January 2010
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J.D. Salinger Dies at 91 →
Damn.
Social historian Howard Zinn has died →
Pour some out.
Working on Tweet delivery delays
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We are investigating the source of tweet delivery delays this morning.
Moscone.
“La libertad, Sancho, es uno de los mas preciados dones que a los hombres dieron...”
– Don Quijote de la Mancha, Capítulo LVIII (via my roommate, lardhat)
“you could stand in the middle of the street in broad daylight with twenty guys...”
– Chris Versus the Movies: The Book of Eli « Threat Quality Press
Spanish Millionaire Leaves His Fortune to Royal... →
You’ve got to be kidding me.
Momentum.
etymologica:
[I spit on your imaginary internet deadlines.]
Monday evening. It’s quiet. Steph’s at work and the cat’s asleep, probably resting up for frantic two-a.m. laps around the apartment. I put some music on when I got home, but when the album finished I didn’t queue up another one.
I had an energy drink a couple of hours ago and I shouldn’t have. I’m too restless to do nothing, and...
“If I wanted software that works, I’d pay for it.”
– Becky Stern
“Rosenberg’s Law: Software is easy to make, except when you want it to do...”
– Software Is Hard
About Comedy →
By Zach Weiner
“My mom grew up in Spanish Harlem and the Bronx and gave me an invaluable piece...”
– The Privacy of Smoke
Panama ex-President Perez under house arrest
... →
Crazy.
“Since he was killed by a bullet to the head, his last words in the film are...”
– Zulu
Zilda Arns is dead
Zilda Arns was a real life super hero if there ever was one. Her life of self sacrifice and betterment of others was rewarded with being crushed.
On Haiti
I know I’ve been posting depressing pictures and essays on Haiti’s crisis for a bit now. I know you’re mostly inured to the tragedy already. I get that. You probably skip over most of the other content in this tumblr as well. It’s depressing and not tenable to think about all the time. I get that.
But that’s a trap. I’m not without joy, and I don’t ask...
Nigerian president ends silence →
Glad he’s alive. Things will get very messy when he dies. Hopefully Nigeria can find some stability before that happens. As it is, what sanity prevails, does so on the shoulders of Umaru Yar’Adua.
Haiti: the land where children eat mud →
Haiti’s debts should have been declared void two hundred years ago. That nations participated in this morally bankrupt usury is deeply disturbing.
The US, by language →
Beautiful and nearly infinitely deeply interesting.
Guatemalan lawyer arranged own slaying, U.N. panel... →
This is almost beyond belief. Like a bad re-imagiing of Fletch.
Iran: We're not murderers, just incompetent →
“Some countries are just not lucky.”
– 7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Port-au-Prince, Adds to Haiti’s Troubles Compelling.
Haitians to Gitmo? →
As the article says, it’s not a bad idea. It’s close, that’s what it’s for. Do it.
Jimmy O. Barikad is dead
Jimmy was a member of the Yéle Haiti Foundation. They were doing amazing work, getting kids scholarships.
Eater SF: House of Shields in Danger of Closing... →
A shame.
The Great Joe Rollino, Bender of Steel, Is Dead at... →
Sad. Maybe more than sad.
Side Effect of Cocaine Vaccine: It Causes Users to... →
“Does the idea that there might be truth frighten you?
Does the idea that one...”
– Tim Minchin, “Storm” (via etymologica)
“The idea that by stealing music from the internet you’re somehow crusading for...”
– Frank Turner (via etymologica)
The Palin Show: She finally lands on Fox →
Generally I’m not into watching train wrecks, but Ms. Palin’s media announcements are always entertaining.
Acid attacks in Hong Kong →
Terrifying. What kind of person wants to do this sort of thing?