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“programmers work at night, because they do not like to be...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:28:20 +1100

“programmers work at night, because they do not like to be distracted (which allows working more relaxed) […] and the bright screen drives away the sleep”

(via Why do programmers work at night? - Gtd)

"She loves good food, she always wants to eat in good restaurants, and the shoes, the best clothes,..."

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:15:12 +1100

“She loves good food, she always wants to eat in good restaurants, and the shoes, the best clothes, the best everything. See, I believe in less, but my wife believe in best.”

- Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry on why he still performs in his 70’s - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry: “When I was a man, I was a cannibal”

Palestinian bookshop owner celebrates Jerusalem residency ruling

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:23:15 +1100

Palestinian bookshop owner celebrates Jerusalem residency ruling:

The threat stemmed from Fahmi’s absence from Jerusalem for almost 20 years, which resulted in him losing his residency permit. Despite having been born and brought up in Jerusalem, he had been forced to rely on a series of tourist visas since returning in 1997.

"as he had access to the official monitoring reports, he regularly read details of her life with a..."

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:48:43 +1100

“as he had access to the official monitoring reports, he regularly read details of her life with a close interest”

- Undercover police had children with activists

(via 18 Alternate Universe Movie Posters)

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:44:59 +1100

(via 18 Alternate Universe Movie Posters)

"I’d rather cry in a BMW."

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:07:42 +1100

“I’d rather cry in a BMW.”

- Aspiring actress and contestant on Chinese dating show ‘If You Are the One’ - China TV censor dating show

"its frustrating the BBC couldn’t think of 12 human female faces who have made the news this year"

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:28:23 +1100

“its frustrating the BBC couldn’t think of 12 human female faces who have made the news this year”

- Labour MP Stella Creasy - Pandagate: anger as BBC chooses Tian Tian as December woman 2011

Of the 12 “women” picked, a quarter were there for marrying someone and one was a panda bear.

"They have accepted popular [non-violent] resistance"

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:18:09 +1100

“They have accepted popular [non-violent] resistance”

- Mohammed Shtayyer - senior Fatah official Israel ‘will launch significant Gaza offensive sooner or later’

Israel’s response to Hamas’ recent official policy change, rejecting an unending armed struggle and accepting non-violent resistance, is to prepare to bomb them. Again.

"A number of weapons have been recovered from the scene. Whether I’ve got the murder weapon I don’t..."

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:25:49 +1100

“A number of weapons have been recovered from the scene. Whether I’ve got the murder weapon I don’t know.”

- Detective Chief Inspector Mark Dunne (Metropolitan police’s homicide command) after boy stabbed to death at a Foot Locker during Boxing Day sales - Man stabbed to death on Oxford Street

"Twitter is a signal, just like looking at the words in The New York Times or Google Books. They’re..."

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:35:13 +1100

“Twitter is a signal, just like looking at the words in The New York Times or Google Books. They’re all a sample[.]”

- Peter Dodds (applied mathematician) - Twitter math study: Happiness in decline | Great Falls Tribune

He moves this way, she moves that way. It’s dancing.

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:45:07 +1100

He moves this way, she moves that way. It’s dancing.

If you’ve lost the childhood excitement for opening...

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:41:43 +1100

If you’ve lost the childhood excitement for opening presents, perhaps misanthropic fantasy worlds where you are opened instead will provide substitute cheer.

I know Einstein rested on his laurels after his annus mirabilis...

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:17:30 +1100

I know Einstein rested on his laurels after his annus mirabilis but c’mon, puppetry? Get back to work genius.

"He looks more and more like a Ralph Steadman sketch."

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:40:21 +1100

“He looks more and more like a Ralph Steadman sketch.”

- Dennis Perrin (a friend and former protégée of Hitchens describing his descent into drunken war mongering) - Salon.com » Christopher Hitchens and the protocol for public figure deaths Mobile

"Growing up in a large family never leaves you. I still catch myself looking at other people’s..."

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:30:06 +1100

“Growing up in a large family never leaves you. I still catch myself looking at other people’s clothes, thinking: One day that shirt will be mine.”

- Eddie Naessens - Standup Comity - The Morning News

Drink Spot, Drink.

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:47:27 +1100

Drink Spot, Drink.

Love will tear you apart as easy as A B C, 1 2 3.

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:40:02 +1100

Love will tear you apart as easy as A B C, 1 2 3.

Beats wii fit don’t ya think?

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:50:29 +1100

Beats wii fit don’t ya think?

“like Lady & the Tramp but with zombies”

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:44:35 +1100

“like Lady & the Tramp but with zombies”

A dark alliance.

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:35:02 +1100

A dark alliance.