dan croak

Don’t Be a Free User

Wed, 16 May 2012 23:58:48 -0400

Don’t Be a Free User

"The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads."

Wed, 16 May 2012 23:29:57 -0400

“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads.” -...

"In most database designs the majority of columns should be marked not null."

Sat, 05 May 2012 15:28:03 -0400

“In most database designs the majority of columns should be marked not null.” - Postgres...

If you enjoy the guitar, you will enjoy this.

Sat, 05 May 2012 14:32:40 -0400

If you enjoy the guitar, you will enjoy this.

"Scrod is whatever they tell you it is, usually fish. If you paid more than $7/pound, you got scrod."

Sat, 05 May 2012 13:24:41 -0400

“Scrod is whatever they tell you it is, usually fish. If you paid more than $7/pound, you got...

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Ship it.

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:44:33 -0400

Ship it.

“California Soul” by Marlena Shaw, remixed slightly

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:02:38 -0400

“California Soul” by Marlena Shaw, remixed slightly

Comparing programming languages on two scales of flexibility.

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:16:16 -0400

Comparing programming languages on two scales of flexibility.

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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:41:42 -0400

"value_of_information = chance_you_will_act_on_it * benefit_of_acting_on_it"

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:16:19 -0400

“value_of_information = chance_you_will_act_on_it * benefit_of_acting_on_it” -...

"The opposite of poverty is not wealth, but justice. We will not be judged by our technology or our..."

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:32:11 -0400

“The opposite of poverty is not wealth, but justice. We will not be judged by our technology...

"A game is a series of interesting choices."

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:47:02 -0400

“A game is a series of interesting choices.” - Legendary game designer Sid Meier

"The name my kid gave a stuffed yellow elephant. Short, relatively easy to spell and pronounce,..."

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:12:43 -0400

“The name my kid gave a stuffed yellow elephant. Short, relatively easy to spell and...

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:13:19 -0400

DREAM OF THE 90’S The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland! ...

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:03:43 -0400

DREAM OF THE 90’S

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland! (Portland…)
The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
The tattoo ink never runs dry!

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
All the hot girls wear glasses (yeah!)

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
Sleep ‘til 11,
You’ll be in heaven.

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
(The dream is ali-i-ive…)

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
My flannel shirt still looks fly.

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!

DREAM OF THE 90’S

(Song lyrics appear in italic, dialogue isn’t, and I’m not 100% sure Carrie Brownstein’s character is named Melanie, which is part of the reason I listed the dialogue under the actors’ real names.)

FRED ARMISEN (as “Jason”): Do you remember the 90s?
CARRIE BROWNSTEIN (as “Melanie”): Yeah?
FRED: You know how people were talking about getting piercings and getting tribal tattoos?
CARRIE: Yeah?
F: And people were singing about saving the planet and forming bands?
C: Yeah?
F: There’s a place where that idea still exists as a reality. And I’ve been there.
C: Where is it?
F: Portland.
C: Oregon?
F: Yeah.

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland! (Portland…)
The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
The tattoo ink never runs dry!

F: Remember when people were content to be un-ambitious? They’d sleep ‘til 11:00, and just hang out with their friends? I mean, they had no occupations, whatsoever… maybe working a couple hours a week at a coffee shop?
C: Right. I thought that died out a long time ago.
F: Not in Portland. Portland is a city where young people go to retire.

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
All the hot girls wear glasses (yeah!)

F: Remember in the 90s when they encouraged you to be weird? It was just an amazing time where people would go to see something like the “Jim Rose Sideshow Circus” and watch someone hang something from their penis? You could grow up to wanna be a clown? People went to clown school.
C: I gave up clowning years ago.
F: Well, in Portland, you don’t have to.

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
Sleep ‘til 11,
You’ll be in heaven.

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
(The dream is ali-i-ive…)

C: So, from what I can surmise, from what you’re positing, it’s like Portland’s almost an alternative universe. It’s like Gore won. The Bush administration never happened.
F: Exactly.
C: In Portland, it’s almost like cars don’t exist, right?
F: Yes.
C: They’ll ride bikes, or double-decker bikes. They ride unicycles.
F: Yes!
C: They ride the tram, they ride skateboards.
F: Yes!

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
My flannel shirt still looks fly.

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!

F: In Portland you can go to, like, a record store and sell your CDs.

Turn that dirty clown frown right upside down!

C: In Portland you can put a bird on something and just call it art.

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
The dream of the 9—-

C: Hey. I made it.
F: Yeah. You’re… you’re a little late,
C: Sorry.
F: You’re also a little San Francisco right now, if you know what I mean. Try to… try to… Sorry. Much better! Welcome to Portland.
C: Thank you!

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland (Portland…)

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Jason from LA
“Dream of the 90’s”
Songs from the Northwest
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