Solipsism

“ the Net is different. It wasn’t invented by business people, and it doesn’t exist to help your company make money.

— Seth’s Blog: The web doesn’t care

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A dialogue in which a real geek learns about the New York Pseudo Geekarati

syrix: WTF
syrix: this world is going to crap
syrix: i dont get this
syrix: http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/magazine/16-08/howto_allison
syrix: i dont even know who Julia Allison is
Jim: oh dude dont you read my tumblr
Jim: shes the prototypical fameball
syrix: *flameball?
Jim: no fameball
Jim: sigh, you dont hang out on the cool side of the internet do you?
syrix: no, im at the other lunch table
syrix: i actually had to look that one up
Jim: look its people spamming blogs and talking about esoteric new york bullshit
Jim: and their like lightyears behind the tech curve but they love to don the mantle of geeks
syrix: wow, i had no idea it was so trendy
Jim: kind of like rich suburban polo players who wear urban wear and drive range rovers with rims
syrix: oh now those guys piss me off
Jim: you should be pissed
syrix: why?
syrix: i have an audi?
Jim: while the real geeks sit in slashdot forums, the people getting real media attention are fake attractive geeks, it really sucks
syrix: ahh men to that
syrix: i bet those other fake geeks dont even know what an RS-232 booster chip is for
syrix: freeking lamers
Jim: no they dont
Jim: and that is why the must be killed
Jim: afk burger run

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(via ied)

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nickdouglas:

YOU CAN TELL SHE’S A GEEK ‘CUZ SHE’S HOLDING A COMPUTER

NonSociety - Live Differently

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“ But in the 48 hours after saying hello a thing happened that I’d not really noticed quite so bluntly; a form of social docking. Various connections were offered and accepted, on flickr, last, dopplr, twitter ; it struck me at the time as being like one of those space station docking sequences in a movie. Hoses extended and were coupled on, and the vapours of ambient intimacy started being pumped; the vapours that convert acquaintances into friends. It’s good. I’ve always liked those docking/undocking sequences.

— russell davies: social docking (via adactio)

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Complaint #161

whitewhine:

“It was one thing when my mother started reading my blog, but does she really need to follow my Twitter feed?”

-Whine by Jason Jones

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Ungünstiges Verpackungsdesign

sickr:

Warum hat dieser Pudding einen Teil des Logos von wirres.net auf dem Deckel?

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“ Herein lies the difference between women and men. Women leaving Ikea, “I love shopping at Ikea, it’s very interesting”. Men, “Thank god it’s over. It’s Hell. It’s an infinite vortex.

— wyafer.org » SuperBowl!

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» Adultitis

instant-thinkr:

is a common condition occurring in people between the ages of 21â121, marked by chronic dullness, mild depression, moderate to extremely high stress levels, a general fear of change, and, in some extreme cases, the inability to smile.

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“ we now live in a world where Adam Sandler’s Spanglish can be considered a complicated story

— Media: Sick of Watching NYC Blow Up? Too Bad!

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I know! Just like everyone else I’m linking to the Do’s and don’ts with babies! Because fuck LOLcats! — nickdouglas

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Tumblr's Future

Tumblr is the most amazing user experience ever. From the reader’s perspective, it’s like any other blog, but with less usable navigation. And it’s associated, in my mind at least, with a certain techno-hipster-douchebag culture

— juliaallison

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