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Jason got a kick out of linking to this Valley Girl segment from "Real People" last week. What he forgot to mention is that the host was Fred Willard!

Incredibly, the dack.com Bullshit Generator is just as accurate and clever, 10 years on

Come for the branding news, stay for the awesome time-lapse video of the repainting of a 747. Amazed at how much is done by hand

Love this. "Not that I’m rewarding her or discriminating against her on the basis of her physical appearance. I’m just stating a subjective personal opinion that does not represent the views of SterlingCooperMizuho or its subsidiaries."

Great visualization on how Apple makes its money. With roughly 3% of the mobile phone market, Apple makes more profit than the rest of the industry combined.

New in grammar: the jumper colon. I love this, not least because I often use colons in this way

This is my favorite memory of the late Bob Sheppard: requesting that a full stadium of rowdy, Macarena-dancing fans would "please… do not throw socks… onto the playing field." I was at this game and laughed about it for years after. Bob Sheppard saying "socks." Jeter's recorded intro is a wonderful tribute that we'll be hearing at old-timers' day for decades to come

Posted without comment, because really, there is no comment. (Right about now I'd like a little "like" button like all the folks on Tumblr.)

Truly a magnificent, timeless dance song

PUT THE NEEDLE ON THE RECORD WHEN THE DRUM BEATS GO LIKE THIS

I may download every single sample and make a big long mix for my flight to Australia. Let the pieces assemble in my head and finish with the real thing

I'm an Apple fan, shareholder and relatively early adopter. But I have never understood the concept of waiting on a long line to buy a gadget. For one thing, the gadget's not going anywhere; pick it up a day, or a week, later if your career isn't dependent on it. Truly, what's the difference? (I bought the original iPhone on Day Two and my life was no less fulfilling or sexy.) For another, the danger of buying first means you may get to be the one to expose flaws. There's an old adage that says not to buy a car in its first model year, because production quality improves over time; perhaps this is starting apply to Apple, which has to crank out a million of any new device just for launch. Curious to see how this plays out.

Congratulations to Anil on his first Activate release

Manute Bol, in addition to being a humanitarian and a decent basketball player, gave American linguistics "my bad."