September 2009
“Roman Polanski raped a child. Let’s just start right there, because...”
– Reminder: Roman Polanski raped a child
Excellent post in Salon’s Broadsheet.
“If the new features aren’t worth $2.99 to you, fine, don’t buy it. There are...”
– iPhone Development: A Sense of Entitlement: Tweetie 2 (via kellysims)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-27) →
Radiohead (59)
The Stone Roses (38)
Kid Cudi (26)
The Smiths (20)
Arcade Fire (19)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Foursquare vs. Gowalla: Cheater, Cheater →
Instead, we’re quietly flagging people we think are “misusing” the service based on frequency and geography. We’re basically doing the same thing Gowalla is doing - calculating how far someone is…
WatchI can do all of this also
Money is the root of all movies
Are you fucking kidding me? I can’t barter to see Michael Moore’s new anti-capitalism film? you want me to pay $11 for advance tickets?
Fuck that. Money is evil. Here, please accept this orange instead.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-20) →
Louis Armstrong (102)
Radiohead (70)
Arcade Fire (62)
Thom Yorke (32)
Fleet Foxes (29)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“On “The Blueprint 3” he has changed his approach. Instead of rapping for fans...”
– [Real Talk] God, I love Jay-Z. [/Real Talk]
“The parade, started by Solomon and a few friends, was intended to poke fun at...”
– Organizers pull plug on edgy Berkeley parade
Bummer. This was one of those things I always meant to go do and never did. Lesson learned: Do the things you want now, because Berkeley will destroy them if you do not.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-13) →
The Beatles (99)
Led Zeppelin (42)
Jay-Z (26)
Widespread Panic (22)
Grateful Dead (10)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
kellydeal:
The Jim Carroll Band - People Who...
“I’ve been loath to admit that the shrieking lunacy of the summer — the frantic...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Boy, Oh, Boy - NYTimes.com
Amazingly, Maureen Dowd is pretty good not bad today.
“Barack Obama is the president now. Regardless of what you think of him as a...”
– Happy First Post-9/11 9/11! - 9/11 - Gawker
I heart you Steve
From: Steve Strang To: Mat Honan <mhonan@gmail.com> Subject: random thoughts your post on BOIYNB and randomness reminded me of this I once had a home stereo and the 'random' button was totally broken such that it simply played songs sequentially/consecutively. I thought about taking it in for repair but then realized I could not prove that it was broken. It is entirely possible that it...
Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness (Feat. MGMT &...
Mat Honan is your new buffoon →
I hate junk mail. Hate it. I get loads of it. Years and years ago, I noticed that I was getting junk mail via my domain registrations. And so like many other people, I began using a fake address to…
The greatest email I've ever received
My last post reminded me of something that I always meant to write about, but never have.
Approximately 24 hours after I published BOIYNB, the following email landed in my inbox. I wouldn’t say that I’m swoon-prone, but I swooned.
Oh, how I swooned.
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:03:32 -0500 From: “Randall Munroe” <xkcd@xkcd.com> To: mhonan@gmail.com Subject: Barack...
“He said it would bring the team together”
– Robert Coffey, a sophomore at Kentucky’s Breckenridge County High School, on the coach taking a busload of players to his church to be baptized. Of course, this violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the separation of church and state, not to mention common sense.
But, hey, wingnuts keep your...