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The Hoover Dam Cannot be Hacked

Posted on February 5, 2011 by jordan
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Everyone calm down! Everything is fine. The Hoover Dam cannot be hacked.

So, you can all stop worrying.

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The Essence of Nicholas Cage

Posted on January 7, 2011 by jordan
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hat tip: Listful Thinking

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It’s Fall!

Posted on September 26, 2010 by jordan
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It’s great to have Community & 30 Rock back. Also, the weather’s changing, if that’s the kind of thing that interests you.

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Jazz Age Bling

Posted on September 1, 2010 by jordan
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Penguin got F. Scott Fitzgerald some fancy new duds. I want.

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Gmail is Inside my Head

Posted on August 27, 2010 by jordan
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I just tried to send an email. When I hit “send” Gmail asked if I’d forgotten to attach something — because the words “I’ve attached” were in the message — and I had. This is a great feature, but for a moment I was like “How did it know?”

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All Up in Your Typeface

Posted on August 20, 2010 by jordan
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This is the kind of thing I find amusing, which says a lot about how much of a nerd I am. Primarily, it says that even other nerds have a hard time putting up with how much of a nerd I am.

Posted in Asides, Uncategorized | Tagged david malki, fonts, papyrus, typefaces, web comic, Wondermark | 1 Reply

Beck’s Record Club

Posted on August 2, 2010 by jordan
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I’ve seen a couple videos here and there, but I finally decided to check out the site itself. It’s cool, although I was thrown by the prescence of Giovanni Ribisi.

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Politics is Complicated

Posted on July 11, 2010 by jordan
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This article, briefly detailing the history and continued importance of neoconservatism, offers an excellent example of how byzantine politics can be.

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Mega Murder Dinowhale

Posted on July 3, 2010 by jordan
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Archeologists have dug up a ginormous, predatory sperm whale that hunted other sperm whales. I mean, seriously, as if the past wasn’t scary enough already.

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Best Drummer in the History of Forever

Posted on June 17, 2010 by jordan
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Why is this man wasting his mad skills with these people in glittery jackets?

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