Roots backed, funktastic live version of "Lazy Sunday" performed by Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg on Jimmy Fallon's late night show. Watch it here.
To my friend, former-coworker, roommate, and the first reader (tied with Kaizar) I had when I started blogging back in the hot summer of 2003: Happy Birthday, buddy (courtesy of Big Ass Message).
Sculpture titled "Star Craft" by Kostas Seremetis.
As a follow up to my slightly narcissistic previous entry, I think my personal blog here would get more hits and visits if I purchased the sex.com domain which is apparently being auctioned off next week. Bidding starts at $1 million. [Via]
The above equation maps out "MROD" on a graph. Did I bust out my mad AP algebericulus knowledge combined with my innate geek powers to figure this out? Nah. I let other geekoids create a website that does all the hard work for me. Behold, the Inverse Graphic Calculator:
The Inverse Graphing Calculator (version beta-1) is like a backwards graphing calculator. Normally, you enter an equation into your calculator and then get a graph of the curve. The way the IGC works is, you type something you'd like as your curve, like 'Hello World' or 'I love you'. The IGC produces an *equation* which has this phrase as its graph!
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Photo of a busking Boba Fett snapped by Zach Hilder.
There's the 2010 Whitney Biennial. And there's the Whitney (Houston) Biennial.
My roommate walked in last night with a huge yellow box labeled "Stimulus Packaged" and announced that it was addressed to me. I was both surprised and a little fearful-as stupid as it sound but the Unabomber definitely came to mind-since I had not ordered anything lately.
As Sarah looked over my shoulder, I opened the box slowly. I found it filled with golden yellow streamers. At this point I may have quoted the "fragile...it must be French" line from The Christmas Story.
Instead of a female leg-shaped lamp, I found a dozen boxes of Golden Graham cereal boxes.
I apparently won these as part of a "Golden Grahams Golden Grant" promotion run by General Mills. I don't recall entering the contest, but I probably will enter marketing contests and giveaways more frequently now! This is the second best grant after the MacArthur Genius Grant!
The Atlantic has a despairing article on the long-term impact of our current unemployment crisis.
If it persists much longer, this era of high joblessness will likely change the life course and character of a generation of young adults—and quite possibly those of the children behind them as well. It will leave an indelible imprint on many blue-collar white men—and on white culture. It could change the nature of modern marriage, and also cripple marriage as an institution in many communities. It may already be plunging many inner cities into a kind of despair and dysfunction not seen for decades. Ultimately, it is likely to warp our politics, our culture, and the character of our society for years.
Have a great weekend, everyone.
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If any photo needs at least a 140 character explanation, then it's this picture that was simply captioned "Me and Eliot Spitzer" from Terry Richardson's blog. This looks like it was taken at the Mayflower Hotel.
As interesting as this brief infograph and analysis at LinkedIn's blog on the migratory employment trends of former employees of Lehman Brothers, Bear Sterns, and Merrill Lynch is, I'm even more curious about LinkedIn's usage of its members information (even if it is "open" to the public). It doesn't seem too far of a stretch for LinkedIn, Facebook, or other social networks to do similar data pulls on behalf of advertisers or marketers, especially as companies try to get a grasp or develop a "best practice" on "viral" and social media marketing.
Bill Watterson, the reclusive creator of Calvin and Hobbes, had an undeniably sweet letterhead.
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A rule prohibiting photographs in the Senate chambers was suspended to allow for this modest first official group picture on September 24, 1963. I'm disappointed they didn't go with the laser backdrop.
The photo-session, for the National Geographic Society’s illustrated book on Congress, We the People, was scheduled before the historic vote on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Ninety-eight members took their seats at 10:15 a.m. Photographer George Mobley set up three giant reflectors containing 21 large flashbulbs. Following each of six exposures, the burned-out bulbs had to be replaced for the next shot. During one exposure, a bulb exploded and showered glass onto spectating Representative Fred Schwengel, founder of Capitol Historical Society which sponsored We the People.
Compare this with the toothy mugging that takes place today as soon as any camera is raised.
Obligatory [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weH7Q4H4nF8] The McDonald's in Japan has a line of burgers named after various US states. As if I didn't have enough reasons for wanting to visit Japan, I can now add the Texas Big America hamburger at McDonald's to that lengthy list.