matt pointed me at a really interesting article in The Seattle Times: Pacific Northwest Magazine. I don’t think the behaviour they describe is unique to Seattle. But the dichotomy most fundamental to our collective civic character is this: Polite but distant. Have a nice day. Somewhere else. “People here don’t ever just hang out — …
Author Archives: paulschreiber
microformats
new site explaining microformats. rah.
idiot TSA agent confiscates car key
don’t fly into dallas airport.
SCOTUS blows eminent domain decision
The US supreme court said your city can give your land to developers. In her scathing dissent, O’Connor wrote: Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random. The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power …
hilary’s gender identity crisis?
“She is a man among boys.”
not getting the job
ami says this is hella funny.
sophie vs roomba
sophie vs roomba.
sudanese currency
crypto-gram reports: Sudanese currency is printed on plain paper with very inconsistent color and image quality, and has no security features — not even serial numbers. How does that work? Because anyone who counterfeits will be put in front of a firing squad and shot.
phantom menace reviewed
ouch: Rather to my surprise, The Phantom Menace was every bit as bad as I remembered. I thought that perhaps it had gotten worse in my memory, but, nope: it’s full-on travesty. The saddest thing is that the first 10 minutes of the film are very promising, making minutes 11-138 all the more tragic, like …
headline of the day
Jackson won’t share bed with kids again.