Links posted in February 2006
February 28, 2006
Cleveland March Meetup this Thrusday, 3/2 @ 8:00: Several of us are already going and MeFi/MoFi/MeCha, lurkers, non-member readers and paparazzi are all welcome at Edison's Pub in Tremont. Details inside.
Ahh.. Bras
What wonders of engineering, all in all I like them. Not porn, unless you want it to be, nevertheless NSFW.
Via:1 & 2
Guess what day it is! [more inside]
Arundhati Roy on the visit of War Criminal Bush to India
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"...on March 2, Bush will be taken to visit Gandhi's memorial in Rajghat. He's by no means the only war criminal who has been invited by the Indian government to lay flowers at Rajghat... But when Bush places flowers on that famous slab of highly polished stone... It will be as though he has poured a pint of blood on the memory of Gandhi."
Also: Only 12% worldwide think the Iraq invasion weakened terrorism.
pinched from robot wisdom
Unpublished Civil Rights photos from Birmingham, AL found after 4 decades. In all, Cohn said, he found 5,000 images from 1950 to 1965 in the cardboard box. He examined 2,000 and estimated that most had not been published. [more inside]
Pixie Discs - Oh kiss my ass, Oh let it rock
BEIJING TODAY nota bien: site is very slow and clumsy. I found that this article,"The new Cultural Revolution", to be both profound and provocative. [more inside]
February 27, 2006
Donk! The JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank! [@ amazon.com] I'm not sure which is better -- the availability of this $20,000 machine or the creative writing workshop of its customer reviews!
Boing Boing to net-censors: Get bent!
Instead of kowtowing to organazations trying to make the Web "safe" for kindergarteners everywhere, BoingBoing has declared war on Secure Computing's SmartFilter, because they were classified as a "nudity" site, despite 99.6% of their content being nudity-free, and the other 0.4% comprised (primarily, we all know about Xeni's posts) of artistic expression, including Michaelangelo's David. As a result, users in the UAE, Qatar, and even in the USA have been blocked from seeing ANY content from the site, not just the allegedly offensively naked posts.
This is a big deal: who do you want deciding what websites you (or your kids) to see?
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Bugs of Mass Destruction Several countries in the past (and not so distant past) have used insects infected with diseases such as plague, cholera and malaria as weapons to - well basically kill a lot of people. The first recorded incident was allegedly in 600 BC. And in keeping in line with the original article which rambles from point to point, here is an in-depth look at the possible causes of the infamous 10 Plagues of Egypt. [more inside]
King of the C-List celebrities, Don Knotts dead at 81. Thought he was way older, or at least, was 81 for a really long time already. Gracias por todos las memorias, Don!
Baghdad Burning: Volatile Days. Read up the latest posts from Riverbend , please.
Curious George: Time Travel Novels . [more inside]
Horse-O-Phonic 8-Track for Horses ...here you can see what the horsephonic looked when I walked through small towns and countryside with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Boston, Christie and other similar cool tapes playing loud...
Life For Change aims overall to end poverty, beginning $100 at a time. Submit your original writing, get votes, earn money.
The Obakemone Project:. Japanese monsters and odd beasts. Some seem to be ghosts.
Neocon architect says: 'Pull it down.' Francis Fukuyama, who wrote the best-selling book The End of History and was a member of the neoconservative project, now says that . . . the movements' advocates are Leninists who "believed that history can be pushed along with the right application of power and will. Leninism was a tragedy in its Bolshevik version, and it has returned as farce when practised by the United States". [more inside]
Airstream Basecamp (I want)
February 26, 2006
Smashing bumpkins. Video of Billy Corgan's July 2000 appearance on ECW, in the ring with Lou E. Yes, really.
A nice time-waster,
Captioner is a smart but stupid thing to have some (TINY URL WARNING!!!!!)* fun with.
* had to, real URL was too long for MoFi.
Visible Proofs
is an exibition about the history of forensic medicine, including an account of the autopsy of Abraham Lincoln:
...we proceeded to remove the entire brain, when, as I was lifting the latter from the cavity of the skull, suddenly the bullet dropped out through my fingers and fell, breaking the solemn silence of the room with its clatter...
February 25, 2006
Tom Baker Says...
in the UK there is a new system from BT where SMS text messages can be voiced by Tom Baker. Fucking TOM BAKER, people. This site is about what you can make Tom Baker say. For instance, you can make Tom Baker say 'motherfucker' which I think is astounding, and for me, that proves we really are in the 21st Century and slightly makes up for the lack of flying cars and domed cities on the moon.
Particularly check out the movie quotes section. Also the Tom Bakaraoke.
