SO IT GOES.

"A study released Tuesday by the Stanford University Department of Linguistics revealed that nearly..."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:08:24 -0800

“A study released Tuesday by the Stanford University Department of Linguistics revealed that nearly two-thirds of all animal species have been adopted to describe various gay subcultures… The study concluded that if immediate conservation measures are not taken, all animal species will be exhausted by 2015 and the gay community will have to start dipping into the plant kingdom.”

- The Onion | Report: 65% Of All Wildlife Now Used As Homosexual Subculture Signifier

We demand a shrubbery!

"Men have become so openly affectionate with each other using mobile technology they’ve taken..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:18:00 -0800

“Men have become so openly affectionate with each other using mobile technology they’ve taken to signing off text messages to male friends with a kiss (x), giving rise to a new generation dubbed “Metrotextuals.””

- Phone texting reveals sensitive new metrotextual

They have to be coming up with the portmanteau first and then making up the trend story after, right?

"A-Rod has a lot of money, and (presumably) a lot of vanity. Just think about all the other..."

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:21 -0800

“A-Rod has a lot of money, and (presumably) a lot of vanity. Just think about all the other mythological scenes he could have had painted over his bed: The entrance to Hades with A-Rod as both Hades himself and Cerberus, the three-headed dog; A giant portrait of Medusa’s head, with the heads of all the snakes replaced by A-Rod’s face; A-Rod as young Zeus, freeing all of his siblings (all with matching A-Rod faces) from the belly of his father Cronus (also A-Rod). It could have been so much more spectacularly ridiculous and bombastically ego-centric.”

- The Hater | Evidence That A-Rod Is Really, Really Dull

I really, really want to be friends with Amelie Gillette.

via blogs.sfweekly.com

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:20:09 -0700

via blogs.sfweekly.com

"A former Rodriguez fling remembers seeing portraits of the slugger, 34, as a centaur hanging over..."

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:55:00 -0700

“A former Rodriguez fling remembers seeing portraits of the slugger, 34, as a centaur hanging over his bed. “He was so vain,” his ex tells Us Weekly. “He had not one, but two painted portraits of himself as a centaur. You know, the half man, half horse figure?””

- Ex: A-Rod Had Portraits of Himself as Centaur Hanging Over His Bed

Are you a pre-op trans centaur?

They should have recruited ninja cat.

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:54:00 -0700

They should have recruited ninja cat.

Acoustic Kitty

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:47:00 -0700

Acoustic Kitty:

bestofwikipedia:

Acoustic Kitty was a CIA project in the 1960s attempting to use cats in spy missions. A battery and a microphone were implanted into a cat and an antenna into its tail. Due to problems with distraction, the cat’s sense of hunger had to be addressed in another operation. Surgical and training expenses are thought to have amounted to over $20 million. The first cat mission was eavesdropping on two men in a park. The cat was released nearby, but was hit and killed by a taxi almost immediately. (via Kaylie)

pwnd! But really, this is like the greatest thing I have ever read.

Das Racist - Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell (Wallpaper...

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:23:42 -0700

Das Racist - Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell (Wallpaper Remix)

Incredibly stupid, brilliant, and STUCK IN MY HEAD.

h/t @michaelischool

wind-chime-ish

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:50:55 -0700

wind-chime-ish

I Can Has Cheezburger? Has school turned my brain to mush? This...

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:02:00 -0700

I Can Has Cheezburger?

Has school turned my brain to mush? This made me laugh way too much.

Tetris effect - Wikipedia

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:04:20 -0700

Tetris effect - Wikipedia:

tristn:

Stickgold et al. (2000) have proposed that Tetris imagery is a separate form of memory, likely related to procedural memory. This is from their research in which they showed that people with anterograde amnesia, unable to form new declarative memories, reported dreaming of falling shapes after playing Tetris during the day, despite not being able to remember playing the game at all.

I have anecdotal evidence that this is totally real! We had to program Tetris as part of my freshman year Intro CS class. For a couple of weeks all I could think about were falling, rotating shapes. The worst was in the shower, when the tiles lining the stall would start dancing.

Van ness muni station waterfall (via intenselymusical) h/t...

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:42:33 -0700

Van ness muni station waterfall (via intenselymusical)

h/t @agreatnotion

"What’s more, there’s nothing quite like a show that can make you feel an emotional reaction to a..."

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:12:55 -0700

“What’s more, there’s nothing quite like a show that can make you feel an emotional reaction to a formerly deeply stereotypical pregnant Christian cheerleader by using a song written by Avril Lavigne for a movie about a dragon.”

- The A.V. Club, on Glee

"Our next example is a fun one: celebrities. The wonderful thing about famous people is that other..."

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:59:47 -0700

“Our next example is a fun one: celebrities. The wonderful thing about famous people is that other people are always talking about what they’re doing, particularly when what they’re doing is unexpected. For example, take a look at the graph around the ever-controversial Britney Spears, shown in Figure 2-8. Even from this very small section of Ms. Spears’s life, it’s clear that there are lots of different things and, more importantly, lots of different types of things we say about celebrities… This graph has already failed to include such things as favorite nightclubs, estranged children, angry head-shavings, and cosmetic surgery controversies.”

- Programming the Semantic Web, 1st Edition

The bathrooms at Club Mallard remind me of Alan Turing’s...

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:09:00 -0700

The bathrooms at Club Mallard remind me of Alan Turing’s experience on a boat.

deep grad student conversations

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:14:35 -0700

me: i can't tell the difference between babies crying and kittens caterwauling anymore
Diana: i cant tell the diff between all those and rihanna

A farmer sprays milk on police forces during a protest against...

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:32:11 -0700

A farmer sprays milk on police forces during a protest against falling milk prices outside the European Union headquarters yesterday Brussels.

“It looks good but it needs more postfixins.” My...

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:27:00 -0700

“It looks good but it needs more postfixins.”

My undergrad degree in cs is good for two things: 1) helping me test out of Info 206, and 2) understanding super dorky xkcds.

Wikipedia | The Asylum - List of Mockbusters

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:48:13 -0700

Wikipedia | The Asylum - List of Mockbusters:

From the creators of “Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus” comes “Transmorphers”, “Snakes on a Train” and “18 Year Old Virgin”

Party in my pants (hierarchy)

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:18:25 -0700

Party in my pants (hierarchy)