Season 4 onward will be like Lost finale?
So do not believe anyone that tells you on Monday that I quit or diminished my role so I could spend more time with my loved ones, or that I negotiated and we couldn’t come to an agreement, etc. It couldn’t be less true because, just to make this clear, literally nobody called me. Also don’t believe anyone that says I have sex with animals.
(grandmother, while making curry, age 71)
Her:
I’m tired of listening to young people say that they want a happy life, happy career, happy partner and all that happy stuff without facing pain. When I was young, we admired the person with the most painful life. Wanna know why? Because it made them beautiful. Now this isn’t beautiful like those super models on TV and those cheeky girls in movies. I don’t like those cheeky girls in those films. No, it made them beautiful because they learned how to endure life and its agony. They knew how to appreciate the little things in life. They were deep, meaningful, beautiful people. Happiness without suffering for a while is hollow. It’s empty. Empty is not beautiful. Are you listening? Empty is not beautiful. I’m tired of finding these young people looking to escape when there’s so much to learn in this life. One day you’re going to thank the pain for giving you the guts you needed to go through life with your head held up high. Pain is important, you understand? It gives you guts, it gives you wings.
Me:
Your curry is boiling.
Her:
Oh. Yes. Pass me that red spice.
For the first eight years of our marriage, [Michelle and I] were paying more in student loans than what we were paying for our mortgage. So we know what this is about.
And we were lucky to land good jobs with a steady income. But we only finished paying off our student loans—check this out, all right, I’m the President of the United States—we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago.
—President Obama in North Carolina today on why Congress has to act to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling (via barackobama)
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With 1-BIT CAMERA for iPhone you can see and record your world in one bit clarity.
Complete with an interface that looks like the original Apple Macintosh OS.
Link: 1-BIT CAMERA for iPhone.
Brand Spirit: every day for 100 days, I will paint one branded object white, removing all visual branding, reducing the object to its purest form.
Link: Brand Spirit – About.
Yahoos lawsuit against Facebook is an insult to the talented engineers who filed patents with the understanding they wouldnt be used for evil. Betraying that trust wont be forgotten, but I doubt it matters anymore. Nobody I know wants to work for a company like that.
Link: A Patent Lie: How Yahoo Weaponized My Work – Waxy.org.
As Mac users, we’ve mostly enjoyed a life free of the worry that has followed Windows users for years. Mac OS X is pretty damn secure. But it could be more secure. As Macs enjoy increased popularity, they become a more attractive target to identity thieves and other criminals. Sooner or later, bad people ruin every nice thing. It’s an immutable law of humanity.
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Blacows is a no-nonsense burger place. Owned and run by a butcher, it stakes it reputation on the superior quality of its meat. It prides itself on using only “Kuroge Wagyu”, or “Black-haired Japanese beef”. And that’s where the place gets i’s name from: “Black” + “Cow” = “Blacow”.
However, Linehan also revealed that he is planning a special, which will air on Channel 4 next year.
Linehan also revealed that he would support a rumoured crossover between The IT Crowd and US sitcom Community."Wasnt it something about Moss meeting Abed?" he said. "I dont see why not. [Community] creator Dan [Harmon] is someone I would trust completely with the character."
Link: The IT Crowd creator: There wont be a fifth series – TV News – Digital Spy.
For those who like beautiful things.
“If nobody can be safe, do we still want this speed? Can we drink a glass of milk that’s safe? Can we stay in an apartment that will not collapse?”
China Imposes Blackout on Coverage of High-Speed Train Wreck – NYTimes.com.
A total of 16 people with ties to the "hacktivist" group "Anonymous" were arrested by the FBI on Monday. Fourteen of them were charged in connection with an attack on PayPal, which was targeted by "Anonymous" because the website suspended the account of WikiLeaks after it released classified State Department cables.
The arrests, the Justice Department said, took place in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico and Ohio. The indictment against them was unsealed in federal court in the Northern District of California.
Link: FBI Arrests College Students, Cashiers And A Landscaper For ‘Anonymous’ Hacks | TPM Idea Lab.
Bath salts contain manmade chemicals related to khat, an organic stimulant found in Arab and East African countries that is illegal in the United States.
They are similar to so-called synthetic marijuana, which has also caused a surge in medical emergencies and been banned in a number of states.
Link: An Alarming New Stimulant, Sold Legally in Many States – NYTimes.com.
