pf.org tag:paulfrankenstein.org,2008-02-16://2 2008-05-09T13:41:40Z Movable Type Personal 4.1 My eyes, they burn tag:paulfrankenstein.org,2008://2.4768 2008-05-09T13:33:23Z 2008-05-09T13:41:40Z Presenting Eurobad '74, the worst of European interior design from the 1970s. Seriously, I like modern design and all, and on some of the pages you can kinda see what the designers were going for, but my god, your retinas... Paul http://paulfrankenstein.org/ Presenting Eurobad '74, the worst of European interior design from the 1970s.

Seriously, I like modern design and all, and on some of the pages you can kinda see what the designers were going for, but my god, your retinas will burn.

And in related news, Stephen Fry has released a podcast (which, for some unknown reason he calls podgrams) wherein he discusses Oscar Wilde, violence in America, and the value of interior design (it’s the most recent one unless you’re reading this after he released subsequent podcasts; also, for those who prefer consuming their words printed rather than aurally, there’s a fan transcript, too).

]]> Apple's gonna sell a billion-with-a-b iPhones tag:paulfrankenstein.org,2008://2.4767 2008-05-06T23:06:27Z 2008-05-06T23:09:43Z Time to revise those Apple stock price targets to something that has four digits: chinese character functionality has been added tot he iPhone firmware.... Paul http://paulfrankenstein.org/ Time to revise those Apple stock price targets to something that has four digits: chinese character functionality has been added tot he iPhone firmware.

]]> Autostadt at Night, Part I tag:paulfrankenstein.org,2008://2.4766 2008-05-05T10:37:03Z 2008-05-05T10:37:02Z .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Autostadt at Night, Part I, originally uploaded by Frankenstein.... Paul http://paulfrankenstein.org/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }

Autostadt at Night, Part I, originally uploaded by Frankenstein.

]]> ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!! tag:paulfrankenstein.org,2008://2.4765 2008-05-04T17:01:12Z 2008-05-04T17:04:11Z The seven longest drives possible on Google Maps. Who’s with me?... Paul http://paulfrankenstein.org/ The seven longest drives possible on Google Maps. Who’s with me?

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]]> Presenting the 2008 NFL Draft All-Name Team tag:paulfrankenstein.org,2008://2.4762 2008-04-28T01:35:41Z 2008-04-28T19:15:17Z Welcome, Deadspin readers! Back by popular demand: Offense: QB: John David Booty, Minnesota. Who’s going to be the first over-eager play-by-play guy to describe a scrambling Booty: and Booty shakes his bootie… RB: Tashard Choice, Dallas. This was a tough... Paul http://paulfrankenstein.org/ Welcome, Deadspin readers!

Back by popular demand:

Offense:

  • QB: John David Booty, Minnesota. Who’s going to be the first over-eager play-by-play guy to describe a scrambling Booty: and Booty shakes his bootie…
  • RB: Tashard Choice, Dallas. This was a tough choice. Some excellent names in the RB category (and in the CB category, too, but that’s not what’s we’re talking about right now).
  • RB: Xavier Omon, Buffalo. The first of two Xaviers on this list.
  • WR: Early Doucet, Arizona. Let’s hope for the sake of Buzzsaw fans that he doesn’t leave the NFL early.
  • WR: Limas Sweed, Pittsburgh. Berman’s gonna call him “Limas ‘Bean’ Sweed”.
  • TE: Martellus Bennett, Dallas. Rhymes with Marcellus Wallace. Hopefully comes without the band-aid on the back of the head.
  • OT: Gosder Cherilus, Detroit. Maybe GM will come out with the Chevy Cherilus.
  • OT: Breno Giacomini, Green Bay. Giacomo Puccini was blindsided by the illness that eventually killed him. Green Bay just wants Giacomini to protect the blindside.
  • OG: Oniel Cousins, Baltimore. He’s a family man.
  • OG: Mackenzy Bernadeau, Carolina. That names looks like it wouldn’t be out of place on the back of a NHL sweater.
  • C: Kory Lichtensteiger, Denver. His parents got naming advice from Roger Clemens.

Defense:

  • DT: Kentwan Balmer, San Francisco. Kentwan, you will be Qui-jon’s new padewan.
  • DT: Letroy Guion, Minnesota. A guion is a subatomic particle. And if it’s not, it should be.
  • DE: Vernon Gholston, NY Jets. Can’t stop thinking about Fhloston Paradise.
  • DE: Andrew Studebaker, Philadelphia. I really hope he’s into classic cars.
  • MLB: Beau Bell, Cleveland. Two voiced bilabial plosives in a row! How can the announcers go wrong here?
  • OLB: Jerod Mayo, New England. You already know what they’re going to say when a blocker grabs a handful of his jersey and gets flagged for it.
  • OLB: Xavier Adibi, Houston. The other Xavier. I wonder if they pronounce their name “EX-avier” or “Zavier”?
  • CB: Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Arizona. In the off-season he relaxes by playing polo at his 4,000 acre estate in Scotland.
  • CB: Reggie Corner, Buffalo. Talk about a man born to do the job.
  • S: Caleb Campbell, Detroit. Two voiceless velar plosives in a row! How can the announcers go… well, you know that somone’s gonna screw it up.
  • S: Haruki Nakamura, Baltimore. Celebrates each interception with an improvised haiku: A fluttering ball/strong hands pluck it from the air/returned all the way

Related: the 2003 team, the 2006 team, and the 2007 team.

