This year we opted to not just try and predict which jams would be summer jams as they were released at to just wait and see what came to be. Now that July has come, it\’s time to decide. It\’s been a pretty great summer for summer jams, all told. In fact, here are two. One is better, but the other would easily win were it not for the first. The official winner is \”Staring Contest\” by Mates of State. A Summer Jam has to be happy, catchy as hell, floating and lush, and about that kind of...
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Watch: What happens when water and an effervescent tablet are combined in zero gravity
In January, the fifth SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station brought astronauts an Epic Dragon camera by RED, which is capable of shooting 6K video. In the above video, astronaut Terry Virts uses it to show what happens when you add an effervescent table to water in zero gravity. Here\’s more information on the mission from NASA.
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from David Brooks, who turns in a pretty boring affair with his column today, \”The Structure of Gratitude,\” opening: I’m sometimes grumpier when I stay at a nice hotel. Yeah, samesies,...
Continue reading...Watch: This guy give a KKK rally the perfect party music
Dropping some dope-ass sousaphone to hilariously illustrate just how dumb the whole thing is. Trolling in real life is the best kind of trollery.
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from David Brooks—Jesus Christ, it\’s always from David Brooks—who in his column today, \”The New Old Liberalism,\” writes about Hillary Clinton\’s economic speech: \”This speech was more Children’s Defense Fund than...
Continue reading...Shakespeare’s plays ranked
1. Richard III 2. Titus Andronicus 3. (tie) The Tempest The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Merry Wives of Windsor Measure for Measure The Comedy of Errors Much Ado About Nothing Love’s Labour’s Lost A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Merchant of Venice As You Like It The Taming of the Shrew All’s Well That Ends Well Twelfth Night The Winter’s Tale Pericles, Prince of Tyre The Two Noble Kinsmen King John Richard II Henry IV, Part 1 Henry IV, Part 2 Henry V Henry VI, Part 1 Henry VI, Part 2 Henry VI, Part 3 Henry VIII Troilus and...
Continue reading...Watch: This Apple video from 1987 about 1997
Back in 1987, Apple made a (cheeky) video predicting what 1997 would be like. In it, Apple predicts that they will be basically the biggest company ever. Of course, we know that by 1997, they were basically bankrupt. Let\’s at least be happy that basically none of this came true, especially the glasses (or Vista Mac). Make sure you catch the Pepsi joke, as that\’s where John Scully was CEO before joining Apple.
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