2008

(via Kanye’s blog)

rocketboom: American Apparel has gone and re-made hyper...

Google’s street view heads to Paris! (via Google...

Ladykiller

Can’t believe Peter Cook got to have sex with hotness Christie Brinkley, who’s in her...

miss-r: Almost 21, actually. whateverlolawants: He’s 18,...

Brian McFadden is more psychopathic clown...

I’m ‘Burnin’ Up’ for the Jonas Brothers, hee...

New Kids on the Block’s new addition is … NEW...

“Why do Lego look so delicious but taste so bad?”
— A Gizmodo reader asks in...

“Those who are lit by that passion are the object of envy...”
— From Po Bronson, ‘What...

“It’s possible Chinglish will be more efficient than...”
— Michael Erard looks at...

Jay-Z retaliates with a ‘Wonderwall’ Oasis...

“I’m pretty sure I ain’t a queer. And I’ve...”
— Dave “Mudcat”...

“Mudcat, who describes himself as “an old-timey...”
— Meet an unlikely Democrat in...

Remember this? And this, and this, and this.

“The [mainstream] media are covering so many issues as though...”
— Ariana Huffington on one of...

“Our national ability to pick up chicks will reach heights...”
— A user of the web portal...

“My relationship to Obama has been a complex cycle of...”
— From Sam Anderson in...

14 looks for Gabriella Cilmi in her new video...

Stealing a blogger's style

Today I ‘borrowed’ a certain signature move from one of my favourite bloggers, in my...

“You know, you CAN laugh at him.”
— Jon Stewart on the Daily Show...

A conversation with our comment...

Me: Who spells better and has better punctuation ... anti- or pro- Monica commenters?
Bob: I think deep in your heart you already know the answer to that one.
Bob: But pro-monica in case you don't know.

Natalie Bassingthwaighte quits the Rogue...

“Monica sounds hot. Wanna date?”
— A commenter on my story about...

The fake chest hair on this mannequin in the city Myer store...

You know what would be kind of cool?

To see a box office list that takes marketing budget into account. So if you have two films that are...

Kanye West lays in on the Soulja Boy/Ice T...

“Chávez, sitting at the stage desk, drew a diagram on a large...”
— from Jon Lee Anderson,...

“Fear fills me with a vitality that only war can give. I...”
— from Matt Cook,...

“I came with humanitarian ideals and a desire to make a...”
— from Matt Cook,...

Beijing-based graphic novelist Coco Wang has produced a...

A message to anyone about to comment on...

If you thought you were the first to ask rhetorically “doesn’t the media have anything...

OMG best slideshow ever, Where Are They Now: Teen...

David Beckham has my ideal male body type. Tall and toned...

SOFT PORN or acceptably sexy music video? You...

Inconspicuous Consumption

“The scene unfolding in front of me is a semiotician’s...”
— from John Heilemann in...

“A highly successful new magazine — Ordinary People,...”
— Kevin Kelly and Brian Eno make...

Find out why China is actually an island, via Kevin Kelly.

I wish I had been born 13 years later

I was a teenager from 1996 - 2002.I spent much of my early adolescence seeing movies at my local...

“Both are notable less as original thinkers than as moralists...”
— from Claudia Anderson in...

Dude (Looks Like A Britney): the spot-on...

marco: cultrvultr: The look on his face isn’t even “How do...

This is the big ass book I’m reading at the moment....

“I’ll be the first woman who had a hard time undressing...”
— Madonna quips to Justin...

“Beside the fact that we — and I mean here the whole...”
—  Wired, the Lucky Early Years,...

“dunno what ur fussin about i have heard way worse seen worse...”
—  a commenter on my blog post...

boudist: Is inside apple’s new sydney store  Walked past it...

theduty: onthechanggang: Photographer James Mollison...

jakoblodwick: Playboy interview with Ayn Rand, from...

Not-so-New Kids on the Block and their REALLY...

The new Vanessa Hudgens video that’s anything...

“You’re probably going to read this.”
— How we read online. - By...

Books That Changed Kevin Kelly's Life

"Creating Content Is Expensive..."

catbird: Creating content is expensive. The cost of the tools may have dropped considerably, but...

Fatherland

alexbalk: This got me teary. Your moisture may vary.  Me too. The older I get the more I realise how...

I drooled over two of my favourite celebrity crushes during...

Male actors in their 20s not as famous...

littlesparrow: fame isn’t a function of movies anymore. all these people are famous and happen to...

Interview with Gala Darling of iCiNG

“Creating content is expensive. The cost of the tools may...”
— Mark Cuban (thanks, Sarah)...

I was helping people register to...

squashed: When I asked one woman, about my age, if she was registered, she said she couldn’t vote...

Remember “under construction” gifs? Counters?...

I have a horrible crush on sooo many New...

