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2013-05-10 (Friday)

Links

  1. The Sublime Cluelessness of Throwing Lavish Great Gatsby Parties - Zachary M. Seward - The Atlantic

    For the line: “It’s like throwing a Lolita-themed children’s birthday party.”

  2. Every Every Every Generation Has Been the Me Me Me Generation - Elspeth Reeve - The Atlantic Wire

    Scroll down for the examples of 100+ years of oldsters moaning about kids being spoiled narcissists. (via @timoarnall)

  3. REAL_DANCING_GIRL

    Updated hi-res version of the heavily used tiny dancing woman animated gif from the 1990s.

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    @blech @tharpo I only read it a couple of months ago, to beat the film release.

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    @blech Oh, this theatlantic.com/entertainment/… “It's like throwing a Lolita-themed children's birthday party.”

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    @blech I read something about exactly that missing of the point the other day. No idea where though, as ever.

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    @mildlydiverting @yoz @bobigail I missed that first time. Woooo!!!

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    @suegyford That’s your weekend gone then.

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    @antimega I think that’s Google’s new motto.

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    @antimega Open a new tab. Bottom right, next to ‘Recently closed’.

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    Chrome’s ‘Other Devices’ feature: brill. I forgot the URL for my Candy Box game, but left it in a tab on my sleeping work Mac. Chrome knows.

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    Top marks for the “pixel”: realdancingirl.tumblr.com

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    Olia Lialina and Dragan Espenschied at the Photographers’ Gallery, on net.art, Geocities, etc was brief but quite good. All the pixels.

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    @mortoni @samuelpepys The Great Fire will happen in 1666, or 2019. You’ll have to be patient!

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    @Futtrup_Jan I’m not sure I need it right now, and am short of time, but thanks.

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    @antimega What kind of nut?

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    @wizardishungry Thanks, it’s already in the queue.

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    @robertmchardy @philgyfordtest sent me 26 direct messages today. He’s very needy.

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    “State changed from up to crashed” on your face forever.

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    @robertmchardy I should introduce you to @philgyfordtest sometime!

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    @benterrett @alicebartlett @irvinebrown D _ D _ _ _ _ _ O _

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    @dotcode I’ve got something in my eye…

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    Just realised the bank holiday threw me, and I’ve been struggling with Tuesday’s crossword instead of Monday’s. That’s my excuse.

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    @alicebartlett “Was there nothing Ginger Spice accomplished that's musical? (10)”

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    @phl Hadn’t seen that thanks. Tricky isn’t it: “fail fast” is fine, unless it screws everyone that committed to the failing thing.

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    “our mission of saving and sharing the Web … the Clipboard service at clipboard.com will be discontinued.” What a bag of wank.

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    @alirayl @mathowie Thanks. Clipboard’s going up there as soon as I’ve added two other exciting transitions!

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    @antimega WE’RE SO EXCITED! (thanks)