February 2009
“If a thing works well in one medium, in the medium that it has been designed to...”
– Alan Moore, as interviewed by Wired (link courtesy of Laugharne)
Secret du jour : @fouduroi se prend pour Scarlett Johansson, et ne répond pas à mes messages.
Secret du jour : @fouduroi aime les dédicaces (http://tinyurl.com/6rmcfr), mais n’aime pas mes blagues de collégien.
Secret du jour : @fouduroi est gay.
The Agitator » Blog Archive » Tearful Atlanta Cops... →
outlawpoet:
best headline I’ve seen in at least a year.
I almost lolled.
En conclusion : “Tu as froid, Otto ? Fais avec, et sois heureux. Ca pourrait être pire, on pourrait avoir cassé une roue.”
North Dakota House Gives Fertilized Eggs Human... →
seagull:
Andy’s take:
“It means the end of fertility clinics in north dakota ‘cause apparently they don’t realize how many fertilized eggs are destroyed through the process; probably more than through abortions. Legally now a miscarriage can be considered manslaughter.
I wonder if these idiots think about these things when they pass stupid shit like this. An angry husband/boyfriend can take...
Will you perceive the event that kills you? →
laugharne:
suddenly:
(via cousas)
Pirate Bay Trial
Prosecutor: "When did you meet [Gottfrid] for the first time IRL?"
Judge: "IRL?"
Prosecutor: "in real life."
Pirate Bay defendant: "We do not use the expression IRL. No, everything is in real life. We use AFK—away from keyboard."
Prosecutor: "It seems I am a little bit out of date."
Step two : stop giving yourself advice on twitter, you’re polluting your followers. You cupid stunt (I know, I’m a fanboy, so what.)
Step one : take these words that constantly roll on your tongue or in your mind, weigh them and ask yourself : are you doing them justice ?
Mindfuck movies →
For any request, see Digitalyn
Edit: You know you’re tired when you intend to post a link but write the description in the ‘url’ box and totally forget to actually write the url. Early bedtime tonite FTW.
fouduroi:
Pixies - Where Is My Mind ? (via...
“On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the...”
– Sam Ewing (via affremblequotes)
“The secret was to think of everything, or - because maybe the Culture was right,...”
– Iain M. Banks - Consider Phlebas
French people don’t speak french very well on american tv shows.
Hey ho, hey ho, it’s off to life I go
fouduroi:
English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every 7 humans can speak it. More than half of the world’s books and 3 quarters of international mail is in English. Of all the languages,it has the largest vocabulary - perhaps as many as 2 MILLION words. Nonetheless, let’s face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in...
“The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one...”
– — Charles Lamb, 1775 - 1834 (via shawnblog) (via shadowfirebird) (via eldafto)
El perro del mar - From the valley to the stars
looted from @neilhimself : “Slow Tuesday Night” by R.A. Lafferty http://bit.ly/KI2
looted from a friend of @warrenellis ‘s : Philippe Starck speaks English well http://tinyurl.com/6yno24
“Our poetry is our mutation, our life.”
– Philippe Starck (http://tinyurl.com/6yno24)
Greenery, sunlight, the sound of wind … wait, is this paradise ? AM I DEAD YET ? IS IT OVER ? … just Saturday ? Oh, ok.
Technology is Great, but Are We Forgetting to... →
digitalyn:
Thanks to technology, we never have to forget any experience of our lives. We can snap photos, annotate them, and share them with others instantly. We can archive them to the timeless web for posterity. And maybe one day, our great-great-grandkids can pursue our social network profiles in the cached pages of Internet Archive and learn everything we ever wanted the world to know about...
Le mot du jour - 14 - monster
c.1300, “malformed animal, creature afflicted with a birth defect,” from O.Fr. monstre, from L. monstrum “monster, monstrosity, omen, portent, sign,” from root of monere “warn” (see monitor). Abnormal or prodigious animals were regarded as signs or omens of impending evil. Extended c.1385 to imaginary animals composed of parts of creatures (centaur, griffin,...
Snow melts, clocks tick, ink flows, music echoes : that was January. February will be : sun, a grip, some scales and, maybe, a drawing.
Dans notre série ‘le proverbe du jour’ : Chat qui rampe n’a aucune classe.
Le mot du jour - 13 - truite
Nom commun donné à plusieurs espèces de poissons d’eau douce appartenant à la famille des salmonidés.
Watchhalia:
The soundtrack to my manifesto.
(http://lizbt.com/projectlife/?p=100#comment-74)
“‘I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than...”
– Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: (via mkeane) (via mudwerks) (via onefootinthegrave) (via soupsoup) (via elvira) (via hypnogoria)
He had a point.
(via eldafto)
I’m not sure another alternate reality to lose myself in was what I needed right now, but let’s not judge to quickly.
“Excellent ! Let’s make some LSD !” Now, someone might have said this already, but still : WTF ?
