June 2008
Court: Exorcism is protected by law →
Apparently, “The First Amendment guards religious liberty” and “does not sanction intentional abuse in religion’s name.” So next time you want to kill, just get a priest on your side.
“If you were to have a unanimous voice, saying quite clearly to Mr Mugabe…...”
– Archbishop Desmond Tutu | Mugabe claims ‘sweeping victory’
Twitter Raises A Second Round Of Funding →
Our portfolio company Twitter announced today that they have closed a second round of financing, led by Spark Capital and including Jeff Bezos’ investment entity Bezos Expeditions. Union…
good stuff. hopefully it’ll quit eating shit soon.
Watch The trailer for Joss Whedon’s online series ‘Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’
And yes, it does star Neil Patrick Harris, Felicia Day and Nathan Fillion.
meg, watch.
Travel Blogs Are Doing It All Wrong →
Polaroid PoGo →
Polaroid’s own replacement for the ‘dying’ Polaroid. [23:30:19]
101 Photoshop Tips in Five Minutes →
Best video tutorial ever. [19:30:25]
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1 Pound Recording →
£1 Recording - 1. Using a ten pence piece dial your answer machine from a public telephone 2. Let the answer machine record the sounds from the public telephone for the duration of the ten pence…
Mail Merge →
You use mail merge when you want to create a set of documents that are essentially the same but where each document contains unique elements. For example, in a letter that announces a new product,…
Feedly →
These guys take the ’start page’ thing, with all that great network integration that so many startups are trying to do, and do something really smart. They made it offline as a Firefox extension.
CommentLuv Wordpress Plugin →
The CommentLuv Wordpress Plugin will visit the feed of the comment author and attempt to scrape the last post they made and display it under their comment, this way you can encourage people to join…
Murdoch Dismisses Facebook As ‘Just A Directory’ →
What Rupert fails to realise is that Facebook is actually *also* a useful directory as well as a network that does all the things Myspace does. It appears Tom sees how valuable Facebook and it’s…
Start Today →
It’s the only way to get anything done. Just start it - right now - whatever it is.
Intelligent people 'less likely to believe in God'... →
(via gina)
Logo Research, Logo Inspiration, Corporate... →
If you are confused - it is working →
A dead horse hangs from the ceiling at the Museum of Contemporary Art. A roomful of angry people vent their frustrations at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. And, in Cockatoo Island’s abandoned industrial workshops, experimental films flicker across the walls.
Is There Ice On Mars? →
Mars Phoenix confirms ice near the surface.
Takob's Tumblr Tips
topherchris:
jakoblodwick:
The mantra “Omit Unnecessary Words” applies to Tumblr. Such posts are easier to understand (and more likely to get reblogged).
That’s a good one too.
i’ve got two tips which are really just one: add your own thoughts to reblogs [i love reading responses to posts] and post original content.
“A while back I tried to buy the rights because I wanted to do Baywatch the...”
– David Hasselhoff (NY Magazine) (via nadhira) A genius after all.
TV Ads Work Better Than Digital Ads? →
The study is valid, but fails to acknowledge what I think is a gap in quality. TV ads work because they know how to make a good commercial. Digital ads are intrusive and not entertaining because the…
Find Open Source Alternatives to... →
Particularly useful for my old man’s new Linux computer I’ve given him; you can search through commercial software on this site and find some workable open-source alternatives. [19:28:43]
Astrophysicist Replaces Supercomputer with a... →
As the architect of this research, Dr. Gaurav Khanna is employing his so-called “gravity grid” of PS3s to help measure these theoretical gravity waves — ripples in space-time that travel at the speed of light — that Einstein’s Theory of Relativity predicted would emerge when such an event takes place.
universal soldier, by donovan
He’s five foot-two, and he’s six feet-four,
He fights with missiles and with spears.
He’s all of thirty-one, and he’s only seventeen,
Been a soldier for a thousand years.
He’a a Catholic, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain,
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew.
And he knows he shouldn’t kill,
And he knows he always will,
Kill you for me my friend and me for...
“falling in love is my favourite hamster wheel”
– sole
20 Aussie Tax Tips →
Remember to read this when I decide to do my taxes. [19:49:17]
girls by death in vegas. to accompany watching...
“apostrophy — n. The incorrect use or omission of an apostrophe.”
– gruber (via sujay)
Watch8 year old girl firing a huge machine gun into a moving car - from decryption
i like tumblr groups more because i can post to multiple sites than that multiple people can post to one.