December 2007
92 posts
Pimpin' on a Sunday night.
There are too many things concerning this shout-out to articulate in public. So, instead of a rebuttal I shall simply Re-blog. I’ll keep giving the good and try to fix the bad. Thanks Julia! T.T.Y.I.P. From: [redacted] Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 To: Julia@JuliaAllison.com Subject: eric lodwick & others Bonjourno, I’ve enjoyed your commentary on public figures for quite sometime and...
Tumblr Search
Sometimes I’m sad that I can’t search people’s tumblrs. I’m sure this is a feature in the works, but today I was impatient and bored. These two things combined prompted me to script up a little javascript search using the tumblr API. As you can see on my tumblr site www.jacobd.com I have a little search box, as you type results will pop up! It’s not perfect, and...
WatchMillion Dollar Babies - CollegeHumor video
Awesomely shot Arcade Fire Backstage ish →
Christmas is a secular holiday
I’m sick of religious media commentators being up in arms about the perceived secularization of Christmas. I agree that materialism is out of control in our culture, but humans all over the world have been celebrating the winter solstice time since long before Jesus. Roland Martin recently said, “we should continue to remember that Jesus is the reason for the season.” Well,...
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‘Cat Lady’ Conundrum, The [from NYT]
By REBECCA SKLOOT Published: December 9, 2007 Here’s a little-known and slightly terrifying fact: According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 60 million people in the United States are infected with a parasite that may migrate into their brains and alter their behavior in a way that — among other things — may leave them more likely to be eaten by cats. New...
Watchhigh times editorial office: episode three — samreich
Indieish : Guerilla video production for the web —... →
WatchI didn’t know YouTube allowed boobs until I saw Spank Rock - Loose. This video is intense! Via fascinated. — jakoblodwick
Hardly Working: Nut Tappers! →
— rickyv This is so epic because Josh 4brams0n k33ps a v3ry low pr0f1|3 on the internet. Besides his lunch room prank, he and Ricky’s Zilo show, and Josh’s Moving to San Diego CH post… this is the man behind the mask. — oats
Blow your mind →
WatchSlit-scan video test on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
The effectiveness of sitemaps
Warning: Nerd content. For several months now I’ve been tracking Google’s effectiveness at indexing Vimeo. Google actually provides a simple shortcut for doing this— just search for “site:vimeo.com” and you’ll get an approximate number of pages in the top right. Here’s the numbers for November:11/1 — 75,800 - 137,000 pages 11/2 — 67,200 -...
a perspective on the news
i just watched my local news for the first time in ten years. it was something to do with it being the only new thing on television. who are they kidding with this shit? why would i care what celebrity is on drugs this week? what if i don’t like sports? why would i want to watch ten minutes of the weather when i could look it up online? what’s with the graphics and presentation...
WatchLet’s Get Dressed! Here is the video that made such a mess. — kevindavidcrowe
Watch(Via: rickyv)
“He is the penis contest equivalent of a crusty troll on the outer edges of the...”
– (Via Jakob refering to this tard)
Top 10 Incredible Recordings →
Including those of a castrato (a man who was forcibly castrated so that he would retain his boyish soprano), the first recorded human voice from 1878, and the last 30 minutes of audio from the Jonestown Massacre. via Kottke. — zachklein
Protools app for Iphone →
Via Justin
Watchdave’s use of outtakes is inspired — samreich
WatchI really thought he was going to die.