Links posted in April 2004
April 30, 2004
Remember Mold-A-Rama? These popular souvenir machines from the sixties and seventies are still around...Collectors abound...some are even popping up on eBay.Feeling nostalgic? You can even buy your very own vintage Mold-A-Rama machine!
Curious George: Usernames
This recent derail got me thinking...what's the story behind your MoFi username? What does it mean?
(I know some monkeys have it all explained in their profile...but nobody reads those things)
Best use of Kung Fu ever Fun video for Friday (Quicktime) [more inside]
CAFTA - The Trojan Calf
The year is 2030 AD, somewhere in Central America:
Luis: "Grandma, tell me a story."
Grandma: "Which one?"
Luis: "Tell the one about the trojan calf."
Grandma: "Ah, si, CAFTA, the Trojan Calf. This story is muy importante Luis. This is the story of how things came to be as they now are."
Requires Flash.
Remember when the French made that baby sing?
Jordy sang "Dur Dur D'ętre Bébé" back in the early 90's. I'm not the only one who's been wondering what he's been up too all these years after recovering from the tyranny of the French record labels, but at least I didn't buy the album like this guy.
Mayor Curley plays in the big leagues. He's a BIG LEAGUE PLAYA!
Just a little chaos at the airport. (NSFW, unless you have headphones).
An oldie but a goodie.
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Vote Coggeshell
The issues:
1. End Affirmative Action.
2. Close the Borders now.
3. Deport all illegal immigrants now.
4. Eliminate bilingual education in all states.
5. Require health tests for all recent foreign born immigrants.
6. Make tax cuts permanent.
7. Reduce the number of Federal Employees.
8. Tort Reform - Stop Class Action Lawyers
Oh, and this. (via memepool)
Perc-a-pops. i want raspberry.
Tired of sending flowers or balloons for birthdays? Now you can send a cake! Cakes Across America! Yum!
"Goodbye, Bob." After 30 years, National Public Radio's Bob Edwards leaves as anchor. Efforts to save his job haven't worked, despite Monkey, and other, outrage. [more inside]
''Gadzooks!'' he exclaimed on seeing the work in progress. ''Why have you given me a great schonk?'' Other works by Stuart Pearson found here
Nuclear Weapon Archive. Perhaps one of the best nuclear weapons pages I've found to date. The photo gallery pages are full of nuclear explosion photos: give Ivy, Redwing, and Hardtack a try, or head straight to their wallpaper-sized images. Read their nuke FAQ. Interesting stuff.
Ladies and Gentlemen, start your livers! Tomorrow is National Homebrew Day and to honor what should be, after Oktoberfest, one of our premiere national holidays, homebrewers from across the nation will be taking part in the Big Brew. [more inside]
High Culture from the BBC. Not sure what Lord Reith would have thought, but it's all in a good cause.
War of words
. Terry Jones, of Monty Phyton fame, writes about "coalition forces", "rebels", "civilians" and other words commonly used in the Iraq "adventure".
Curious George: What's cookin'? In my family (and yes, I consider y'all part of my extended family), we exchange recipes. What'cha got? I'm hungry. [more inside]
The world's highest Maypole has been stolen! On the eve of May Day, the vile thieves want beer as ransom. [more inside]
Make the Pie Higher Bush is a poet. I bet he didn't even know it! Well theres where my poetry ability ends. But George W's statements certainly make an amusing poem.
Rasputin's Trouser Snake on show in a jar in a Russian Sex Museum.
You heard it here first, folks. The Russkies are putting the Mad Monk's Member on display, floating, disembodied, as it were, in fluid. The mystery is.. who thought to cut it off.. and why?
Warning: this link contains a picture of a big severed uncut willy in a jar of formaldehyde. If you are disturbed by such things, Nostrildramus suggests you do not click. But you will. Oh, you will.
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An Index Of 5000 FREE Corporate Logo Downloads. Did I mention they were FREE? [more inside]
April 29, 2004
The Camel Toe Report Funnier than it probably should be. The last one on this page is my favorite. NSFW
Curious George: Gmail My friend (who got his gmail account via blogger) is using one of his two invites to give me a Gmail account, ever since I heard he got one I've been really jealous, question is: with this lovely fresh start what address should I choose? Since there are very few beta testers many millions of very cool ones are still available! Choices! What is Gmail? [more inside]
The Worst Jobs in the World
Have you been underpaid, over-worked and bored out of your brain? Have you been forced to carry out un-ethical procedures, massage figures, sack the innocent and promote the worthless? Is (or was) your company a major polluter? Or does your job just suck? We want to hear all your stories from the evil world of work. We also want a good laugh. So please, send us an email.
Here are the nominations so far.
Pat Tillman got what was coming to him. An intriguing opinion piece on the NFL player who gave up millions to fight _ and die _ in Afghanistan.
Cryptozoology, or ? The knowledge of Animal Anomalies. Are they real or not? Strange reports and glimpses of hidden and mysterious creatures for the inquisitive to ponder in this modern bestiary.
Here's a tip for you: never pet a flaming dog! Hahahahah! Tipping is one of the most ubiquitous yet misunderstood and confusing activities in the history of commerce. Who do you tip? When do you do it? How much? What warrants a skipped tip? When does a tip become a bribe (related mofi thread here)? and most importantly why, tracicle and wolof, are "...New Zealanders (and Australians too)... notoriously bad tippers" (scroll down to middle of page or so)? [more inside]
How to Meet and Attract Single Women with the "Puppet Method"
The largest banana museum in the world.
Abu gharaib wonderland! Abu Gharaib is infamous as a prison where former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime tortured and executed opponents. [more inside]
Comparative imagery of the Ryongchon wreckage. Satellite images, pre- and post-blast, of Ryongchon DPRK. You can also compare close-up images of the train yard blast site and a nearby school. [via Fark, out of character]
Damned if you do, damned if you don't...
A British medical advisory group has called for fewer C-sections, an issue which the monkeys have discussed in the past. If they were hoping for approval, they're going to be dissapointed, with a blistering assault from Germaine Greer for their problems.
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The following is a text that North Korea's dear leader Kim Jong-Il asked Yong-Hae Chang Heavy Industries to present. Dialectical sex and gender is not just one of my intellectual passions. It is also a national priority.
1000 or bust! Happy 1000th User Monkeyfilter! Let's have a party up in here! I brought the balloons. So uh...what now? [more inside]
100 million or bust! Apple launches iTunes 4.5 with a free song a day for the next eight days, and another little surprise: new downloads won't play if DRM code is stripped.
Ladies Unite! Kaguya was created with no father. It's the first time a mammal has been born via parthenogenesis. [more inside]
Make Your Own Soda! Stick It To The Soft Drink Cartels! Impress Your Friends This Summer! It is easy as pie and the neighbor kids will love it!
April 28, 2004
The merest bromide "Nasa is talking about the chemical sterilisation of astronauts on longer journeys," Dr Armstrong said, in a talk discussing the problems humanity may face in trying to reach the planets and, eventually, the stars [more inside]
Robbers Die Holding Up Suicide Bomber At Gunpoint Sometimes lifes like that ...
Can you get to the top of the mountain? I certainly bloody can't.
David Bowie is giving an Audi TT to whoever makes the best bootleg of his music. The winning track will also be released as a single. Go on, monkeys!
OTOFTC
, a.k.a. Operation Take One For The Country, is a "virtual organization" made up of like-minded women, "We believe US service men and women deserve our support and we are willing to make caring choices about making them happy".
SO TO SPEAK!
< stands and salutes, and hands all of the like-minded women a banana >
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Kerry's new slogan?
How about Bush's? The Advertising Slogan Generator.
first FPP to anything. ever.
Offally good - an artcle on the growing interest in the rest of the pig, or lamb, or cow, or... [more inside]
don't make me call the security-blimp, buster...
"For Akron, it's a very emotional thing."
newsfilter, i know, but it's just too surreal...
Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. "Yes" is the answer.
Just a quote or two about a Monkey's favorite subject--after power tools and bananas, that is.
And for all you guys with a problem remembering your punctuation, here's a site that might help personalize it a bit. May be NSFW
Innocence is the sequal to one of the best anime movies ever made. It was among the first to combine computer rendered graphics with traditional cell frame animation. The work that's put into these two movies was/is incredible and makes for some of the most beautiful animation you'll ever see.
George Will Wipe His Glasses On You.
A weird video of GWB wiping his glasses on an unaware "Late Show" staffer. (via BoingBoing.)
