November 2011
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a bright wall in a dark room.: Boogie Nights... →
I’M A STAR, I’M A STAR, I’M A STAR. by Elizabeth Wilcox
When Boogie Nights came out, I was 14 years old, a freshman in high school. You can imagine what the 9th-grade locker-room talk about the movie was. From snatches of overheard conversations about Dirk Diggler (or, almost more often,…
the sauce... it's too rich...
katyamola:
fuckyeahmst3kgifs:
the sauce…….
it’s too rich………
it’s too thick……..
save…. your….. self…..
(i fuckin love you tom, thanks for doing this for me :D)
How I Accidentally Got 700,000 Fans on Facebook →
soupsoup:
youngmanhattanite:
Meanwhile, the numbers just kept shooting upwards. Very quickly, I had passed celebrities like Brad Pitt (55,000 fans) and Spike Lee (67,000 fans), as well as entire countries (Spain: 25,000 fans). And as time went on, my book’s page overtook ridiculously famous authors like J.K. Rowling (95,000 fans) and even Dan Brown (499,000 fans). Soon, my book had more fans...
Aziz is Bored: Questlove on Parks and Rec... →
The critics have been really kind to Parks and Rec this season. But of all the praise the show has received, I believe the recent set of tweets from Questlove of the Roots is my favorite.
“Parks and Recreation is the Wu Tang of comedy. an ensemble cast of which all the cast shines.” - Questlove
I nominate that to be on the cover of the Season 2 DVD if possible. Later, Quest broke down who is...
Anonymous asked: <p>i want to anchor the background image into the top left, without it scrolling and repeating with the rest of the content. halp?</p>
SCORE: teaching students how to work in a group
positivelypersistentteach:
theteachersdesk:
The SCORE strategy is an effective way to help students build the skills necessary to work in a group effectively and cooperatively.
Display this handy acrostic in the classroom and encourage students to “SCORE” as they participate in group work.
Share ideas
Compliment others
Offer help and encouragement
Recommend changes nicely
Exercise...
U.S. Department of State: Worldwide Travel Alert... →
statedept:
The U.S. Department of State alerts U.S. citizens traveling and residing abroad to the enhanced potential for anti-American violence given recent counter-terrorism activity in Pakistan. Given the uncertainty and volatility of the current situation, U.S. citizens in areas where recent events could…
How Do Magnets Work?
fakescience:
Backburner Theme: How To Add Facebook's Like... →
With the release of Backburner 1.1.2 I changed the Facebook share functionality to the new Like button that lets visitors share any Tumblr post to their friends on Facebook with one click. The $19 premium theme, Backburner comes with support for Facebook Like and Twitter retweet (through…
@boblet: HTML5 id/class name cheatsheet →
Or, “The mapping of HTML5 structural elements to id and class names for use with <div>s”
Drawn from the fine work of Andy Clarke (Marlarkey) and Jon Tan(gerine), esq. Note: I’ve moved all my HTML5 articles to http://oli.jp/, so I can walk the walk. I’ll leave this here for…
It's take your kids to work day at Google
cnnmoneytech:
A report from the inside says there is no kangaroo this year. (Yes, last year there were kangaroos. Two of them.) But this exchange made me giggle, relayed via IM from the scene:
Engineer: Remember, it’s not like this everyday. We don’t have face painters and balloon mans here all the time.
His son: And you don’t have Legos all the time.
Engineer: No, actually we do.
-Stacy
LOOK I'M LUCID: I came across Sage Keeler’s work... →
look-im-lucid:
I came across Sage Keeler’s work about a year ago and became an instant fan. She is a multi-media artist and musician living in Santa Barbara, California and recently joined up with the Computers Club Drawing Society where her exquisite geometric drawings have been blowing my…
