October 2007
17 posts
BOiNK to Replace OiNK? →
After succeeding, young tycoons try, try again →
Skinny girl: We should volunteer at an eating disorder clinic.
Friend: Yeah, that would be fun. And we'd be, like, helping people.
Skinny girl: But wait -- if we volunteer there, what if we get influenced and change our beliefs about food and think that not being skinny is sexy?
Friend: No, that wouldn't happen... It would be motivation, because you would think, 'Wow, she's skinner than me.'
--NYU Silver Center
Storm Worm Mounts DDoS Attacks Against Researchers →
WatchTED | Talks | Rives: Is 4 a.m. the new midnight? (video)
Why Do We Overcommit? →
Incremental search anywhere, at last →
Jango is Pandora + All the Rest →
I’m still waiting for a beta account.
“ An man purchased a laptop from me. He called about a week later and said that...”
– http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_abuse.shtml
“Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if...”
– Brian W. Kernighan
Evolution and the Wisdom of Crowds →
College girl: Whenever I tell anyone that I was there when you dislocated your shoulder they ask if it's my fault 'cause we were having sex.
20-ish guy: Hahaha! Yeah, me, too. I had one guy ask me, 'Did it happen while you were [pelvic thrusts] uh, uh, uh?'
College girl, excitedly: That's exactly what my dad said!
--Riverside Park
Overheard by: Vicksburg
Little boy pointing at mannequins: Bitch!
Mother: Hey! Didn't I tell you not to say that word? It's a bad word!
Little boy: That's not fair! You never yell at Daddy when he says that to you!
--Macy's, Herald Square