February 2008
Giants Football Blog →
I was hired by SNY to run their new Giants website, which explans my lack of Tumbling lately. I miss you Tumblr! We will hang out again soon, I promise!
January 2008
Asking the important questions.
alexbalk: “Sorry, but just to clarify, you’re on the record saying that Nick Denton is a real son of a bitch, right?”
attention tumblr snobs:
jackieheartsb: (you know who you are) i find the “i’m downsizing who i’m following because of the signal-to-noise ratio/dashboard clutter/what-have-you, please don’t be offended” posts utterly and completely pretentious and unnecessary. just stop following people without the obnoxious explanation, please. they won’t be hurt. probably won’t even care. just...
“I actually saw Ricky [Gervais] in the men’s room just before the ceremony,...”
– Steve Carrell at the SAG Awards (via People) (via sharingtime)
Tom Brady is handsome
annamarie: While at the gym today I decided to distract myself from my workout by watching ESPN. To be honest I didn’t originally plan on watching ESPN, the scenario went something more like this: me watching The View, me casually glancing at the TV of the guy on my right, me seeing Tom Brady, me flipping through channels until my screen matched the screen of said guy on right. Low...
“Scientology has no plans to sue Gawker over the Tom Cruise video, which has...”
– Daily Intelligencer (via nickdenton)
“Whether you’re thinking about McCain, Romney, Obama, Clinton, Paul, or...”
– brinking - nabeel hyatt: The red herring of experience
“In an instant-message interview, Mr. Denton, who replaced Mr. Sicha with himself...”
– New York Times “Scientology Writes; Gawker Rises” ]]>]]>
Eddie Vedder - Rise (from Into the Wild) Went to...
The super-rich are just as ignorant and easily...
“Perot was pleasantly surprised when I told him that Obama was a Christian, not a Muslim, and relieved when I informed him that the e-mail Perot (and untold others) received about Obama not respecting the Pledge of Allegiance was a fraud.” But does he know what happens if you google “miserable failure”? — alexbalk
“And what we’ve seen in these last weeks is that we’re also up against forces...”
– Barack Obama (via A VC: Can Obama Do It?; thanks blue) Goddamn, it’s good to hear somebody saying this while people are listening. His momentum is stripping away the apathy from so many left and middle voters. I hope he makes it!
Obama gets officially annointed by the Kennedys,... →
— bittentongue “I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president — not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans” - Caroline Kennedy
WatchDo you ever wish you hadn’t posted anything online for a week so the best thing you were finally posting would really stand alone? That’s true about THE BEST RANSOM NOTE EVER. — nickdouglas — clareables just to give you an idea of how awesome this video is, it deals with jesus and weiner poopies.
Obama Projected Winner Of South Carolina Primary →
A.P. and Television Networks Project Obama as Winner in South Carolina The Associated Press and television networks projected Senator Barack Obama as the winner of the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary.
The Reblog Button →
But the thing that had the most powerful effect on me and may be fundamental to the future of media is the reblog button on Tumblr. (by Fred Wilson) — desaturated Reblogging harnesses the viral web to surface the most interesting media and make it discoverable for others. I would like to see the front page on tumblr feature the most reblogged items the way that digg and delicious/popular do. But...
WatchI done just dropped some knowledge on you. — iminlikewithyou the pop up video feature in iminlikewithyou is brilliant, and is especially funny when applied to this masterpiece.
“Thieves are robbing long-distance coaches by sneaking dwarves into the luggage...”
– Ananova - Dwarf crime a ‘growing problem’
WatchWill Ferrell Crashes Show Sometimes its the only way to keep things interesting. “This just in: GE is bankrupt.” — peterwknox This is hysterical.
“I always wonder how different the world would be if kids knew there are a...”
– Scott Adams 