cuthbert killed osmium

kfan: osmium: So, this is really bad DSL service right? I’m...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:05:22 -0500

osmium:

So, this is really bad DSL service right? I’m not crazy? We have Verizon DSL, and the internet is so slow you have to set aside half an hour to upload five photos to flickr. It has been this way for over 6 months. I have spent countless hours on the phone to Verizon, to the Indian call center division of course. But lately I have given up.

Tonight I need to upload 6 2GB files for work. The estimated time for one file is 3 days. So.

I want to dump Verizon. What are my options in New York City? i really don’t know. Mia and I don’t do TV, so we don’t have cable. Can I get cable internet without getting cable? Help.

Here’s mine. Sorry homie.

The irony being I had to wait like 35 seconds to fully download your screenshot. (Shakes fist at sky)

What kind of DSL or whatever can i get in NYC?

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:03:03 -0500

What kind of DSL or whatever can i get in NYC?

So, this is really bad DSL service right? I’m not crazy? ...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:52:00 -0500

So, this is really bad DSL service right? I’m not crazy? We have Verizon DSL, and the internet is so slow you have to set aside half an hour to upload five photos to flickr. It has been this way for over 6 months. I have spent countless hours on the phone to Verizon, to the Indian call center division of course. But lately I have given up.

Tonight I need to upload 6 2GB files for work. The estimated time for one file is 3 days. So.

I want to dump Verizon. What are my options in New York City? i really don’t know. Mia and I don’t do TV, so we don’t have cable. Can I get cable internet without getting cable? Help.

awesome website of fire

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:27:23 -0500

awesome website of fire:

(via turtalia)

what the internet is all about

We Are All Connected, Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson, and Nye. I...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:51:22 -0500

We Are All Connected, Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson, and Nye.

I like the other one better, but this is awesome, too. We’re made of star stuff you know.

Happy Carl Sagan Day. Thanks a billion, Carl.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:51:24 -0500

Happy Carl Sagan Day. Thanks a billion, Carl.

kfan: Donald Fagen - Walk Between the Raindrops

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:37:20 -0500

kfan:

Donald Fagen - Walk Between the Raindrops

Paul Giamatti on the Uptown 4

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:08:40 -0500

awpoops:

This morning, I saw Paul Giamatti on the uptown 4 train. I didn’t notice him until we pulled into Grand Central, and I stood up (yeah, I had a seat) to get off. I was nose deep in my book, but apparently the whole train had been gawking at him. What was weird was at first I thought, “that guy looks like Paul Giamatti. But there’s no way he’s Paul Giamatti, because he’s looking right at me.”

Living in New York, I occasionally see a celebrity, but usually when I see a celebrity, they’re staring at the ground, hoping no one recognizes them. For example: David Cross when he was waiting in line for ribs. But Mr. Giamatti was looking right at me, as if to say, “Don’t you recognize me? I’m Paul Fucking Giamatti!”

Maybe he was disgusted with me, for taking a seat on the train when I was only going stop? I was reading A Prayer for Owen Meany, maybe he likes that book? We do have similar glasses. Anyway, it kind of freaked me out.

After I got off the train, this guy says, “Do you know who that was?”

And I go,”That was Paul Giamatti, wasn’t it?”

And he goes, “yeah!”.

And I go, “he looked thin.”

And then this lady goes, “I saw John Turturro on the train once.”

I’ve heard Samuel L. Jackson rides the subway, too.

sarahb: A valid question, I think you’ll agree. if you search...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:02:55 -0500

sarahb:

A valid question, I think you’ll agree.

if you search for that, your website is the #1 result, score!

"1991: “hey, you know what would be great. I’m going to create a software tool to allow people to..."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:59:12 -0500

“

1991: “hey, you know what would be great. I’m going to create a software tool to allow people to meet people! Let’s get programming!”

18 years later.

2009: “hey, you know what would be great? I’m going to purchase this other person’s software and create a website to link people of one tiny niche with each other, and then i’m going to “advise” other companies on how to get people to meet other people! It’s a complex skill!”

18 years along projected course.

2027: “Me person. You person. We meet. Duuurrrrrr.”

…

2059: [Old man sits alone in a small, dark room, his face lit by the iridescent glow of a computer screen]

“It’s just you and me, my precioussssss.”

”

- Pope John Peeps II gives some funny comments on the evolution of social media on Gawker. (via gbattle) (via mikehudack)

soupsoup: FUCKYEAHSONIC Last night I wanted a Sonic chili dog....

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:38:31 -0500

soupsoup:

FUCKYEAHSONIC

Last night I wanted a Sonic chili dog. That’s what my mom would bring me sometimes when she came home for lunch. I haven’t had one in forever.

comicallyvintage:bossa: PROPER V FOR VENDETTA WITHOUT THAT...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:10:16 -0500

comicallyvintage:bossa:

PROPER V FOR VENDETTA WITHOUT THAT #$@&*! COLORING by Alan Moore and David Lloyd (via: mogadonia: hipsterdad)

The Sisters of Mercy - We are the Same, Suzanne In the nearly 20...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:39:00 -0500

The Sisters of Mercy - We are the Same, Suzanne

In the nearly 20 years since the Sisters put out an album, they have made new songs. These songs don’t get released. You just have to find them on bootlegs or the internet.

