Pat Rock on Feb 28th, 2006Tuesday Depression
Tuesday Depression
I’m depressed that this morning I was so stressed about work that I could not enjoy the performance of the girl behind me in traffic who was lip synching and sexy dancing to the Black Eyed Peas. It was very comical.
I’m depressed at how accurate this comic is about males, and how accurate [...]
Pat Rock on Feb 27th, 2006Whatever Happened to Geoge Holliday
George Holliday was the man who videotaped the beating of Rodney King. Recently the LA Times caught up with how he is doing.
Sounds like times have been rough for George Holliday, but things might be about to turn around. He is about to release the DVD of the beating for sale on the internet for [...]
Pat Rock on Feb 24th, 2006It Manifesto
I’m a sucker for manifestos. It appears to my revolutionary inner child. I’m especially a sucker for technology manifestos. Like this one.
A sample:
When (not if) a user asks “This sounds like a lot of extra work, how will it make my life easier?” you have an opportunity to evaluate your career progression.
If [...]
Pat Rock on Feb 23rd, 2006Rodney Mullen Video
Rodney Mullen is a street skating God. So much attention gets paid to vert skating these days that guys like Rodney Mullen get overlooked. The truth is that good street skating is ten times more amazing than good vert skating.
Pat Rock on Feb 23rd, 2006I’ll Be Your Huckleberry
Did you ever want to know exactly what Johnny Ringo, and Doc Holliday were saying to each other in the movie, “Tombstone” when they were talking to each other in latin?
Our soon to be lawyer friend has translated the latin for us.
Pat Rock on Feb 21st, 2006Tuesday Depression — Dead Presidents Edition
I’m depressed that today Tuesday is both a Monday and a Tuesday. Not fair.
I’m depressed that I spent my long weekend doing basically nothing. I’ve been working hard this winter to fight my laziness, and be productive and creative, but sometimes the laziness wins out. Especially when its freezing cold.
I’m depressed its [...]
Pat Rock on Feb 20th, 2006Penny Arcade Does News?
Penny arcade has some interesting tidbits about people whose job it is to infiltrate forums, gain trust, and then promote items. Part 1 and Part 2
Pat Rock on Feb 16th, 2006Top Ten Science Fiction Movies Never Made
Top Ten Sci-Fi Movies Never Made. A really great article, that dares, among other things, to talk about the _real_ reason the Star Wars prequels sucked so much; what went wrong with Aliens 3; and why the hell hasn’t anyone made Snow Crash into a movie?
Pat Rock on Feb 16th, 2006Link Soup
Dance like a white guy. A pitch for a new informercial product. Sorta.
Vice Presidential Hunting Guide
Pat Rock on Feb 15th, 2006David Sifry’s State of the Blogosphere
David Sifry is the head honcho at Technorati which is a popular blog tracking engine. Once in a while he compiles a bunch of statistics based on what they are seeing, and it usually proves pretty interesting.
Here are his latest, part 1 and part 2
From part 1 the most interesting factoid was that if [...]