January 2009
67 posts
Watchpilnick:
The teatime deluge
Four nights a week, as one of the most popular shows in Britain ends, millions of kettles are turned on to make tea. With an ending time provided by the BBC, the national balancing engineer on-duty has to anticipate this ‘TV pickup,’ an increase of 3 gigawatts over 5 minutes, and can activate specialized hydroelectric plants that can drop thousands of tons of water...
“Although his presidency is barely a week old, some of Mr. Obama’s work habits...”
– White House Unbuttons Formal Dress Code - NYTimes.com
More about eye-burrowing worms that David... →
“Telling the magazine that he was asked why he did not give “credit”...”
– David Attenborough, maker of nature films, gets hate mail from religious people that say he should give credit to god for nature.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-25) →
Dethklok (25)
Pixies (15)
Radiohead (11)
Department of Eagles (10)
The White Stripes (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
A real cat making NOMMING noises. I love you,... →
urlesque
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike...”
– Gandhi
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-18) →
Fucked Up (4)
Radiohead (4)
Belle and Sebastian (3)
The Beatles (3)
Built to Spill (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dear Tumblr,
Could you make an RSS feed for the Theme Garden, please?
corcarpemei:
Andrew Bird - Not A Robot, But a...
“I don’t think journalists should be anywhere allowed war (sic). I mean,...”
– Joe The Plumber Fights With Israeli Reporter
WatchAn amazing 3d animation showreel by Peter Roe.
View it in HD at Vimeo
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-11) →
The Beatles (20)
The White Stripes (5)
Interpol (5)
Radiohead (3)
Cake (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy →
A book based on the book in The Shining. Click to preview the first 15 pages. Such wonderful prose!