Evening Telegram » & Cetera http://nikhilb.in/blog Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:16:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 here’s a distraction http://nikhilb.in/blog/2010/07/13/heres-a-distraction/ http://nikhilb.in/blog/2010/07/13/heres-a-distraction/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:15:21 +0000 Nikhil http://nikhilb.in/blog/?p=582 I have a list of about 20 hours of work I want to do to my site, because I’m too proud to start a Tumblog. In the meanwhile, here’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard in a podcast.

The Sound of Young America—Matt Braunger

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*-I’ve never understood why they keep the 92Y branding. Tribeca is nowhere near 92nd. The geographic center in my brain hurts.

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Here, I have something completely different. It’s about the physiology of the chicken. They are weird m*&^%$f@!#+rs.

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Savedbyzero! Savedbyzero! Savedbyzero! [via Design Observer]

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I can’t really picture what you’re looking for, but I’m sure it explains why you’re single. Also: I’m opposed to wearing costumes for Halloween or any other occaision. If forced, I’ll wear a tux and simple masquerade mask and stand near the bar.

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Science is delicious! (via Kottke)

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Here’s a life hack.
To determine within 75% confidence whether you were incredibly frustrated at the time you named a document, project, setting, or client file: check whether the name you chose begins with the adjective, “Fucking.”

Quite true. I still have a Word document, a checklist from college of the AFI Top 100 (which we never finished) titled “GODDAMMIT SHERMAN, JUST ONE MORE YARD.doc” or something to that effect from one Eric Nies

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From Swiss-German animator Rafael Sommerhalder, via Swissmiss.

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anarchist (?n’?r-k?st) – n. – political and social provocateur whose activist education is rooted in a used Fight Club DVD and six Rage Against the Machine MP3s. cf. mook with an associate degree.

–Merlin Mann

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One of the first requests for help I received was, oddly enough, from Design Observer. It seems the AIGA’s New Orleans chapter is mobilizing its members to direct relief from the design industry to affected areas. DO has a good list of ways to help, including non-design organizations.

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