Warning: contains embedded AUDIO you luddites.
Man walks into police station and asks for a complaint form. The officers demand ID and respond with intimidation and harassment. Turns out the visitor was from the Police Complaint Center working with a major Miami television station, and it was all caught on tape. The organization's video gallery of police misconduct is well worth a look. (via consumerist)
A Greensboro, NC mother says her daughter was exposed to "A lot of pornography, Goth stuff, linking to voodooism, witchcraft, dark suicidal stuff."
And she's not the only minor or nominal adult to run afoul of parents and authorities recently thanks to MySpace and other blogs. Has online whining journaling become the new violent video game (which was the new Dungeons and Dragons which was the new...etc.)?
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February 24, 2006
What's that funny smell? A penis in the convenience store microwave? No, not really. I'm not sure which is weirder. via Obscure Store [more inside]
"McElwain, you're in!" The autistic team manager of the Greece, NY, high school basketball team suited up for their final game, and, after never playing in a game before, when he went in for the final four minutes, scored 20 points (six 3-pointers and a 2)! General mayhem and well-deserved adoration for the boy ensues.
Curious George: How long is the "Long Arm of the Law"? I've heard that when in foreign countries, United States citizens must still follow all United States laws. Is that true? [more inside]
Photoshopping
Celebrity & Models before and after the photoshop treatment.
It's compulsive. Via.
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WOXY, the greatest radio station in the world, needs your support! Once a terrestrial radio station, WOXY has gone internet-only. They are completely independently owned and operated, play no commercials, have live djs Monday- Friday from the morning through the evening (US East Coast Time) and they are now asking for listener support. [more inside]
The world's largest landing craft is offloading now. The captain of the M/V APL Panama made a mistake on Christmas day, when he did not pick up his pilot. Now his ship is on the beach, and they try, and try, and try, and try to get it off again. Lousy website layout, with great pictures. [more inside]
Computer Security Awareness Video Contest Winners Several really excellent free videos on Cyber Security sponsored by the Educase/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force
The Einstein Show
Visual aid for the genius monkey.
Happy Friday!
stolen from MeFi
42 This is the answer to all our power problems: a quantum computer that processes data before it is even switched on.
February 23, 2006
GoogleFIGHT Put in two keywords, and the program will fight them out according to their result amount on google.Quite possibly the closest battle. We got out asses owned my MeFi. xP
charsets suXors Curious George: I have posted far and wide - yet have found no solution. I have a php and charset encoding dilemma. So as not to cause mass hysteria - details listed inside.... [more inside]
Shakespeare death mask reevaluated as genuine. Which is just the latest act in the ongoing drama as to which portraits are genuine, (me, I prefer the Canadian one, of course). And why should it even matter what Bill looked like? What is his image compared to his words? [more inside]
American Art Archives,
advertising art, magazine covers,
movie posters, propaganda and
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photographer with no camera finds his words.... An interesting exercise by a photographer.... wander around the site some, pictures aren't always made of images...images aren't always made of pictures....
February 22, 2006
Zen Koans
These koans, or parables, were translated into English from a book written late in the thirteenth century by the Japanese Zen teacher Muju (the "non-dweller"), and from anecdotes of Zen monks.
Good stuff, unless you know everything already.
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Pretty, pretty monkey
As the northern hemisphere prepares to embrace the vernal equinox and the spring mating season beckons, the time has come to import some fancy beauty products.
It's the 3C Seaweed applying Space Capsule!
Please note that this device includes Family Cinema System as well as Breeze to face!
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Mans website lets viewers vote and help decide what to wear to work.
Since he has appeared on CNN, his audience has gone from 13-year old girls dressing him in conservative suits and ties to web denizens dressing him in zany mismatches. Current winning combination for the Gym tonight is: Pink shirt, Green swimsuit, Brown Argyle socks, Snow boots, Earmuffs.
Join the Schadenfreude!
"Putting a chicken skin in a bag might not be such a good idea"
say these snack-aficionados.
It seems they are pretty intense about their snacks.
[Warning: NSIYFBP - not safe if you are feeling a bit peckish]
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MISSISSIPPI / HAS RAPIST CONS / AND NOW BILLBOARDS / TO PUT THEM ON / OUT BY THE HIGHWAY / FOR ALL TO SEE / AND FOR KIDS TO ASK / "DAD, WHO'S HE?"
Pigs. In. Spaaaaaaaace!
See a boozed-up Russian pig get blasted straight up out of a cannon.
Does he survive? Only by following the link will you know for sure...
via
Curious George: Cheeky Little Monkies. Is British society more randy than its Yankee counterpart? [more inside]
52 Flight Simulator X screencaps
- this week Microsoft released a new set of screenshots of the upcoming Flight Simulator X. This is a collection of 52 pix determined to kill dial-up.
