February 2010
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“For its part, Adobe would like to portray Flash as some noble gift that it has...”
– The Macalope Weekly: The Jerk Store (via seoulbrother)
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an ajax error from youtube:
kat-harine:
while(1);{“errors”: “I call shenanigans”, “success”: false}
» pfthahaha. developerz.
> Visit my tumblr > read header > win.
This is relevant to the conversation had at the Pittsburgh Tumblr Meetup about what “shens” means.
Riding the Snowmageddon
rustybridge:
When most Pittsburghers were home bound from snowmageddon a group of friends hit the snow to create an amazing video of snowboarding and skiing around town. Most notable location is the side of Mt. Washington by the Mon incline. Can’t wait to see what these guys do next snowfall.
Pittsburgh Tumblr Meetup tonight!
Tonight’s the night folks, 7pm, Quiet Storm.
If you wanna show up early to help me snag some tables or you need a ride from wherever you are, let me know via email or reply.
I’ve got stickers and things, come out and see your internet friends.
This is why I'm funny.
Lou: Whats up?
Me: I've got these electronics that were dead on arrival. I've done everything I can think of to them, but I wanted to have a competent individual take a look at them before I gave up.
Lou: Oh alright.
Me: I couldn't find one, so I came to you.
Lou: Oh ha-ha-ha.
I'm selling my Sigma 15-30mm.
I have a sigma 15-30mm EX IF DG 3.5-4.5 aspherical ultra-wide for canon that I replaced with another lens a couple years ago, never got around to getting rid of this one. It needs a new home on your camera. Anyone interested?
Life is hard. Here is someone.: tumbledore: ...... →
tumbledore:
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Actually when Tumblr released the domain to Pitchfork Media, pitchfork.tumblr.com was completely dormant and empty. There were not “several posts,” on that account, there were zero.
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See above.
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As per our policy, we emailed this account’s address to inquire about the…
Read Tumblr’s side and stop the rumors.
Tumblr Directory
ronniebruce:
I’m late on this, but it seems like another failed popularity contest. And most of it just staff picks which are the same staff picks every week. Why don’t they just make a page called “People who we think matter” and end it.
Pittsburgh Tumblr Meetup this Saturday!
Quiet Storm, 7pm, Saturday, February 20th, be there! RSVP if you’re coming! There are 20 people expected! I have stickers! Loud noises!
http://www.tumblr.com/meetups
Need a ride? Want to show up a little early with me to reserve some seats? Let me know!
This is your chance to send me a photo reply. Have at it, make it awesome, maybe win a prize.
Michael Pollan on “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual”
AMY GOODMAN: But explain the issue and the problem with high-fructose corn syrup.
MICHAEL POLLAN: Well, I mean, the reason I have suggested that you should avoid products with high-fructose corn syrup is not that we have science proving that it is a worse form of sugar than conventional cane sugar.
AMY GOODMAN: Now, again, it’s made out of corn.
MICHAEL POLLAN: It’s made from corn. It’s a very complex process that was invented by the Japanese in the ’70s, and it really has been a boon to the food industry, because high-fructose corn syrup is very cheap, because we subsidize the corn, and it has various properties of food science that are very valuable. If you put it in a bread product, it gets a nice brown coating. And it actually helps prevent freezer burn in frozen foods. So—and you make any food sweeter, and we’ll eat more of it, so they’re putting it in everything. So if you can avoid high-fructose corn syrup, you’re probably avoiding a heavily processed food that you should avoid anyway. So that’s why I said don’t eat it.
But is it worse than sugar? Not necessarily. Both of them are about fifty-fifty glucose and fructose. They’re joined in a different way. Some people think that might affect absorption rates. But let’s assume they’re the same.
And so, they’ve come back and reformulated a bunch of products with sugar. And they’ve said “with real sugar now” or “with no high-fructose corn syrup.” And people—you know, how do you read that? You say, “Well, if they’re boasting about it, it must be healthier.” And so, we now are—we’ve created a health claim for sugar, and I feel somewhat responsible, because it’s very deceptive.
So I came up with a rule to avoid all these schemes, which is, don’t buy any food you see advertised on television. That is the only way to avoid their marketing cleverness. And that rule captures most processed food, because two-thirds of ad budgets go to heavily processed food. Only about five percent of ad budgets go to, you know, prunes or walnuts or real foods. So I’m hoping that your common sense will not—you know, will allow you not to tar them with the same brush.
strawberrytwin:
iusetobebucktowngirl:
I’m a total sap. I loved that google commercial
Kill me
me too!!!!
It’s from their SearchStories series http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories