January 2008
Freelance Tipster | Top 10 Mistakes Made by New... →
backseat surfer →
Anyone who stands over your shoulder as you use the internet, directing your internet(s) navigation
No, I don’t want to check out this totally amazing video on youtube. Stop being a backseat surfer douche bag.
Electile Dysfunction →
The inability to become aroused over any of the choices for President put forth by either party during an election year.
“Is anyone appealing to you in this years presidential race?”
“Naa… No one excites me. I think I’m suffering from Electile Dysfunction.”
Get rockin’ icons for your Prism applications
While using Prism for Basecamp I ran into an annoying little problem that all the icons from Prism are the default ‘world’ type of icon. I hated this plus it was hard to distinguish the different applications on my desktop. So I found a way to remedy this situation.
First I went out and tried to find some high quality icons for Basecamp. Low and behold… 37 signals themselves...
Prism Icons
sonopuncture →
sonopuncture
n. A treatment program that uses sound waves to stimulate the same areas of the body used by acupuncture.
—sonopuncturist n.
Example Citation:
Sonopuncture is similar to acupuncture, but an ultrasound device that transmits sound waves is applied to the body’s acupoints. Needles are not used. Sonopuncture is sometimes combined with tuning forks and other vibration devices....
choreplay →
When a woman is turned on by the sight of her husband/boyfriend/partner doing regular household chores, that she would normally be doing.
“Last night, it was all about choreplay. I was all ‘OH YEAH, fold that laundry. Oh yes, just like that! In half and, then in half again. OHHH’”
Java Platform SE 6 API →
yo →
A pronoun used in reference to oneself (synonym- me)
You wanna know who broke your window?
Yo.
I wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crackers →
A woman who meets an attractiveness threshold above which you would easily forgive minor transgressions such as eating crackers and leaving the inevitable crumbs in your bed.
The British version “I wouldn’t kick her out of bed for farting”, while similar in spirit, lacks some of the subtlety of this version.
Lindsay Lohan might have a little nose candy problem, but still, I...
YAML Builder →
A tool for visual layout development of YAML based CSS layouts
refrigerator blindness →
Selective loss of visual acuity in association with common foraging of the refrigerator. Predominantly seen in children and males.
“Honey, where’s the orange juice?”
“Are you blind? Second shelf on the right!”
“Sorry, must be that pesky refrigerator blindness again…”
defictionalization →
defictionalization
n. When a product or object from a movie, book, or other fictional source is made in the real world.
—defictionalize v.
Example Citation:
Defictionalization isn’t nearly so common. Not yet.
Consider the energy drink Brawndo, “the thirst mutilator.” It first emerged in the blackly comic, 2006 cult film Idiocracy, directed by Mike Judge, creator of Beavis...
box lock →
The female equivalent of a cock block.
I was hitting on that guy, but my girlfriend stepped in and totally box locked me.
Love the Headline: 01.23.2008
This will be a new series that I run where I post interesting or odd headlines I find.
For this one… I really couldn’t care less about the article. It’s something we all knew was going to happen, but Engadget created this headline ever so gracefully.
“Apple posts $1.58B profit, buys monocle, top hat”
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elder-proof →
elder-proof
v. To make something safe for the elderly to use. Also: elderproof.
—elder-proof, adj.
Example Citation:
Safe Home Scheme: The scheme gives the elderly poor and the disabled subsidies of up to $1,000 per household to ‘elder-proof’ their homes, by adding features like grab bars and slip-proof tiles to ensure the elderly don’t hurt themselves at home.
—Radha Basu,...
PMS →
A powerful spell that women are put under about once every month, which gives them the strength of an ox, the stability of a Window’s OS, and the scream of a banshee. Basically, man’s worst nightmare.
OMFG! SHE HAS PMS!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!! *explosions and screams*
car booger →
A chunk of ice or hard slush, usually dark brown, which is found in the middle of, or alongside, the road in winter, having fallen off a passing car. It builds up like a stalactite behind the wheel from dirty road slush being thrown up there and sticking. Also known in some quarters as a slurd.
Dear Uncle Pete… Weather was a bit warmer today so car boogers were in evidence everywhere on the...
Rails 2.0 Migrations
Presentation on migrations in Rails 2.0 given to the Chicago Ruby Meetup on Jan 19th, 2008
Bush league →
Also see Bushleague. Adj. 1) Below good standards, not good or incorrect. Pitiful, poor, terrible, awful, bad, sucky,
“That’s a bushleague call, ref.”