I'm not really a flight sim guy, but these screens are worth a bit of a gander.
Curious George: Nero 7 is it crap? [more inside]
Curious George: Moonlighting No, not the TV show. I'm looking to pick up some additional evening work. [more inside]
February 21, 2006
Marriage Contract... FROM HELL! You think your spouse is demanding? Nuh-uh... not like this piece o' work, Travis Frey. This is the contract he presented (now ex-) Mrs. Frey before they married. Wisely, she never signed it. He's now facing charges of trying to kidnap her, as well as child pornography charges.
Curious George: Chiropractic Quackery? Or Legit? [more inside]
More abandoned places: a Japanese amusement park.
Papa Ratzi demands royalties for his writings. Guess he's short for cash. You wouldn't believe what a money-pit he's living in...
Ron DeCorte's Notebook
I don't wear a watch. Don't even like 'em really. This site is all about watches and is fantastically amazing. Get yer geek on.
I may or may not have gotten this through MeFi. Ain't tellin'.
Philip K Dick is missing.
The robot Phil Dick simulacrum that was made for Nexfest and whose code contains contribution by a home monkey, has gone missing or absconded, driven by the urge for replicant freedom. They are going to send out special police squads to find it. This is not called execution. This is called retirement.
I told you we are only renting space in PKD's universe. Things may get weird. As your attorney I urge you to start drinking heavily.
Pig cells cure monkey diabetes. Rest easy, simians. The latest study involved only a dozen monkeys. But it showed "proof of principle" that pig cells can cure animals that are "one step away from humans," said Dr. Bernhard Hering. [more inside]
PHIL (Public Health Image Library) An amazing collection of images, illustrations, and videos collected by the CDC. Ranging from statistics on HIV to US Navy veneral disease posters.
February 20, 2006
Curious Mac to MSN OK -- I got iSight, I got aMSN as per advice proffered here. [more inside]
BASS!
How low can you go?! A collection of nifty cool sexy cutie weird & wild basses. Y'all bladder rumblers get some.
via some place
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The only optimist in City17 A comic strip created using the excellent Garys mod that is both funny and slightly surreal. If you've played Half-Life 2 then you'll get an extra kick out of this.
Get with the George Liquor program. I'm a week late in posting this, but in case you haven't seen it yet, check out a new caricature blog from John Kricfalusi, creator of The Ren and Stimpy Show. Happy Happy Joy Joy!
February 19, 2006
Cheney's got a lady! OOoooOOooooO.... Mr. Vice Prez is being naughty! Wow, she even looks like Lynne!
Dan Flavin plays with light in a show at the Hayward Gallery. Best use of fluorescent tubes since making fake light sabers and eye injuries. Oh, and there's this (yet more Flash Req'd). Shine on, you crazy Monkies!
Vietnam bans booze in karaoke bars in a move to help "in curbing serious social evils". I guess we won't be holding the next MoFi meetup there then.
Curling, curling with desire! (Quicktime direct link) The Swedish national women's curling team do what Swedes do best to promote their team: appear in a deathmetal music video with Hammerfall. It's in English! Here's the Windows Media link, too.
A complete lack of morals.
Woman loses camera in Hawaii. Canadien familly finds camera. Woman politely asks for camera back. Family refuses, saying that their 9 year old son loves the camera, and they "can't bear to take it from him."
I find this behaviour on the part of the family to be utterly despicable, and I can't see how they think they are instilling good values in their son--what with promoting stealing and all. I am shocked.
Earth at Night
What if you could see Google Maps/Google Earth at night? You can, and at dusk, day, and other options as well. Similar to the last link in this post but more fun because you can navigate the world.
Old pottery recorded sounds
(2 minute, >5MB, mp4 video, in French, from the Lire la vidéo link here). Apparently scientists have decoded the grooves on ancient pottery, which acted as crude sound recording, to get a short snippet of the voices and laughter of the potters. Video includes short sample of the sound. Too cool! [via]
February 18, 2006
Will we let Jill Carroll be killed? Philosopher Peter Singer on kidnapped journalist Jill Carroll. (Via C&L.)
Cool Guitar Tuner A great little utility for tuning up...
Monk-e-mail Shamelessly stolen instantaneously from mefi. [more inside]
February 17, 2006
Fascinating article and discussion about how careless users leave password files, payroll data and other stuff out there for anyone to find, with just a simple Google search. Not only an interesting read, but fun to try on your own.
