Hello! I'm Taylor, but you can call me Gompers (everyone does anyway). I go to UT Austin for computer science. I'm 20, which is the oldest I've ever been. I live on the internet, so if you want to contact me, you've got lots of options.

  1. Natalie wants to destroy my burrito.

    Natalie wants to destroy my burrito.

  2. Friday night nerdery.

    Friday night nerdery.

  3. "This world is bullshit," says Fiona Apple: more on Passion Pit

    afghanibanani:

    My original post was a knee-jerk reaction to seeing a commercial that featured a song by a band I hate and already love to pick on. The commercial didn’t change my mind, I just hate Passion Pit. Honestly, I don’t give two shits about Of Montreal either.

    (Anyway, I think the reblogs are all very valid.

    When I say “we” in the following statements, I mean me too.)

    I think the fascinating thing is that the culture of music has changed to the point where we consider it normal and perfectly acceptable to sell to commercials.Why? I can only guess it’s because we’re willing to trade our bands being in commercials for free downloads. Commercials now equal “bread and butter” because there isn’t really another way to put food on the table, unless you are Mariah Carey or Metallica.

    I come from an age, not so long ago, where bands of the counter-culture represented the anti-corporate agenda. The bands I grew up rocking out to would have never considered such a commercial to be a viable option. But, they still sold 17 dollar cd’s and sold out shows.

    No more of that for anyone, I guess.

    Every time I see something about bands “selling out,” I have two thoughts:

    1. Neil Young
    2. What kind of band sits around saying, “Hey, let’s never get popular!”?

      3. (I realize popularity ≠ being in a commercial.)

  4. Things I haven't done in a week:

    • Shower
    • Shave
    • Change my pants

  5. an atomic bomb wrapped in dynamite
    Just to be sure (via Woefully Misinformed)
  6. On her workbench, Morgan Graff blows air into an ornament using a blow hose while shaping the glass with a jack. “All of the tools on my workbench are the same as those from 1,000 years ago. Except the propane,” Graff said.

    On her workbench, Morgan Graff blows air into an ornament using a blow hose while shaping the glass with a jack. “All of the tools on my workbench are the same as those from 1,000 years ago. Except the propane,” Graff said.

  7. Using a jack to shape a piece of colored glass, Morgan Graff works on an ornament before adding clear glass. “A lot of people ask, ‘Don’t you blow anything besides orange glass?’,” Graff said.

    Using a jack to shape a piece of colored glass, Morgan Graff works on an ornament before adding clear glass. “A lot of people ask, ‘Don’t you blow anything besides orange glass?’,” Graff said.

  8. Emily Watson and Armando Crespo watch as Morgan Graff reheats a piece of glass in the “glory hole,” a furnace that is heated to about 2100° F. “People think it’s ironic that I complain that it’s too cold when it’s 2000°,” Graff said.

    Emily Watson and Armando Crespo watch as Morgan Graff reheats a piece of glass in the “glory hole,” a furnace that is heated to about 2100° F. “People think it’s ironic that I complain that it’s too cold when it’s 2000°,” Graff said.

  9. My MacBook is back!

    With a new motherboard (aka “logic” board).

    Edit: And a new keyboard! Hokey pokey, Apple Care was worth it.

  10. More girls should look like space
    Need Input! 
  11. [Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
    901 plays

    topherchris:

    Jurassic Park Theme by John Williams

    DUDES! FRIG YES!

    Automatic Jurassic Park reblog. Plus, how can you not like this?

  12. mooshoo: Why yes I am eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch. Why? Well, because I’m apparently 10 years old and it’s the only fail-proof thing that I know how to make. I eat PB&J’s every day.

    mooshoo:

    Why yes I am eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch. Why? Well, because I’m apparently 10 years old and it’s the only fail-proof thing that I know how to make.

    I eat PB&J’s every day.

  13. [I]f you have a peg leg or hooks for hands then maybe it’s enough to simply keep on living. You know, bravely facing life with your disability. But without these things you’re actually meant to make something of your life, achieve something earn a raise, wear a necktie.

    Agent Fox Mulder, X-Files, “Quagmire” episode

    I heard this in the background while sitting at my desk, winding down from work. In context, the quote includes a few allusions to Moby Dick that are lost on me. This portion is the pertinent part to me.

    I’ve often had the same thought: that things would be nicer if my standards were automatically lowered by virtue of a disability. That line of thought is similar to “I wish I was a cat. Then all day I would either be eating or sleeping.”

    Certainly it would be nice, but ultimately unfulfilling. (Except that, maybe, if you were a cat, you wouldn’t care about fulfillment in the way that we typically mean it.) I’m not exactly sure what I mean by “unfulfilling.”

  14. nats, I think I found your first post. (Check out TinEye for other versions.) (via robotindisguise)

    nats, I think I found your first post. (Check out TinEye for other versions.) (via robotindisguise)

  15. Beer & cookies?