Squandrous

"Buying flowers and baubles and Parisian city breaks - that’s not authentic romance...."

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:25:30 -0500

“Buying flowers and baubles and Parisian city breaks - that’s not authentic romance. That’s lazy showboating. Authentic romance could flourish in a skip.”

- Charlie Brooker

People look at me funny when I check my Tumblr dashboard in coffee shops.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:52:44 -0500

I bet if I lived in New York instead of Toronto, they’d pimping their Tumblr accounts instead of looking at me with a quizzical face.

Holy Taco’s got a pictorial on kids who smoke which is...

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:49:43 -0500

Holy Taco’s got a pictorial on kids who smoke which is both extremely disturbing and oddly intriguing at the same time.

"be who you are say how you feel because the people who matter don’t mind and the people who..."

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:40:26 -0500

“be who you are
say how you feel
because the people
who matter don’t mind
and the people who mind
don’t matter”

- dr. seuss (via)

The British Humanist Association recently launched a new bus...

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:37:24 -0500

The British Humanist Association recently launched a new bus advertising campaign that is sure to bring a smile to some people’s faces, and strong ire from others. I won’t tell you what side of the fence I sit on.

"I don’t exactly know what the hiring practices at Patrol One are but from my own personal..."

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:09:38 -0500

“I don’t exactly know what the hiring practices at Patrol One are but from my own personal experience I’d have to guess that full-time employment requires a fourth grade education and the ability to use a ink-ball pen.”

- Greg Storey

I would spend far too much time on the toilet if I had this as...

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:52:35 -0500

I would spend far too much time on the toilet if I had this as my toilet paper dispenser. (via)

File this under ads I really like.

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:51:53 -0500

File this under ads I really like.

NFL Pro Bowl Moves from Hawaii

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:10:00 -0500

NFL Pro Bowl Moves from Hawaii: In today’s breaking news, the NFL Pro Bowl changes venue and date for 2010. Luckily, fans still don’t really care that the Pro Bowl exists.

Schillernote '09: Thoughts

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:48:31 -0500

Yeah, I’ll admit that I get excited by shiny new toys from time to time, but in my heart I’m a software fan. Which why I’m glad that the Schillernote focused on the iLife and iWork upgrades.

I know that puts me in a minority — everyone on Twitter seemed to complain all through the software bits but got excited when the Macbook Pro came out. For me, the Macbook Pro announcement translated into the “go to the bathroom and get a snack before the ‘one last thing’ bit” part of the keynote.

Pretty shiny things can only take you as far as the software that runs on them.

A few things that made me smile:

Keynote Remote app on iPhone.
DRM-free iTunes songs.
Fullscreen and outline editing in Pages.
Sarah McLachlan. On GarageBand. Oh my.
Geodata and Flickr integration on iPhoto.
Tony Bennett. Tony frickin’ Bennett. Nice.

I’ll probably have more thoughts later. They probably won’t be as incoherent and fanboy-ish as these. No promises though.

The “Phil Wears Pants” square might be hard to fill....

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:26:02 -0500

The “Phil Wears Pants” square might be hard to fill. He’s a marketing guy — you never know what kind of antics he’ll be up to.

Thanks to Megan for posting this. A significant amount of my...

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:15:00 -0500

Thanks to Megan for posting this.

A significant amount of my late childhood (yeah, I watched this show when I was an older kid, like ten or eleven) was spent watching The Elephant Show. It was awesome. To this day, I sing when I’m happy and dance in public. People think I’m crazy — I just think I’m a happy person.

Even now, I sing Skinnamarink a dink a dink at least once a week. Such an awesome song.

Also, Eric Nagler (the guy on the crane in this video) was much cooler than Sharon, Lois, or Bram. He should have got his own show.

Fo realz. (via)

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:51:10 -0500

Fo realz. (via)

I can’t wait to watch this movie. Design porn!

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:30:00 -0500

I can’t wait to watch this movie. Design porn!

"I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to..."

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:01:19 -0500

“I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple’s CEO.”

- Steve Jobs

Sure, the original may have Justin Timberlake in it, but this...

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:52:06 -0500

Sure, the original may have Justin Timberlake in it, but this version of Jizz in My Pants has a Rubik’s cube. Hawt.

"I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I’ve invented."

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:39:49 -0500

“I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I’ve invented.”

- Buckminster Fuller

The Difference Between Lemons and Limes

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:44:20 -0500

The Difference Between Lemons and Limes

"If you have a good relationship with your parents, you grow up with the idea that love is very..."

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:08:08 -0500

“If you have a good relationship with your parents, you grow up with the idea that love is very simple.”

- Magic Molly

Been a rough week. Posting a few photos that make me smile. This...

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:01:34 -0500

Been a rough week. Posting a few photos that make me smile. This one via.