July 2010
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Human Transit: what does transit do about traffic... →
(via seattle transit blog)
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“While the card is pretty and the system works pretty well, sometimes I can’t...”
– ORCA Sometimes Feels Half-Engineered - Seattle Transit Blog
I’ll give you 2 good reasons for that feeling.
it was less than half-designed
it was less than half-engineered
It’s hard to be diplomatic when the website is so poorly designed that it feels antagonistic.
The linked article...
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All pronounceable initial letter abbreviations are...
This is a primary tenet. This is a rule I live by.
A secondary tenet is “all initialisms are pronounceable if you try hard enough.”
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if(null==queue.next())
I go out of town for 2 days and my tumblr queue empties out. A terrible state of affairs, to be sure. I’ll be working double hard to fill it back up again this week. In the mean time, I still have a few trip pictures to post.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25) →
Doctor Flake (23)
Blockhead (6)
Oh No (3)
Glen Porter (3)
hku (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“Or what? You’ll release the dogs, or the bees, or the dogs with bees in...”
– Homer Simpson
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number two
Lionel Twain: I'm the greatest, I'm number one!
Sam Diamond: To me, you look like number two, know what I mean?
Dora Charleston: What DOES he mean, Miss Skeffington?
Tess Skeffington: I'll tell you later. It's disgusting.
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“I have two questions : How much and give it to me.”
– Homer Simpson
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18) →
Sonic Youth (1)
Adam Johnson (1)
Four Tet (1)
Fridge (1)
King Geedorah (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“We’re Apple. We don’t wear suits. We don’t even own suits.”
– Steve Jobs (or a representative thereof, the citation is a little unclear), incredibly rich establishment capitalist businessman, on fighting in 2010 the anti-establishment battles of 1965. Because you know what the problem is? Suits. (Thanks, Aanand) (via putthison)
On the west coast, the...
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“Hell is the truth learned too late.”
– Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury
Something in that, whot?
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“For one thing, the problem with caffeine is that there are adenosine receptors...”
– What Caffeine Actually Does to Your Brain
We all know too much caffeine is not so good, but I was unaware that soreness and back spasms were on the list.
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Every Doctor Who villain since 1963 - as a... →
Would I be inexcusably nerdy if i took issue with their cavalier motivation classifications? I would, wouldn’t I? (via groc)