Sacked for assault with a dead fish. [more inside]
Adultery? Just been wandering tonight - it seems there is a whole industry devoted to this - how to fix - how to find out if it is your partner etc. If you chose to follow the link you will find the inevitable christian guidance and porn sites - but i was just wondering??? (Oh and the hard boiled detective novel developing in another thread also caused this!!) [more inside]
Resource Discovery Network "the UK's free national gateway to Internet resources for the learning, teaching and research community". Portal to a veritable shed-load of stuff.
The Economics Of Prostitution, on forbes.com. Reference is also made in that article to an earlier article from the Journal of Political Economy titled "A Theory of Prostitution." (.pdf link) [via hajen]
Dell vs Dell: The short version of the story is here and it's been going on quite some time. Paul Dell had the audacity to register dellwebsites.com in 2001. Since then, Dell (you know, that huge computer company) have been trying to stop him using that domain. [more inside]
Squid Soup! Guess who's doing a TV SHOW! [more inside]
The most horrific car crash you'll ever see (Google Video). Don't watch this if you're the least bit squeamish. Lesson #1 - DON'T RUN FROM THE COPS; Lesson #2 - WEAR YOUR GODDAMED SEAT BELT!
Drunken Tree Gets Axe The Stanford Tree has been fired for drinking on the job. Yes. You read that right. Stanford University, here in the ever-puzzling Bay Area, has a mascot, The Tree, and the woman inside the tree suit was found to be drinking at a basketball game, and subsequently tested to have a .15 blood acohol level. Just another entry in the long-running rivalry between Cal and Stanford.
February 16, 2006
Treasures of the European Digital Library [more inside]
A Map of Slave-Labor Products
Click on a product to learn more about its connections to slave labor. Product information will open in a popup window.
Didn't know it was still going on in the US.
via memepool
Curious George: Baby gifts. So, my best friend's wife (who is also my good good friend) is having a baby. On Monday. I want to get her something. [more inside]
Brokeback to the Future. Flash video. via ABS. [more inside]
The song was somehow like dadadada-dadadada. Got it??
Tap a song with the spacebar and this website will figure out which song it was. It worked well with "Jingle Bell's", "Yesterday" and "A Hard Day's Night".
Anti-Semiticism Contest Self-parody as the new weapon in the war on intolerance. Produce the most extreme anti-Semitic cartoon you can possibly imagine, and submit it to the contest. The best entries will be posted online. But only if the cartoonist is Jewish. [more inside]
resistance.is.futile 'The Physarum polycephalum slime, which naturally shies away from light, controls the robot's movement so that it too keeps out of light and seeks out dark places in which to hide itself.' [more inside]
First person to figure this out
wins a prize.
Just not from me.
Curious George: Mac OS X error -10810 Since MoFi lately has embraced Mac tech support, I thought I might try my luck here too... I am finding that after a while I cannot launch any new apps... sometimes quitting one of the open apps allows me to open another, but more often than not, I just get an error -10810 when I try to open the new application. I'm using a dual 2.0 G5, and upgrading from 10.4.4 to 10.4.5 made no difference. I did some googling and all I found was a suggestion to repair permissions from my install dvd-- did that with no effect. Nothing on apple's boards either. Logging out or rebooting cures it for a while, but the problem keeps coming back. I would be grateful for any help or suggestions.
February 15, 2006
Oil Execs Formed US Energy Policy
, something that was long suspected and denied (but not under oath). In fact, the Oil Cartels are doing a heckuva job, with Exxon in particular making the highest record profits of any company ever in the history of the world.
The POTUS is concerned however, saying "Here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil" but don't worry. He'll give them 7 Billion to think about what they've done.
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Curious George: USB wi-fi adapter for an old iBook. I've got an old iBook, running OSX, and I want to get wireless access. Anybody know a USB wi-fi adapter that'll work with my machine with minimal tinkering? [more inside]
Let the Eagle soar... Our favourite ski-jumper (allright, the only one I can even name), Eddie the Eagle, talks a bit with the ceeb about what he's been up to lately.
Okay, it's juvenile. It's not new, hot, topical, or anything. I just find this to be a very funny book cover. [more inside]
Richard Dawkins multimedia links This is a collection of links to video and audio files of Richard Dawkins weighing in on a variety of topics, including science, religion, revenge, and Douglas Adams. The same site has links for James Randi, Michael Shermer, Steven Pinker and a couple other skeptics. (MP3s, RealPlayer files, QT movies)
No smoking please we're British, er, I mean, English Finally the UK Govt. Has woken up and smelt the nicotine and gone for a TOTAL ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces. This is good news for all, especially me , an non smoker, as I play in a band in places where smoking is currently permitted. Thanks UK Govt., yer done somthing right for a change!!!
