February 2012
36 posts
(Brian majored in film studies) me: HAHA, have you heard of the Bechdel test? http://bechdeltest.com/ me: it should be a real film theory, if it isn’t already Brian: XD oh wow this is fun me: you were never taught it?? me: this headline may explain why :/ me: http://thehathorlegacy.com/why-film-schools-teach-screenwriters-not-to-pass-the-bechdel-test/ Brian: I immediately checked that...
New music discovery: Animal Collective sounds...
“It’s worth noting that, because Christianity in Korea is heavily associated with the temperance movement (just as it was in the US a hundred years ago), most Korean translations of the Bible have Jesus turning water into grape juice.” via SMBC forums
I hardly applaud YouTube comments, but THIS:
“Jeremy Lin is only the beginning. The Asian-American Millennials are just entering the real world, and they’re chomping at the bits to change the world. Many of them watched their parents marginalized in society, and many of them grew up resenting the fact that they were either invisible or so misrepresented in the media. They don’t want “revenge” exactly, but...
“That’s your mom?! Did she have you when she was like, 12?!” “Well actually I was born out of a void, then a number of years later she got pregnant and the child vanished right out of her womb, and I walked in.”
Juni: did you get my crit? Brian: yes. Brian: you are the most valuable friend an artist could ever have Juni: XD Juni: I feel 99% complete as a person Juni: the other 1% is owning a glass chiller so I can make semifreddo all day
JavaScript: Warts and workarounds →
skein:
Matt Might does a quick and coherent roundup of some of Javascript’s weirdness while providing advice for how to do deal with its reality.
“How can I NOT be creepy to this dude I like on V-day?”
“Well, don’t do THIS”
“But I waaaant to. Are you sure it’s creepy?”
“Yes.”
“But I waaaant to.”