Or, review GWB's lack of interest in the press with Bush to Press: "You're Assuming That You Represent the Public. I Don't Accept That." Now with a 20% higher Ook factor!
Mobiles phones are not usually seen in the West as a way of keeping in touch with God.
But the growing popularity of communication technologies is providing a way for people in Asia to express their faith, say researchers.
Curious George: Philly attractions We're going to be spending some time in Philadelphia early next year (me, husband and kidlet) and although I spent a weekend in South Jersey a couple of years ago I don't know the area at all. Any suggestions of places to go/eat/take photos/watch the locals? It'll be midwinter, unfortunately, and we'll have an almost-two year old with us. [more inside]
Don't Toss That Cocktail Napkin! The Smithsonian Celebrates the Creative Process; How Doodles And Scribblings Are Transformed Into The Life-Changing Machines And Eternal Goods Of Our Century.
Bibleman!
Take a washed up child actor, add the Word of God, and you've got a hit!
Sort of.
April 27, 2004
Our own Death Star? Richard Muller's Nemesis Theory hypothesizes that our solar system is a binary one, and that a red dwarf star, likely visible with a small telescope or even binoculars, is the "companion" to the sun. [more inside]
Monkey user search
Cribbed mercilessly from bookmarklets, it's the Monkey Searchinator!!
A silly little utility that will let you google for a particular monkey's name on the site, or, indeed, any particular key phrase. I use it in lieu of linked user comments, or the google search page.
Curious George: We are approaching 1,000! No, not 1,000 fruit jars. And, no, not 1,000 pennies. One thousand MoFites! How shall we celebrate?
Curious George Goes To The Movies! Give us your three Essential Movies. The ones that Truly Define You. [more inside]
Uslu Airlines: Witness the make-up revolution. New York-based makeup artist Feride Uslu has introduced a new technique of applying make-up: pour the colors into a graphic artist's airbrushing machine, and then spray it onto skin in a fine mist. For an initial fee of $800 USD (refills and new colors are additional), you could possibly look like this. Knock-offs have already saturated the market.
Norwegian Cheese
Monkey cannot live on banana alone. Have you tried brown cheese, gammelost, nřkkelost, or Jarlsberg?
Please note: This post did not previously feature on MetaFilter.
Actually I didn’t think my head would fit in the neck hole, but then I figured she got her Texas cheerleader hair through there I could get my head in it.
Man comes to terms with recent divorce by selling ex-wifes wedding gown and wearing it as well.
God exists, of course. See this bonfire? (Argument No. 17) Argument 188 is the clincher. But is he really an old man with a beard or secretly a hot Abercrombie chick? The Top Ten of the Gods is currently a Greek whitewash, but surely there should be a place for this one, or these, or maybe even him?
Some Pictures A Friend Brought Back From Iraq *warning* at least a few are extremely graphic. Most are tanks-and-sand shots. Unlike what's on TV or cnn.com though, for it's "untrained-eye" camera viewpoint.
Not so much invisible as ... Invisible Adjunct is hanging up the mortar board and putting down the felt-tipped pen. [more inside]
You weren't in the market for a boat, were you?
Control a remote arm in a lab over the internet. Perhaps build a tower. Take over the world. Unpeel a banana.
Speaking Pittsburghese. Or San Franciscan, or Chicagoan, or pretty much anywhere-an. (Offer valid only in the US and/or Canada, apparently.)
Is there anything the Internet can't do? Take a controversial picture, add PHP, and away we go!
Brown does Potter: Ian Brown, former Stone Roses' singer joins the cast of the 4th Harry Potter film, "playing a wizard with gold teeth."
Grilling With The Jetsons! Do I wear it or light it?
April 26, 2004
If they could have mixed the TRON suit guy also,
it would have been perfect. 2Mb WMV video mix with the Star Wars kid over the Kill Bill trailer. So, what do you think Tarantino will ask on the lawsuit?
(Btw, while I know firsthand just how difficult this kind of collages are, can't help but feel bad for all those stray Uma-bits around. Just a little more polishing...mmh...)
Hey, Crackhead! Average San Francisco Joe has beef with average San Francisco crackhead (via Cruel Site of the Day)
Antique Toasters!
New Antique Stoves & Refrigerators! everything for the kitsch kitchen
my favorites are the toasters though
tset ha tset ha
(adv.) + stupid fool! 'tset' is the penis. 'tset ha tset ha' is to describe a person who are very ugly that really looks like the Penis! When you say 'tset' in Cantonese it is close to the number'seven' .So people in Cantonese may also say 'lay go yeun hol seven!' which means you are very ugly! you also looks like the penis!
Also something to go along with the iDuck.
via neilgaiman.com
Are you counting down the days until the final "Friends" episode? Or perhaps you loathe the ubiquitous American sitcom. Whether you’re celebrating its demise or dreading its end, now is the time to order your "Friends" finale party invitations! And here’s how to throw one, for the clueless among us.
The Toronto Subway Song
As Toronto celebrates the 50th anniversary of the TTC, which includes Canada's first subway system, sit back and enjoy this little ditty courtesy of the excellent CBC archives
For many Torontonians the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) is a part of our daily lives; taking the streetcar, bus or subway is second nature. Although the Toronto subway may not be the world's oldest nor the largest we definitely have something to be proud of: its seems to be the only one with a song...
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28 hours a day, six days a week.
Dreampets Are Here. Resistance Is Futile.
The Vandenbergh Carver is essentially an aircraft cockpit on wheels - of which there are three, one at the front and two at the back, Reliant-Robin style. [more inside]
It takes ten D cel batteries.
They're making a big comeback
But they can be quite dangerous.
And man oh man do I want one
"Famous" LiveJournals.
Apparently, there's a whole mini-culture of people keeping LiveJournals, playing the parts of celebrities. Welcome to a strange world where Celine Dion complains that "it's actually pathetic when Mariah updates more than I do", and celebrities as varied as Tom Cruise ("if you haven't seen my new look for my new movie, let me warn you, it involves a grayish flat top and a little more bulk than I normally carry") and Fiona Apple ("ok ladies of Lilith, Sarah, Alanis and i have JUST finished creating the must_be_lilith community") list each other as friends.
A little creepy, but not enough to cover up the somewhat perverse entertainment value drawn from watching someone so involved in another person.
James Brown Feels A Little Too Good
April 25, 2004
More Woow & Wooo!
In 3-D of course. This is an index of past years, lots of pics. Some NSFW due to, well you know..........the heat. via [linkfilter].
The EPA: Making the world safer.
The EPA have been working on cleaner engines. For ICBMs.
"Thus, if the Minuteman III ICBMs have to be used in some future nuclear war, their rocket motors will not pollute the atmosphere. EPA regulations do not apply in foreign countries, so no changes are being made to reduce the harmful environmental effects of the nuclear warheads."
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Some 3-D fun photos. Links of some older photos of landmarks and nature stuff. Wowww, Whooo! via [presurfer]
Dustbowl Photographs. Some amazing images. Via Plep.
We don't live anywhere near Perfect, and we'll keep it that way.
Stand Up and Holla!! An uber-essay contest! Share your entry in the comments.
Forgent sues 31 companies over use of JPEG.
Like the spectre of the GIF/Unisys monster that would not die, Forgent Networks is rising up to haunt the industry. It filed lawsuits Friday against Dell, Adobe, Apple, Agfa, IBM, Xerox, Macromedia, JVC, Panasonic, Creative Labs, and dozens of other companies for violating patents on their compression algorithms which are allegedly used in the JPEG format. The company talked licensing fees back in 2002 but the community balked or turned a deaf ear. Legit suit or a quick buck? (Also on Slashdot)
A Duck Amok. Donald makes a career move.
Things That Go Off Whoosh (Or More Often Bang) from neilgaiman.com, who has a really fun post up today.
Hardboiled Slanguage of the '30s and '40s Tough Guys and Deadly Dames [more inside]
RIAAMix. The Remix is Dead. Long Live the Remix. [more inside]
April 24, 2004
Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping. The "God-that-is-Not-A-Product" works in mysterious ways. [more inside]
If Hackers the movie was written by real hackers. An oldie but goodie.
the smoking freedom of yesterday with the smoking technology of tomorrow Using the latest Nicological technology, the Nicosphere 3000 offers a discreet smoking environment for its user. The system has six smoking programmes, all designed to fit your busy lifestyle and has been ergonomically designed to fit either the male or female torso.
Nature vrs Nurture If you go out in the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise, because today's the day The teddy bears have their picnic [more inside]
San Francisco clubbing.
Did you know that it is illegal to allow dancing without a permit in San Francisco? (scroll down to Dance Hall Keeper) I didn't.
