December 2008
33 posts
My Year in Cities 2008
Seattle, WA*
Newcastle, WA*
Forks, WA
Friday Harbor, WA
Overland Park, KS
Tulsa, OK*
Tahlequah, OK
Tokyo, Japan
Kyoto, Japan
Osaka, Japan
Gifu, Japan
This year I went for quality over quantity.
superamit:
One or more nights were spent in each city. Per Kottke’s specifications, * indicates cities visited multiple times on non-consecutive days.
See also: Katherine’s list and...
Yes, Fog Creek’s standard salary out of college is $75,000, and we’re very...
– Joel, here, again (via marco)
You get what you pay for. Always.
I finally signed up for xbox live.
All the good names were taken so I’m BeepasaurusRex
A curse on whomever already has Beepasaurus.
Couple suing Walmart over employee actions →
Two Cherokee County residents are suing Walmart Stores Inc. and one of the company’s Springdale, Ark., employees, alleging he was operating equipment under the influence of too many energy drinks when the equipment he was operating struck their vehicle.
Excuse me but WTF?
Tumblr Awards
nostrich:
Tuneage has been lucky enough to be nominated for a few (unofficial) Tumblr awards! If any of our readers have a moment, we’d love for you to vote for us!
Thanks for the nominations and votes everyone!
Get on it, guys, otherwise I won’t wish you a merry christmas
If you don’t vote for Tuneage I’ll hide your keys.
Pig War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between American and British authorities over the boundary between the United States and British North America. The specific area in dispute was the San Juan Islands, which lie between Vancouver Island and the North American mainland. The Pig War, so called because it was triggered by the shooting of a pig, is also called the Pig Episode, the Pig and Potato...
Jason’s main Christmas present is MIA, as per the previous image showing a last check in of December 19th in Dallas.
The item they shipped the same day has already arrived.
I can’t :( hard enough.
I love how the Japanese add the suffix -san to their mountain names.
-san is a respectful suffix that’s somewhat the equivalent of Mr.
In Japan we saw Fuji-san and Kinkazan, Mt. Fuji and Mt. Kinka.
Jason and I are staying in Seattle to ourselves for the holiday, including Thursday and Friday.
Any other anti-holidayers in Seattle this year?
Actually my hands have been cold enough to not work on my iPhone too. Touchscreens need heat!
sdierdorf:
Warning: you cannot answer your iPhone when you have gloves on. If you are planning a polar voyage, get an Android.
I would totally be onboard for a real Tumblr chat...
dannyliberty:
Reblog if you mirror the above feelings.
You mean aside from irc.freenode.net #tumblrs ?
I love the sound of a dying fire.