Heil Technoviking!
Enjoy this:
This one goes with a special shout out to Ginevra.
Freitas pointed me to this ersatz chick tract about the evils of DJ worship. It is spot on. Download a printable version to pass out at parties!
What's the best music documentary or concert film you've seen?
Some Kind of Monster.
My roommate won't see it because he's afraid it will tarnish his image of Metallica. I told him he was right.
Show us your favorite local band.
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In fits and starts and on the F-line, I am reading The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell.
Russell is high on the list of dead white guys I'd like to have a beer with. He was smart, compassionate, industrious, progressive, and a total dork.
"In adolescence, I hated life and was continually on the verge of suicide, from which however, I was restrained by the desire to know more mathematics."
Hear that, emo kids. Stay in school.
As philosophers go, he is very accessible (penning both In Praise of Idleness and The Principles of Mathematics). He wrote this little book against the idea that the only rational stance—that is to say if you look at things as they really are—is dreary pessimism. Russell holds that it is far from inferior intellectually to be happy, so stop moping all you Byronic poseurs (the emo kids of his day).
So, if you're feeling down about the state of today's media or education or women's rights. Pick up a book by Bertie. If this guy born in the 1870s could be so rational and decent, maybe there's hope for the species.
Also, enjoy this, he would have:
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~iav202/powers/powers.html
"Having used the iphone for a few days now, the biggest annoyance is being not able to use it while driving."
Apparently, a world-wide tuna shortage has Japanese chefs scrambling for alternatives. Contenders include raw horse.
The restaurant's owner, Shigekazu Ozoe, 56, said the current situation reminds him of the last time he had no tuna to sell -- in 1973, during a scare over mercury poisoning in oceans. At that time, he tried to find other red-colored substitutes like smoked deer meat and raw horse, a local delicacy in some parts of Japan.
"We tasted it, and horse sushi was pretty good," he recalled. "It was soft, easy to bite off, had no smell."
So, back in December I ordered a stupid jacket from Neighborhoodies, a $70 novelty warmup jacket.
They have totally failed to get this package to me. Our office move partially excuses the first miss (only partially, because somehow all of our Amazon stuff got to us). But after that, I contacted customer service, gave them our new suite number, and per their request, gave them a credit card to charge a $5 redelivery fee to.
Today I got this:
Hi Erika! your package showed up toady somewhere in san francisco. i got a call fro ma nice woman named Brooke at 415 [phone number]. who has it. can you call her maybe to arrange a pickup? that'd probably be fastest.
please let me knwo what you do!
cheers
Michael
founder
neighborhoodies.com
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Seriously? They didn't even bother to ask where this "nice woman" was calling from?
I am going to sew on my own damn letters henceforth.
UPDATE: While I was doing usability testing, Mike and Sandy tag-teamed Mr. Michael. By the time I came out my hoodie had arrived.