January 2009
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Land it in the Hudson
livejamie:
An expression used to encourage yourself or someone else when it appears an endeavor is headed for a disastrous outcome (due mostly to external conditions). Based on when Sully averted tragedy by successfully landing US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River.
“The company is on the brink of failure, so let’s Land it in the Hudson.”
Excellent new phrase. For some reason I get a big...
Schools Phasing Out Cursive →
whatson:
menstrom:
It’s about damn time. I never understood why such emphasis was put on an arcane form of penmanship. They may as well teach architectural lettering… at least it is legible. (via thedw)
I’ve gotten into writing more now that I have an awesome fountain pen, and I think it’s a shame they’re removing it. I fondly recall learning about penmanship and it’s...
First Robot Fatality 30 Years Ago Today →
pilnick:
energyface:
The robot was designed to retrieve parts from storage, but its work was deemed too slow. Robert Williams was retrieving a part from a storage bin when the robot’s arm hit him in the head, killing him instantly.
I wonder if that is the day folks will look back and say “This is where the apocalypse started.”
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Foodzie. It's like Etsy, but for food. →
whatson:
(via sporkorfoon)
I’m curious if there’s anything really good on here or not. Some if it certainly looks good!
Where's Verizon's exclusive "iPhone killer"?
marco:
AT&T has the iPhone. T-Mobile has the Android G1. Sprint will have the Palm Pre. Everyone has about the same BlackBerry crap.
Is Verizon trying at all? Or are they still assuming that the quality of their handsets doesn’t matter?
Isn’t the Blackberry Storm supposed to be that iPhone killer? I don’t think it’s available on any other network - at least a quick...
So, uh...tumblr crushes...
robot-heart:
I’m guessing if you don’t have any, that means nobody likes you, right?
*sigh* It’s like high school all over again.
If it makes you feel any better, I really enjoy your posts, even though I rarely like any posts.
Then again, I lurk far more than post, so I’m not exactly a heavyweight around here.
“Apparently, my friend made the off-hand comment of “All your base are belong to...”
– Tor.com (via Kotaku) (via nickdouglas) (via pilnick)
If this is true, I am amazed. That would be freaking awesome.
WHOPPER® Sacrifice hacked
gondaba:
Want your free whopper? Don’t want to defriend 10 people? Soo.. you want to cheat?
Just go to the WHOPPER® Sacrifice page and, after it loads, type this into your address bar:
javascript:alert(a33988778285_show_continue(34565, 'Dummy Name'));
An alert will pop up saying ‘false.’ Just close it, and on the main sacrifice page, click “continue” and, after letting that load, click “Watch...