Slime control
- What's bright yellow, slimy, several metres in diameter, hides in dark, moist, humid places, responds to food sources by moving towards and engulfing them? Oh! and has just been given six legs by engineers. Physarum polycephalum
Babylon 5's Katsulas Passes - Andreas Katsulas, the character actor who was outstanding as G'Kar on Babylon 5 and Tomalak the Romulan on Star Trek, memorable in everything he did, lost his battle with lung cancer on Feb 13. :( [more inside]
(DISTURBING IMAGES)Several new photos taken in the notorious Abu Gharib prison have been released, more will be released on Australian TV tonight. [more inside]
Where's my bunny? If you liked the Unitarian Jihad/Gift of Song video, you'll LOVE this! Otherwise, I you might wish to run the other way. No nudity this time, but there is some, er, violence. Embedded video.
February 14, 2006
What happens when you get blasted by a .28 gauge shotgun? This little embedded video tells the story. Ouch! Now excuse me, there's a dead horse that needs beating...
Eighth Annual Valentine's Day Poems from pamie.com. Also available: poems from years 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.
Quote from Honda Civic driver: "She hit ME". (Video, but no sound) Keep your eye on the black Honda civic to the motorcyclist's left. [more inside]
Curious George: When to Tell the Old Boss he's the Old Boss For a couple of different reasons, I'm looking for a new job. [more inside]
Cupidinous George
- Will you be my Valentine? My secret Monkey crush?
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February 13, 2006
Storyboredom
I'll let them describe this in their own words. Enjoy.
"We are storyboard artists in animation. During the course of production millions of sketches are produced. Some are used but most are not. These are the ones that "got away" and scribbly scribbles deemed not worthy for prime time."
Valentine's Day Fun Pak So I didn't have a coherent FPP, but for Valentine's Day You could make a Candy heart, you could Keep the shagging alive or just check out this nifty huge, lily-scented worm. Baby.
Curious George - Mac Repair
Hi monkeys,
Long time no see.
I've got a 14" Mac IBook and one of the USB ports became wrenched and now is useless. I kinda need the port as when I use a USB hub it slows down my scanner and creates a hassle at work. When I took it into the Mac authorized repair shops they told me that I needed to replace my entire logic board which would cost around $600-$700. Ouch!
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If you like the space exploration this link is for you. One of the Mars rovers finally reached a site of great interest on the Red Planet. Little is known about the area designated home plate in the Gusev crater. The site is of such impressive beauty and mystery several NASA geeks were quoted as saying "WOW" or even "HOLY TOLEDO"
Just in time for Valentine's Day: The Sexy Name Decoder From the same folks who brought you the original, crunchy Cyborg Name Decoder and the not-as-funky Monster Name Decoder. [more inside]
I'm just lovin' all the wags jumping on the Dick Cheney Shoots Lawyer easy comedy bandwagon. And tonight, we get to see the same topic as handled by the master.
The Ultimate Field Guide to the U.S. Economy - great fun and facts about how we Enjoy. Coca-Cola. And top 10 reasons why diamonds are a girls best friend! All kinds of fun in the spirit of Freakonomics.
SPLINK
The film dates from 1976 and stars the late Jon Pertwee, then just two years after having left the role of Doctor Who. He is essentially playing the same part, though - a curious uncle figure who is explaining the world to his young charges. Unfortunately the message of this film seems so complicated one almost needs the Tardis's translation software to understand what he's going on about.
{this is for all the Dr.Who fans}
Daggy old news I am old and daggy. Have some daggy old news about rude words in lollies.
The first few microseconds of an atomic explosion. Three photos of the first moments after an atomic bomb goes off, captured on film by Harold Edgerton. Edgerton is best known for his pioneering work in stroboscopic photography, with his most well-known photo being Milk Drop Coronet, which has inspired many.
A cut-out paper camera known as Dirkon
- the story of a functional pinhole camera made of stiff paper, designed for 35 mm film in Communist Czechoslovakia during the dark times of the 1970s when taste was forgot. Download the PDF plans & instructions, if you desire, in heady expectation of successful assembly and the creation of an estate of your own Dirkon neo 70's Czech pr0n art shots to hand down to oblivious, tenaciously apathetic crotch fruit.
February 12, 2006
They are making yet another Rocky movie!? Have they no shame? What's wrong with these people? [more inside]
Tenori-On Media artist Toshio Awai and Yamaha have collaborated to develop a new digital musical instrument. A 16*16 matrix of LED switches allows everyone to play music intuitively, creating a "visible music" interface (Vide demonstration)
February 11, 2006
Animated Kinky Friedman For Governor Ad Obviously, this is more pertinent for the Texan Monkeys among us, but I think the rest of you may find it entertaining, nonetheless.
