Realization
Helvetica is not the end-all-be-all of typefaces.
I have a confession to make… I don’t like Helvetica… :S
(via newsweek, meredithbklyn, chuckmore, vache)
TRANSLATION: “Republicans secretly turned on, but confused by unfamiliar feelings.”
I wonder… Why the 13? Is it because taylorswift and taylorswift#s 1-12 were taken by the time the verified taylorswift wanted to make an account? Or is it because 13 has some special “Taylor Swift” significance? Maybe it’s because she kind of looks like a 13 year old. Which could it be…?
“ Don’t Slinkies have a distinct smell? ”
(via nerdythingsjeffsays)
They really do, though. You could probably bottle and sell that as nostalgic perfume.
Vimeo Sued By Capitol Records Over Lip Dubs
I roared with a belly laugh when I read this headline. Could Capitol Records truly be this misguided? Do they not realize that if you were to sort Internet brands by those most emblematic of creativity — not piracy — that Vimeo would line up at the top? Lip-dubbing is harmless and perfectly fun, and ultimately will define the aesthetic of an Internet generation. Other than for some petty legal jockeying towards a greater strategy can I imagine why this record company would try to sink such a potentially valuable lifeline — Lip-Dubbing and Vimeo create tremendous relevance and usefulness for their catalog!
If anything better underlines my point it’s an email I received from Sean Nelson, the frontman of the band Harvey Danger, whose song Flagpole Sitta we’ve now infamously lip-dubbed:
That Flagpole Sitta video made me incredibly happy, just when I thought there was NOTHING that could make me listen to that song again. A thousand thank you’s.Capitol, you’re a bunch of goof-balls. This lawsuit is the tactical equivalent to pooping on someone’s birthday cake.
I, for one, am willing to boycott Capitol artists unless they reconsider, and I implore other labels to pivot and spur conversations with Vimeo in order to determine a simple process to give people access to copyrighted music for personal video that is satisfactory for all. Preemptive strikes simply won’t do anymore!
Please reblog, or honk, if you agree.
Lip dubs are great. They just are. And they’re great free promotion of music. Wow. That sounds too good to be true. Win-win even.
The only possible reason I can think for the Vimeo lawsuit is that Capitol Records is being run by Mr. Burns.
“Smithers, have Vimeo sued.”
You don’t understand the Internet.
A few minutes prior, she posted this. GET YOUR STORY STRAIGHT, SHEDRICKA!
Poor Shedricka… So misguided.
Got a Google Wave invite, thanks to Hannah! I’m still not sure what it is, though. I’m just glad to have it.
Please please PLEEEEEeeeeeze Gareth!
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Great Lake Swimmers - Moving Pictures, Silent Films
Has Mr. Gareth been listening to Vinyl Cafe?
False. The Vinyl Cafe is one of those things that I feel like, as a Canadian, I’m supposed to like more than I actually do. Like Rex Murphy and Corner Gas.
(For the Americans reading this, you can substitute “The Vinyl Cafe” with “A Prairie Home Companion” and come out pretty much even.)
Ah, but have you really listened to Vinyl Cafe? Watched Corner Gas? Who the hell is Rex Murphy?
PS
I googled him, I just liked the delivery of that series of questions.
Why is this so important? I’ve had a number of people (American people) ask me about this, and while it does exist, its not exactly special. Am I missing something?
(via destinedtragedy)
Back when we had a milk man, our milk was most certainly always in bags. We had a special pitcher that would fit one milk bag, and you’d cut the corner off the top of the bag and it would just sit in the pitcher. Other than that it was the same as drinking jugged-milk. But with less opportunities for remarks about how much one enjoys jugs.
CBC’s The National accidentily used the cover of an anti-Palin book entitled “Going Rouge: Sarah Palin An American Nightmare” instead of the real cover of her highly anticipated memoir.
Now my question to you - was it an accident, or was CBC just keeping it real…?
Is that a real book, or a photoshop, I wonder…
Real book. I wondered too, but I think the writers are getting sued for it. Which makes it real, I guess.
Yeah writers of the nightmare one should get sued. Freedom of speech is only cool when what you’re saying is rife with lies.
In Uganda the median age is 15. That means if you are older than 15, there are fewer people older than you then there are younger than you. Life expectancy: 52.72… Sobering.
“ Robin: What are you doing?!
Barney: I’m birthday suiting up!
…
Barney: You sunk my battleship. ”
How I met your mother
More pooping puffins, please.
So, Canadian Government is stretching it’s arms and yawning as they get ready to go back to work. And by “work” we all know I mean shouting obscenities at “Mr. Speaker” who, I’m pretty sure just wears ear plugs the whole time and decides who speaks by pointing his stick at whoever yells the loudest, and saying “order” so that other people will think he’s been paying attention.
But the opposition parties have had enough - it seems their vocal chords are getting spent, and scream as they might are simply not heard. So they officially announced that they’ve had it with Stephen Harper’s government. Given the first opportunity, they’re going to throw the country into the third election since 2006, the fourth election since 2004, and the forty first election in Canadian History. Which is great - because everyone knows Canadians love democracy, and more importantly almost half of eligible Canadians love to vote! Almost…
But that’s okay because Stephen Harper thinks he can win it. And opposition leader Michael Ignatieff thinks the way he’ll have him beat - is by taking the moral high road. I wonder if he’ll still feel that way after Stephen Harper tops himself for inappropriate and unfair attack ads - which will be hard to do, considering he pushed the limits when lovable cartoon animals defaecated on the opposition. But only time will tell.
Tattoos inside the lower lip:
They look gross and are embarassing to show off. Please don’t.
…
So no reason… but how much is “inside-the-lower-lip-tattoo” removal?
Fugitive Jenkins found hanged in B.C. motel
Cheers, Canada. Forget ‘real’ news - about polotics, human rights, health care, child care, education, oh, I dunno, a crumbling economy, etc., etc.
What’s REALLY important is what’s been on the front page for the last week! A murdered stripper and a D-list celebrity… But not just ANY D-list celebrity… A D-list celebrety from CALGARY!!! OMGz!
Finally the CBC has taken a well deserved break from boring ‘traditional’ news stories, and instead has taken a logical segue - the criminal proceedings of a reality tv reject.
But stupid glory hog Jenkins had to ruin it for everybody and go off and die… Now what will I read about in the news? “Current events”? Pah. What a killjoy. I hope for two weeks we hear interviews of his family members and speculations about how his seeming suicide was actually a diabolical murder plot by some slightly more famous Canadian (Celine Dion, perhaps?) because he was just taking the spotlight away from the REAL headline news. Yeah, that’s right. Celin’s pregnant. Again. That’s what you miss, Canada, when you’re all wrapped up in stripper deaths.
