February 2012
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Komen apologizes for 'recent decisions,' pledges... →
“We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives.
The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen. We have been distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our funding criteria were done for political reasons or to...
Film School Rejects: 61 Things We Learned From the... →
fakecriterions:
Via @Criterion
The dog in the opening was trained to specifically destroy Godzilla dolls. They shipped the dog onto the set at the price of $20,000 a day. They had to hold cardboard boxes up in front of the Godzilla dolls to keep the dog from destroying them until it was time. Bay also notes that, as a rule, you “never kill a dog”. Pretty sure he’s just talking about on film,...
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aigue-marine:
I am SO BORED. Somebody do something or I’ll start shooting at a graffiti on the wall.
Can’t wait for Series 2 to hit the states.
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January 2012
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“There’s no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may...”
– Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice - Yahoo! News (via nedhepburn)
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“And if you can stand me sounding even crazier, here is this: making money from...”
– Jonathan Coulton. “MegaUpload”
An interesting, reasonable statement from a man who makes a living off of selling his IP on the internet. My favorite of his points has to do with the utter failure of big media companies to make things convenient for the user. Every time I read about a...
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Wikipedia Wants to Be Free for Mobile Users, in... →
alexainslie:
“Any customer with an Orange SIM and Internet-enabled phone in the AMEA will be able to browse Wikipedia’s mobile site at no charge, providing they stay within Wikipedia’s pages. The site can be accessed through a browser or Wikipedia widget. The partnership is part of a larger campaign by the Wikimedia Foundation to reach people around the world who access the Internet solely...
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“People choose shitty things. People choose 2 and a Half Men and NASCAR and...”
– The People’s Choice Awards Suck (Gawker)
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