]]> Anatomy of an Ikea product tag:paulfrankenstein.org,2008://2.4754 2008-04-25T13:05:16Z 2008-04-20T03:03:21Z CNET goes behind the scenes at the land of the rising meatball and finds out what it takes to design an IKEA chair from the ground up.... Paul http://paulfrankenstein.org/ CNET goes behind the scenes at the land of the rising meatball and finds out what it takes to design an IKEA chair from the ground up.

]]> Dwindling In Unbelief: The Top Ten Biblical Massacres tag:paulfrankenstein.org,2008://2.4751 2008-04-23T12:47:19Z 2008-04-19T21:05:26Z Ya gotta watch out for the jawbone of an ass. Of course, the greatest mass-murder in the Bible is God himself, who drowns the entire planet—men, woman, children, animals—save for those on Noah’s ark (as a side note, presumably fish,... Paul http://paulfrankenstein.org/ Ya gotta watch out for the jawbone of an ass.

Of course, the greatest mass-murder in the Bible is God himself, who drowns the entire planet—men, woman, children, animals—save for those on Noah’s ark (as a side note, presumably fish, amphibians, and waterfowl made it through the flood fine, but I don’t think those are mentioned specifically).

]]> Construction Ballet tag:paulfrankenstein.org,2008://2.4761 2008-04-23T11:20:00Z 2008-04-23T11:25:35Z This is 3:30 of video that will make your life a little better and your day a little brighter.... Paul http://paulfrankenstein.org/ This is 3:30 of video that will make your life a little better and your day a little brighter.

]]> PrawfsBlawg: Most Screwed Victims in Case Law History - Time to Vote tag:paulfrankenstein.org,2008://2.4755 2008-04-23T02:30:24Z 2008-04-20T02:53:45Z Actually, I’d say that that most famous plaintiff in this gallery of unfortunates doesn’t really come close to being ‘most screwed’… although she was ordered to pay the costs of the appeal.... Paul http://paulfrankenstein.org/ Actually, I’d say that that most famous plaintiff in this gallery of unfortunates doesn’t really come close to being ‘most screwed’… although she was ordered to pay the costs of the appeal.

]]> Cookie Monster Searches Deep Within Himself and Asks: Is Me Really Monster? tag:paulfrankenstein.org,2008://2.4752 2008-04-22T12:02:06Z 2008-04-22T11:20:48Z When me get back to apartment, after cookie binge, me can’t stand looking in mirror—fur matted with chocolate-chip smears and infested with crumbs. Me try but me never able to wash all of them out. Me don’t think me... Paul http://paulfrankenstein.org/

When me get back to apartment, after cookie binge, me can’t stand looking in mirror—fur matted with chocolate-chip smears and infested with crumbs. Me try but me never able to wash all of them out. Me don’t think me is monster. Me just furry blue person who love cookies too much. Me no ask for it. Me just born that way.

The perils of self-awareness.

]]> The Two-Thirds Life Crisis tag:paulfrankenstein.org,2008://2.4756 2008-04-21T10:30:33Z 2008-04-21T10:35:39Z You know it’s good when someone opens with “I am coming to grips with the sticker shock of hitting my 40th birthday. Unfortunately, I’m 57.” The great David Weinberger explains the Two-Thirds Life Crisis and how it differs from the... Paul http://paulfrankenstein.org/ You know it’s good when someone opens with “I am coming to grips with the sticker shock of hitting my 40th birthday. Unfortunately, I’m 57.”

The great David Weinberger explains the Two-Thirds Life Crisis and how it differs from the mid-life crisis.

]]> Two from the Onion for Monday morning tag:paulfrankenstein.org,2008://2.4757 2008-04-21T08:57:06Z 2008-04-21T10:37:49Z It’s always good to start the week by bringing the funny. Girlfriend Changes Man Into Someone She’s Not Interested In Chuck Berry Remembers Call From Cousin About White Kid Playing ‘Johnny B. Goode’... Paul http://paulfrankenstein.org/ It’s always good to start the week by bringing the funny.

]]> Millways tag:paulfrankenstein.org,2008://2.4760 2008-04-20T14:26:01Z 2008-04-21T10:45:57Z When I was a kid, I spent hours and hours trying to beat the adventure game version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. It was a fiendishly hard game, but it was eventually beatable (admittedly with some help). And... Paul http://paulfrankenstein.org/ When I was a kid, I spent hours and hours trying to beat the adventure game version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. It was a fiendishly hard game, but it was eventually beatable (admittedly with some help).

And now part of the story of the inevitable sequel which turned out to be rather evitable after all has been released (check out the comments, too).

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