Starting with an existing club, you'd think it'd be easy, right?
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Japanese Armour. [more inside]
Physics in Flash. Animated Flash demonstrations of physics. [more inside]
Curious George: Community satire page? I'm one of those people that goes to places like the Onion to get a tiny dribble of satire each week. But these articles are all written by employees and administrators. Come on, it's 2004! I'd like to find a community-run news satire page, with articles written by readers. I want to write satirical articles and headlines too. Does such a site exist?
Badger Badger Redux Ya know that badgerbadger flash that get discovered on the internet thrice a week? Now some wackos out there have created a live action version. Pretty funny stuff. [more inside]
Ern Malley. "It is necessary to understand that a poet may not exist." [more inside]
Who knew he could draw as well as he sang?
April 23, 2004
More Odd Toys For Weird Kids. Warning: the whole site is in some strange, alien language!
The iDuck. Now this is taking the i-phenom a tad over the edge. Not quite this far, though. (last link NSFW)
Thirty years ago today Michael O'Brien set the public stage for exhibitionists everywhere. Thanks Australia for thirty years of laughter and mothers covering their children's eyes.
Curious George and the Time Traveler Dizzy wonders: Whatever happened to John Titor? [more inside]
Back to the Future DeLorean insanity sale on eBay Every childhood fantasy that didn't include women fulfilled for only $35k. Where's my life preserver…?
Curious George: Now!! What are you thinking right now?? Don't consider your comment, don't wait more than 10 seconds after reading this - Post! Go! Go! Go!
Melvin Sokolsky, photographer.
Pictures of pretty women in expensive clothing, 1960's to present. And some other stuff.
via jumblies LJ
Legal Battle of the Sexes. Quick & dirty consent forms about what you will do and what you will *not* in bed.
A New Game from An Old Favourite A little Orsinal fun. It's Friday! [more inside]
Curious George; What was the best concert you ever went to? Who was it? When was it? Where was it? [more inside]
At Night Your Toys Come Out To Play; This Guy Has Pictures To Prove It!
The extinction crisis is over. We lost.
April 22, 2004
The Best Remix I've Yet Heard. Of Jay-Z's "Black Album". This one is mixed with Pavement's Slanted and Enchanted. There's a sample MP3 on the site as well as bit torrent links for various editions of the full album.
When blimps attack!
Kids, remember: be sure you lock up your blimp before goint to sleep.
Via MeFi, but way too funny too pass up.
memo from Osama bin Laden ,
from common dreams
the potential for a new and daring democracy.
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Conscientious Objector Policy Act This is a bill that John Ashcroft would be proud of. [more inside]
Flip-Flop Flippity-Floppity The government seems to be starting up a shell game over the draft. [more inside]
How much political sway does one voter hold? Jonathan Stein is a New York law student and freelance writer. He has produced a series of television ads against U.S. presidential hopeful John Kerry, and is placing the ads in key swing states and markets that might be leaning toward Kerry. Is he tilting at windmills or is this the beginning of true grassroots influence?
Crash Bonsai - Model cars, bonsai trees: strange and true activities of a meticulous artist.
You're not allowed to test for mad cow, says the USDA. The Washington Post reports that a Kansas beef company which wanted to fully protect the integrity of its cattle was banned by the US Department of Agriculture from doing its own test work. The USDA, defending its policy, said testing "could imply there is a safety issue with American beef". But might mad cow already be alive and well in the US?
Catalpa!
This tree has it all: huge, heart-shaped leaves, a shady canopy, long seed pods, and pretty clusters of vanilla-scented blossoms. Although sphinx moths really like catalpas, so do catfish anglers.
Mmmmm...caaaatfish.
Winner in a dating game chooses a Playstation over the girl. Who wouldn't?
An Adventurer is You! Travel in the Kingdom of Loathing and amass large quantities of Tasty Meat! Kill Dangerous Creatures! Explore Exotic Locales! Learn Fascinating Skills! [more inside]
Mix American Technology and a NASCAR Sensibility. Whaddya Get? Fan Pants!
April 21, 2004
My favorite incoherent singer is still at it. Click on the picture - he has a special stand for his beer glass!
Blindfold blog.
"One of the first steps to becoming a guide dog instructor is to spend ten days blindfolded...". We're into Day 4.
Curious George: character reference letters in sentencing. This morning I find myself writing a character reference letter to a U. S. Dictrict Court chief judge, in the hope of tempering the sentencing of a friend of mine. [more inside]
27% of your job is vacation! If you're the POTUS that is. Spend time on your "family ranch"! Whittle! [more inside]
Show me that smile again. Kirk doesn't believe in evolution. His friends are willing to bet you can't prove it.
Worst. Job. Ever.
Cleaning. Porn. Combine the two. We have a winner!
[NSFW, via Fleshbot]
What's eating you?. And hey! more on that tongue stealer if you're interested.
Bored with your everyday weather report?
George Starostin's Classic Rock and Pop Album Reviews. Since we're talking about music. [more inside]
Hot and Juicy Letterhead Fonts!
London Booted. The DJ's over at Remix culture ground zero "Get Your Bootleg On" have completed a track by track reworking of The Clash's London Calling, with mixed results. [more inside]
4:20 [Flash, possibly NSFW, via Milk and Cookies.]
April 20, 2004
Buy a night with a pretentious Shakespearean actor! And many other silly things, to help fund the battle against cancer.
Worst. Song. Ever. Top 10 (out of 100) Worst Songs Ever. Number One is [more inside]
Curious George: National Blog Poetry day
Monkeys and the blog community at large,
Not really a question but more of an idea. I had this thought today "Gee if i got blog writers to post in verse, I would be a hero!!" And then I thought "Well I wouldn't be a hero of any kind but its a cool idea." So I declare June 1st 2004 to be National Blog Poetry Day. How it works is this, find a cool link, then post the link within a verse that YOU wrote on any blog on June 1st, all bloggers are welcome to join and u got over a month to write these entries. Catch is, each poem MUST rhyme. There's no prize for the best one or anything, its for the fun of it. We read and comment as usual. Lymricks are welcome of course if u think u can do it. Have fun,
Aaron
What Makes An American The Atlantic opens the vaults and pulls out this piece from the late 1930's. In it, Frenchman Raoul de Roussy de Sales follows in the footsteps of Alexis de Tocqueville and attempts to define what it is to be American. [more inside]
This is wonderful. It's monkeys with hats! What more can I say?
Campaign in the membrane: Using M.R.I.'s to See Politics on the Brain [NYT Link]
He lay inside an M.R.I. machine, watching commercials playing on the inside of his goggles as neuroscientists from the University of California, Los Angeles, measured the blood flow in his brain.
I may be drunk, but tomorrow morning I shall be sober, and you will still be ugly. - useful phrases in multiple languages, to help promote understanding among the peoples of the world.
Sir Mix-A-Nemoy. Take this classic, add a certain popular piece of rap, a video editor, et voila!
Mimi Smartypants is afraid the opera will call her at 2am, drunk. Mimi Smartypants is not new, but her writing is terribly funny and fresh. She has an 18 month old adopted baby named Nora. Something that *is* brand spanking new is that she is participating in a weblog with others about their experiences with a particularly expensive ($38/bar!) brand of face soap. [more inside]
Welcome to The Giantess Zone. Roger Corman would be proud. . Possibly NSFW...
Pre-S.U.V., And Infinitely Cooler-- The Woodie!
April 19, 2004
The Bureau of Corporate Allegory I'm always a sucker for anything Art Deco, but the captions here are simply priceless.
Curious George: Would anyone like to help me? I need some volunteers to help out with a project I'm doing for university. It shouldn't take more than 20 minutes of your time. (More inside for anyone who is interested) [more inside]
How AT&T failed at Local Number Portability Also know as, What Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong. [more inside]
Ladies and gentlemen, the new New Coke, Coca-Cola C2.
Writing on the Brain
Another excelent commentary via A&LD. Loved the first paragraph.
Interesting how A&LD likes to paraphrase articles in a way that doesn't seem to relate in any way to the content of the sources.
Weird Stuff on Ebay Yes, you too can now own a piece of history. A piece of Abraham Lincoln's hair from the night he was assassainated. Most likely fake, but still creepy and fascinating.
Lime Cat
I have no idea why.
In Passing ...
This is a great little blog that documents conversations heard in passing.
"We need a dolphin with opposable thumbs."
"The combination of a dolphin and a monkey should do it, then."
"Hell of a love child."
"You have not been trained to think that way, so you don't. But I see it."
