May 2007
WatchGet A Mac ads, Zune, XBox dev. done on Macs, cats and dogs makin out…
“Toys R Us stocked up on Wii units via their website. Customers could log on and...”
– Go Nintendo
“The term “e-mail bankruptcy” may have been coined as early as 1999...”
– E-Mail Reply to All: ‘Leave Me Alone’ - washingtonpost.com
“Warner Bros. has pushed the release date of Harry Potter and the Order of the...”
– ‘Harry Potter 5’ release date moved to July 11 | Buzz Patrol
“Social music site Last.fm has been bought by US media giant CBS Corporation for...”
– BBC NEWS | Technology | Music site Last.fm bought by CBS
Sustainability
Definition Sustainability pertains to a balanced interaction between a population and the carrying capacity of an environment such that the population develops to express its full potential without adversely and irreversibly affecting the carrying capacity of the environment upon which it depends.The First Principle: Contain entropy and ensure that the flow of resources, through and within the...
“According to current US News and World Report rankings, Williams is the #1...”
– Williams College - Wikipedia
3 Things about Mike Nesmith (Monkees) you probably...
Nesmith’s mother, Bette Nesmith Graham, invented and patented opaque typewriter correction fluid, commonly known by the brand name “Liquid Paper” or “Wite-Out”, in the 1950s. When she died, Nesmith inherited about half of her $50+ million estate. Nesmith was good friends with late author Douglas Adams, whose body of work includes The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the...
“The best cure’s right outside your door: drinking locally produced...”
– Ideal Bite Newsletter
The cup of tea test to determine if you're using...
Make yourself a cup of tea. Attempt to use the suspected technology. If your tea is cold by the time you have managed to get the object or service working properly, you are almost certainly dealing with some form of technology.via Wikipedia
“When you sign your name It’s an autograph When you speak your mind...”
– Kenneth Higney, Can’t Love A Woman
“Adams really liked the word “adumbrate,” a rather obscure verb...”
– Labyrinth (game) - Wikipedia
“It’s a sad day for cheap vain people, the Apple Store has blocked MySpace....”
– Shopping: Apple Store Blocks MySpace - Consumerist
Director Mike Figgis spent longer at LAX airport than intended. He’d arrived in Los Angeles, along with half the acting and directing world, for what is known as ‘pilot season’, when the big studios try out new scripts, directors and actors in a two-week frenzy of auditions and career make-or-breaks. When Figgis was being grilled by airport immigration, he was asked the purpose...
My Twitter Memorial Day Weekend*
Wow. Towel Day and Universal Jedi Day, and that I never before knew… I can now appreciate why the text-based c64 HGTTG never made sense Today is a perfect Hendrix day, thus I am listening to Hendrix - Bold As Love. just bought my first Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy @ The Coop. Figured it was a good day for it. Good bumper sticker: Born OK the first time. Making...
“come help me spray paint TT’s backdrop into oblivion? or try to hear me...”
– milo jones
“A brilliant turd falls against the landscape.”
– Bradley
Lakewood Municipal Judge Patrick Carroll ordered Richard Naumann to live in his Lake Avenue apartment building — which has no heat, hot water, operable stoves or ovens… via Consumerist
“Adams had gone on holiday in Greece, but every time he had decided to go to the...”
– The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Wikipedia
“Does this dress look good with my civilization?”
– me, upon waking up today
“The one Marvel book that actually made a ton of royalties for me was the...”
– Art Adams, on one of my favorite issues
