October 2009
37 posts
Watchbenjaminpalmer:
Iron Man vs Bruce Lee (stopmotion)
A brief project takes many months, but the results... →
youmightfindyourself:
1879: Thomas Edison crowns 14 months of testing with an incandescent electric light bulb that lasts 13½ hours.
Sir Humphrey Davy had produced incandescent electric light in 1808 by passing battery current through a platinum wire. But the voltaic pile was expensive and could be messy.
The invention of the dynamo in 1866 literally generated new possibilities and a few...
Chuck Klosterman talks seriously about Laugh...
Are you now suspicious when people laugh at your jokes, like they’re doing the fake laugh?
I guess I always assume they’re doing the fake laugh.
Chuck Klosterman on Laugh Tracks
“This is because, when you are in a supercar, you can resist stabbing the loud...”
– Jeremy Clarkson on: supercars - BBC Top Gear
“I think what Elephant 6 meant for us is very simple: there’s something pure and...”
– Julian Koster (via pacificmidwest)
“You see many stars at night in the sky but find them not when the sun rises; can...”
– Voltaire
Not My Job: John Hodgman : NPR →
A fantastic little thing with John Hodgman on Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me!. It’s only 10 minutes, and it’s pretty much as rad as anything Hodgman is a part of.
“Have you ever heard me play guitar? I’m really fucking good. You know what I’m...”
– John Mayer (John Mayer Threatens to Sodomize Us — Vulture)
I enjoy the hell out of this man.
(via clembastow)
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WatchConan O’Brien talks to the co-creator of USB on The Tonight Show
WatchSupEr hAndZ (via Vimeo)
“Here’s a spin on reverse-trick-or-treating that I got a kick out of. I grew up...”
– Are we too old to trick or treat? | Ask Metafilter (via heilemann)
“The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t...”
– David Foster Wallace (via chvnx)
