tapeworms on the brain. or rather, in the brain. round it out with some general wiki tapeworm fun.
Entered by taylor on 05.17.2012 at 12:37
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nymag has a piece on some massive wine fraud. not exactly the kind of stuff you and i are likely to buy - this was all at the high end of the game, with bottles that cost more than my sexy minivan.
Entered by taylor on 05.15.2012 at 5:26
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how pixar almost deleted toy story 2.
Entered by taylor on 05.14.2012 at 14:27
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bon iver erotic stories.
i think that my wife would really like most of these.
Entered by taylor on 05.04.2012 at 12:26
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the land before time.
the wheels on the bu.
nk rocket launch.
and that was a very bad thing to do.
well, yeah, actually...it might be a crime i guess.
Entered by taylor on 05.04.2012 at 5:42
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say what?
(thanks jeremy)
Entered by taylor on 04.27.2012 at 7:34
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the background to the blink tag. the blink tag was the comic sans of the 1990s - it was everywhere, and the web folks all hated it. that and the scrolling status bar.
wiki has more. also...enable it in chrome!
Entered by taylor on 04.20.2012 at 13:16
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Samantha Brick has risen to very quick fame after writing an article about the horrors of being beautiful. The problem... to most, she's just not that beautiful. This makes her perceived horrors, probably more related to her self absorption and inflated ego, than her actual beauty.

Here's some parodies, that have come as a result.

Having said that. As a person who has often suffered deep wounds for my outstanding handsomeness, I think the article is valid. Most people don't understand how hard it is for me to never have to pay a speeding ticket, or always get the best table at restaurants. But I press on.
Entered by marco perez on 04.12.2012 at 0:24
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done here.
ahmm...err.
ollie prez.
hey, oh heeyyy.
add drama.
Entered by taylor on 04.11.2012 at 12:54
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google glasses! integrate the internet into everything all the time you complete nerd, which i think is terrific.
Entered by taylor on 04.04.2012 at 11:47
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Advance_Base-Summer_Music.mp3 i don't really like this; i mean, it's fine, but you know... but if you like/love/adore the national, then you might like this as it sounds a bit like them, but with an electronic piano. it's actually the guy who used to be known as casiotone for the painfully alone, which i felt like was ok as well.
Beach_House-Myth.mp3 new beach house! more available: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Chromatics-Into_The_Black.mp3 None Givennice cover of into the black - i've never been a huge fan of the original to be honest, so liking this version more might not be a huge obstacle. more available: 1, 2, 3, 4
Julia_Holter-Delicious_Descant_with_linda_perhacs.mp3 quiet, ambient-ish vocals, kinda along the juliana barwick set. try me with a...rainy day. more available: 1
Sophie_Knapp-Close_To_Me.mp3 this is basically disco, so feather your hair! turn up your amplifiers! go wild, feral, and crazy!
Sidi_Toure-Tondi_Karaa.mp3 well...this isn't incredible to me, but it is variety. and you can totally boost your indie cred by dropping references to popular african artists, so... more available: 1
Blondes-Wine.mp3 i'm still into blondes, but if you don't like constant electronica stuff you're not going to take to it. but...jusssayin...the nytimes mag was crazy for it, back when i used to read the nytimes, back before they did their paywall lameness. more available: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Pictureplane-Real_Is_A_Feeling_grimes_remix.mp3 i like a lot of the grimes i've heard, including this bright remix. more available: 1, 2
Juliana_Barwick-Never_Change.mp3 more from juliana barwick - choral inspired ambient musiks, way way way post rock stuff that may be odd but is pretty universally likable. get the other stuff too. more available: 1, 2, 3
Tanlines-Brother.mp3 mellowish epop per the usual tanlines deal. more available: 1, 2, 3
Nicolas_Jaar-And_I_say.mp3 pretty sparse track that somehow works for me.
Grimes-Genesis.mp3 i'm on the grimes train - grab this track and the rest and go to town.
more available: 1, 2, 3, 4
Eric_Satie-Gymnopedie_No_3_Lent_et_grave.mp3my favorite eric satie song...found this set of recordings by 'the piano society', which was rather nice of them. i actually prefer this on a guitar, as it was my first exposure, but i really love the composition, so piano works too. if you haven't heard it, make a few minutes available and do it. more available: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Cass_McCombs-County_Line.mp3 from pitchfork's top 100 songs of 2011 - short style desc is nice, mellow, indie. more available: 1
CEO-Illuminata_d_lissvik_remix.mp3 indie epop stuff. more available: 1, 2, 3, 4
Fleet_Foxes-Grown_Ocean.mp3 fleet foxes track that lots of folks will like... i'm not sure how i feel about their doo-whaa backing vocals; kind of fine, kind of annoying. the woodwind flourish at the chorus is kinda good in a "we liked that sufjan album too" sort of way. more available: 1
Fennesz_Sakamoto-0318.mp3 collaboration between sakamoto and fennesz, producing something that could be termed 'ambient'.
Keep_Shelly_In_Athens-Lazy_Noon.mp3 more smooth indie from keep shelly in athens. they're like the indie sade. more available: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Entered by taylor on 04.02.2012 at 9:21
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deal with it.
del rey.
saber the bottle.
elemental struggle. man, vs goose.
friday i'm in love.
Entered by taylor on 03.29.2012 at 11:32
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everything I understood but could never explain
Yes, this post sums up why I've hated the IpHONE for so long. It's that darn 'universal branding' and the dedicated Apple infrastructure - nothing like paying hundreds of dollars for a phone that goes out of date in a year!
