This blog contains: Comedy nerdery, tech, bicycling, a mild-to-moderate Japan obsession, internet memes, food, photography, cats, and more! You know, the usual. -Manuel Wanskasmith manuelw@gmail.comTumblr (3.0; @buffoonery)http://buffoonery.org/<a href="http://rule-303.blogspot.com/2012/02/puerto-ricos-green-iguanas-usda.html">The Locavore Hunter™: Puerto Rico's Green Iguanas & the USDA</a>: <p>Interesting info about USDA approved slaughtering facilities.</p>http://buffoonery.org/post/17359780014http://buffoonery.org/post/17359780014Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:11:24 -0800<a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/04/the_red_state_ripoff.html">The red state ripoff</a>http://buffoonery.org/post/17321703707http://buffoonery.org/post/17321703707Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:32:50 -0800<a href="http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2012/02/crips_and_commuters_seattle_ga.php">Crips, Bloods, and Commuters: Seattle Gang Territory Mapped on Google</a>http://buffoonery.org/post/17311503369http://buffoonery.org/post/17311503369Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:56:29 -0800<iframe width="400" height="203" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1kFNYuteAjA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://curiositycounts.com/post/17300958805/bbc-tracks-down-and-confronts-an-internet-troll" target="_blank">curiositycounts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>BBC <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_9693000/9693594.stm" target="_blank">tracks down</a> and confronts an Internet troll.</p> </blockquote>http://buffoonery.org/post/17306131040http://buffoonery.org/post/17306131040Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:58:59 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz380cock91qzp6igo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://seattlebikeblog.com/2012/02/08/tonight-help-save-the-waterfront/" target="_blank">Tonight: Help save the waterfront | Seattle Bike Blog</a>)</p> <p>Hey, it looks like the <a href="http://g.co/maps/xt6fs" target="_blank">present-day Embarcadero in San Francisco</a>. Can we get palm trees too?</p>http://buffoonery.org/post/17271934231http://buffoonery.org/post/17271934231Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:43:24 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz30xkOk131qb2cg0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://curiositycounts.com/post/17266786626/this-chart-is-a-lonely-hunter-the-narrative-eros" target="_blank">curiositycounts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><a href="http://www.themillions.com/2012/02/this-chart-is-a-lonely-hunter-the-narrative-eros-of-the-infographic.html" target="_blank">This Chart Is a Lonely Hunter: The Narrative Eros of the Infographic</a></em> – an excellent, thorough meditation on the history, future, and cultural footprint of infographics.</p> </blockquote> <p>2012, the year useless infographics died.</p>http://buffoonery.org/post/17271782016http://buffoonery.org/post/17271782016Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:39:14 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4a-dR2V1-0Y?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Shit Photographers Say</p>http://buffoonery.org/post/17186208409http://buffoonery.org/post/17186208409Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:55:23 -0800lol Photography<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1eFDra1XimA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Milk Man: World’s Worst Superhero</p>http://buffoonery.org/post/17118211754http://buffoonery.org/post/17118211754Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:30:15 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxt3muxtK1qzty50o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://j-p-g.tumblr.com/post/17110768824/toden-arakawa-tram-line-flickr-photo-sharing" target="_blank">j-p-g</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yokko717/5406967865/" target="_blank">Toden Arakawa Tram Line | Flickr - Photo Sharing!</a></p> </blockquote>http://buffoonery.org/post/17115992305http://buffoonery.org/post/17115992305Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:54:58 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxlfpVsIG1qzp6igo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Daily coffee. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://buffoonery.org/post/17100416533http://buffoonery.org/post/17100416533Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:47:48 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxl31Mztu1qzp6igo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>All my plants have died except this one. I am the worst plant-keeper. The tiny cactus is thriving! (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://buffoonery.org/post/17099976043http://buffoonery.org/post/17099976043Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:40:13 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyvv4xtQSK1qzp6igo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The greatest country.</p>http://buffoonery.org/post/17043927135http://buffoonery.org/post/17043927135Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:22:09 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytn28zrk91qf4hl5o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.longreads.com/post/16974895016/an-inside-look-at-the-operational-challenges" target="_blank">longreads</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>An inside look at the operational challenges facing United and Continental as they merge—from the union negotiations to the choice of in-flight coffee:</p> <blockquote> <p>On July 1 the new United introduced its new coffee. Fliers on the ‘legacy United’ fleet, accustomed to Starbucks, let out a collective yowl of protest. Pineau-Boddison had expected some resistance—Starbucks, after all, is a popular brand—but this was something else. Flight attendants reported a barrage of complaints. Pineau-Boddison received angry e-mails from customers, as did Smisek. The coffee, fliers complained, was watery.