February 2011
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Tribal knowledge: stupid San Francisco mnemonic
The initials of the streets between Fillmore and Franklin spell WeBLOG if you’re headed east; that’s the only mnemonic I’ve ever used for any of the streets in this city.
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I have a scene to set for you
I want you to picture a large white Ford pickup truck with overlarge tires, the kind that demand that the vehicle itself be raised up off the ground higher than it would normally be. There are some stickers on the back of it that say things like
CORN FED
The Real American Dream: No More Prius’ [sic]
REPUBLICANS: WE WORK HARD SO [the bottom half of this sticker was cut off by my view of...
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THESE EXIST. →
I’m just going to put this on the table and walk away.
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I'm calling it now
If it snows this weekend here in San Francisco — and that’s a big “if” — it won’t stick. It’ll be pretty as it falls through the sky, and then when it hits the ground, it’ll melt. There’ll be no accumulation. It won’t even be cold enough to maintain slush; it’ll just turn into regular water.
Basically, we’re going to get...
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More tribal knowledge: getting to the northwest...
Bear with me on this one; it’s small, but worthwhile if you’re like me: a person who likes to stop as infrequently as possible.
When trying to get from the Mission to anywhere in the northwest quadrant of the city, a common route is to take Guerrero across Market to Laguna, and turn left onto Fell from Laguna. This can be problematic because the lights on Laguna are slightly fucked:...
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Tribal Knowledge with Jon
I have what seem to be non-obvious facts about living here that I can no longer keep caged inside my head. They will probably not be Enormous Revelations to some people, but this is my blog and I do what I want.
AND SO:
There are six parallel streets in San Francisco where you can hit all (or most) of the green lights if you maintain a speed between 28-32mph: Franklin, Gough, Bush, Pine, Fell,...
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Call me crazy, but
Listen. I have talked to a lot of girls who play videogames, and I think EA/Bioware stand to make a lot of money by selling a Garrus Vakarian body pillow. I’m just sayin’.
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I'm not saying it's the only reason to get one
But I’m discovering that having a hotel room by yourself grants you a lot of license to walk around naked and make really weird faces at yourself in the mirror. Or mirrors.
(the bathroom has one on the door, too)
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Dyatlov Pass Incident →
superfoo:
“The lack of eyewitnesses and subsequent investigations into the hikers’ deaths have inspired much speculation. Investigators at the time determined that the hikers tore open their tent from within, departing barefoot in heavy snow. Though the corpses showed no signs of struggle, two victims had fractured skulls, two had broken ribs, and one was missing her tongue.”
I wonder how...
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“im gonna be really honest when i say this….id love to have sex with you youre so...”
– (via pantslock)
I’m willing to admit that it may be possible I’ve been going about this online dating thing all wrong, everyone.
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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
IT IS TIME TO DOWNLOAD LAIR OF THE SHADOW BROKER
THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON AT THIS MOMENT
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There are seven working defenses from this...
This morning I made a Batman joke about Radiohead on Twitter that made me want to do a series of #radiobathead posts that put song titles or lyrics into Batman quotes, but I gave up on the notion after I realized that there aren’t enough well-known Batman quotes that can easily accommodate Radiohead references. I just wanted the world to know what might have been. Carry on.
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Fruit is nature's candy
Fruit’s good for you, right? So technically, if I eat the remainder of this entire thing of dried mangos, I’ll be even healthier than when I started, right? I knew I had a handle on this whole nutrition thing. Maybe I should throw in half of these dried pineapples just to be sure.
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Internet improvement suggestions
I hereby propose some new rules for certain internet utilities:
If you register a Twitter username and don’t use it, that username should be released after three (3) months of inactivity.
If you’ve settled on a username that’s been established in at least three different places, but it’s somehow taken on another service you end up using a lot, you should be able to...
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“European scientists have embarked on a project to let robots share and store...”
– BBC News - Robots to get their own internet (via ableparris)
DON’T DO IT!! SKYNET! SKYNET! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
(via louobedlam)
This is going to go down in history as one of those things that seemed like such a good idea at the time.
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The BoxCar2D Drinking Game
I have devised a drinking game for BoxCar2D, best played by multiple people. You should probably assign each person just one or two things on the list to keep track of, so everyone stays on-mission. This is serious business. Okay, here we go:
If a car spawns with no wheels, drink
If a car spawns with no wheels after generation 5, down half your drink
If a viable car spawns, but upside down,...
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“IT HAS ALWAYS been crucial to the gourmet’s pleasure that he eat in ways the...”
– A truly excellent take down of “foodies” by B.R. Myers over at The Atlantic. Warning: it contains a NSFW/LIFE bit about Anthony Bourdain grossly eating endangered songbirds and then exchanging “just fucked” glances with fellow diners/psychopaths. Seriously, my eyes started to water. Was it to cry?...
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Create This Look For Less
samhumphries:
Anyone into makeup should check out this new blog by my homegirl Nikki. She’s a great makeup artist and is sharing the cosmetic secrets of the stars…
nikkileemarrone:
I’ve created a new blog called ‘Create This Look For Less’. I’ll post pictures of high fashion and celebrity red carpet looks (among other makeup related posts). I will list which products were used on that...
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Sam I am: roxa: danharmon: Sometimes, in the... →
roxa:
danharmon:
Sometimes, in the morning, you stumble onto a morning kids’ show you’ve never seen before and will never see again, something on some cable network called VooVoo or NickNack, something about incredibly non-iconic chickens or squirrels or human babies or something, and…
… And then you think, why can’t you get this sensation from a real cloud or a real ant hill or a...
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Sweet motorcycle, bro
Ever since it was linked from the blog post for today’s installment of Dinosaur Comics, I’ve kept a small window open running BoxCar2D. It’s now on generation 52, and despite its early propensity for making things like cars with pretty sweet tailfins, as illustrated below, it’s gone in a different direction since.
I’m mostly seeing that the algorithm has now...
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“The basic currency of the Internet is human ignorance, and, frankly, our...”
– -OkCupid (via moonlet)
I really hope that whoever’s writing these OkCupid blog posts realize what a service to humanity they’re doing.
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Backseat Beat Episode 8, Part 1: GUESS WHO →
thedefinitearticles:
We are Backseat Beat’s eighth episode; as you can clearly tell, we weren’t thrilled at all, and had no fun whatsoever during the shoot, which wasn’t totally amazing and flawlessly executed.
Wait, today is opposite day, right? Or isn’t? Syntax problems all over the place here.
If you haven’t already seen it. This is part one of a shocking two-part exposé (the next...
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Current status
In brief:
Wondering why it’s so windy out right now (steady 15mph, gusting up to 16, but it sure looks/sounds like more)
Appreciating the wunderground redesign, incidentally
Inventing what seems like a new take on an old turn of phrase, “bakin’ crow pies,” in reference to something incredibly stupid that I said to a friend of mine last week
Congratulating myself for...
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Who wants dog hugs
We have a new housemate, Patrick, who came with a dog. If anyone here remembers Jim and Whistler, this new dog, Kaylee by name, is basically a 5/6 scale Whistler: a black and white border collie who combines the optimum traits of being happy and mellow. She’s a mix of some sort, Patrick doesn’t know what with: her face is slightly different from that of a standard border collie, is all...
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