The 20 Unhappiest People You Meet In The Comments Sections Of Year-End Lists
Oh, these are good. (I’d humbly submit “guy who hates year-end lists for the lazy tropes that they are but reads most of them anyway then follows up complaining about how year-end lists are lazy page-view farms”)
One of our lunches, at Café Milano, the Rick’s Café of Washington, began at 1 P.M., and ended at 11:30 P.M. At about nine o’clock (though my memory is somewhat hazy), he said, “Should we order more food?” I somehow crawled home, where I remained under medical supervision for several weeks, packed in ice with a morphine drip. Christopher probably went home that night and wrote a biography of Orwell. His stamina was as epic as his erudition and wit.
—Christopher Buckley remembers his friend Christopher Hitchens
Maybe the only good thing to come from this idiotic SOPA legislation is that David Rees came out of retirement for Get Your Censorship On
He’s been consistent since he changed his mind
—Christine O’Donnell, endorsing Mitt Romney.
A friend of mine who does torrent stuff a lot says that when torrent users do buy something, they act like they’re doing the greatest thing ever. … They’re saying, ‘I bought something today. I paid for it. And I didn’t steal it. I’m the greatest person alive.’
—Louis C.K.’s $5 comedy special, which you may have noticed is something of a hit in certain corners of the internet, is creating some interesting discussion about the entertainment industry and piracy.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka’ but ‘That’s funny…’
—Isaac Asimov (via azspot)
This started as a CSS-only side project, got some traction on Hacker News and is now one of the finest looking and working pieces of documentation for web development I’ve ever come across.
Excited Mike Krzyzewski: Duke Squad Hasn’t Been This Unlikable In Years
Perfect.