Entered by grant bennett on 03.29.2012 at 10:22
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pictures of batman, in a lamborghini, pulled over by the police became an internet sensation.
now...go behind the mask and learn the mysteries of this caped crusader, who is actually a wealthy businessman who dresses up to go visit kids in hospitals.
also. batmantheanimatedgifs
Entered by taylor on 03.28.2012 at 13:13
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long gone are the days when i was in austin, going over to ronk's on wednesday nights and enjoying some homemade habanero vodka. i guess i will have to suffice with this.
Entered by the_andude on 03.27.2012 at 9:06
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cmon folks, like it says, one tiny hand.
Entered by taylor on 03.19.2012 at 19:29
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a child's first trip down the ski jump.
Entered by taylor on 03.17.2012 at 17:22
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Here's a review to make some of you Austinites giggle with contempt. It's going viral, but I really am not sure why... except for that segment who when inviting somebody to Applebees does so as an ironic gesture... you know who you are.
Entered by marco perez on 03.15.2012 at 5:37
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sheep cyclone.
dance dance.
my milkshakes.
tmnt.
yeahhhh.
Entered by taylor on 03.06.2012 at 6:58
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in which a kid gets a caramel dragon on a stick from a street performer/carmel vendor.
Entered by taylor on 03.02.2012 at 13:05
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the segway of luggage. at once so lame and so awesome. see it in action.
Entered by taylor on 03.01.2012 at 7:31
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I personally have really liked Canada and Canadians, but I should start changing my ways... my evil, evil ways.
Entered by marco perez on 02.24.2012 at 14:29
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I hate to be the guy who posts this, but somebody has to be the first. I could only bear through about a minute, and feel deep shame that I wasted that minute of my life.
Entered by marco perez on 02.24.2012 at 14:17
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also make sure your furry ones will be taken care of
so sad. do not leave them behind with out a proper non-believing caretaker... please remember the furry ones.
Entered by jordan jolly on 02.24.2012 at 10:19
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"...there are only a handful of prophecy websites on the internet that offer good information"
when the time comes, please be prepared to use Internet methods to share this information.
Entered by jordan jolly on 02.24.2012 at 10:14
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nature.com has a good write up on the russian team that's been drilling since 1990 into an under-ice lake in antarctica. hopefully it will be more like the 1982 version, than the new prequel (and just for kicks, watch this for wilford brimley's opinion)
Entered by the_andude on 02.15.2012 at 10:06
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"You can fondle the cube, but it will not respond."
I like Buffet..... (except when he talks about his secretary's taxes).
Entered by jeremy carter on 02.09.2012 at 22:49
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As an Astronomical Image Enhancement Engineer, Brant Widgeon, does an amazing job of editing space object photography before the images are released to the general public. Watch the video.
Entered by Tanner on 02.06.2012 at 14:19
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the top 5 regrets of the dying, as compiled by an australian 'palliative care' nurse.
i'm still rather young, but absent from the list are any sense of "i wish i had never..." not sure how common that actually is, or how much that is just a fear of mine...
Entered by taylor on 02.02.2012 at 9:17
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hey can you swallow this spoon full of cinnamon?
Entered by taylor on 01.30.2012 at 10:49
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bar fight
eight times in twenty seconds
Entered by jordan jolly on 01.27.2012 at 7:53
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"To a delirious crowd of around 20,000, the Socialist candidate cited The Bard as he promised to cast off the ennui of the Nicolas Sarkozy era with a new wave of egalitarian idealism.
The "universal message" he wished to convey, Mr Hollande told the crowd, was best summed up by Shakespeare's great words: "They failed because they did not start with a dream.""
tuns out that quote is from a shakespeare, but maybe not 'the' shakespeare.
also, my fav shakespeare comic at the bottom of this page.
Entered by taylor on 01.26.2012 at 7:17
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those of you with home espresso dreams but without home espresso machines might want to watch the zpm kickstarter - they're a 'open source' machine that is being pretty well reviewed (or, well, pre-reviewed) by folks in coffee land.
Entered by taylor on 01.23.2012 at 5:34
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pictures of dogs (and one cat) shaking.
via notcot
Entered by taylor on 01.20.2012 at 5:42
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travel and leasure / the atlantic hits a bunch of pizza places in naples and rome leaving me very hungry.
pic is of a pie from luzzos, my personal fav.
Entered by taylor on 01.17.2012 at 7:49
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sort of a historical 'people' style tabloid post here - newton apparently kept a list of his sins committed up till that point in a diary, encoded of course, which you can now read from the comfort of your chair.
some real doozeys in there - 'stealing a cherry cob', 'peevishness with my mother'
Entered by taylor on 01.13.2012 at 5:38
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two new places coming in to east austin (within throwing distance of my house).
weather up bar (fancy cocktail place from nyc) is going in where azul / shuck shack used to be, and al fico, an italian place with wood fired pizzas and the rest, is going in at chalmers and second.
here's hoping they turn out to be fantastic places...
Entered by taylor on 01.12.2012 at 10:04
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i've always wondered if the argument that humans are the ultimate distance animal could hold up against the pronghorn; outside magazine arranged a chase out in new mexico to see if it could be done.
Entered by taylor on 01.10.2012 at 5:56
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bummer accident. yeah, bummer.
elephant.
no friends to play wif.
kitten mittens parallel.
the passive aggression of christ.
so suave.
Entered by taylor on 01.06.2012 at 7:05
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This link came from an ad that scrolled at the top of my google apps email. A few thoughts are triggered from it. 1.Is this for real? 2. Would it be wrong for me to sign up? 3. What in my email triggered a "What men want." ad? I mean, I do purchase all those, how shall I say, "enhancement" drugs, but I'm pretty sure that's not it.
Entered by marco perez on 01.04.2012 at 13:59
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