Chinese Gender Calendar: I am curious how they came up with this — if it was actuarial, like someone was keeping sexlogs and corresponding them to gender, or if there’s some underlying mysticism behind it. It’s probably only effective in China, a…
Archives for May, 2010
What If?: There Were No Super Mario Brothers
What If?: There Were No Super Mario Brothers:
Plumbers: the Worldsavers
Disney Princesses, Deconstructed
Disney Princesses, Deconstructed: Linked to from this Boing Boing
Now that I have a child on the way, I’m thinking about this a lot more. But then, I’m also thinking that I don’t want to suck the joy out of their life.
So maybe we’ll have a tw…
Link: Proustian Telephone
Link: Proustian Telephone: In 1907 Proust noted how people took their technology, i.e. the telephone, for granted.
The next time your wireless doesn’t work or your cell loses signal, take a moment to consider that “we are children who play with div…
"Everybody was a baby once, Arthur. Oh, sure, maybe not today, or even yesterday. But once. Babies,…"
“Everybody was a baby once, Arthur. Oh, sure, maybe not today, or even yesterday. But once. Babies, chum: tiny, dimpled, fleshy mirrors of our us-ness, that we parents hurl into the future, like leathery footballs of hope. And you’ve got to get a g…
Welsh Asda pizza complaint
Welsh Asda pizza complaint – Lean Mean Fighting Machine:
I have had the exact same problem with my pizza! Props to this guy for calling it in!