This is the best of these lost songs. I think.

Joshua Gallaway

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:25:00 -0500

Joshua Gallaway:

The first time I have made a web page in 14 years without the help of blogger. Is semi-non-ugly?

Reason: If people want to hire me, I want them to find this, not my blog.

(And now I’m linking it in hopes that that helps google find it or something.)

"I had a conversation with a very smart guy at Foocamp about two months ago. He made a statement that..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:22:34 -0500

“I had a conversation with a very smart guy at Foocamp about two months ago. He made a statement that I’m starting to almost 100% agree with…”If those who are currently making decisions will either be dead or retired in 10 years and won’t truly feel the effects of their decisions, they shouldn’t be allowed to make those decision. The internet is the greatest generation gap since rock-n-roll. They’ll just never understand.”

- Jay Parkinson (via soupsoup)

Photo

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:59:36 -0500

Reverend Billy attempting to exorcise bad loans and toxic assets...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:38:08 -0500

Reverend Billy attempting to exorcise bad loans and toxic assets from the Bank of America ATM in Union Square, New York City, 2009

I don’t want him to be Mayor, but I enjoyed reading up on Reverend Billy.

(Quote and photo from Wikipedia)

NYT online guide to the Mayoral ballot is pretty cool

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:12:26 -0500

NYT online guide to the Mayoral ballot is pretty cool

cosmopsis: Now we’re talking. It did make me smile to see him...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:30:09 -0500

cosmopsis:

Now we’re talking.

It did make me smile to see him on the ballot—if I’d had a sharpie I would have carrotted in the DAMN for him.

Top Ten Reasons to Vote for Mike Bloomberg

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:22:54 -0500

peterfeld:

I know the Awl and Gawker (where I’ll be live-chatting tonight’s results) have joined the haters who want to throw out the best mayor this city has had in my lifetime (which is longer than some). Here are the top ten reasons you shouldn’t join them.

10. Term limits are for suckers. Seriously. Fuck ‘em. Gold stars to all the Council members who voted to override. Who are a bunch of Ron Lauder-manipulated voters from the anti-incumbent craze of the early ’90s to tell me who I can and can’t vote for? Oh, you say, the sacred will of the voters can’t be touched. Well, go to California, where decades of voter-passed propositions that can’t be changed have smothered the governing process in quicksand. And don’t you support overturning the California voters’ ban on gay marriage? Ah, as I thought. And if that still doesn’t convince you, think of it this way: if the term limits law included a provision allowing the City Council to override it, then the override was totally legitimate.

9. He doesn’t care what people think of him or the niceties of the political process, which often comes in handy. He just cares about outcomes. He’s outside the city’s established, still-clubby political structure.

8. The 311 system and NYC.gov. What a concept: customer service for everyone who lives in NYC.

7. He’s kept crime going down without the Mussolini-like police tactics of Giuliani. There have been no mayorally-sanctioned police hate crimes like Diallo, Louima and Dorismond.

6. He supports the arts, instead of attacking them as Giuliani did.

5. Fuck Critical Mass. A bunch of spoiled, self-righteous kids who think they’re striking a blow against… something, by indulging their free-floating aggression toward everyone and tying up neighborhoods. If they can’t stop at red lights, take their bikes and slap them with citations.

4. Unlike Giuliani, who tried to shut down and sell off the city’s community gardens, Bloomberg has been a champion of open space, reclaiming traffic lanes for de facto parks around Times Square, Herald Square, Madison Square Park, the Lower East Side and elsewhere. He’s closed down Park Ave. during the summer and was key to rescuing the High Line. His planning commissioner, Amanda Burden, has waged war on overdesigned developments that would have disfigured neighborhoods, and works constantly to increase New Yorkers’ access to waterways.

3. The Nanny State. I don’t care what people say, using government to direct people away from habits that are bad for them is 100% awesome. I don’t believe those studies that say posting calorie counts doesn’t work — I’ve myself been surprised to find out how many calories certain foods contain, and grateful for the info that helped me avoid them. And the trans-fat ban is great for fighting obesity. Fuck “free choice” — you think you had free choice at age 13 when Joe Camel convinced you and your friends that it would be cool to adopt a deadly, addictive habit?

2. So: the smoking ban. If nothing else, this alone would make Mike Bloomberg a national hero. Don’t you like not having to strip off your clothes, enclose them in a hazmat bag and drop them straight off at the cleaners after a night at a bar? Notice how it’s spread to other cities and states, and even longtime smokers’ bastions like Ireland and Italy? That, plus high taxes on cigarettes that come closer to paying the true cost smoking and smokers impose on society has nearly driven smoking onto New York’s endangered species list, where it belongs, and strongly discouraged underage smoking when people have the least ability to resist adopting self-destructive habits.

1. He kept us from going under after 9/11, as many expected. Not caring about politics, he forced an austerity budget on the city and an 18% property tax hike — which he ended as soon as the budget was in the clear.