Let Freedom Ring! Dance with everyone's favorite Prophet! Or NOT, the choice is yours.
Arabs take over at 6 US Ports
Bush helps incubate another 9/11:
WASHINGTON — A company in the United Arab Emirates is poised to take over significant operations at six American ports as part of a corporate sale, leaving a country with ties to the Sept. 11 hijackers with influence over a maritime industry considered vulnerable to terrorism.
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Oooh!! Secret Passageways for your home! But turn off the music on this page before you get the creepies.
It's food world! [more inside]
25 Best License-Free Quality Fonts , which are likely to be used rather for official, serious presentations (such as business sites) than a colourful teenager’s homepage. [more inside]
February 10, 2006
Sock monkey porn. Link NSFSM [Not Safe For Sock Monkeys]. [more inside]
A letter to the American Left Answers on a postcard please.
Miracle Mom gives birth despite type 3 Osteogenesis Imperfecta. [more inside]
Pharoah's tomb found in Valley of the Kings, intact. Found a mere five metres away from King Tut's old digs. Now go tell your mummy.
Oh, Google. Why must you hurt me so, when I have given you so much love? [more inside]
Internet Archeology: Long before there was wikipedia, back in the ancient beginnings of the internet, there was Project Galactic Guide. Arguably one of the oldest internet encyclopedia projects, the Galactic Guide was started in 1991, inspired by Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. [more inside]
What are the chances . . . ? She saves his life. 7 years later, he returns the favor.
Today in 1989, Ron Brown became the first African-American to lead a major political party as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He died in 1996 in what some people think was an assassination cover-up.
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TabWiki! Yes, it's yet another wiki, but this time with more auto-didacticness! [more inside]
Gumwad - another scheme to make money. You donate, he chews gum. If this guy makes a million I'm gonna scream.
I probably shouldn't do this... but I just saw the most flabbergasting commercial on the evening news. I cannot remember the last time I was this floored by a commercial... so I reshot it so I could digitize it and show you all-- apologies for the crappy audio, the camera has a lousy mic. It's not a parody, I'm not a company shill... despite hosting it on my server, I hope this doesn't count as a self link, 'Bashi... Enjoy until I'm made to take it down... the company's site is sineoff.com.
All George W. Bush, All The Time?
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution. (Introduced in House)
In case you don't know what the 22nd amendment is...
http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_Am22.html
Looked on Snopes. This seems to be real. Debunkers welcome.
February 09, 2006
Popularity breeds popularity People often rely on popular buzz to make choices of what they like, rather than just their own instincts, a study shows. In other words "at least one key to musical success is the buzz, or bandwagon effect. The same is true for books and other products... Once an author has a best seller, the next book he writes is likely to also become a best seller, and once a brand name has recognition it is more likely to do well."
I am the spirit of dark and lonely water [more inside]
The 2006 Olympics
begin Friday. The internets have already come up with the Olympic drinking games, so let's go!
(News is already coming out: the Spanish Olympic team has lost their luggage, and the New Zealand team has had their luggage stolen.)
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Lunchtime Quickies. A selection of true love and sex confessions from Eye's annual love and sex guide. (As if you need a guide, heh heh.) Feel free to rip off stories for your upcoming novel or screenplay. [possibly NSFW] Enjoy.
zillow.com
Free, Instant Valuations and Data for 60,000,000+ Homes
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Jure Robes literally takes cycling to insane lengths. Welcome to the world of ultra-endurance cycling, where riders cram up to 10,000 calories per day into their bodies, ride further than the Tour de France in a week and finish events being unable to turn a key without using two hands. [more inside]
When Litter Bugs Attack: Canadian rage, caught on camera. [more inside]
February 08, 2006
Craigslist sued over housing ad bias
A Chicago fair housing group has sued ... Craigslist for ... publishing discriminatory advertisements.
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Curious George: Domain Renewal Has anyone had a domain expire? Did you get it back? If so, how? [more inside]
Foul death prevented, not by strangling the chicken, but blowing it. [more inside]
Alan J. Shalleck, co-author of Curious George, found dead.
If you've never seen/played Samorost ...then you've really missed something cool, and absoulutely gorgeous. If you like it, then try Samorost 2, which is even better.
Ooops. How guilty would you feel? "This is not what I wanted to happen." Chalk one up to the laws of unintended consequences.
