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Cory Bergman's coming to work with us at msnbc.com

Thu, 08 May 2008 19:30:13 -0400

Cory Bergman's coming to work with us at msnbc.com: Smart guy, he’s done great work at Lost Remote

The last six editors of the LA Times talk to Los Angeles magazine

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:21:12 -0400

The last six editors of the LA Times talk to Los Angeles magazine: Not much love for the mother Tribune but some good, candid responses

Know your sign language [via Dean Allen]

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:35:29 -0400

Know your sign language [via Dean Allen]

Yahoo stock plunges?

Tue, 06 May 2008 09:30:46 -0400

Yahoo stock plunges?: Kottke runs the numbers on the real winners and losers in the Microhoo story. Loser #1: tech journalism (but when has that ever been a winner?)

MS Paint turns porn into art (quite probably not safe for work)

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:36:44 -0400

MS Paint turns porn into art (quite probably not safe for work)

Dating the women of indie rock

Mon, 05 May 2008 18:04:00 -0400

Dating the women of indie rock: Neko Case and Feist? A bit obvious, sure, but I basically have to link to this. Ladies, don’t miss the men of indie rock.

Sorry I Missed Your Party has great promise. If they could get a...

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:49:03 -0400

Sorry I Missed Your Party has great promise. If they could get a MIDI version of that Ween song going, so much the better.

I will probably never tire of photos of stupid Americans who...

Mon, 05 May 2008 16:55:22 -0400

I will probably never tire of photos of stupid Americans who prove that some form of intelligence test, especially for the so-called natives, is exactly what this country needs

"Have you ever met a 75-year-old black man in this country that wasn’t angry? I mean, they have..."

Fri, 02 May 2008 19:28:24 -0400

“Have you ever met a 75-year-old black man in this country that wasn’t angry? I mean, they have a few reasons.”

- Chris Rock on Reverend Wright

"Merlin would be the funny one, Scott would be the smart one and I would be the not funny one. Or..."

Fri, 02 May 2008 15:57:24 -0400

“Merlin would be the funny one, Scott would be the smart one and I would be the not funny one. Or Scott would be the witty one, Merlin the famous one and I would be the straight man - that is to say, I’d just sort of keep quiet except when I’m laughing. Or maybe Merlin would be the clown, Scott the thinker and me the one with glasses. Sometimes, we switch it up and Merlin plays Figurehead, Scott Team Captain and me Dead Weight. Regardless, it was decided I should be the one with little or no self-esteem, and I’m okay with that.”

- Adam “lonelysandwich” Lisagor on the characters of you look nice today

Ars has a really great breakdown of the White House email system

Thu, 01 May 2008 22:34:20 -0400

Ars has a really great breakdown of the White House email system: And, more interestingly, how the Bush administration failed at basic accounting of that email system as required by the Federal Records Act

"The premise, as I understand it, is that those who reject modern biology struggle professionally in..."

Thu, 01 May 2008 20:40:31 -0400

“The premise, as I understand it, is that those who reject modern biology struggle professionally in the sciences.”

- Steve Benen on Ben Stein’s absurd Expelled movie

"Michael Moore would be dead within a week if he came to Brazil and tried to do the kind of shit he..."

Thu, 01 May 2008 18:16:00 -0400

“Michael Moore would be dead within a week if he came to Brazil and tried to do the kind of shit he does here”

- Brazilian filmmaker José Padilha, director of Bus 174 and Elite Squad responding to some criticism of his latest film. My buddy Kim turned me on to Padilha, I highly recommend Bus 174, can’t wait for Elite Squad.

Awesome. A phone with rabbit ears.

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:23:44 -0400

Awesome. A phone with rabbit ears.

America, can you really vote for a liberal elite who...

Thu, 01 May 2008 13:39:00 -0400

America, can you really vote for a liberal elite who doesn’t know how to work a coffee machine? SENATOR, DOES REVEREND WRIGHT HATE COFFEE MACHINES, TOO?!

"And we have certainly paid a price for not being more specific on that banner"

Thu, 01 May 2008 13:01:52 -0400

“And we have certainly paid a price for not being more specific on that banner”

- White House press secretary Dana Perino on the ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner, now five years old. What, exactly, should that banner have said? How about an asterisk?

Grass below you, sky above

Thu, 01 May 2008 12:15:45 -0400

Grass below you, sky above

"Craplist was started in San Fierro in 1995 by some basement dwelling sociopaths with the simple..."

Thu, 01 May 2008 01:22:09 -0400

“Craplist was started in San Fierro in 1995 by some basement dwelling sociopaths with the simple mission of creating a computer-based online forum where users can sell stolen bicycles and meet up at lunch time to give a stranger head. … Capitalists don’t understand us. Newspapers hate us. Stalkers love us. Craplist is here to stay. We are you.”

- One of many, many parodies in Grand Theft Auto IV

Nifty New York Times slideshow on the politics of Asheville, NC,...

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:19:00 -0400

Nifty New York Times slideshow on the politics of Asheville, NC, my hometown [via the lovely and talented Moeria]

Facebook in real life [via Airbag]

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:13:09 -0400

Facebook in real life [via Airbag]