Monthly Archive for August, 2007
I bought this refurbished Dyson vacuum from Woot. It’s amazing. Shortly after taking this photo, I used it to vacuum up half a bin of dust and dirt the previous vacuum missed.
Using “bacn” to mean email you want, but not right now, is just wrong. I understand spam being email you don’t want at all (based on the Monty Python skit, of course), but bacon is always desirable. Who ever turned down bacon even temporarily. Seriously, I don’t know anyone who ever procrastinated about eating bacon.
This is wrong, Boing Boing, and you know it.
FYI: If you’re not Catholic, the Pope’s not holy. Sorry for the inconvenience.
This video is nearly 48 minutes long, so don’t think it’s good for a laugh during lunch:
Tony Wilson, a man largely responsible for the Manchester scene via his TV show, club, and record label, has died.
Thank you, Tony for Joy Division, New Order, and the Happy Mondays among others.
If you haven’t already seen 24 Hour Party People, you need to rectify that situation. It’s a love song for the Manchester scene and a semi-fictional biography of Tony Wilson, but still an enjoyable movie, even if you don’t care about A Certain Ratio.
As always Warren Ellis has the perfect succinct take.
