Monopoles: Pop-and-Lock
May 29thShell Script Mistakes
“While there are lots of shell programming pitfalls, at least the interpreter will tell you immediately about them. The mistakes I describe below, generally mean that your script will run fine now, but if the data changes or you move your script to another system, then you may have problems.”
Robert Muraine Audition - SYTYCD 4
Robert Muraine is now my second favorite dancer in the universe, behind Michael Jackson (obviously).
“Chasing José”
“Over the last few years, Rob has negotiated prospective deals for Jose worth almost $2 million. Rob got Taco Bell to ante up $25,000, plus residuals, for Jose to star in a TV commercial in which Jose would hold up a huge burrito and say, ‘This thing’s gotta be on something.’ Jose demanded $50,000 instead and Taco Bell walked. Rob also got Jose an offer of $100,000 from GoldenPalace.com, which would require Jose simply to wear that company’s t-shirt and cap whenever he was on TV. Jose demanded $200,000 and Golden Palace walked. Then, Rob got Jose an offer of $75,000 from a reality TV show that wanted to film Jose in a wheelchair for thirty days. Jose demanded more, and the TV show vanished. Finally, Rob got Jose an offer of $500,000 for a movie based on his life, but Jose demanded $1.5 million and the offer vanished.”
Twitter bucks
I wonder if they’ll let you buy twitterbucks with
flooz. John Gruber suggests a more realistic business model for twitter.
On Language: Emoticons
“The trouble is that the stylized drawings of iconography (rooted in the Greek eikenai, ‘to seem like,’ and graphein, ‘to write’) are threatening to take over the precise communication of words.”
Hoax: 13 Year Old Steals Dad’s Credit Card to Buy Hookers
We don’t issue retractions here at Magnanimous. We silently delete misguided posts, and then link to their expose as if we never fell for it in the first place.
“Dear American Airlines”
“‘Dear American Airlines,’ the 180-page letter begins. ‘My name is Benjamin R. Ford and I am writing to request a refund in the amount of $392.68.’ But ‘request,’ he decides, is a word ‘too mincy & polite, I think, too officious & Britishy.’ He demands a refund.”
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