November 2011
69 posts
How OWS confuses and ignores Fox News and the... →
This… is scathing. Deservedly so. But still.
October 2011
59 posts
“HarperCollins Publishers today announced it was buying Christian/inspirational...”
– HarperCollins Buys Thomas Nelson | Liveblog | Christianity Today
Let me just say how uneasy I am with the idea of Rupert Murdoch owning 50% of the Christian publishing market.
Cumin-seed roasted cauliflower with yogurt feta... →
Y’all, this is what I made to go with the pork loin and it is SO GOOD. Even Tom, who doesn’t like cauliflower, loved this.
And look, the whole cumin seed is worth it, even if it means you have to buy the ripoff jar at the supermarket. So, so good.
I also tossed Brussels sprouts in since our cauliflower was a little on the small side. They were also delicious, though the miraculous...
“His abiding love for Laurene sustained him. He believed that love happened all...”
– A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs - NYTimes.com
Roast Pork Loin with Garlic and Rosemary Recipe at... →
I think this might be tomorrow’s dinner.
Tiffany Bridge (tiffanybridge) on Pinterest →
I’m on Pinterest, if that’s something you do.
cat lady tales
I have this blanket made of two pieces of microfleece knotted together around the edges. We call it “the magic blanket” because of its uncanny power to put me right to sleep if I lie down under it. Also because the cats LOVE it. It doesn’t matter where they are in the house; if I pull the magic blanket over my lap one or both of them will immediately arrive to sit with me. It...
[mySociety:public] Richard Stallman speaker visit →
Anyone who thinks “The Big Bang Theory” is unfair to nerds has clearly no awareness of what Richard Stallman is like. When you read this, imagine it in Sheldon Cooper’s voice.
Fab.com | Recycled Stool And Storage →
I kind of want this for our front room but I think Tom will hate it.
“I realized that everybody in it behaves like such a dolt — an articulate dolt,...”
– Joss Whedon on ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ stealth production — EXCLUSIVE | Inside Movies | EW.com
“When describing his period of exile from Apple — when John Sculley took over —...”
– Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator’s Dilemma - James Allworth - Harvard Business Review
“Make great products and tell people how great they are and the money will follow” sounds a lot like the product management version of “voice times obsession equals audience.”
“As we walked along, I kept thinking about Jesus’ use of the term...”
– Why I’m Joining the Occupation - Brian McLaren
welcoming our robot overlords
Him: I am annoyed. They're blaming technology instead of just recognizing they have some limited fucking time.
Me: It's always easier to blame the tech. That's why every story with robots with AI ends up being about the uprising against humans.
Him: heh
Me: You'd think we'd learn
Him: Well, right now I'm siding with the damn robots
Me: Skynet was probably just tired of getting blamed for everything. This is why I am always polite to Siri.
Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing →
tbridge:
No YOU’RE irrationally excited.
I just… I just can’t even tell you how happy this news makes me. Between this and The Avengers, it’s like Joss Whedon decided to dedicate 2011 to making movies just for me.
adventures in medicine
So I went to my doctor recently to treat a (minor and not at all life-threatening) condition that I have. In the course of our discussions about my overall health and suchlike, we agreed that she would order a bunch of bloodwork that I’ve never had just to establish it on my medical record and rule out any obvious, easy-to-fix problems.
It was a LOT of tests. I think the phlebotomist lined...
Dance Your Ph.D.: When Science People Shake A Tail... →
I love you, Internet.
jamiek:
I wish the iPhone’s GPS were precise enough to pop up a reminder each time I crossed the threshold of my office that said: “Remember your notebook and pen, asshole.”
I was just saying to my boss today that I need my iPhone’s GPS to be precise enough to remind me what he just asked me to do by the time I get from his desk to mine.
It’s a distance of about 20 feet.
Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It →
Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…
Generation X has no patience.
iMessage and find your friends
You can use pretty much any email address I have, but Tiffany dot joy at that google mail service will do as well.
Here's the thing that REALLY mystifies me:
rartastic:
Why can’t I put Newsstand in a folder?!?
Because it is itself a folder, just one with a custom icon.
Official Online Store of the Pittsburgh Steelers.... →
YOU GUYS! THERE’S A SPANISH TERRIBLE TOWEL!
“La Toalla Terrible!”
57 Reasons to Hate Homemade Ketchup: America Eats... →
It almost goes without saying that, as a Pittsburgher, I believe only in One True Ketchup. Despite all my locavore, cooking-from-scratch efforts, the only ketchup I eat is Heinz (I just eat less of it).
But here’s what bugged me about this article: By the end of it, there’s all this comparison of the crappy house-made ketchups to “Heinz 57.”
Pay attention, foodies: Heinz...
“This brings me to the failure of social service. The other day someone tweeted...”
– Social Media Customer Service is a Failure! Brian Solis
“But there is some tension between the site’s critique and conservative tax...”
– Conservatives launch “We are the 53 percent” to criticize 99 percenters - The Washington Post
tales from the office, part 3
My boss (holding out his company-issued Blackberry, which is basically unusable right now due to RIM outage): You know, iPhones don't have this problem.
IT Director: I know; I have an iPhone.
Boss: We should all have iPhones.
IT Director (trying to distract him): Did you see? We got one of the new Blackberries.
Boss: Is it nice?
IT Director: It's sleeker. It's got-
Boss: A touchscreen? FINALLY?
IT Director: Yeah, a touchscreen...
Boss: We should just all have iPhones.
IT Director: You can't just change stuff like that around here!
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“Hybridity matters now because the problems companies need to solve are simply...”
– Forget Design Thinking and Try Hybrid Thinking | Fast Company
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truth
I have no problem with presenting at staff meetings, or standing up in a room full of 300 strangers and telling dick jokes, or getting on stage and dancing in the style of a culture I have no particular connection to. But if someone else calls attention to me… I just want to drop right through the floor. I can’t even stand having people sing “Happy Birthday” to me. Having...
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First world problem
…When you have trouble ordering your new iPhone at 6AM because you’re using your iPad in bed and the autocorrect Will. Not. Stop. “fixing” your Apple ID, no matter how many times you try to dismiss the autocorrect box.
“We haven’t just lost a great innovator, leader, and businessman,...”
– Last American Who Knew What The Fuck He Was Doing Dies | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
“The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, a blunt-talking preacher who braved beatings,...”
– Fred Shuttlesworth obituary: Hard-charging civil rights figure dies at 89 - latimes.com
While we’re honoring the passing of world-changing figures…
A tipping point for Occupy Wall Street - The... →
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