January 2012
14 posts
“An article on Monday about Jack Robison and Kirsten Lindsmith, two college...”
– NY Times Correction of the Year 2012 (already?)
Dubtrot: My Little Pony dubstep
The Quick Brown Fox...
vowelsme:
The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is well known because it uses every letter in the English alphabet. The sentence is often used to showcase fonts because it lets you see what every letter in that font looks like. It dates back to 1885.
Mainly I’m just talking about this because I found this gif:
December 2011
29 posts
“The first weird Bible verse he tackles is 1 Samuel 18:27: “David took his...”
– Wednesday-Weird-Bible-Verse: 200 foreskins as a wedding price for a bride - Boing Boing
“Almost” is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in...”
– Random English fact (via vowelsme)
“He finds the cigarette analogy more apt than drunken driving because, he said,...”
– Reframing the Debate Over Using Phones While Driving - NYTimes.com
“The fact that people have kids because they want something from them is bizarre....”
– Louis C.K.: The Next Steve Jobs Will Be A Chick | Fast Company
“Football has the same relationship to education as bullfighting has to...”
– Robert Hutchins
In 1939, the University of Chicago ended its football program.
Tim Tebow is entertaining, but football tactics are at the heart of Denver’s success - ESPN
“A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it, is committing...”
– Confucius
“5. Your memory isn’t as good as you think. When you remember an event in...”
– Ten things everyone should know about time
“Tomatoes are in season in the late summer. Lettuce is in season in in the fall....”
– I, Cheeseburger
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“Don’t just go through the motions. Don’t accept dogma. Look for ways that you...”
– One of my goals for 2012 is to read Infinite Jest. Should be quite the challenge.
Daring Fireball Linked List: David Foster Wallace’s Syllabus
November 2011
43 posts
1 tag