Justifications of genocide by Savitri Devi on flawlesslogic.com - don't let any names fool you here. Note the impact of the social climate on her 15 year old Bengali servant and his willingness to believe what older kids tell him - not your average Hitler Youth. [WARNING: NSFW - RACIST PROPAGANDA SITE] [more inside]
Prozac babies. (redux) Prozac is a completely honest, good, and rightly drug that would never do anything untoward to you. Honest.
Curious George: moving past point-and-click I own a Canon A40 Powershot and I'm thinking about spending some money to take a greater variety of photos. [more inside]
Furious George. Win98 problem -- I tried to keep from posting here. [more inside]
February 07, 2006
Online Archive of American Folk Medicine A searchable archive of folk medicine remedies. The entries are spare-looking, but the archive as a whole is a nice indicator of how far medical treatment has come. My personal favorites.
Crash Bonsai via Extreme Craft
Iranian Paper Plans Holocaust Cartoons A prominent Iranian newspaper said Tuesday it would hold a competition for cartoons on the Holocaust to test whether the West extends the principle of freedom of expression to the Nazi genocide as it did to the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. [more inside]
Al-Gonzo Reveals BushCo "Accidentally" Spied on Your Email.
Yes, Al-Gonzo ("the Torture Guy") testified under oath spun yarns to the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. You may have heard that you may have been spied on without a warrant, and that they intend to keep doing it.
If you're worried that maybe the POTUS has gone to far, you may not want to read the article on Halliburton's Detention Centers for Homeland Security (NYT, reg. req.), which after all, are for "Immigrants". Not You.
*wink* *wink*
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Googlemaps naughty bits? [more inside]
Canadian Coffee Quaffin' Monkeys Unite! A useful tool for finding your nearest non-corporate coffee places. If your haunt isn't on there, feel free to add it, and curse yourself later for making it popular.
Portect and Survive - This booklet tells you how to make your home and family as safe as possible under nuclear attack
Curious George: Top Secret! Of course there is... [more inside]
Curious George: My Cat Keeps Puking One of my cats is pukey... [more inside]
Dr. McNinja - yes I know what you're thinking, another web comic. But you'll like this one. Trust me, I'm a doctor.
INSIDE ART Under the covers .. Drawn and quartered?
February 06, 2006
Portland Meetup! The Portland MeFi and MeCha crew are getting together on the 18th. Calling all monkeys! [more inside]
Canadian Politics: You win an election. Your Liberal party gets 40% of the vote in your riding. Your closest opponent running for the NDP gets 37% of the vote. The third candidate running for the Conservatives gets 16.5%. But the Conservatives win power in the country. What do you do? You switch sides to the Conservative party because you are David Emerson, the new Minister of International Trade.
Plantains! <NYT login req.> Me like Plantains! You like plantains?! Here a thread be to plantains!
Rockers Die Young. Fundies Gloat. [more inside]
February 05, 2006
"Someone is shooting at us, we must go..." The film director Walter Herzog was shot whilst being interviewed by the BBC, giving rise to perhaps the manliest line ever uttered aloud. Read the article, get to the last line, and then join me in a chestbeating chorus, my noble monkey brethren.
Liza Lou! Jaw-dropping dedication and the best art dog ever ever ever! [more inside]
Confessions of a Car Salesman Wherein your worst assumptions are confirmed. [more inside]
World Peace! Unitarian Jihad - Gift of Song Practice Video
1) Click on the picture
2) Click on "collaboration"
3) Click uj_world_peace.mov
You need quicktime.
WARNING! EXTREME NUDITY! (it's not what you think...maybe it is...)
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It was bound to happen Speaking coherently and politely, Wycoff said Friday that he was upset with the "liberal" political views of his sister and her husband[...] "I was just getting fed up with the life she was leading," he said. "I was appalled with what my sister and brother-in-law did." [via Creek Running North]
February 04, 2006
Things I Learn From My Patients Fresh faced student doctors compare life lessons their more experienced patients have taught them. Remember, Don't road surf on the top of a moving stickshift car driven by your younger sibling with a learner's permit. [more inside]
Google spnaks BMW - German BMW websites have been removed from the Google index. BMW.de at this time has a PageRank of 0. This is probably because BMW websites have been caught using doorway pages and now receive the Google Death Penalty. This is normally what happens to Pr0n sites, people.
Food at Google: Google's snack room Who wouldn't want to work for Google when they feed you like this?
Remember Cthulhu? Well, he's back! In lego form! [more inside]
Baitcar
WARNING: Some bait car videos contain very coarse language and are not suitable for children.
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Cynical Saturday morning fun I have no idea if this is in poor taste since I am not a morning person. Going back to sleep now.
C The C source of a magic-eye program, which is itself a magic-eye picture. [more inside]
Not really a game, but interesting anyhoo.
How Long? How Often?
