all the prescriptivists who railed against them died off centuries ago

Now I'm imagining a new supervillian - Grammar Nazi. His evil plan is to create an army of zombie grammar prescriptivists who will go around correcting everyone's grammar - when they're not eating brains....

Video: Cat Vs. iPad

Eric Rautio's cat Iggy goes paws-on with the iPad and discovers he loves the Noby Noby Boy app almost as much as we do. Time to add an entire new species to the list of who Noby is for?

eta: HuffPost sez:

When Steve Jobs and Apple created the touch screen technology used in the iPhone and iPad, they likely tested it on actual human hands. Developers probably sat there, noting how it responded to the finger tips, and adjusted accordingly. Standard procedure. But if this video's any indication, they clearly had some stop secret division of R&D where they brought in kittens to test the touch screen, as well. There is no other explanation for how this cat can paw at an iPad, masterfully maninpulating its capabilities with every swipe. Apple, you've done it again.

x-posted with Bitches:

job searching question for the hivemind:

Tom had a phone interview with a company from New Orleans last Thursday morning. He thought it went well, he was asked to email his salary requirements, and we haven't heard anything from them since. Would it be appropriate to follow up with the HR liaison with an email along the lines of:

just wanted to touch base with you regarding any follow-up you might require in considering my candidacy for a position with [Company]. I know that a half hour on the phone isn't much time to get a good idea of where I fit in with the company, so I wanted to reach out to see if there was anything else I can help you with. I also would like to note that there is certainly room for negotiation as far as my previously stated salary requirements. Being from out of state, my requirements were based on some research but are not definitive numbers.

I also wanted to ask what your thoughts on the hiring process timeline might be? Any information on that would be most appreciated, thanks!

Thoughts? We are really, really going crazy. Not least of which because the last job he applied for, that called HIM out of the blue and scheduled him for an entire day of interviews NEVER GOT BACK TO HIM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

Frank, my officemate said she swanned into her kitchen all cheerful and peppy, and when her roommate (very gently and tenderly) broke the bad news to her she almost cried.

I can only imagine. It's bad enough being a day behind.

On the other hand, I love being a day ahead - it only feels like Tuesday to me today.

Don't tell me it IS Tuesday, not even as a joke

ita, are your "Wet Men" limited to famous wet men?

The Shower Series

For the last few months I have been inviting people to visit my apartment and allow me to photograph them in a very intimate space; my bathroom. I have also been inviting them to take a shower as I continue to shoot them. I soon came to the observation that warm water running over my subjects bodies often relieved them of any unnerving awkwardness the camera brought about. Once they were relaxed, the bathroom, formerly a beauty parlour, now became a confessional and I the hair dresser.

Worksafe.

Video: Cat Vs. iPad

This how cats eventually end up buying things on eBay. Learn from Hubby's errors!

Flight question for the hivemind, please. I seem to recall a website where you could put in your expected flight dates and destination, and get the odds on whether the price would go up or down in a given time span. Does anyone here know what site I'm talking about?

Kayak? Or...Bing.com/Travel, which appears to have bought Farecast.

I think I was thinking about Farecast. Thanks, P-C!

Bath Bombs

My kids love bath bombs, but they are usually shaped like a plain ball. That situation has been rectified, and you can pre-order bath bombs that look like bombs! This might help to get reluctant little boys into the bathtub.