</p> <p>The beverage committee launched an inquiry. The coffee itself, they discovered, was only part of the problem. Airplane coffee is made from small, premeasured ‘pillow packs’ that sit in a brew basket drawer at the top of the galley coffee machine. When the drawer is closed, boiling water flows through the pillow into the pot below. The old United brew baskets, the committee discovered, sit a quarter of an inch lower than Continental’s, leaving a space for water to leak around the pillow pack.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://lgrd.co/AvOAgA" target="_blank">“Making the World’s Largest Airline Fly.” — Drake Bennett, <em>Bloomberg Businessweek</em></a></p> <p>See also: <a href="http://www.salon.com/technology/ask_the_pilot/2009/05/15/askthepilot320/print.html" target="_blank">“Ask the Pilot.” Patrick Smith, Salon, May 15, 2009</a></p> </blockquote>http://buffoonery.org/post/16978417776http://buffoonery.org/post/16978417776Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:27:21 -0800<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/locaburg/sets/72157604126009725/show/">mexico city - a set on Flickr by locaburg</a>: <p>one of the finest David Lynchian sets of photographs one will ever see</p>http://buffoonery.org/post/16965422291http://buffoonery.org/post/16965422291Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:27:00 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrx7oc3Rg1qzp6igo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/science/these-mammals-pack-a-toxic-punch.html?ref=science" target="_blank">These Mammals Pack a Toxic Punch - NYTimes.com</a></p> <p>Those hairs, when observed under a scanning electron microscope, look very different from ordinary fur, Dr. Vollrath said. Each outer shaft is stiff and full of holes — like a dead cactus, he said — and inside are a series of long, fluffy microfibers. The researchers showed that the applied toxin seeps through the outer holes of the hairs and is wicked up and stored by the fibers, lending the rat twinned flank strips of doom.</p>http://buffoonery.org/post/16923086020http://buffoonery.org/post/16923086020Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:16:36 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TiAUngusRbg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Fanfarlo “Shiny Things” [live session] (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TiAUngusRbg#!" target="_blank">FanfarloMusic</a>)</p>http://buffoonery.org/post/16850884920http://buffoonery.org/post/16850884920Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:55:11 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nka6zAYsw8o?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Fanfarlo “De.con.struc.tion” [live session] (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nka6zAYsw8o" target="_blank">FanfarloMusic</a>)</p> <p>I’m on board.</p>http://buffoonery.org/post/16850881487http://buffoonery.org/post/16850881487Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:52:44 -0800<p><a href="http://mentalflossr.tumblr.com/post/16774021827/clara-peller-the-wheres-the-beef-lady-lost" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">mentalflossr</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lymov8nDtq1qeaqak.jpg"/></p> <p>Clara Peller, the “Where’s the Beef?” lady, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/12/obituaries/clara-peller-the-actress-in-where-s-the-beef-tv-ad.html" target="_blank">lost her Wendy’s gig</a> in 1985 after appearing in an ad for Prego spaghetti sauce in which she said, ”I found it. I really found it.” Wendy’s argued that statement <strong>“infers she found the beef at somewhere other than Wendy’s restaurants.”</strong></p></blockquote>http://buffoonery.org/post/16787230620http://buffoonery.org/post/16787230620Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:05:52 -0800<iframe width="400" height="203" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uub0z8wJfhU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://curiositycounts.com/post/16358604963/brilliant-violinist-responds-to-concert" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">curiositycounts</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Brilliant – violinist responds to concert interrupted by cell phone ring with improv on Nokia ringtone   <em>(<a href="http://laughingsquid.com/violinist-responds-to-concert-interruption-by-cell-phone-with-improvised-nokia-ringtone-song/" target="_blank">via</a>)</em></p></blockquote>http://buffoonery.org/post/16383600276http://buffoonery.org/post/16383600276Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:01:38 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/txtkhgv_K9o?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nicewarmbed.tumblr.com/post/16216184554" target="_blank">nicewarmbed</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>My school tends to get a bit crazy when it snows. Thus, the ~300-person snowball fight in the Quad.</p> </blockquote>http://buffoonery.org/post/16262805632http://buffoonery.org/post/16262805632Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:09:23 -0800