links for 2009-06-09

Yipes, time to find a UK proxy: "From July, viewers will be able to watch every episode of shows including comedy series such as Father Ted, Drop The Dead Donkey and BrassEye without having to buy a DVD box set."

Commencement speeches seem to bring out the best in everyone, even people you wouldn't normally expect, like Eugene Mirman. This one made me laff, a lot.

Speaking of cute Matador bands, look at how Bob took this girl out to Ikea and whatnot. Her room really was terrifyingly stark, but I can't really figure out anything more about her because only Bob talks! Maybe she was just tremendously nervous. And he was extra happy to fill in the gaps.

I suppose this is actually kind of useful in a completely trivial way.

Ira and Georgia do Dion and Buddy, in 1988, in Georgia's living room, and god damn if it isn't like completely adorable.