February 2008
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Dr. Sillyname, MD
Brought to you by Google, a Natural Curiosity and an Infantile Sense of Humor, I now present Real Doctors with Silly Names which Match their Areas of Expertise:
Dr. Jameel Butt (Proctology) Harlan KY
Dr. Edward Wang (Urology) Fairfield CA
Dr. Charles A. Tietz (Gynecology) Virginia MN
Dr. Warren G. Butt (Gastroenterology) Newark DE
Dr. Alden G. Cockburn (Urology) Tampa FL
Dr. Alvin...
January 2008
127 posts
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“Those who stick around for the closing credits are treated to the sight of...”
– Slate’s review of whatever raucous wet fart from the Masters of the Sendup behind such blights on comedy as Date Movie, Epic Movie and Parody Movie (how great would Parody Movie be, by the way, once these doofi amass enough of a body of work that they can mock their own genre into...
Watchinfomercial aesthetics by holzman
Bookmark this. From now until eternity, if you are having trouble sleeping, play this back, one time only. Twice if you need a good laugh. Three times if you need a good cry.
via jacobbijani
After 5 years of the same 1-hour commute, I learned a new way that cuts it in half. All those hours of self-reflection I could’ve avoided.
Tomorrow, Edwards plans to sleep in and let his hair fall into disrepair. “Fuck it, I’m not even leaving this conditioner in for the full 3 minutes!”
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WatchSon of Rambow (2007) trailer
Garth Jennings’ paean to screwing around with the Handycam looks like a fun mix of Rushmore and Bad News Bears, with some If…., Our Gang, A Perfect World and Quadrophenia thown in. Oh, and some Rambo. And the triumphant theme music from Back to School.
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Just had a thought: wouldn’t it be funny if corporations endorsed candidates like politicians do? Then I remembered, and no, it’s not.
Drove past a police standoff on the 10 freeway. Guns drawn. Suspects limp and laid out on pavement. That was fun, what else is on?
Tim & Eric: Tumblers are better than Pumpers
I was pretty much obligated to post this. Tumblers are great. But what is a Pumper, you ask? Pumpers do that thing where you put one arm on the inside of your sweatshirt and grab the empty sleeve with your other hand and make like you’ve got a rhythmic beast inside you dancing furiously to get out, but I couldn’t find a clip by...
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Video Home System (Be Kind Remind)
Yesterday’s New York Times ran a story on the nostalgia evoked by the 1/2” VHS videotape format, and its invocation in two upcoming movies. I’ve always been interested in extraneous-artifact-as-content, so I’m always happy to see it come to the public’s attention. From the story:
Since they function as elegies for a departed medium, “Be Kind Rewind” and “Son of...
I didn’t get to watch and the suspense is killing me. Can someone please tell me what state the union is in?
We can all be Influentials
“Influentials don’t govern person-to-person communication. We all do.”
-Duncan Watts, Yahoo! researcher and network-theory scientist
You might read this fascinating article from Fast Company on Watts’ theory of viral success that runs counter to Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point and Ed Keller and Jon Berry’s The Influentials, and you might return to your...
I caught my reflection just now and realized I’m sporting bedhead worthy of my chosen profession.
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“Rambo” (2008)
If this movie were a candy bar, it would be called Disembowel Nut Crunch. Or Marshmallow Genocide Bar. Or Snickers.
A tip: don’t go to Rambo to meet girls.
I love you and I want to spend my life with you. But please don’t make references to Monica from Friends.
Fahey gets all Up in Tufte's iPhone
There is no need whatsoever for someone on their way to work or waiting in line for a sandwich to know what a stock is trading at down to the third decimal place, or for them to see a historical sparkline. In fact, I would contend that 90% of the benefit of the stocks app is in the colors alone — even if there were no numbers at all and just red and blue boxes, the design would be effective.
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WatchFat Kid Successfully Avoids Ridicule By Swimming With Shirt On
This puff piece from the Onion News Network may be my favorite yet - not only because it so subversively cages its mean spirit in positivity, or because it is so convincingly-produced, but because they interview the Fat Kid (whose name is Brian Peete), and he is a star… a bright, shining, good-natured and pendulous-breasted...
My girlfriend looks so cute eating noodles when she’s pissed off at me.
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“I love watching these old vhs rips. They are like little mpg time capsules of...”
– Commenter Chris Schmidt on Boing Boing’s link to 3 hours of MTV from 1983, uncut, with commercials. Praise be to the always-germane Applelogen for presenting the artifact intact.
Far be it for me to prognosticate (again) but I think this format of archival media will be more and more...
Working with a designer on redoing the company’s website. Most fun I’ve had in a while. Step 1: peeling off the Netscape Now! stickers.
Some dudes in the office are BLARING Weird Al’s entire album and pissing themselves. I will battle them, armed only with a Jerky Boys tape.
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“Not at all.”
– Marco Arment, in response to Todd’s question In The Butter Room, “Is there a plan in the works to develop a Facebook app for Tumblr?”
Thanks, @jkottke. I had to look that one up in Dictionary.app (I didn’t just pull it out of my recto).
MarketWatch: “While many investors may think Apple Inc. is rotten to the core, we continue to mine for copy from the depths of our recta.”
Walked into my office this morning and a sales rep was doing a dog and pony for the boss. Now it smells like perfume in here. And barnyard.
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“It’s already wiped out the Dodo, the Cuckoo, and the Ne-Ne, and it has...”
– Principal Skinner
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Second draft always benefits from an expletive.
Tumblr, I’m sorry baby. Okay, look - you win a Crunchie after all. Yay! Tumblr is the winner! Now will you please unlock the goddamn door?
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Post-Macworld Wrap-up Part 4: GMaps Knows Just...
Everyone wants GPS in the iPhone. And GPS will eventually come to the iPhone. But the measured pace of its rollout is a perfect study in the care with which Apple treats its users and our ability to acclimate to features.
Step 1) Chances are, your previous phone (the last one you owned before the game was changed) did not know where you were, and if it had any idea, it wouldn’t tell...
Doggy Bootcamp began today. Trainer insists I don’t have to call the dog ‘Maggot’ so much but I find it helps break him down, emotionally.
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“Cloverfield” (2008)
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Post-Macworld Wrap-up Part 3: iTunes Movie Rentals...
It’s no accident that Apple’s initial stab at the video console experience was named “Front Row” and that the symbol of the red theater curtain was in heavy use in its marketing.
Extrapolated out to the AppleTV, the intent is to reproduce the movie-going experience as well as the movie-watching experience. Apple has no real interest in augmenting the theatrical...
“Coco! Nipsy, Rasta! Coco! Coco, Dingus! Rasta, Hammy!” From the 2008 CD ‘Ambient Moods: Sounds from a Dogpark’.