--Two guys who appear to be doing more drinking than eating at the hotel restaurant.
Curious, George: Acrobat vs. Mozilla why does acrobat hate my copy of mozilla? on my laptop opening a .pdf on a website slows my machine to a crawl. mozilla just freezes, blank screen, no response from the program for several minutes at least. [more inside]
The Monkey Shelf. Comedies. Your favourite ones. [more inside]
Intelligent MIDI Sequencing with Hamster Control. Cornell engineering student designs a MIDI sequencer controlled by six hamsters. Audio (wav, mp3) and video (avi) examples available. [more inside]
Kill Television. . . . For a week, anyway. This week is Turn off TV week. Are you in denial? Six steps will get you going (and it's less than 12 steps . . ) Deny your god! Turn off the idiot box!
Virtual pyramid
...and other ancient Egyptian buidlings. From the Digital Egypt site of UCL.
A Levitating Frog -
with help from a 16 Tesla magnetic field within a Bitter Magnet.
Snarfled from Reality Carnival
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With friends like this... Quite the storm in New Zealand over the arrest of alleged (if not terribly competant) spies trying to operate a false passport scam. The New Zealand government has hit the roof and, while their lawyer wants the case thrown out before it reaches trial, even the Aussies are making concerned noises. [more inside]
Date Jesus. No, really. “This is a legitimate ad. I am highly spiritual, though not religious, and have often been called Jesus because of my appearance and powerful spirituality that I attempt to share with others.” [more inside]
Tiffany Brissette was the actress who played VICI the robot on that glorious 80s show Small Wonder. Here she is immortalized by an obsessive and confused fan base (David Zapasnik asks "have you ever ridden a robot horse?" among other things; his post is must-read). Another young girl points out "You're so beautiful in so many ways, & so are your hands & knees." [more inside]
Nothing can prepare you for: CHENGWIN!
Yes, Chengwin: half chicken/half penguin and his arch enemies Chunk (half skunk) and Chixon (half Nixon).
If this isn't strange enough for you, there's always the adventures of Chabio (half... well, you know).
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Mommy? Why's Bjork going crazy? [MPG link].
The Onion A.V. Club Interviews David Byrne. ...And I feel as fresh as 1983!
For all monkeys who need to keep their bananas in good shape.
Fallic shape but SFW
April 18, 2004
Curious George
Okay monkeys, what did you think of Kill Bill Vol 2?
WARNING: Spoilers
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Pawlish! Dog torture or puppy pampering?
Music made from Windows Noises flash. Via Opacodex
Rap in Sweden - A pictorial essay about true stupidity.
Curious George: Where did the hippies go? Though we like to talk of 1960s and the hippie movement, what exactly happened to them as the 1970s rolled on? Most people say they "grew up" or "got tired of living in vans", however I find the answer kind of simplistic. Their ideas of unity and brotherhood were formidable, but as the hippie generation grew up we saw only polarization toward money, Cold War politics, the drug war, and Reagan. Is there a book or resource that covers this disconnect?
Reversing Vandalism. Reversing Vandalism. 'A slide-show essay about how the San Francisco Public Library converted a vandal's crime into art.' The story starts here.
Curious George: Creating Mp3s I'm looking for a new way/plugin to create Mp3s. [more inside]
Boys monkey around more than girls -- especially when it comes to hunting termites. [more inside]
Islamica News Because you really don't hear enough about Muslims with a sense of humour.
From an English woman working with the people injured in Fallujah. (Via Raed in the Middle) [more inside]
Fly me to the mooooon
I'm going there right now; if a couple of you join me, I'll try to fly to the earth with you.
(flash req.)
Begin planning your road trip the right way. Courtesy of Pie of the Month comes reviews of where to get good pie, broken down by states.
April 17, 2004
The McGurk Effect.
This is creepy. Dammit, I feel as if the gods of perception have stuck a spoon in my brain and stirred it around a bit.
via matociquala's LJ.
PROVEN IN GULF COMBAT! LIVES DEPEND ON IT! Put a catalytic converter in your culottes with the Flatulence Deodorizer™.
Music from John Hughes Movies
By and large, it's not my cup of tea; but who could resist the lure of "Holiday Roohhhahhaaaahhooohhaahhoooahhooooaahhhooooad;
Holiday Rooohhhooooaaaahhohhhahhaahhooooaahd!"
Talking Cock , home of the The Coxford Singlish Dictionary, is a comprehensive and very local guide to all things Singlish.
See your name in nudes!
Lights? Feh! What could be more appealing than one's name spelled out by the limber and scantily clad?
[NSFW, obviously]
University of Toronto CS lecture slides describing various fractals.
The very first image really grabbed my attention.
Scroll down to the very bottom for "A tonne more examples".
[more inside]
Sophie Crumb Is As Crazy As Her Father. (Thank God!)
April 16, 2004
The World's First Crossword. Also check out crosswords in Italian, Russian, Arabic, Norwegian, and even Latin. [more inside]
The only immortality you and I may share
It turns out Vladimir Nabokov may have stolen elements of his most famous novel from a 1916 short story in called "Lolita". To make matters worse, the pseudonymous author of the story, Heinz von Lichberg, later became a Nazi journalist.
The Nabokov family has rejected claims of plagiarism, but the literary world is abuzz with debate over the muddled distinctions beteen reference, intertextuality, borrowing, and theft.
My Garden Kicks Ass. Postcards by Anne Taintor. [more inside]
Fashion a ninja mask out of a T-shirt. Your boss will never know what hit him. [more inside]
Curious, George: Sex and Music The question to my fellow music lovin' monkeys: If you were to create a sexy mix for your SO what kind of songs would you include? What would you like to hear in an hour of sexy sexy primate bliss?
Absolute Craziness I'm shamelessly swiping this from linkfilter.net but it was so awesome, i wanted to post it here. Click on the cake and then type in "oompaloompa" [more inside]
Oops! Best. Prank call. Ever. [more inside]
Beating the file-sharers at their own game Recently, bands releasing new albums have been making use of the internet to promote their music, rather than attempting to shut it down. Bands such as The Liars, Wilco and Tortoise have been streaming their whole albums onto the internet. [more inside]
Stop the flinging! Start pooping for peace.
Starting from the hideous connotations of the page's background color, this seems to elicit instant hate/curiosity reactions. At least the featured page of the site isn't that explicit, but venture into the rest at your own risk.
Well, at least something to ponder while 'doing it' instead of reading. Yeah, yeah, we know...
Contiki isn't just any multitasking operating system. The good old Commodore 64 was the target platform for the first port. It comes complete with multitasking, a basic Windows-like GUI, Internet connectivity, and best of all, a web browser and server. Here are some screenshots. Open source.
Own A Piece Of The Concorde! Inedible pucks of Beef Wellington, plastic silverware, and Por-Shun-Pak coffee creamers not included...
The inevitable "I'm Rick James, BITCH!" soundboard. Those of you without cable or any clue what all the fuss has been about can catch the (realplayer) video here.
The Shame of the Cities by Lincoln Steffens, the introduction, and an excerpt from Upton Sinclair, The Great American Fraud. [more inside]
The man who knew. PBS is rebroadcasting their fascinating look at FBI agent John O'Neill, one of the few who really understood the threat of al Qaeda before 9/11, when he himself was killed. [more inside]
April 15, 2004
Toilet stall poetry: just a little farkian.
Love is like a snowmobile racing across the tundra;
It flips and pins you to the ground.
At night the ice weasels come.
[more inside]
Should we clone our pets?
from metafilter
Have you guys seen this already? Seems like a great idea, unless you do any animal volunteer work. There's a HUGE domestic animal overpopulation problem, with millions of cats and dogs being put to sleep every year for no other reason than there aren't enough homes for them all. Now people are going to pay $50,000 to make a replica of their pet that will be "rather like" the original? That money could save countless lives, and still cover adopting a cat or two from a rescue organization.
[more inside]
Who's the daddy So Amazon launches it's new Search Engine. Playing around with it, noticed that if you hover over the site info button, it shows you the traffic rank for the site. So who's the daddy? [more inside]
Curious, George: Recycling so there's lots of info on recycling out there. collectively we've done a great job getting started on this whole thing. some businesses have gone whole-hog on the idea. but still, even with all this, my curbside recylcing program can't explain to my why some forms of #2 plastic are unacceptable for the city recycling service contractor. they tell me that #2 plastic in a non-screwtop-bottle form will not be picked up, with no explanation (despite repeated phone calls for more info). anyone have any clue? to me it's like saying that aluminum cans are ok to collect, but aluminum foil is a no-no. i mean, it's still #2 plastic, right? [more inside]
Open source insurance - There's an interesting article on Salon.com today about how the open source community is dealing with SCO legal attacks -- a new company has sprung up to sell insurance for companies that use Linux to cover the costs of legal battles should they arise. Even more interesting is how the principles of open source are being used to mount the defense.
