December 2007
76 posts
Kicking off 1st of December couldn’t have been any better than listening to Caribou’s Melody Song lullaby followed by the rest of Andorra
plusplusbot++ because this is just trivially weird, useless, awesome
November 2007
65 posts
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Positive Thinking
Retail Employee: You're lucky you work in an office. (smiling politely)
Me: Well, it depends on how you look at it...
Retail Employee: How do you usually hire the office boy in your place?
Me: Why? (choosing a selection of ties)
Retail Employee: I'm just curious. It looks really cool to work in an office.
Retail Employee: My contract here is ending tomorrow. I haven't gotten a new job yet. A little bit stressed out now.
Me: Oh... you're not a permanent employee here?
Retail Employee: No one here is. We're all hired based on contracts.
Retail Employee: It's hard to find a decent job. I have a wife and and a son, too. I have to feed them.
Me: ...
Retail Employee: He just turned 8 months recently.
Me: Your expenses nowadays must be pretty high. Milk and baby paraphernalia are expensive...
Retail Employee: You said it.
Me: (pause)
Retail Employee: Don't worry about me, sir. God is fair, I know it. (smiling politely again)
Retail Employee: So, do you want me to steam those ties first to avoid wrinkles? (pointing at the ties I just grabbed)
Me: Oh, these? Yes thank you. And good luck.. with... (watching him taking the ties and walk away)
Splurged a ludicrous amount of dough on clothing items. That’s what you get after a rough day of hunting stupid documents.
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“Some choices are just out of reach.”
– A threadless t-shirt theme
Leopard is the New Vista, and It's Pissing Me Off... →
dude’s got a lot of anger…a fun read (even for Apple fans). “Apple marketing has the swinging pair of crabapples to actually print “Leopard Just Works” on its Web site. Hey, at least Microsoft reps have the decency to look a little abashed when you point out their product’s screwups.” (via Digg) :: Was thinking of upgrading my Tiger to Leopard today, but...
Google May Outspend The Federal Goverment on... →
Depending on how fast Google spends its money, its investment could rival the federal government’s investment in renewable energy. A Government Accountability Office report found that Department of Energy spending on research and development of biomass, wind and solar energy sources totaled just $65 million in 2006.
World must fix climate in less than 10 years: U.N. →
— alicia
“I don’t understand… I mean, you’re not killing anybody.”
– Gianpiero, Italian, not understanding the logic behind some laws
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“Like, compendiumly!”
– Tatha Saragih, snapping her fingers
More documents, certification, and checkup to do for a lousy piece of visa paper? WTF?!
Trying to reconnect with the world after 8 days of organized chaos. Ho-hum.
@ioubeer [Jean-Nic] for making the conference a weeny bit more Canadian and for all the Canadian-content discussions
When a nomad gets deported →
What’s a better way to spend your days than getting deported from Azerbaijan and spending a night in a jail in Turkey?
Obsessive-Compulsive’s Guide: Top 12 Organizing... →
Is your life in disarray? Do you have trouble finding things? Do you constantly forget stuff? If so, don’t worry — you’re like most of the human population.
Back home, baby!
How a Computer for the Poor Got Stomped by Tech... →
From its inception, One Laptop Per Child posed a threat to the personal-computing dominance of software giant Microsoft and chip maker Intel. The team (drawn from MIT) designed a machine that didn’t use Windows or Intel chips. It uses the Linux operating system and other nonproprietary, open-source software, which users are allowed to tinker with..
Going out of town for a conference for a week - should be a refreshing change
@ioubeer [Tobias] for helping me in matching
Vancouver Timelapse →
Awesome, incredible, beautiful, exhilarating, relaxing time-lapse video of Vancouver which was taken from the flimmaker’s condo in Yaletown, Vancouver, Canada. He used a simple Canon miniDV cam and used BTV Pro software on his Apple Mac. — lukees
Top 5 Corporate Social Responsibility News... →
Corporate Social Responsibility is becoming more and more popular and there are an increasing number of news websites on this topic. Our recent blog entry provides everyone who is interested with our top 5 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) news websites.
Dog gives up life to save man from fire →
Bryan Smith has pictures of his dog in his coat pocket, a reminder of the pet that sacrificed itself to save him from his burning house.
gotsound: The decision to rot my innards by devouring liquor-and-hazelnut-filled chocolate in a cold rainy afternoon is priceless indeed
one laptop per child →
first of all, the idea is simply brilliant. and the laptop is simply amazing. a truly beautiful project for a beautiful cause.
gotsound: Agonizing the improbable amount of tasks needed to be done tomorrow and the alarming current financial situation. Crap.
gotsound: @pipis geez, what a name!
Safe Sex For Idiots →
Can’t say anymore or it will give it away…
sixty zippers
sixty zippers were quickly picked from the woven jute bag. —IconShoppe
gotsound: @ioubeer [the Internet] for making me sleep deprived.
50 Graphic Design Blogs →
Trés Cool. — cubicle17
