Pointless and Vapid Bits

Duke3D Headed to webOS

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:53:08 -0500

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Oh, YES!

Palm loyalists out there will undoubtedly remember the name MetaView. Back in the days of PalmOS, he rose to fame with apps like PalmPDF (now named…

10 Amazing Life Lessons You Can Learn From Albert Einstein

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:53:08 -0500

10 Amazing Life Lessons You Can Learn From Albert Einstein:

Albert Einstein has long been considered a genius by the masses. He was a theoretical physicist, philosopher, author, and is perhaps the most influential scientists to ever live.

Einstein has…

The House Ethics Committee is a corruption-enabling cesspool

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:53:08 -0500

The House Ethics Committee is a corruption-enabling cesspool:

You know it. I know it. And everyone disgusted with the culture of corruption in Washington needs to make their voices heard on it. The watchdogs are crippled. CYA is the order of the day. The…

thedailywhat: Remix of the Day: Action scenes from Battlestar...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:47:43 -0500

thedailywhat:

Remix of the Day: Action scenes from Battlestar Galactica strung together to form a near shot-for-shot remake of the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” video.

Why yes, it is every bit as awesome as you imagine something like that might be.

[buzzfeed.]

Yes. Yes it is.

fuckyeahsubs: (via movieoftheday) Excellent movie.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:03:20 -0500

fuckyeahsubs:

(via movieoftheday)

Excellent movie.

robgonemild: justkevin: Looks like I picked the wrong week to...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:28:12 -0500

robgonemild:

justkevin:

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue

I regularly quote this guy’s lines at work.

HFAERO.jpg (3397×1781)

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:18:50 -0500

HFAERO.jpg (3397×1781):

While tuning around, I found some of the VOLMET traffic from NY this evening. In trying to identify other aeronautical signals on HF, I discovered this rather nice map, which I thought I’d archive…

idiosyncratic-routine: via BoingBoing A seemingly innocuous...

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:27:00 -0500

idiosyncratic-routine:

via BoingBoing

A seemingly innocuous new update to the PC version of [Portal] … caused players to note that each section of the game had been updated with a new radio object… containing pirate transmissions that are in fact SSTV encoded photographs — the same used by shortwave operators to transmit images over the air — each watermarked with the Aperture Science logo to stem any doubt about their authenticity.

“Those are some weird SSTV images… Wait. Why the heck is Amber posting SSTV images?”

*reads*

“Ah…”

Obviously, some amateur radio op has to be a Portal nut, as I don’t think anyone else even knows what SSTV is (Sounds like Scottie-2 encoding!). Now I want to play this game even more.

hilker: Adam Voorhees captures exploded objects in photos via...

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:19:14 -0500

hilker:

Adam Voorhees captures exploded objects in photos

via Dispatches & Ephemera

Yeah…. Probably bad when I saw that my brain instantly registered “Western Electric 565”

More Rough Relationships

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:13:15 -0500

More Rough Relationships:

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#3 made me Guffaw

hilker: aliensandpredators: My Aliens-take on a classic World...

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:20:44 -0500

hilker:

aliensandpredators:

My Aliens-take on a classic World War II-era poster about illegal aliens employed on sensitive Navy contracts.

When I saw the original poster, I knew I’d have to do something with it for this tumblr.

Need to print this out for the cube…

pleasefireme: Please fire me. When I asked my co-worker for scissors, he said I wasn’t ready for...

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:36:25 -0500

pleasefireme:

Please fire me. When I asked my co-worker for scissors, he said I wasn’t ready for them.

Note to self: Do this next time someone asks for my scissors.

Jack, Jake, whoever.

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:40:46 -0500

Jack, Jake, whoever.:

LMSD just a sign of things to come?

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:16:49 -0500

LMSD just a sign of things to come?:

Over the past few weeks, the Lower Merion School District has been in the news due to their use of school issued laptops to photograph, monitor, and otherwise invade the privacy of students that…

idiosyncratic-routine: GPOYW: Office Approved 1940s Hair Homage...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:22:23 -0500

idiosyncratic-routine:

GPOYW: Office Approved 1940s Hair Homage Edition

You know you’re a geek when:

*scrolling down through dashboard*

“Hey! I have that phone on my desk!”

*sigh*

theyahooanswers: (via tabbyranch) All I could think of...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:35:54 -0500

theyahooanswers:

(via tabbyranch)

All I could think of was…

“You wanna know how to get through to your son? He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of your pets to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That’s* the *Family* way! And that’s how you get through to your son. Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that?”

thedailywhat: Socially Aware Silverware of the Day: Mark A....

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:19:47 -0500

thedailywhat:

Socially Aware Silverware of the Day: Mark A. Reigelman II’s “Bite” silverware was designed to draw attention to the ongoing problem of global hunger.

“Each day millions of individuals lay in hunger while millions more are wastefully overeating,” Reigelman says. “This set of ‘bitten’ silverware highlights the daunting reality of both worldly plagues.”

[notcot.]

I thought it was highlighting the daunting reality of Michel Lotito

insertname: brooklynmutt: sports fans? Tim Tebow is leading...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:16:40 -0500

insertname:

brooklynmutt:

sports fans?

Tim Tebow is leading people to hell.

Yep I think thats just about everyone, hope they have enough room :D

So, if I become an agnostic coke snorting mass murderer, I’m still good?

Also, when did lesbians stop being homosexuals? I watch the news, did I miss when they announced it?

insertname: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Ding Ding...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:11:55 -0500

insertname:

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Ding Ding Ding!

ohinternet: fuckyeahlost: You know you’re paying far too...

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:40:15 -0500

ohinternet:

fuckyeahlost:

You know you’re paying far too much attention to your son’s TV shows when the first thing that pops into your mind is “Obviously he’s never seen ‘Jungle Junction’”