Curious George: 10W-40? Okay in order to flexercise the Curious George functionality and sate a thirst for knowledge - what exactly do the motor oil designations mean? I know weight is in there, but whats better? 5W-20? 21-63? Hike!
Did you know
that Geniophobia is the fear of chins? That atelophobia is the fear of imperfection? That linonophobia is the fear of string?
Realfears.com has got the info for all your fear needs.
Hey, Kids--Comics! Anybody who likes comics ought to take a look at Wigu, about a young boy and a poisonous talking potato and Scary-Go-Round, which features a delightfully twisted take on any horror movie convention you can think of. [more inside]
Bin Laden offers truce - to Europe. He states that if all European troops are withdrawn from the Middle East within three months, Al-Qaida will not attack European targets. "Stop spilling our blood so we can stop spilling your blood." [more inside]
Hall of Fame 2004 The best of classical music [via Nomen Luni].
The BrainGate™ Any remember this post from a while back? It seems that a Massachusetts company has just gotten FDA approval for human trials of a neural implant that can act as an interface for a personal computer.
The Monkey's Paw! "He sat alone in the darkness, gazing at the dying fire, and seeing faces in it. The last face was so horrible and so simian that he gazed at it in amazement. It got so vivid that, with a little uneasy laugh, he felt on the table for a glass containing a little water to throw over it. His hand grasped the monkey's paw, and with a little shiver he wiped his hand on his coat and went up to bed." [more inside]
Very embarrassed by how badly I did on this the first time out,
but by the third time I could beat it.
And now I know where Montana is.
"Click as fast as you can on the nut icon to make the coconuts fall on the ground." Almost as much fun as flinging poo. Almost.
Plug Pulled on Air America? Already???
Forget Al Queda, I'm more worried about the Australians
LEGO Volvo
As a Swede with brotherly love for (almost) all things Danish, how could I possibly not adore a new Volvo made of LEGO? How could you?
New Kids Never Grow Old: M.O.N.K.E.Y. Part VI With the next comment, the MonkeyFilter "Blogstop" exercise will equal the number of comments on MetaFilter's version (although we still have almost 2000 to go to match the original). Monkeys: Start you lexicographies! [more inside]
A National ID Card Wouldn't Make Us Safer. Bruce Schneier responds to Nicholas Kristof's call for Americans to adopt National ID cards. [Via rebecca's pocket.]
April 14, 2004
Old Tin Can (.mov) Awesome song, creepy video. I know nothing more about it.
Terragen.
An awesome and very easy to use landscape generator. A free piece of software that lets you render almost photo-realistic images in a matter of seconds.
Just look at what you can do with it.
Sometimes somebody figures out exactly what the internet is for. I present, for consideration by the academy, Cat Town. Start by meeting the cast. Then watch all the nail-biting episodes!
A different kind of beauty... A 'protest' candidate received strong support from Russian internet voters, before being disqualified from a regional beauty contest. [more inside]
Dance Dance Karnov.
Save the city, Karnov! Dancink like you have never danced before!
(via Fazed)
Eighteen ways to die... in Legoland. Films of Lego death, dismemberment, and firey death.
MonkeyFilter: The Tagline I'm not sure why I did it, but I cataloged all of the taglines (that I found--94 of them) in comment threads here at MoFi. I laughed my bum off and I decided to share. Votes for a random tagline generator on the main page?? [more inside]
Bone up on your biology. An index of Flash/Shockwave interactive biology animations, ranging from genetics to biochemistry to neuroscience. Via Science Magazine's NetWatch.
This Is Broken.
A blog talking about, uh, broken stuff. Like the confused doors. Or DANALs.
Also: The Hall Of Technical Documentation Weirdness
A busy person's guide to the Bush press conference. Just in case you didn't catch it last night and you don't have the time (or desire) to read the full transcript.
Hakuin Ekaku Prints. If you are feeling in the mood for some Zen Buddhist prints by the great Hakuin, well, here they are. I think this one is my favorite.
Genesis of Parodies Original cartoon series by creationists. Their parodies. [Via Panda's Thumb]
Man Bites Dog. Story in full: Dog bites man. Man bites dog. Dog dies because man bites dog to death.
Welcome to Tessellation World, M. C. Escher-type works by Makoto Nakamura Nakamura takes it several steps further. Impressive work, especially for anyone who is a fan of Escher's.
The categorization of dystopias. And my own favorite dystopian author, George Turner
Hide Your Barbies-- There's a New Girl In Town! Is it an homage to Christina Ricci, or a hydrocephalic astronaut caught in an airlock?
GLORIOUS NEWS: SharpeWorld is (mostly) back!
If you've never been, go and bookmark NOW. I'll wait.
P.S.: 100th post! yay , me!
Someone
registered at MetaFilter in the last round of signups, waited 10 days, and then posted a link to his own site, which turned out to be a marketing tool for collecting e-mail addresses via thebettercompany.com. What a jerk! Mathowie: "I just can't believe the jesus guy turned out to be worse than even our worst fears." Does MoFi have a similar policy against self-linking? Just be wary for future potential MoFi abuse by viral marketers.
Victoria's Secret's Commercial I'm sure when women think of sexy lingerie the first thing that comes to their minds is the man who sang Yea Heavy and a Bottle of Bread. This falls under WTF was all parties involved thinking when they made this commercial.
Neat chimp mask. [Via RealityCarnival.]
Origami Portraits. There's two pages of portraits, including Stalin, and Frankenstein's Monster.
April 13, 2004
The jerky new guys are obviously learning, 'We don't do things like that around here.'
"In a study appearing today in the journal PLoS Biology, researchers describe the extensive temperamental and tonal shift that occurred in a troop of 62 baboons when its most beliigerent members vanished from the scene."
Commentary in PLoS: "Yet, the main two points of this discovery are loud and clear: social behavior observed in nature may be a product of culture, and even the fiercest primates do not forever need to stay this way."
Millions of people owe their lives to Fred Soper. Why isn't he a hero? Sorry, Zemat. I was going to post this to your earlier thread about DDT but I felt we all owed Fred Soper his own thread. Sorry if I broke any unwritten rules of the community...
Otters? No way. I blame it all on Sam Gross and National Lampoon.
Google bombing for Good "If you've ever Googled the word Jew, you may have noticed that an antisemitic hate site, Jew Watch, inexplicably and disturbingly comes up as the top result on what is beyond a doubt the most frequently relied upon search engine in the world." [more inside]
Polling Marriage Convictions - Americans polled on marriage in society, same-sex marriage, and civil unions.
Songs to Wear Pants To. Trismic takes your suggestions and makes short songs out of them, sort of like an explodingdog for audio. [more inside]
What the World Needs Now Is DDT
Malaria is still one of the worst enemies afflicting the African continent, yet it still being underrated and ignored.
DDT is highly toxic chemical agent that still could be used in beneficial ways (as mentioned in the above New York Times article) yet it's overuse in the 60's and the publication of Silent Spring made it unpopular and killed it politically.
[more inside]
Spammer asshats I just got spammed at the (unique) address I provided on my MoFi user page. I guess it's time to put up a dummy address. [more inside]
The Boards of Canada website.
Even if you're not a fan of the music, the website is great fun to mess about on for five minutes.
or an hour [Shockwave]
Underpant toast. "Surely this impresses girls." Only the cool (and/or hungry) ones, dude.
Tonmo: The Octopus News Magazine Online
Comes with octopus porn, nautiloids, tats, and toons; just for starters.
Tetris in one dimension. Who can leave their browser window open the longest?
Frustration: The Trivia Game is based upon the concept of measuring question difficulty based on when questions are answered correctly and incorrectly and correlating that data to create a 100-level ranking system for the questions. [more inside]
Emma Goldman, Affinity Group Spokesperson of the Anarchists.
The Bayeux Tapestry:
history written by the victor (or you can create your own version if you wish).
The Battle of Maldon: history written by the loser (a translation of the poem, and readings of the original Saxon version).
April 12, 2004
Why play with a PDA when you can build your own life-size replica of R2-D2?
Killer Staph Is Hitting The Streets. "Drug-defying strains of the bacteria have moved way beyond hospitals." Eek! [Via Boing Boing.]
