Archive for December, 2009

Visit the Ruins Of Pompeii

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

pompeii

Courtesy Google street view and brought to our attention by The Raw Feed. Cool.

Facebook Fail

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

failslap

It’s one thing to call President Obama a Muslim. It’s another thing to do it on Facebook. But it’s something else again to do it on Facebook when you’re mayor of the seventh-largest city in Texas and you’re aggravated because you can’t watch Charlie Brown on TV. Good grief.

Quote o’ the Day

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Samuel Butler

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.”
Samuel Butler

The Internet Is A Playground

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

27b6

This article is a great introduction to 27b/6, one of the few sites that causes me to literally laugh out loud. Repeatedly. There’s a book and shirts, too. The book looks like it’s $24, but David Thorne is Australian, so it’s really $19.95 American. Don’t be drinking a beverage while reading. You’re welcome.

December Gets No Respect

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

rodneyd

It’s the Rodney Dangerfield of months: Here we are, only at the second of 31 days, and already Yahoo! has released its 2009 Year In Review as if it were the second of January. Nonethless, it’s on — the era of year-end lists is officially upon us!