of open-world game design on the Xbox360 during the Bethesda Softworks podcast (48:40-49:20).
Apr 3rd
Apr 3rd
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Apr 3rd
flappy-jack asked: Hey there! I am Flapjack from The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. Have you ever watched my show?
Apr 2nd
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“Fiction can only substitute the chaos of text for the chaos of talk. It replaces...”
– John Jeremiah Sullivan reviews David Foster Wallace’s posthumous novel, The Pale King, in GQ.
Apr 1st