Published by Firas January 2nd, 2008
in Humor and Snippets.
From The Onion: Pitchfork Gives Music 6.8:
According to the review, authored by Pitchfork editor in chief Ryan Schreiber, the popular medium that predates the written word shows promise but nonetheless “leaves the listener wanting more.”
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“Coming in at an exhausting 7,000 years long, music is weighed down by a few too many mid-tempo tunes, most notably [...]
Published by Firas January 2nd, 2008
in Personal.
“Nice shoes”, she says, leaning across her boyfriend to get my attention on the subway.
“Thanks”, I say, “I noticed yours too.” Hers were bubbly and burgundy, quite funky.
“You’re walking on Angels”, she tells me. “It protects from the Devil, says that beneath the shoe.”
Indeed, the sole is inscribed, ‘Resists alkali, water, acid, fatigue and Satan.’
She [...]
Published by Firas January 1st, 2008
in Tech.
Didn’t see this coming: general manager for Internet Explorer, Dean Hachamovitch writes:
I’m delighted to tell you that on Wednesday, December 12, Internet Explorer correctly rendered the Acid2 page in IE8 standards mode. While supporting the features tested in Acid2 is important for many reasons, it is just one of several milestones for the interoperability, standards [...]