Aug 05 2008
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Buzzer Guy will haunt you in your dreams.
Aug 01 2008
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Sadly, No! » Even Worseness: The Even-Worsening
So that WSJ article, about Obama being too skinny? Turns out the WSJ writer - who had quoted people on a Yahoo message board - started the thread specifically asking people if he was too skinny. WHAT…
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Poster Children: Warner Bros releases a series of seven one-sheets for the forthcoming adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ graphic novel, “Watchmen.” See the rest here, courtesy of www.aintitcool.com
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A conversation with chef David Chang - Charlie Rose
A conversation with David Chang, chef/owner of Momofuku Noodle Bar, Momofuku Ko and Momofuku Ssäm Bar in New York City.
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All Points West Set Times
A little overlap to deal with on Friday.
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Get Your War On: The Watch List
GYWO returns in animated form. Kind of weird seeing a formerly clip art strip animated so well.
Jul 31 2008
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“OH MY GOD, WHAT DID YOU DO?”
“I’m sorry, I just really wanted a Klondike bar!”
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Gummi Bears May Promote Healthy Teeth
A new study suggests that chewing Gummi bears made with the natural sweetener xylitol might promote healthy teeth.
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'I have never ended on an unstressed syllable!' | Media | The Guardian
I like this Giles Coren chap.
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Who Did I Wrong To Deserve This?
- Me: Hello, this is Dan.
- Voice on phone: Hi, Dan! I hear you're one of the people in charge of IT at the medical college?
- Me: Er, (jovial) I wouldn't quite go that far. I'm just a manager.
- Voice on phone: Okay, well, maybe you can help me out! I'm [REDACTED] with [REDACTED], and I'm calling because I'm representing [REDACTED]! He's a Windows sysadmin, been with [REDACTED] in Canada for 10 years - don't know if you've heard of them - he's really talented, worked with all these technologies, and I was wondering if you'd have any use for someone like that on your team!
- Me: (pleasantly) You're talking to the wrong person. I don't personally know of any Windows positions we have open right now.
- Voice on phone: Okay...
- Me: (politely) If you want to find a list of open positions, you should go to our jobs website (jobs.med.cornell.edu) and take a look at what we have open. I'm certainly not the person who'd be hiring Windows sysadmins.
- Voice on phone: Okay, so, what sort of technologies do you guys look for when you're hiring people?
- Me: Me personally, or the department?
- Voice on phone: You personally.
- Me: (slightly irritated) My group is mostly doing videoconferencing and AV setups. But as a department, we hire for all sorts of roles. We have a Windows team. I just don't know if we have any open positions.
- Voice on phone: And how big is your team?
- Me: My team, personally?
- Voice on phone: Yeah!
- Me: (confused) About 4.
- Voice on phone: Huh, and how long have you been with the organization?
- Me: (more confused) Four years.
- Voice on phone: Well Dan, one other thing - I have this open position from [REDACTED]. They're looking for a systems administrator, someone with strong Linux skills; they're offering $140,000 a year. Do you know anyone who would be a good candidate for this?
- Me: (with my last shred of patience) Sorry, I don't know anyone who would be a good fit.
- Voice on phone: Really?
- Me: Really.
- Voice on phone: Okay, could you give me the information for your manager so I can see if he knows anyone who's a good fit?
- Me: (having now lost my shit) I am not handing you over to our senior director for a headhunting call.
- (fin)
Jul 29 2008
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Dickipedia
A wiki of dicks. By the 236.com folks.
Jul 28 2008
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NYT: 'Tim and Eric Awesome Show’ Returns for Another Season of Nightmare TV
âWe have a very strict set of rules of what we think is funny: darkness, discomfort, confusion and things that shouldnât exist.â
Jul 26 2008
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