A summary of sex surveys and reports. The most orgasms they recorded in an hour for a woman is a staggering 134, while the best men could do was 16.
Any similarities to a post on MeFi is totally coincidence. This has never happened to me before, baby.
Denver Monkey Meetup-Feb 4
South Denver/DTC monkeys! I'm in town for the weekend, and have some free time tomorrow (Saturday Feb. 4) evening. Who's available for a meetup? What's a good place to meet? What time works for everybody? What will you be wearing?
Let's discuss! My email's in my profile to finalize details.
Seth Fisher is dead. A great comic book artist gone too soon.
What would you do with 100 dildos? Read the comic, then go to the main page. [more inside]
Treasure Hunting George: Because I'm lazy. [more inside]
I'M SICK OF BEING A HUNGRY VEGAN!
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via everlasting blort
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February 03, 2006
The History of Modern Music As The Tube Map. The interconnections of the music of the past 100 years, transposed perfectly onto the London Underground. As the piece by the creator says, "it's a shame, for example, that the Circle Line constantly runs in tandem with either the District or Metropolitan lines, thus leaving no room for pure pop acts such as Kylie Minogue and the Pet Shop Boys..."
Identity of "Mr. Six" Revealed via Mark Evanier
Puppy Bowl II: The Cutening
At last, with the beginning of the new year, fans from all over gather in front of the magic box to witness the culmination of what has to have been one of the most exciting seasons in recent memory. Yes Puppy Bowl will inspire, delight, and awe as this year's Players vie for the coveted MVP status.
Did we mention that the underlying fuction is to promote Pet Adoption and Awareness?
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Bulgaria! Three Grand! Cock! I'm almost ashamed for posting this, but... [more inside]
Saparmurat Niyazov, the leader of Turkmenistan, ordered to stop paying pensions to more than 100,000 old people, that is, to approximately 1/3 of retired. Other 200,000 people will get their pensions, which ranged from $10 to $90, cut more than by half.[more inside]
I Pity the Fool that Plays Checkers Against Me. (Wma video file). Friday Fun. And really quite similar to this
Bombay TV (Bollywood movie subtitle fun) [more inside]
Fun with the Fred Meyer's phones Someone figured out a way to access the intercom system at their local Fred Meyer's from any phone. Hilarity ensues.
It's been too damn long.
Shake off those February blues and come out to Oakland to do our monkey thing. At least one of our LA monkey cousins will grace us with her presence; hopefully, more will join her.
When: Saturday, February 18.
Where: Luka's Taproom, 2221 Broadway, Oakland. Three short blocks from the 19th Street BART. (I'm looking at you, San Francisco.)
February 02, 2006
Shock jock asks Ryan Seacrest if he's teh ghey. And metro posterboy Seacrest says -- but before we get to that, yeah, it's none of our business, and it doesn't matter anyway, and we should judge people on the basis of their sexuality. Now go ahead and clicky clicky. [via Fark -- whadidya expect?]
Ballot Box Stove Top Stuffin'
If you know anybody who keeps saying that Republicans don't commit voting fraud, send them this link.
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New Bettie Page Movie Trailer
Gretchen Mol will play Bettie Page in an upcoming biopic in April.
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The Dune Of Alexandro Jodorosky (short article, but the concept artwork is amazing)
26-foot crap.
Y'know - art.
via memepool
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Perhaps the nastiest roommate tale ever. Disgusting photographs at bottom of story. Perhaps she was competing.
February 01, 2006
DSCH
So, most people know that Friday was the 250th birthday of some musical dude you might've heard of. But! Did you realise that this year also marks the 100th birthday of Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich?
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Animal Snuff For Kids via the usually insufferable critics at The Onion AV Club. [more inside]
Ultimate Timeline Collection A very highly detailed, and large collection of timelines all the way from the Big Bang up to present day.
Curious George - York Any monkeys in, around, or can travel to York? [more inside]
Animated true tales from the life of Jerry.
Hey, it's a brand new It's Jerry Time episode!
http://www.itsjerrytime.com.
Waterfall 2006 Come to the Waterfall 2006 conference and see how a sequential development process can benefit your next project. [more inside]
14 Phrases Which Have Never Before Been Spoken or Written by someone who's obviously a little high.
Capitol Police arrest antiwar activist Sheehan: Invited to State of the Union address, she is removed from gallery. Also, check out Sheehan's description of what really happened here.
What all programming manuals should be like. A beginner's guide to Ruby, the shiny (and trendy) new scripting language fresh off the boat from Japan. Written by someone who's obviously a little high, which of course means the manual is not boring. He also coded this nifty interactive Ruby tutorial. [more inside]
