July 26, 2007
Nerd Prom 07 Mega Linkage
San Diego Comic Con has begun!
Links will gather here for those who could not make it this year. Those people like me.
Writer Rich Rohnston will get funny emails and texts:
http://markandrich.googlepages.com/sandiegodreaming
Most amusing one so far:
"26/07/07 01:22 EMAIL: Gaiman fans self harm because of their inner turmoil. Ellis fans self harm cos it's bitchin"
Warren Ellis will CRY about lack of Red Bull:
http://twitter.com/warrenellis
Photos will be shared:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/sdcc2007/pool/
I hear David Hewlett(SG: ATLANTIS' Dr McKay) has been convinced by Scfi.com People to twitter his experiences.
http://twitter.com/dhewlett
I bet round of beers that there will be "A Dog's Breakfast" whorebaggery.
More as I find them...
Posted by Groonk at 02:21 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Comics, Linkable, Quotables
January 08, 2007
The Stranger Makes Hilarious Mistakes
The Stranger is an entertainment rag(see: magazine) local to Seattle. I read it off and on when I had glancing contact with Portland radio's Daria O'Neil, Gustav and Bill Prescott's Morning Radio Shows. We're talking late 90s early 00s, kids.
Unfortunatley I forgot about The Stranger and its strangeness. That is until I caught up on my Regret the Error. As they explain it, no one does corrections like The Stranger.
For example, when its theatre editor confused two playwrights, the paper made him complete a quiz. That earned praise from us in our round-up of the year in media errors and corrections. Now the paper has published its own round-up of corrections.
Some examples follow:
- Bradley Steinbacher, the managing editor of The Stranger, regrets sharing an office with Dan Savage, editor of The Stranger, especially since Mr. Savage often changes clothes in said office, during which Mr. Savage routinely threatens to place his scrotal sack on the back of Mr. Steinbacher's neck. Sometimes this threat is sung to the tune of Frère Jacques. Both the threat and the state of Savage's scrotal sack are regrettable.
- Stranger news writer Sarah Mirk regrets not double-checking the visiting hours for Yakima County Jail on November 5, resulting in a very, very disappointing end to a six-hour drive through a blinding rainstorm
- Stranger associate editor David Schmader regrets not buying more of that mushroom fudge from that lovely woman at Hempfest.
- Christopher Frizzelle, the arts editor of The Stranger, regrets being so stoned the month of August that he let associate editor Charles Mudede write a review of a book that was published 140 years ago.
- With regard to Ms. Mirk, Stranger news editor Josh Feit regrets not getting the young, impressionable Ms. Mirk hooked on crack and/or knocked up, which might have compelled her to drop out of college and stay on The Stranger's staff.
Damn. The Stranger makes me laugh.
(via regret the error)
Posted by Groonk at 08:12 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Culture, Linkable, eMag
September 14, 2006
"Why Smart People Do Dumb Things?"
Guy Kawaski's article on why big brained folk fail to backup their harddrives touched on everybody's raw nerve. So many dead harddrives, so much lost information(no, I don't mean porn...exclusively).
I know a couple people who fall in the categories skimmed in this article. People including me, I freely admit. I won't be vilgar and name other names though.
You smarties know who you are. It's the nature of the beast.
Truly, the book answers much deeper questions than why I was too dumb to backup my MacBook, but the concepts are the same. The authors list four reasons why smart, famous, powerful, and rich people who should obviously know better end up crashing and burning:
(The reasons mentioned are:Hubris, Arrogance, Narcissim and the Unconscious Need to Fail. Read all of Guy's article to get the complete scoop)
And the Tao of Backup is a funny site that will point you on the way..to backing-up periodically.
(via guy kawasaki's blog and amanda unboomed)
Posted by Groonk at 04:43 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Books, Just Freaking Neat, Linkable
May 24, 2006
Freemium is the New Business Casual
In the old days, building an international telecom infrastructure and growing its market share required a colossal pool of capital. Today, Foneros do both of those jobs themselves. Sure, the company has $22 million to burn, which is nothing to sneeze at. But it also has an advisory board full of A-list bloggers like Dan Gillmor and David Weinberger, a powerful engine propelling the network to critical mass.
Bloggers are sometimes pigeon-holed as pundits or journalists. In the Web 2.0 economy, they can be kingmakers, channeling crowds of willing participants wherever- they like.
(via wired)
Posted by Groonk at 12:51 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Linkable
August 29, 2005
Stumble Upon
Stumble Upon let's you rate pages you think are cool.
If you like this noise. Thumb it up. If not, move right on along and don't look back.
God help you if you look back.
Posted by Groonk at 06:27 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Linkable
August 01, 2005
Droogle: Directory of Drinkables
A search engine for mixed drinks. It's called Droogle and it's canadian.
I just learned there's a drink out there called "Pusy Juice". It also comes in artic, pink, skunk, and 'La' flavors.
Learn something new everyday, you do.
Posted by Groonk at 03:27 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Linkable
July 20, 2005
Attack of the Show Actually Useful
I never thought I'd see the day. That piece of crap show called AOTS had some links that are worth something:
Slogger is an extension for Mozilla Firefox which can create a customizable browser history, automatically store all pages you visit locally, log pages via various search providers, and more. Slogger has many options and is designed to be highly customizable.
My Rate PlanMyrateplan.com helps you sort out the best cellphone rates in your general area.
Old News baby
oldnewsbaby.com allows you to submit URLs to be commented on and rated by other users of the site. As you submit cool URLs, your coolness will increase and you will move up the cool users chart and have more influence on the site.
Montage-a-Google
Montage-a-google is a simple web-based app that uses Google's image search to generate a large gridded montage of images based on keywords (search terms) entered by the user. Not only an interesting way of browsing the net, it can also be used to create desktop pictures or even posters
You Send It
If the file's too big for email...yousendit.com will send it for you.
Flickrdown
A program that pulls pictures from wonderful Flickr and allows you to download them hella easier.
Wavepad
WavePad audio editing software is a sound editor program for Windows. This audio editing software lets you make and edit voice and other audio recordings. When editing audio you can cut, copy and paste parts of recordings and, if required, add effects like echo, amplification and noise reduction. WavePad is a wav editor and MP3 editor, and supports a number of other file formats including vox, gsm, Real Audio, au, aif, flac, ogg and more.(and it's FREE!)
(all via sarah's damn good downloads and sarah's damn good websites)
Posted by Groonk at 12:17 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Apps, Linkable
June 20, 2005
Geek Tech: Fat Wallet
For stuff on the cheap. Good stuff. Ponzu suggested Fat Wallet.
I need a fucking notebook something awful.
(link via ponzu)
Posted by Groonk at 02:14 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Linkable