I’m sure in the flesh they’d disappoint me, but in blog world they’re hotness....

jakoblodwick: “To the caller, when I first answer, I am the...

Male actors in their 20s not as famous...

This recent post from Alex Blagg on Best Week Ever, defending Shia LaBeouf after Gawker wrote a...

“Is the ocean of short writing the web has generated due to...”
—  Will We Let Google Makes Us...

“Although many have tried many times, it is not really...”
—  Scenius, or Communal Genius,...

Principles vs. Platform

squashed: I remember there was once a set of guiding principles behind conservatism.  The...

Tiger Lily taken out by stepdaddy Bob Geldof...

“So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply...”
— - J.K. Rowling Harvard...

kabby: This is from when I traveled back in time and Barack...

12 cities which have really good-looking...

From the Finland Station

alexbalk: This is way too long for a blog post (especially now that Google has made us all stupid),...

IPhone: Prepare To Never Again Have A Private...

nickdouglas: Kate Beaton

“‘We the people,’ is beginning to mean all of us.”
— Condoleezza Rice I’ve been...

“So I want to say to my supporters, when you hear people...”
— Hillary Clinton - 06/07/08...

A list of all the brands featured in Sex...

rocketboom: The List: Designers Manolo Blahnik (consistently and constantly) Vivienne Westwood...

alexbalk: Reblogging this again because I’ve been looking at...

Kelly Rowland performing at MTV HQ, Sydney last night. As...

(via garfieldminusgarfield) Like so many of these strips,...

“Don’t even bother reading the rest, just get to the comments...”
— Brave Nation Of Half-Literate...

This Moment

somethingchanged: robot-heart:highlow: Tag cloud of the...

somethingchanged: soupsoup:antoinetta Meanwhile did anyone...

International Unused Vote Exchange

everythingontheinternetistrue: So has anyone made my idea from February a reality yet? Considering...

And enjoy this: when you Google McCain’s “A Leader You Can Believe In,” this...

somethingchanged: obama08: Congrats Obama. You did it. GO...

“I will be the Democratic nominee for the President of the...”
— Barack Obama, 3 June 2008,...

“Of course, this is partly women’s fault. Ain’t it always....”
— Via Amp (via gauntlet) (via...

The NY Times found "Garfield Minus Garfield."...

“Glasses make anyone look smarter. You put glasses on Woody...”
— Tina Fey |the Guardian(via...

jakoblodwick: June 2nd, 2008: Drunk driver in Mexico hits...

“Pointing out that Carrie could never afford her apartment,...”
— ‘Sex and the City’ Box Office...

“According to a recent study by BlogHer and Compass Partners,...”
— Study Shows Blogging Now...

“Pointing out that Carrie could never afford her apartment,...”
— ‘Sex and the City’ Box Office...

“The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging...”
— AP HEADLINES (via...

I am so excited for 2012

alexbalk: when Salon discovers Twitter.

Random mobile phone email I just...

miss-r: Subject: You should do a story You should do a story about blacks in the usa why r we...

somethingchanged: julyshewillfly: There are not words...

What would Jesus have on his tumblr?

everythingontheinternetistrue: I think he’d be a totally cool blogger here and not preachy or...

“When I see the President do the chest bump, I cannot help...”
— John Stewart (via squashed)

jakoblodwick: LO. Via read.icantfly.com

“A gesture cannot be regarded as the expression of an...”
— Milan Kundera, Immortality. Is...

florencio: elvira: PICTURE OF THE DAY: FUNNY BUT...

jakoblodwick: Coming down from my Apes & Androids high,...

“We have to remember: There is nothing wrong with women...”
— Another Pretty Face Of A...

Around the office.

alexbalk: Tyler’s leaving us today for Blender. In the eight months that I’ve been at Radar (I...

I had to make this for work today. Radar do amateur...

alexbalk: The sense of nervous demurral comes through here,...

bullshit: Report: Women Increasingly Choosing Dead-End...

littlesparrow: paperflowers: Fairy bread is sliced bread...

“Do not reply to this message if it is of no interest to...”
— This seriously rude sentence...

I love that during this time of the day it’s like the Aussies’ shift on Tumblr. Hi...

“Although the rise of participation is new, organizers of the...”
— Rob McKay: Small Is the New...

the use of an online journal

carlovely: pastnotes is a fun blog to read; reminds me so much of my youth. thanks for the heads up...

miss-r: glamorouswhimsy: Justin Gignac, a graduate of New...

doree: allthesadyounggossipgirls: Spotted—Press list, Sex...

Still here.

alexbalk: Every morning I rise before dawn, stumbled bleary-eyed to the shower, get dressed, take my...

Angry Doree is my favorite Doree of...

alexbalk: All this is missing is a “cuntrag.”  Here’s what the piece is about: Blogs to...

What a memory

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