More CouchDB internals (1)
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Peek some more CouchDB internals from Ayende Rahien. Reading Erlang: CouchDB - From REST to Disk in a few function calls Erlang Reading: CouchDB - Digging Down to Disk Reading Eralng: CouchDB Streams Previous CouchDB articles by Ayende.
I Gag Every Time I Look at 1970's Beaver Shots (1)
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Nine-year-old girl: Are you a Republican or a Democrat?14-year-old girl: Well, I'm a Democrat.Nine-year-old girl: Why?14-year-old girl: Well, in my opinion, being a Democrat means you don't like Bush.Nine-year-old girl: Oh. I'm a Democrat, too.--Brooklyn Public Library, Greenpoint BranchOverheard by: Jack Jackl Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-09-29
And Almost As Stupid As Hot Aaron (1)
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Girl #1: I hooked up with Aaron on Friday. It was weird.Girl #2: Hot Aaron or stupid Aaron?Girl #1: Stupid Aaron.Girl #2: Oh, my god, he is so hot.--MAC Cosmetics, Spring Street Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-09-28
Maybe Those Guys in Ski Masks Took Them? Let's Go Smoke a Bowl (1)
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Employee #1: What happened to all those CD players in the corner?Employee #2: Man, who the fuck cares?--Union Square Circuit CityOverheard by: Wasn't Me Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-09-29
Armani's New Overall Line Has Left Everyone Confused (1)
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Queer: I need to cut my fingernails. I keep meaning to get clippers, but then I forget.Girl assistant: Why don't you just bite them?Queer (offended): I am not a farmer!--QueensOverheard by: Jodi Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-09-25
TSA Communication Plates (9)
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Evan Roth has been putting metal plates with messages and symbols cut into them into his carry-on luggage when he goes through security at the airport. Here's Roth's idea, which he calls "TSA Communication" and tells me has already made it through three trial airport runs: Take a metal plate, stencil and cut out a message -- words or an image -- place the plate at the bottom of your carry-on bag, and watch what ...
The Sudden Onset Of Lesbianism Is Common in New York (1)
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Yuppie woman #1: What are those, like, Birkenstocks?Yuppie woman #2: Yeah.Yuppie woman #1: Who are you?Yuppie woman #2: I don't know.Yuppie woman #1: Are you feeling okay?Yuppie woman #2: I don't know.--Fashion District Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-10-03
Suzanne Vega, "Tom's Diner," and the birth of the MP3 (5)
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I didn't realize this, but Suzanne Vega is known as the "the mother of the MP3", because Karl-Heinz Brandenberg -- one of the audio engineers who developed the compression method -- used Vega's song "Tom's Diner" as the reference track as he worked. "Tom's Diner" is purely a capella and has minimal reverb, so Brandenberg thought it was the perfect gold standard: If his MP3 algorithm could compress the song without destroying its lovely timbre, ...
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Mother of all mp3s takes a swipe at her children
Banksy declines to authenticate artworks (1)
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His work fetching huge sums, street artist Banksy has refused to authenticate five artworks up for auction this weekend, on the grounds that he does not approve of his art being removed from its original setting. The auctioneers are putting on a brave face, though: A spokesman for the auctioneers said: "Banksy hasn't said they are fake. I don't know why he's not authenticated them... He's saying that street art should stay on the streets." ...
#110 Frisbee Sports (12)
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Though many white people consider competitive sports to be too aggressive and macho for their tastes there are a few exceptions. The most notable is Soccer since for some reason it is wrong to get fired up about Football game, but right to get fired up about a Football match. The second sport (term used loosely) in this category is called Ultimate Frisbee or simply Ultimate. It is important to know that when you hear ...
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Ultimate is very very white.
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reshared from Todd, simply hilarious.
When Boyfriends Cook (1)
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Even in our post-feminist age, every relationship has inequalities. A successful relationship is one that negotiates those inequalities, however fragile and intricate the balance. For example, my boyfriend went to a better university than I did. Therefore, I use his varsity sweatshirt as cold-weather PJs and attend Harvard in my sleep. The solution relies, to be sure, on a fairly juvenile mindset (mine), but it works. My boyfriend is a magazine editor. On the rare ...
TANK books "tales to take your breath away" (4)
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