September 2010
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Fun with ad-hoc bathroom signage →
Passive-aggressive office signs always annoy me more than they probably should…
Introducing "ū—": A Distraction-Free... →
By Merlin Mann.
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About Inky →
In which Mark Wunsch, creator of the Tumblr theme development tool Thimble, makes me blush.
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The Accidental Cyborg →
Via 50 Posts About Cyborgs:
Jamais Cascio is a futurist who found himself thrust into the role of cyborg as his hearing degraded to the point that he now relies on programmable audio-processors (hearing aids).
The demographics of the disabled are changing, as is the power of assistive technologies. And these changes have serious implications both for the role and visibility of the disabled in...
“It’s like arguing that fairies are coming out of my toaster in the middle...”
– Penn Jilette
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Wikipedia's list of humorous units of measurement →
The beard-second is defined as the length an average beard grows in one second.
A bottlesworth is approximately equal to a standard bottle of Champagne (0.75 litres), and is designed to allow the use of wine in scientific experiments in the science comedy Look Around You.
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No Baggage Challenge: Around the World with... →
I continue to shower twice a day — and I’ve taken to bringing my dirty clothes into the shower with me each night and washing them as I wash myself. This makes my laundry routine seem less like work, and my clothes are coming out just as clean as when I wash them in the sink. […] If cleanliness is a personal priority, it’s easy to stay clean, luggage or no.
(via Bruce Sterling)
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“Until you’ve listened to Electric Wizard, you don’t know what a...”
– Toxick
