Kurt's Blog? Or something.

In recession, one road led back home - After hitting dead end after dead end in job search, new graduate rethinks her path.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:27:11 -0500

In recession, one road led back home - After hitting dead end after dead end in job search, new graduate rethinks her path.:

Replace every instance of her name with mine and oh hey, look, the Post ran a story about the last seven months.

delgrosso: whileyouweresleeping: Found in The Onion store. I...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:44:58 -0500

delgrosso:

whileyouweresleeping:

Found in The Onion store.

I don’t know anyone who can do uncontrollable hilarity mixed with fury as beautifully as my Colombian mamá. She chokes and she cries and her laughter is the most contagious I have ever heard.

So now I’m tempted to buy her this mug.

UPDATE: Hey, you can join the fun! Just spell “Colombia” with a “u,” as in District of C… That should do it. Be warned, that will set me off, too. Minus the hilarity part.

— From London.

I know what I’m getting Isacson for Christmas this year…

Make it two.

aimee-b-loved: Song of the Day: Cobra Starship “Good Girls Go...

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:05:50 -0500

aimee-b-loved:

Song of the Day:

Cobra Starship “Good Girls Go Bad (Isom Innis Remix)”

Pfft. I listened to Cobra Starship back when they were the Snakes on a Plane guys. What? No indie cred for that? Shit.

Whatever. I’m just gonna dance it out over here.

SAMESIES

"I think sometimes that being overly type-sensitive is like an allergy,” said Michael Bierut, a..."

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:19:14 -0500

“I think sometimes that being overly type-sensitive is like an allergy,” said Michael Bierut, a partner in the Pentagram design group in New York. “My font nerdiness makes me have bad reactions to things that spoil otherwise pleasant moments.”

- NY Times

LearnYourDamnHomophones.com

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:36:30 -0500

LearnYourDamnHomophones.com:

(via nick)

Video mixtape (via kottke)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:31:32 -0500

Video mixtape (via kottke)

"The real reason I don’t want to stay friends with people I’ve broken up with is that I already have..."

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:13:50 -0400

“The real reason I don’t want to stay friends with people I’ve broken up with is that I already have tons of friends who I don’t fuck and I’m not looking for more.”

- indefensible

tmblg: STEVE JOBS AT HOME IN 1982 — “This was a very typical...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:12:47 -0400

tmblg:

STEVE JOBS AT HOME IN 1982 — “This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had.” —Steve Jobs

A comparative study of user intellect based on anti-productivity...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:11:48 -0400

A comparative study of user intellect based on anti-productivity applications included in operating systems (via gruber & bs)

All you need is LOL. Get. In. My. Wardrobe. (via guillee)

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:11:47 -0400

All you need is LOL.

Get. In. My. Wardrobe. (via guillee)

Via colt-rane.com/datavis

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:10:29 -0400

Via colt-rane.com/datavis

"Funny how people only cite karma when bad things happen to people they don’t like."

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:59:01 -0400

“Funny how people only cite karma when bad things happen to people they don’t like.”

- Stephanie

Reminds me of Anne Lamott:

“You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”

(via merlin)

Fifty Years of Space Exploration (via kottke)

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:55:45 -0400

Fifty Years of Space Exploration (via kottke)

Apple’s “Get a Mac” ads - the original in 2006...

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:16:39 -0400

Apple’s “Get a Mac” ads - the original in 2006 and the new ones that aired tonight.

What a difference three years makes.

"I’ve said it before, when Sprint and Palm did this with the Pre — if the only way you..."

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:40:54 -0400

“I’ve said it before, when Sprint and Palm did this with the Pre — if the only way you can market your product is to compare it to some other product, you’ve already lost. Well, thanks for the free publicity, bitches.”

- Fake Steve Jobs

"What it is, is you wake up. You know that outside, the world is spinning on its axis. People are..."

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:16:11 -0400

“What it is, is you wake up. You know that outside, the world is spinning on its axis. People are doing things. People who would love to spend time with you.
What it is, is you just feel heavy. You don’t feel sad, or blue, or whatever they describe it as. What it is, is inside you someone piled up rocks. Made you heavy. Made you slow. Made you think that today might get along better without you.”

- indefensible

Somehow, I highly doubt that.

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:15:24 -0400

Somehow, I highly doubt that.

"I have a signal at [Union Station]!!! Sent from my iPhone"

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:09:00 -0400

“I have a signal at [Union Station]!!!
Sent from my iPhone”

- Metro decided to turn on cell towers in certain high-traffic stations, and my mom sent an email from her Wünderfone to tell me about it.

"If one initiates a high five (or any variation thereof) by offering a hand, and no reciprocal hand..."

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:03:12 -0400

“If one initiates a high five (or any variation thereof) by offering a hand, and no reciprocal hand appears to consummate the gesture, the initiator is said to have been “left hanging”. This is considered, in social circles, to be somewhat embarrassing.”

- Wikipedia: High five (via simon)

Canabalt Welp, now you know what you’ll be doing for the...

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:19:34 -0400

Canabalt

Welp, now you know what you’ll be doing for the rest of the night. And at work tomorrow. And tomorrow night.

(and, of course, it’s also an iPhone game. Don’t even think about whining about it being $3 because 1) that’s probably less than your coffee tomorrow morning and 2) way more enjoyable.)