The Mixcloud Countdown
I might have seen this before today, but the question mark following the number caught my attention this morning:
It’s seemingly a countdown of the number of mixes listened to on Mixcloud. It’s most likely going to one million. I have no idea what’s going to happen when it gets to one million. It’s also a great excuse to write something other than JavaScript.
I ran into this site last September reading an article on one of my favorite blogs. I don’t rave, don’t even dance, am not very stylish, and I don’t have the DJ lingo down. But I hope I’m the millionth listener, and am looking forward to seeing what happens.
Subtle Humor
Grooveshark.com, a music streaming site, delivers data through a few different sub-domains. My favorite:
cowbell.grooveshark.com
God called….
He rang me up on my cell on non-peak (thank God) hours. I was like, no shit, God is calling me? On my cell phone? And he was like,
“Dude nothing supernatural works anymore. Burning a bush is so environmentally non-friendly. Make a lawn circle and people act like I’ve raped their dog. I could have done another Kevin Smith movie, but I figured I’d try a phone campaign.”
“No way?”
“Way! G1 all the way, love that little keyboard. I’m even getting the whole texting thing down. LOL! KIT!”
“But why are you calling me?”
“To shoot the shit.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. So what you doing?… Ha ha, I’m God! Of course I know what you’re doing. In fact, remember all those times you promised me that if I didn’t crash the airplane you wouldn’t masturbate anymore?”
I took my hands off the keyboard.
“You’re so busted. Liar liar, pants on fire.”
My face was totally red. “Umm….”
“Haha, just messing with you. What do I care if you give a new meaning to free range chicken. I got so much bigger fish to fry. Like my flock, they are so far astray right now, I figured I’d ring up all you heathens.”
“So, what about…”
“No.”
“And…”
“Yes.”
“Ummm…. God, do you actually want me to talk?”
“Dude, sorry, it’s this omniscient thing, you know?”
“So you don’t actually talk to them?”
“Hell NO! They lost privileges! They try so hard with their shallow prayers, but oh lordy! I hear them and I pretend I have a headache.”
“Were you really going to let her into the white house?”
“Not my job, that’s your job. Nice work though, kept me from having to wash the planet clean again.”
It was so awkward, but there I was, watching the clock tick by as God was chatting away before I heard him say, “blah blah bla, oh good, you’re back. I know you gotta go. You’re always busy, but I like to talk, too. Ha ha! Anyway, time to give Rev. White a call, pretend I’m Al Sharpton and record the whole thing for Youtube. Talk about viral. Late!”
Design Wisdom
Excellent design wisdom. I stole this from the most excellent post by the Angry Aussie.
Design Wisdom
It’s shit like this…
that can make a great day EVEN BETTER!
I Like to Talk (Like Jeremy) – A Parody!
A full parody of me! I LOVE IT! Rob is the king of all podcast parodies! See what others are saying:
“Oh my god, it’s just like you honey, well, except it’s not as angry, and he swears less!”
- Wife
“OMG that is amazing. Are you parroting an actual Jeremy rant or is that entirely impromptu? If it’s impromptu you are my permanent hero.”
- Mark
“Who the fuck said you could use my book on your radio show?”
- Douglas R. Lincoln, author of The Cyclops and the Soprano
Software Engineering Quotes
This list is just too funny. I’m sorry to do this to you all, but yes, this post is a blatant redirect to this guy’s site. I appreciate that he was willing to compile the list, and for that he deserves the glory… or at least, the page hits.
http://paultiseo.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/top-13-funny-software-development-quotes/
I’ll reprint my favorite here:
“Nine people can’t make a baby in a month.” – Fred Brooks
In addition, some of my friends have added quotes in the comment page. They’re worth a read, too.
Tally HO!
Misdirected Advertising
As part of the new year clean up I logged into Facebook, one of the few social networking sites that I remain a member of. I think they’re telling me I’m getting older.
In the Heat of the Night
This movie has been on my list to see for a long time, and last night Janna and I popped it into the DVD player and watched it. More appropriately I got quite distracted by it and paid more attention to it than any movie I’ve watched recently.
The context of the famous quote delivered by Sidney Poitier, and redelivered by many people during my life now makes sense.
A day later, I rank the movie as one of the best I have ever seen. Much like the reason my favorite novel is Catch 22, I appreciate the movie less for the story and more because of a single character.
Virgil Tibbs isn’t the black messiah. He’s not nice, he’s not mean, and to me, he’s not “black” or “not black.” His character, played brilliantly by the actor, triumphs by embracing the fact that he is human, one with a unique set of problems, just as different as everyone else.
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
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