“That kid is real bushleague.”
Rails 2.0 Migrations
Yesterday I gave a small presentation on migrations in Rails 2.0 for the Chicago Ruby group. It went fairly well I think. Not being the most in depth presentation… I hope that someone got something out of it. I think that the new Rake tasks were a little more interesting for the group to learn about than the actual migrations. Here is the slideshow ( I really suck at Powerpoint) and...
Migrations in Rails 2.0
tanking →
When a sports team loses on purpose. Usually done at the end of the season to secure a better draft pick for next year.
Guy1: Man, this team sucks.
Guy2: Yeah, but their tanking anyway to get the 1st overall draft pick next year.
California Car Pool →
When each member of a group uses their own car to go to the same destination. Typically, describing the case where the group is together at the start or close enough to share rides.
Three systems administrators working in the same office take three cars to lunch in case someone gets an emergency call and has to leave early. “Want me to drive?” “Nah, we better California Car Pool...
In Real Life… Solid Snake
Hmm… guess I can’t post the video here! You’ll have check it out at their site.
Every Stock Photo →
aggregate of stock photography. license-specific photo search engine
Aaaayyyyy - The Fonz has still got it
In an recent interview, some interesting facts were made known about Henry Winkler… the hippest cat to ever roll the streets of Milwaukee.
I found this quote really moving:
“I start by saying I am a husband, a father, we have two dogs, I am an actor, a producer, a director and I write children’s books - and I’m in the bottom 3% in America academically. I say to children,...
Modern Mechanix | Blog →
archive of old magazine articles from 30’s - 50’s technology
Cameron Moll | Gridding the 960 →
Using grids to create a layout
cuddlingus →
The act of cuddling, spooning, or snuggling. When two or more people lay down in an intertwined fashion.
Guy: “Aright, so now that i busted my nut, I’m gonna be out.”
Lady: “You’re not getting out of here without giving me some cuddlingus.”
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A millionaire by 30 - Dare to dream
If this guy can do it…. you know the rest. The ‘guy’ in this story will be played by Alan Corey. The story is about him so I figured he was the logical choice. So the story goes like this, young out of college male with an authority problem.. o yeah he doesn’t get laid either. That’s really most of us right? Anyway he gets this idea that he wants to become a...
Freshbooks - A long strange trip
You’ve got to hand it to ingenious moves few companies make. Now I don’t know if this ‘stunt’ is going to make you think anything more or less about Freshbooks, but it’s sure to get some publicity. If you’re confused at this point it is because I have not told you that the Freshbooks crew (hailing from way up yonder, Canada) is going to trek from Miami to...
wdt →
Acronym for “who does that?” — spoken incredulously.
She sneezed and then shook my hand… WDT?
spendy →
expensive
That sweater is kind of spendy.
reality distortion field →
reality-distortion field n. An expression used to describe the persuasive ability of managers like Steve Jobs (the term originated at Apple Computer in the 1980’s to describe his peculiar charisma). Those close to these managers become passionately committed to possibly insane projects, without regard to the practicality of their implementation or competitive forces in the marketpace.
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tff4.com →
the website of Thomas Finley, web designer
RubyPlus →
Free Ruby and Rails Screencasts
googleganger →
Similar to that of a doppleganger, it is another individual with the same name as you whose records and/or stories are mixed in with your own when you Google yourself.
“Hey, I just googled my name and found that I have three googlegangers!”
DILLIGAF →
Does It Look Like I Give A Fuck
you hurt your leg, well DILLIGAF
jk →
Just Kidding!
you ugly as a troll in the morning. jk’in ya just jk’n ya!!
reverse telecommuting →
Bringing personal work to the office: paying bills, playing games and reading online newspapers on company time (OCT).
Smashing Magazine | Adobe Photoshop Tutorials -... →
church on the move →
When it’s time to go,you yell “Church on the move”— everyone you’re with knows to leave the location.
Snoop Dogg— when you’re at the club and its time to bounce you yell “Church on the move” and everyone knows its time to get up outta there!
For Webdesigners →
useful links to all things web design
Read/Write Web | 10 Most Marketable Web... →
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SEO on Rails | Getting your meta tags on track →
blacking out →
to turn off any device that people can reach you with (cell phone, two-way, computer, home phone, morse code, etc.) in order to avoid a certain someone.
Megan is blacking out Brent because he was acting like a dick. She don’t play that!