Wild in the Streets

"The E.P.A. would rather look the other way than crack down on cities, since punishing municipalities..."

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:24:07 -0500

““The E.P.A. would rather look the other way than crack down on cities, since punishing municipalities can cause political problems,” said Craig Michaels of Riverkeeper, an environmental advocacy group. “But without enforcement and fines, this problem will never end.””

- Sewers at Capacity, Pollution Spills Into Waterways - Series - NYTimes.com

Ugh, and apparently Philadelphia is one of the frequent offenders…

thedailywhat: Threadless T-Shirt Design Concept of the Day:...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:41:42 -0500

thedailywhat:

Threadless T-Shirt Design Concept of the Day: “Friendly Beasts” by Hillary White.

The Sesame Street Muppets as their potential Animal Kingdom counterparts.

Help make it happen by voting early and voting often. (One vote per person. Time of day irrelevant.)

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ca1ty: THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL! That is a serious fan. But not...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:17:47 -0500

ca1ty:

THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL!

That is a serious fan. But not matter how many listens, I can’t love this album as much as I’m told I should.

xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:42:42 -0500

xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe

Ummmm…no. I don’t even know where to start.

Top 5 songs that keep getting stuck in my head

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:57:48 -0500

The Clash, “Lost in the Supermarket”
The Vapors, “Letter from Hiro”
Sting, “After the Rain Has Fallen”
Elvis Costello, “Veronica”
The B-52s, “Funplex”

Book Review - 'What the Dog Saw - And Other Adventures,' by Malcolm Gladwell - Review - NYTimes.com

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:57:46 -0500

Book Review - 'What the Dog Saw - And Other Adventures,' by Malcolm Gladwell - Review - NYTimes.com:

Pinker on Gladwell, I don’t think it can get more masturbatory than this.

PHD Comics: I am going home Sigh, the story of my grad school...

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:42:03 -0500

PHD Comics: I am going home

Sigh, the story of my grad school days…

A fun morphology moment from last week's 30 Rock

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:03:58 -0500

Liz: ...the Hornberger system will prevail.
Jenna: Think again Liz, the Hornberger system will devail. Is that the opposite of prevail?

Bon Voyage, Betty! And Other Meditations On Mad Men - Mad Men - Jezebel

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:50:15 -0500

Bon Voyage, Betty! And Other Meditations On Mad Men - Mad Men - Jezebel

Crumbs! Large Hadron Collider suffers snack-related bird mishap...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:25:44 -0500

Crumbs! Large Hadron Collider suffers snack-related bird mishap - Crave at CNET UK LHC, you just weren’t meant to be functional…

An unofficial way to 'dislike' things on Facebook | Web Crawler - CNET News

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:30:26 -0500

An unofficial way to 'dislike' things on Facebook | Web Crawler - CNET News:

It’s a dirty hack, but I am dying for this feature…

"Through the first nine months of 2009, Ford, the only Detroit automaker to avoid bankruptcy this..."

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:42:13 -0500

“Through the first nine months of 2009, Ford, the only Detroit automaker to avoid bankruptcy this year, has had a profit of more than $1.8 billion.”

- Ford Posts an Unexpected Profit of $997 Million - NYTimes.com

FordMoCo FTW!

Brown Sharpie � Archive » Hammer Time! Ah, LaTeX...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:49:00 -0400

Brown Sharpie � Archive » Hammer Time!

Ah, LaTeX humor.

(Thanks, Katie)

"The whole theme of the show is that there was no loss of innocence. We weren’t at that..."

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:50:45 -0400

“The whole theme of the show is that there was no loss of innocence. We weren’t at that innocent of a place. I can’t imagine what it was like when Roosevelt died. I can’t imagine what it was like when Lincoln was murdered. There’s a lot of violence in this country, a lot of things being solved through violence. Yet this season is about change and expectation. It’s certainly living in the distance, and definitely I’m doing that on purpose. When the season’s over, you’ll see how everything falls into place. Hopefully, you’ll see what I’m up to when you get to the end.”

- A lively chat with ‘Mad Men’ creator Matthew Weiner (from AFF) - Pop Candy: Unwrapping pop culture’s hip and hidden treasures

Ambiguity WIN

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:36:23 -0400

J: also, you are the champion of randomness
Me: some day, i want to write down my train of thoughts in a shower
J: syntactic ambiguity!

Microsoft pulls plug on 'Family Guy' special | Beyond Binary - CNET News

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:50:48 -0400

Microsoft pulls plug on 'Family Guy' special | Beyond Binary - CNET News:

Microsoft marketing, can you get more out of touch?

The New York Times' on The Ultimate Brooklyn Cliches: Banned from the Co-op - Park Slope - Gawker

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:06:30 -0400

The New York Times' on The Ultimate Brooklyn Cliches: Banned from the Co-op - Park Slope - Gawker:

A rundown of the first-world problems in this Times piece.

copycats: Take On Me by AC Newmanoriginally by A-Ha(posted by...

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:24:07 -0400

copycats:

Take On Me by AC Newman
originally by A-Ha
(posted by mialegria)

I’ll be gone
in a day or twoooooooooooooooooooo

New Order, “All Day Long” Another favorite track...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:39:17 -0400

New Order, “All Day Long”

Another favorite track from New Order, featuring a relentlessly awesome instrumental break that is certainly among their best.

New Order - Your Silent Face (via BlueMonday1988) Maybe...

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:14:40 -0400

New Order - Your Silent Face (via BlueMonday1988)

Maybe it’s just being sick and stuck at home for so long, but at the moment I find this song so profoundly beautiful and sad all at once.