Links :: Stuff I like from around the web
Current status. This cup of pumpkin tea I'm drinking is on the case.
2013.05.24
Beer of Thrones. Took me all week to finally watch this, but it was worth it.
2013.05.24
Teenage freight train hitchhikers. Amazing. They look like they're from another time.
2013.05.24
Convos with my 2 year old, as dramatically re-enacted by two grown men.
2013.05.23
The new Flickr: Goodbye customers, hello ads.
2013.05.22
Okay okay FINE, I'll link to this Xbox One reveal summary, but only cuz you guys keep badgering me to do it. XBOX GO HOME.
2013.05.22
The honest trailer for "Fast Five." I nearly lost it when baby oil.
2013.05.22
That Xbox One reveal sure was a disaster, huh? Meant to link to this earlier. Yeap.
2013.05.22
Xbox One. This was not the console I had always been dreaming of. Thumbs down.
2013.05.22
Batman is amazing. Every guy, amiright?
2013.05.21
A list of questions to get her in the mood. "I put all the dishes away, is that OK?"
2013.05.21
What the state birds SHOULD be. "2. Alaska: Willow Ptarmigans are the dumbest-sounding birds on Earth, sorry. They sound like rejected Star Wars aliens, angrily standing outside the Mos Eisley Cantina because their IDs were rejected. Why go with these dopes, Alaska, when you're the best state to see the most awesome falcon on Earth? What it should be: gyrfalcon."
2013.05.21
Flip the news. A site dedicated to swapping genders in news stories. Fuckin' A.
2013.05.21
The new Beyonce single is out. Imma need to hear more, obvy.
2013.05.21
The Star Trek Into Darkness spoiler FAQ. "Look, you're getting very upset, and this is just the first scene of the movie."
2013.05.20
Best headline I've seen re: the Tumblr acquisition:
Everyone's rich and everyone loses.
2013.05.20
A new song from Dessa. Best Monday ever.
2013.05.20
Dude seems like a legit asshole, however
I will still be giving his new album a full listening-to because I hate to say it, but it will probably be amazing.
2013.05.20
GeoGuessr. Look at a photo of a place and try to guess where in the world it is. Ridiculous addictive.
2013.05.17
Birthday gift. Freakin' love this.
2013.05.16
Do a Google image search for "atari breakout". You're welcome. 2013.05.16
The most complicated board game ever. Homg, this made me laugh out loud.
2013.05.16
An interactive map of regional American accents, with audio. At least they had the decency to leave off Bachface.
2013.05.16
The first trailer for Riddick. You guys, Vin Diesel sex-eyes + Starbuck?! GIMME.
2013.05.16
Classic Gatsby set to the modern soundtrack. The Internet wins at everything.
2013.05.14
The first trailer for "Gravity." OMG I'm having kickass sci-fi movie overload this year. So much stuff to see!
2013.05.09
The MN House voted today to legalize same sex marriage, 75-59. So, so proud to live here. The bill goes to the Senate on Monday.
2013.05.09
This is water. David Foster Wallace's 2005 commencement speech. Watch this.
2013.05.09
The Last Ship. Blah blah Michael Bay blah I am totally gonna see this.
2013.05.09
The trailer for the documentary about the hardest test you've never heard of. Well maybe not hardest in the history of hard that ever did hard, but this looks pretty darn exciting.
2013.05.08
The trailer for Simon Pegg's newest flick 'The World's End.' I will, of course, see everything with Simon Pegg.
2013.05.08
Trailer for 'The Butler' starring everybody.
2013.05.08
Stop what you're doing and watch this performance by Judith Hill last night. Now you know my dirty little secret shutup. The Voice is so good this season! I think I cry at least once every episode cuz
I'm just so dang moved damn you Adam Levine and Shakira and Blake Shelton and Usher.
2013.05.07
Spotify's nightmare come true. Download any song that's playing with just a Chrome extension.
2013.05.07
Modernist Cuisine baking steel. Le sigh. Why does Modernist Cuisine always have to be so smart?
2013.05.07
How historial figures might look today. Always suspected Shakespeare might be a hipster, too.
2013.05.07
ME.WE. Check out this Toyota concept car. I would totally buy one of these!
2013.05.07
Felt. Personal handwritten cards, paid for and mailed straight from your iPad. Brilliant.
2013.05.06
SNL takes on
Google Glass and
Game of Thrones.
2013.05.06
Let's free Congress. Powerful infographics showing the influence of money on your government.
2013.05.06
Youtube might be launching a paid service soon. I would pay them a lot of money each month to turn off every fucking ad on every fucking page on the entire fucking site.
2013.05.06
Inside an Amazon warehouse. Like seeing the heavens open.
2013.05.06
This joke, animated, as told by this guy's drunk wife. So great.
2013.05.03
10 types of shitty co-workers and how to not murder them. LOLOLOL. "There's a certain, beautiful camaraderie that only exists between strangers imprisoned together in drab office parks with a bunch of fucking nightmare humans. You sniff out the only other reasonable people in the building and you cling to them, fiercely. Like a barnacle. Like a barnacle who really can't fucking stand to hear Dale from Accounting quote Charlie Sheen one more fucking time. "Free bagel day? WINNING!"
2013.04.30
If NES games were made today. Oh man, this hurt more than I thought it would!
2013.04.30
I'll stop making a dozen mixtapes a year someday, but lucky for you I'm still in full swing. Download my 2013 Spring Mixtape for a limited time only. All gone, but email me if you need some music love. 2013.04.28
Interview with James Goldstein at his home the Sheats/Goldstein Residence in LA. Just, wow.
2013.04.25
How I escaped North Korea. Beautifully written.
2013.04.25
The Xbox event is officially happening May 21st and I am simultaneously giddy like a schoolgirl and horrified at what might get announced. Someone hold me!
2013.04.24
New NFL uniforms for the Vikings, Dolphins & Jaguars. Oh man, the poor Jaguars. Looks like they lost a bet :(.
2013.04.23
Whenever I see a puppy. So much truth in such a small gif.
2013.04.23
Alright so I know this link will only apply to like 5 of you, but
this podcast of my boss sharing MMO war stories is hilare. Hahahahah TRUTH.
2013.04.19
Calling bullshit on the lie of social media. I love this post so hard. Been contemplating doing my own version of this for some time but then I remembered I hardly blog anymore. Grouphug!
2013.04.19