May 2010
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BREAKING: JON STEWART SAYS SOMETHING
Also: LOOK! IT’S A PICTURE OF SOMETHING RELATED TO ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT!
(via chrismohney)
The Gender Gap In Tech: Why Mentors Matter... →
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Women & Programming
caro:
I took computer science classes for several years in high school and bailed on them once it became evident that I would have to give up my spot on a varsity sports team in order to pass the class — the four other kids in AP CS, all of whom are still involved in software engineering (and all of whom are women, considering this was a single-sex high school), stayed after school for several...
REJECTED BY SICHA: How to Roast a Fucking Chicken →
As much as I love all the Jolie Kerr oeuvre, I must admit that I prefer Lofty and Superior Jolie Kerr to Angry and Mildly Combative Jolie Kerr, who seems to have written the above. LASJK is more like the chic, carefree aunt that you enjoy sitting next to at holidays, as opposed to the drunk, angry aunt who never got over her divorce and is angry that her son isn’t living up to...
Thank you, Urlesque, for this post about HURR... →
I’M A HOERS!
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Dear Facebook Rep
When you are an account director, and a social media strategist working on one of your largest accounts calls you with a technical question regarding research capabilities within the Facebook platform, you should probably not do the following:
1.) Completely ignore her question and tell her that “putting up celebrity videos is a great way to get your fans to interact”
2.) Tell her...
This is a video of a cupcake with a rotten tooth knitting a scarf. You should really, really watch this.
Courtesy of the amazing Suzy Mattay.
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I don’t want to get married just because everyone is asking me when...
– Written by a 24 year old, still applicable to a 28 year old.
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Promoted Tweets and the issue of creative
So, Promoted Tweets launched today. Yay? In trying to figure out exactly how this will work, I’ve been reading a bunch of articles, the result of which has been equal parts confusion and enlightenment. I particularly enjoyed Meghan’s article, although it did bring about a rather interesting question for me.
According to Dick Costolo, Twitter’s COO, “Brands and companies...
I just bought Ke$ha’s album. I’m not quite sure why I did this. I think this was a mistake.
As far as names go, we gave our children what we thought were the most beautiful...
– I’m sorry, it’s just all too good
I find that names are important even more so when they are named after someone...
– It’s her favorite animal!
With our second, we had two names that were our favorites: one was hers and one...
– The comments section of this article is the gift that keeps on giving. I swear to god this is not from The Onion.
"Smokey Robinson being molested by a giant foam...
katiebakes:
Um, when I heard this song the IMMEDIATE first thing I thought of was this, and it’s even more disturbing and wonderful than my shattered brain remembers. I can’t even start talking about the comments because I’ll never stop and I haven’t eaten dinner yet.
This is one of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE Sesame Street skits ever. Any time that song comes on, I immediately ask whoever is with me...