You know what I mean.
I’ve just moved into my quaint little dorm room in the fine Thornton house of Mt. A, it’s very nice. And it smells like paint.
I believe we get the ritual ‘welcome spanking’ sometime this weekend. Wish me luck.
mergers and monitors
HP and Compaq are going to merge.
I suspect that together they will be able to create the ugliest computer monitor ever conceived! (see the artists rendition)
to drink or to sleep?
bruyneel: (3:58 AM) im thinking about getting drunk
Matthew: (3:58 AM) i feel like Dr. Frankenstein except without the big guy made out of dead people
bruyneel: (3:58 AM) we jost wrote a novel together yo
bruyneel: (3:59 AM) just even
Matthew: (3:59 AM) let me finish here. then we can make nice.
bruyneel: (4:00 AM) doesn’t make me like ayou anymore, the writing of the novl together thing
bruyneel: (4:00 AM) not really
Matthew: (4:12 AM) 25261 words. we got us a novel. just.
for people who make websites: Evolving Client Content
There’s a great new article on A List Apart (for people who make websites) this week called Evolving Client Content – Content management systems (CMS) are only as good as the content they manage. The article is insightful and points to a wise and most likely a physically attractive author.
It is possible that I may have written said article.
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I’m afraid my sarcasm is neither funny nor is it an effective mask for my excitement. I am very pleased to have my first article published and I am glad to be a part of A List Apart.
quality spam
Everybody‘s favorite dictionary site has an amazing mailing list that is totally worth your 30 seconds every morning. In my quest to speak better English I have found Dictionary.com‘s Word of the Day to be very informative.
I read them every day Argus-eyed, and so should you, it’s quite a bacchanalia and your brain will grow corpulent.
one year of aov
In the wee hours of August 25, 2000, one year ago, Matt christened the newly formed actsofvolition.com with the inevitable inaugural post. Matt put it well:
I realize the excitement of having ones own website is not one which extends very far beyond the proprietors of the website, but if everyone will just pretend to be as thrilled with the concept as we are that’ll be just fine. No matter the level of outside enthusiasm, I know we’ll have fun.
We know how we feel about the last year of aov (pretty good). What interests us much more than that is:
google answers
Google offered a temporary service this week where for $3 they would research and answer a question for you. My co-worker Nick, being an early adopter and devout disciple of Google, was keen to try it out (it was he who first discovered that Google is indeed god).
Armed with a fine question and a credit card we humbly asked of Google, “What is the story of Tom Joad from Bruce Springsteen’s song The Ghost of Tom Joad?”
A few days later, Google replies:
Bruce Springsteen’s song “The Ghost of Tom Joad” is based on John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath.
Tom is the main character in the book, which details the journey of migrant laborers from Okalahoma to California and all the troubles they endured.
For a summary of the book, visit:
http://cerebia.tripod.com…
http://www.awerty.com…
http://www.ac.wwu.edu…Lyrics to “The Ghost of Tom Joad”:
http://www.english.upenn.edu…
and include this humourous disclaimer:
Please Note: The foregoing information is derived from the Google search engine or other public reference sources and is provided to assist in your searching. It has not been verified, however, and we do not represent that it is accurate, correct, complete, reliable, or otherwise valid. In other words, the information is provided “AS IS”, with no warranties whatsoever. Google expressly disclaims all express, implied, and statutory
warranties, to the fullest extent permitted by law. And under no circumstances shall Google be liable due to your use or misuse of the information provided herein.
We are impressed and incedentally recommend you listen to The Ghost of Tom Joad (either Bruce Springsteen’s original or Rage Against the Machine’s very original cover).
sloan – pretty together
Sloan’s new album, Pretty Together will be released on October 9th. In the meantime enjoy the first single, If It Feels Good Do It (RealAudio).
From the URL of the new single (http://vikrecordings.com/sloan/) it looks as if Sloan is on a new record label.
Pimping, Yo.
Rough Riders and Other Canadian Icons on Forget. Because y’all need some education.
You should also be reading Alejandro Bustos’ war on drugs series and Kent Bruyneel’s Half-Arrow Straight.
New content at Fireland too.
bring back the classic cut!
A fine young man handed this link off to me. I’m glad to see that other people agree that Subway’s new way of cutting subs sucks.
Put your name on the line for something that matters.