dauthan.

Over Thanksgiving break I was showing my parents adorable beagle pictures (like the one above, via haveabeagle), and telling them I really want one.  They told me they’re dirty, oily, and NOT CUTE once they’re full grown.  So, well, maybe I won’t get a beagle, but that will not keep me from finding beagle puppies adorable.

john:

sigurros:

I:

a free mp3 now available
www.jonsi.com

Thanks for setting the tune free, Sigur Ros, and great to see you on Tumblr.

Good photo, good news (Sigur Ros on Tumblr), and a great song from Sigur Ros’s frontman.  Possibly a late entrant to my Songs of ‘09 list?

smarterplanet:

datavis:

Evolution of Storage (via Curtiss Spontelli)

NEAT.  Especially since I just bought a new external hard drive.

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maura:

Twitter: Not so good at the whole “sports” thing.

I want to live in the alternate universe where Cy Young himself and the Cy Young Award are both trending on twitter.

newsweek:

wearethedigitalkids:

hostelcolonial:

punkyj:

El Ateneo. Bueno Aires, Argentina.

This is a world famous theater built in 1919 which housed many operas and tango dance performances and has now been converted into a bookstore. Gorgeous.

When they film that Borges story, they will film it here.

I am such a sucker for bookstores in general, but I would probably get dizzy and start drooling and swooning if I walked into this one.

Also, with the increasing digitization of everything, I have this crazy idea that when I am an old man, I will still enjoy things like bookstores and coffeehouses, but everyone younger than me will think they are completely pointless.  I will waddle through libraries, bookstores, and coffeehouses with other elderly folks, worrying about whether or not young people read or care.

(and don’t get me wrong, I love Amazon, and brewing my own coffee, and so on, I just also love the experience you get in a place like this.)

(via haveabeagle)

I never thought beagles were cute until Gabe posted a photo from this tumblr yesterday.  Now I want one.

via garfieldminusgarfield, who I will allow to describe itself, straight from its banner:

Garfield Minus Garfield is a site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb.

Well sure.  It is an original take on an old comic strip, too.  I love how sometimes it is nonsensical, sometimes it is absurd, and sometimes it is just oddly hilarious, like the one above.