December 2010
55 posts
The Bloggess and the Christmas Gift Card Miracle... →
I am actually sitting at my computer sobbing right now. This is an article; you can read the original blog post here.
I just. Sometimes people are great. Really and truly.
Merry Christmas.
Google's decision to abandon Caps Lock →
THE END IS NIGH. That’s the message Google sent last week when it unveiled its new laptop, the Google Cr-48 notebook. The computer has all kinds of new features—Chrome OS, a simplified design, and free broadband. But perhaps the boldest change is Google’s decision to ditch the Caps Lock key. In its place is a Search button, denoted with the image of a magnifying glass.
NO CAPS LOCK...
Truest of truths
Kate Monster: Normal people don't sit at home and look at porn on the internet!
Trekkie Monster: Ohhhhhhhh?
Kate: What?
Trekkie: You have NO IDEA. Ready, normal people?
-Avenue Q, "The Internet is for Porn"
Some Futures I Thought I Might Have →
This starts off cute and then quickly becomes way too close to home.
Lazarus taxon →
My brother posted something on facebook that reminded me of this. The coelecanth is the most famous example, but all of them are fascinating. WHOOPS, TRICKED YOU, TOTES NOT EXTINCT :D?
Here be my childhood
fuckyeahgoldandvintage:
Movable type Rubik's cube →
“Typophile Shaun Chung created this Rubik’s cube stamp featuring Chinese characters that combine to form verses from a traditional children’s poem. He laser-etched the characters from wood and affixed them to the cube.”
isthisaword.com
wondertonic:
Use isthisaword.com to get an immediate and blunt answer to your question about something being a word.
Or just type the word in question into your address bar after the site address (isthisaword.com/[your_word_here]).