Schizophrenia gene New research suggests a gene responsible for one kind of schizophrenia may have remained in the population because it gives protection against infection and infant mortality which outweigh the negative effects. [more inside]
What size did you want that coffee? (Flash, NSFW - language) I've got a 6-espresso-shot-a-day habit, so I may find this funnier than most. Though prices may soon be going up, leaving me crying in my cup...
Top 100 Albums of All Time This is music critic Peter S. Scholtes' list of fav albums.
Concept cars from the 37th annual Tokyo Motor Show These little cars should be handy as drivers become lazier, according to the US Department of Transportation.
Forget eggs.
This is waaay cooler.
I envision a future where all of our pets can be technicolor. That, and perhaps some Fabergé chicks.
Sniper rifle launches GPS chips for tracking
A Danish company has announced a new non-lethal sniper rifle -- instead of firing bullets, it fires a projectile loaded with a GPS tracking chip. It can be used for "tagging" people, who can later be tracked down and arrested for crimes.
Anyone else get the heebie-jeebies?
Via Slashdot
So bizarre. Really, really really wierd.
iBooks in many colors. The tronBook may be old news, but it has helped to set off a wave of iBook modifications, all very pleasing to the eye. [more inside]
America in Caricature 1765-1865. Political cartoons.
National Budget Simulator - Fix the economy for free.
A sunshiney game for a rainy day. Well, it might not be raining where you are, but it is here, which makes this unexpectedly adorable little combination of Simon and Collapse all the more enjoyable. But you really do need to play it with sound, which is its main asset.
Tom Waits Live. I know some of y'all are Tom Waits fans, so here are some mp3s of his Live Shows.
"This is a really important night for me" Gourmet magazine's tale of how one man bribed his way into the most exclusive restaurants in New York. (Via Kottke.org.) The article is a few years old, but I assume the techniques described therein are just as valid today.
Do Senators have a sense of humor? Posing as a ten-year-old boy, these guys wrote in to each of the senators asking for their favorite joke. Find out now which senator is the funniest. Perhaps it may even swing your vote?
History comes to the life, and to television. If people will not come to history, then let history come to them. [more inside]
Declassification Of The August 6, 2001, Presidential Daily Briefing Day: The mainstream news media, for some reason, hasn’t revealed pages three and four of the briefing, either because they’re being careful, or because they’re cowards. But this is a blog, and the rules of traditional journalism don’t apply to me. If anything, blogs are the true newspapers of our time, hearkening back to a golden age in American media when all news was rigorously fact-checked and uncolored by partisan bias. I have access to the full briefing, or at least to quotes from the full briefing, which I got off the comment page of a website that was linked to the comment page of another website.
The canary in the coal mine? "The only certain losers, it seems, will be women. The era when Iraqi women could become lawyers and scientists, could legally drive cars, uncover their heads and be supervisors of men in the workplace seems about to be lost."
Sleep Tight Sweet Prince
"In France, the discovery is akin to solving the mystery of where Amelia Earhart's plane went down in the Pacific Ocean in 1937."
via negatendo
Rejoice, salvation is at hand! Escalation and insane oneupsmanship can make your commute much more satisfying thanks to the SUVs of the future. [more inside]
Dog finds significant other cheating with other dog and goes to commit suicide on the Expressway. [more inside]
Make Yer Own Prison Hooch!
The screws call it Pruno, but pour this zesty number into a Baccarat highball glass and you got yer instant "Martha Stewart Cocktail"...
Via our pals at BlackTable.com
Japanese Movie Posters for each of Akira Kurosawa's films. [more inside]
Curious George: Batch Processes in Photoshop I'm having trouble getting Photoshop (7) to do what I want it to do. Damn Photoshop. [more inside]
April 11, 2004
US tactics condemned by British officers. The officer, who agreed to the interview on the condition of anonymity, said that part of the problem was that American troops viewed Iraqis as untermenschen - the Nazi expression for "sub-humans". [more inside]
Curious, George Has anyone else noticed this? [more inside]
BoxBots: Robots Made From Boxes. Because in this atmosphere of global tension it is too easy to overlook the irrelevant. Via Chapel Perilous.
via slacktivist.typepad.com
Arg. Sorry about that half-finished post, my hand slipped and now I feel stupid.
OK, so here goes:
Want a driveway made from broken clam shells? If you live in Delaware, you might want to check it for live WWII ammo first.
[more inside]
cab calloway's hepster's dictionary up to now, all my other posts have been frisking my whiskers, i''ve been busting my conk to the early bright to bring you something you can beat up the chops about. and that's the bible
Curious, George: Based on a True Story. Are there any comprehensive resources for learning the whole truth about movies based on real events? [more inside]
I hate music.
Tanya Headon hates music so you don't have to.
[more inside]
Ashcroft's Naked Face
"Graphic" response to Ashcroft's questionable focus on the Terror of pr0n...
(NSFW, depending on the size of your monitor).
[more inside]
The Humour of George W. Bush Here's a remix (.mov link) of Dubya's recent performance at the Radio and Television Correspondent's Dinner. (MNBSFW.) [more inside]
“Hi! I'm from Google. I'm a Googlebot! I will not kill you.”
Gave me a chuckle.
JESUS F***ING ROCKS -happy Easter Xtian monkeys.
The Loftcube Project. Drop City meets Gotham? Studio Aisslinger conceptualizes a system for impromptu urban rooftop communities and builds a prototype. [more inside]
Our finest hour Huzza! An American won the Battle of Britain, and his name is Tom Cruise! [more inside]
For Those Expecting This Summer's "Sky Captain" To Be A Hoot, Make Way For "Casshern", Japan's Answer To "Blade Runner". Take one part "Metropolis", one part "Blade Runner", one part "Triumph of the Will"; shake it all inside creator Kaz Kiriya and garnish with some fresh manga...
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to pop a water balloon in space? [more inside]
April 10, 2004
There Are No Plain M&M's Collectors; They're ALL Nuts! Just in time for Easter, a bunch of chocolate fetishists discuss their relations with candies who pretend to talk.
Bush Loosing National Security Bush is loosing national security as an issue to run on in the election. [more inside]
The Diana-Morrissey Phenomenon. [more inside]
The Hug That Never Ends
Short fiction piece which seems like a build-up to some zombie scenario, but it's more disturbing than that.
He's got more writing on his site, ranging from non-fiction to the most NSFW cheap porn. IMHO, none of the other pieces stand up to The Hug.
Free games! Three games that I've come across recently that you can play and download for free. You didn't want to get any work done today, did you? [more inside]
Pianographique Flash, slow if you're on on dialup and really fun. I found this while wandering through the links at Soundtoys.net
Heart of the Beast MayDay parade
It’s a parade I’m very involved with every year. I been going since 1998, when the theme was Sing!! Evey year its a new theme and every time, it amazes me what these theatre people do.
Everybody can join in on this parade and it seems like everyone does. So come please if u live in the Twin Cities area. Its worth it!!! Happy May Day!!
P. S. search around the web for this, I have found some cool sites but the hyperlinks are not working for me.
And did those feet in ancient times? From todays Times :- Every time Jerusalem is sung, a legend is revived — that Christ came to Cornwall with Joseph of Arimathea. Sean Thomas retraces His footsteps through England’s green and pleasant land ... ' More on the legends of Joseph of Arimathea and Britain here. But then, of course, there are the legends of Jesus in Japan and Jesus in India.
100 faces of Arturo Brachetti, master of metamorphosis.
via mister pants
Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger MUSHROOM! MUSHROOM!
The World's Only Ass Kicking Machine
Spontaneous and Unexplained Fires.
Despite CNN reporting this on April 1st, it appears to have some validity. Could this be part of the the Gay Apocalypse recently discussed on MeFi? Maybe it is The End of the World.
via nielgaiman.com.
April 09, 2004
Battle of the Transformed Fish Check out all other works of Ken Rinaldo as well.
Screenshots. Twenty scenes from history and cinema, rendered creepily in isometric style. [more inside]
Decency Filter: Clearplay, RCA and WalMart are working together to clean up the movies you watch. This is an interesting circumvention of the problems Hollywood has been suing Clearplay for. [via /.] [more inside]
Keystone Cops When in doubt: throw the man who called 911 to the ground and shoot his dog.
IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!
- just listen to that MP3.
It makes me love the weekend all over again.
Pennsylvania Church Whips Easter Bunny. Melissa Salzmann, who brought her 4-year-old son J.T., said the program was inappropriate for young children. "He was crying and asking me why the bunny was being whipped," Salzmann said.
House Gymnastics: "Step-by-Step" guides for walking on the ceiling. (Previously seen on the internet: Freestyle Wheelbarrowing and Freestyle Walking).
Uncle Krinkley's Incorrectly Sifted Music - Findings from the poopiest music this planet has to offer, as presented by the Incorrect Music radio program, broadcast on WFMU, NJ. I recommend the Mormon Kids, Carl Lewis singing the Star Spangled Banner, and any Leonard Nimoy track.
For our Christian Monkey pals around the world, we present: The Easter Bunny Rap! Heh.
Curious George: How much are you paying for gasoline? With predictions of overwhelming increases at the pump, at what point do you start reconsidering your travel arrangements? How much is too much for you? [more inside]
The Armour Archive is a great resource for anyone who is interested in making their own armor. You can browse through patterns and essays to help you on your way.
Byzantium: Faith and Power. An online exhibition from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Schadenfreude TV?
Some guy plans to bet all his money on a single roulette spin on Vegas, and Sky plans a show on it. I'm worried at the depths reality TV has sinked to; have we become so jaded that unless it's real anguish, real tears, real desperation, real people subjected to suffering and humilliation, it just doesn't register? It doesn't excites us, otherwise? Now that world news makes the most outrageous Max Headroom episodes seem naive and unimaginative, are we just a season away from Videodrome, the TV show?
Put words in Dubya's mouth. This is way too awsome. Funny how accurate to the real thing it sounds...
J.G.I.W.Y.P.
Don't blame me, I got it from Esselle.
It's a frightening world.
All the quotes you need to quote. This is kind of an extention of Sullivan's previous post. This one is my favorite.
Billboards--Spam From A More Civilised Age. These babies would give Ladybird Johnson an embolism, but is there anything more American than a GIANT ad?
Japanese Macaques. Photographs taken on a "monkey-hill" near Kyoto.
Monkey Picked Tea.
Details
* Rare Wild Chinese Tea
* Picked by trained monkeys
* No, really
* Delicate, light flavour
* Net Wt. 25g
April 08, 2004
The Seven Percent Solution. What makes boys and girls different? [more inside]
The South Park clip that won't be aired. Leaked in-joke och spoof? (Possibly very very offensive. Definately very very not safe for work).
Squirrel Stuffing For Beginners. Impress The Gals! Win Valuable Prizes!
The Cult of Wendell. Grab your jogging suits and Nikes everyone! The Cult is Now Open for your dining and dancing pleasure! [more inside]
Courtney Love In the Slate Amanda Fortini examines Courtney Love's extreme bavior and music. She believes to two are intertwined. [more inside]
Stuck in traffic? For US monkeys, the Dept. of Transportation has put together a doozy of a website. State by state highway information, complete with links to construction info, accident reports, and traffic cams. Good lord, the traffic cams. [more inside]
Tech support haikus
- "Last January, the ISP I used to work for gave us an ultimatum-- in order to move customers through the phone que faster, (never mind that the average wait time was over 45 minutes) we were all to limit our after call notes to three lines or less."
Can't get to newsgroup
alt.binaries.sex.star-trek
Sad little monkey.
[more inside]
Viral marketing from mefi
OK, This is probably the first time I've ever wanted a mefi account.
ahem: "IT PUTS THE LOTION ON ITS SKIN"
Curious George...fingers.... how many of them do you use when you are typing...or, should i say, keyboarding? [more inside]
Dear General Kimmett, [more inside]
How Google plan to take over the world... in a nice way
Jason Kottke predicts what Google are up to next - little less than worldwide domination.
They have the perfect place to store this map (one of the world's largest computers that's all but incapable of crashing). And they are clever at reading this map. Google knows what people write about, what they search for, what they shop for, they know who wants to advertise and how effective those advertisements are, and they're about to know how we communicate with friends and loved ones. What can they do with all that? Just about anything that collection of Ph.Ds can dream up.
A bit more information about Google's computing power, and the possibility that it holds.
The Periodic Table of Haiku presents a Haiku and sometimes a bit of trivia for every element on the table. Tangentially, since when have we been up to element 118?
The Covers Project. Welcome to The Covers Project. We're building a database of cover songs (songs performed by an artist other than the original performer) with the intention of creating cover "chains." A cover chain is a set of songs in which each song is a cover of a song by the band who covered the preceding song. [more inside]
Oz Bosses Goal--Entice You With Old Sol!
I'm back,
But a bit rusty.
I'll get better!
Promise!
Inspired by this post:
The Megapenny Project
"Since the first penny was minted in 1787, until present-day, over 300 billion pennies have been minted in the United States."
So what exactly does that mean?
An excellent way to conceptualize the unconceivable.
Charting meme spreadage, pass it on. I initially submitted this page's URL only to kottke.org. Since then, I have simply sat back and watched my hit counter logs to see who has come to this site and when... there will be an analysis of this data, in combination with related data as is seen fit. Could be worth keeping an eye on. [Via waxy.]
Space Mushrooms [Flash.]
April 07, 2004
"I got the hottest flow to hit the street since lava." Soundcircuit's Lyric Gallery features some of hip hop's best punchlines and braggadocio, from Big L and Tupac to Chino XL and KRS One. For some of the worst, check out the Wack Watch Hall of Fame. (NSFW language)
Bonobo Sex
and Society. The species is best characterized as female-centered and egalitarian and as one that substitutes sex for aggression.
This is an article from a 1995 Scientific American.
Learn from the mighty bonobo!
Terrafly. "Fly" over the continental USA via scrolling animated aerial photographs. [more inside]
Sleater-Kinney - Live at the Village Underground NYC 5-14-02
It's a 1:12:41 MP3. The download for me was fast. That might change after a bunch of monkeys start downloading.
On a side note: Corin Tucker's voice is too low in the mix.
Cranberry Sauce? Thirty-eight (or so) years have passed since Paul did same, say some. [more inside]
I love my Tatas!
Well, not really mine but...
But I love your tatas...
no, not yours, forks...
neither yours, quidn...
stay back!
Curious, George Are my .02 worth anything? [more inside]
You. Yes you. I see you there, with your ukulele and your collection of Beatles LPs. Why, it's enough to make any man laugh with joy. But wait! Why so sad? What's that? You wish to combine your two loves of the ukulele and the Beatles? Well, now you can! [Flash]
Right Wing Eye for the Liberal Mofi. Queer Eye may be tired, but this Flash movie is very funny. Brought to you by Planned Parenthood one of the sponsors of the March for Women's Lives in Washington DC on April 25th.
They skip, you skip, we skip, iskip.
French translation. With a little added something... [more inside]
Doctors switching to cash-only payments. Tired of the cost of dealing with insurance companies, many physicians are choosing to forgo the process altogether. [more inside]
Pancake Mountain [more inside]
The Allison Delarue Collection of art about ballet. Remarkable.
Famous Last Words. No, really. A site devoted to what famous people last uttered. [more inside]
The Secret Origin of the Smiley (Via Memepool)
Dizzy is alive! His email note is inside...
I wanna be like you...
No, I wanna be like you. The Zoological Society of London is calling for volunteers to adopt chimp behaviour as part of a research project.
*pant-hoots, scratches rump*
Ook?
I'm gonna buy a Paper Doll that I can call my own
- A doll that other fellows cannot steal - And then the flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes - Will have to flirt with dollies that are real. When I come home at night she will be waiting - She'll be the truest doll in all this world - I'd rather have a Paper Doll to call my own - Than have a fickle-minded real live girl.
(via BoingBoing)
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The whitechocolate ribcage is coming to get me!
You got your Metallica in my Beatles Too good to miss, shamelessly stolen from The Blue. What you get when you mix The Sound of the Beatles with the style of Metallica. You can grab the tunes from this torrent. Mathowie has also graciously uploaded the tracks for direct download. Grab it while it's hot!
How the war in Iraq has damaged the war on terrorism. A new piece by terrorism expert Jessica Stern.
War on Pr0n
In this field office in Washington, 32 prosecutors, investigators and a handful of FBI agents are spending millions of dollars to bring anti-obscenity cases to courthouses across the country for the first time in 10 years. Nothing is off limits, they warn, even soft-core cable programs such as HBO's long-running Real Sex or the adult movies widely offered in guestrooms of major hotel chains.
(via slashdot)
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Is Current insurgency Iraq's Tet Offensive? Matt Yglesias seems to think so. [more inside]
Maestro!
Music please!
It's time for a Super Mario Blowout edition!
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Clever Monkey: Dropload
Clever Monkey:
Dropload is a deceptively simple free utility with almost limitless potential:
50 megs of space that you are allowed to use to drop off a file. Your account name is your email; when someone drops off a file, you're alerted by email and can decide if you want to download. Anonymous dropoff is allowed and although the potential for negative mischief is there, the greater potential is that you can receive little gifts from a circle of e-friends all day long!
Used intelligently, with discretion and the occasional donation, this could be the start of something great in terms of communication for those of us that have had to rely on small and restrictive freebie email accounts to send and recieve information.
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Australian Sound Design. The Australian Sound Design Project, is the first national website and database dedicated to researching and publishing original works and the discourse relating to sound and its design in public space.
April 06, 2004
Hot mechanical soccer action
Not yet Transformers-grade, but they're getting close. Fascinating videos of the Robovie-M 'Team Osaka' robots. I can picture them in a couple years, cladded in shiny plastic, under many Xmas trees...
Plus, check the link for a Powerpoint presentation with some more info.
"Yes, this is biro-web™." A website made entirely with pens! For others like it, check out Jeff Bridges' website and Loobiecore. [more inside]
Monkeybashi at work. Monkeys get everywhere, you know. Is this Beloved Leader's day job?
Ah, Just one more question ma'am, if I may:
Y'see, what I can't figure out is, after you found the gun - why didn't you go back into the hotel room?
Ahh Columbo you and your questions!
Tough chica Pregnant woman in rural Mexico takes a few shots of tequila and a kitchen knife, performs caesarean on self. Follows up by chewing sheet metal, spitting out nails.
Hi honey! I recently noticed several different types of honey on my grocer’s shelves. Turns out honeys are as varied as wine! There are many, many different kinds, more than 300 distinct types in the United States alone. The flowers the bees visit make honey colors range from "water white" to dark brown; flavors run from mild to bold. The honig I’ve tasted in Germany is slightly tart. My favorite here is tupelo honey (which you may know as a Van Morrison album). And, of course, there’s rich honey wine, a.k.a. mead. There you go, honey!
Marshmallow Peeps It all started at lunch one day when Peter said he hated marshmallow peeps......
Curious, George: Any fellow primates freelancing in the design/programming industry? If so, does anyone have any experience with the site Elance? Are there any other similar bid-for-work sites that you prefer/have had good experiences with?
Writer Feels That Accusations Against Prez Be a Felony Check out the picture of (the author) Kaye Grogan. It truly is priceless.
The power of databases - Reason, a libertarian magazine, decides to show what databases can do by individualzing each cover for subscribers with a satellite photo of their house. (NY Times link) via kottke.org
Click Mazes is a collection of interactive mazes and puzzles to get your grey matter working. My favourites included the plank puzzles and the collection of tilt puzzles.
It ain't over 'til the fat lady eats. Ever wondered why the biggest opera singers are big in other ways? It's not just a coincidence. They have to work extra hard to push out those notes. Then there's the issue of extra tissue around their throats.
When John Kerry made his latest campaign stop at a church on Sunday
, the reverend there heaped praise on the senator, calling him "the next president of the United States." Kerry, a Catholic, was attending that Sunday service in a Methodist church. It's no secret that Catholic leaders aren't happy with Kerry, but even if he was in good standing with them, politicians are barred from making campaign stops in Catholic churches. Catholic leaders are also forbidden from issuing anything even close to an endorsement of any politician unless they want to invite trouble from the IRS. Why the double standard?
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The Translator’s Temple of Poo preserves an 11th century sculpture of Bodhisattva Vajradharma. [more inside]
Solve the mystery and learn about art, film noir detective-style.
Our Jokester Whitehouse
What two words would you least like to hear during a white house press briefing?
How about "April Fool's"?
Cheap Truth. "Cyberpunk's one-page propaganda organ, Cheap Truth, was given away free to anyone who asked for it. Cheap Truth was never copyrighted; photocopy 'piracy' was actively encouraged. Cheap Truth deliberately mocked established [SF gurus] and urged every soul within earshot to boot up a word-processor and join the cause." [more inside]
April 05, 2004
Monkey Love. Just a congratulations to our own Kimberly and Jim_T.
Curious George
Sorry, I might be going to the well a bit too much here (my second post of the day) but I need a bit more help. I asked a few days ago for suggestions for music to cut to a video of children eating and have found that I have a lot of stuff of them washing their hands before the meal. Does anyone have ideas for washing hands/washing up songs appropriate for a video of kids produced for their parents?
As before, they don't need to be originally recorded for children, just kid friendly.
BTW, I chose “Everybody Eats When They Come to My House” by Cab Calloway for the eating portion of the video. Cute as hell.
M.O.N.K.E.Y. Episode 5: Attack of the Clowns
(aka Most Obvious New Kids Exercise Yet or "The New Kids thread")
As we continue this, which was a continuation of this and this and started with this, which was a reply to this, which was inspired by this. Whew.
729 MoFi entries so far (compared to MeFi's 1033)
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8th Grade Web Projects I remember having to do instructional presentations, but in my day we did it with posters, none of this fancy HTML stuff. Some of them are pretty funny. I especially like how you can see the junior high student stereotypes, like the Teacher's Pet, and the slacker. There's also the sarcastic goth, and of course the pot heads
Mario Reloaded
Shot by shot.
Unbelievable.
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Ten Years. Ten years have passed since Mr. Cobain did same. Links from somefilter because I didn't want to look up others. A "where were you?" A "what did you like?" A mosquito. A denial.
Haus Wittgenstein. Ludwig Wittgenstein [Wikipedia], philosopher, before his return to philosophy after working as a schoolteacher and a gardener, built his sister a Haus, which you can look at.
Most Curious of all Georges
How would you deal with the current situation in Iraq? I'm just curious because I really don't have a clue.
You might have read some of my critical responses to links regarding the administration's stupendously foolish venture in Iraq, but now we are there, what are we going to do about it? Cut and run? Not a good option. "Stay the course", doesn't seem to be working to well either. Seems any choice is a bad choice right now.
I know you monkey's are a smart group of primates. I am inviting constructive analysis from both sides of the political spectrum. Also, let's hear from folks outside of the US. How should we both help Iraq and its general neighborhood while as much as possible, helping protect ourselves?
"Anyone, Bueller, anyone..."
nachtmusik redux: Following up on an earlier preoccupation: a sublime 360 view of twinkling Paris.
PigeonRank Google's patented search technology explained.
have you seen the billboards yet? they're all over my area. large picture, inspirational message, the phrase "pass it on", tiny little letters at the bottom telling us who paid for it. they're also showing in some movie theaters. the site claims not to have any religious or political leanings behind the message, but the non-profit company owner is apparently a oil-money billionare who backs the republican party. so, is that the whole story? maybe not. [more inside]
MĂ©trorama - Panoramic photos of various stations of the Paris metro.
An Old Favourite. It's a beautiful movie, full of symbols and art that brought Shakespeare's text into full sensual colour. The Books are worth a look at too. [more inside]
Cool Ass Berlin Hotel
- 30 differently styled rooms, each containing custom-made furnishings and other objects. None of the pieces of furniture or rooms can be found
anywhere else on this planet. Try the symbol room, the slanted floor room, the mirror room, the upside-down room, or the menagerie room.
The Penny Arcade Remix Project. An English teacher in Japan, with three idle weeks left in the school year, has his students create their own Penny Arcade strips, with hilarious results. [more inside]
Largest shipment of Sikh holy scriptures makes it to Toronto. The scriptures, called Saroops of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, are only printed at one temple in India and are regarded by the faithful as living--literally, not in the figurative sense. Therefore, they can't fly in baggage.
Brokeback Mountain
Although Gus Van Sant was originally slated to direct it after his success with Good Will Hunting, and the script has bounced around Hollywood for years, it seems that the movie, based on an amazing Annie Proulx short-story, will finally be made. The tragic story follows the lives of two Wyoming sheepherders and will most likely star Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. I was blown away when I read the short story (although be warned, there are some fairly explicit scenes), but the question remains: is Hollywood/America ready for the unapologetic love story of two gay cowboys?
[Pls, be gentle. My first post]
Curious, George: Basset Hounds We're looking into buying a puppy as a family pet and our research seems to point to a Basset Hound as a good match for our family. I'm curious as to your experience with Bassets...[more inside]
Curious, George: I want to blog and I would like some startup advice. [more inside]
Which columnist are you? Always wondered which NYT columnist you could stand in for? [more inside]
Today in Kathmandu was the fourth day of large pro-democracy protests demanding the reinstatement of parliament, which was suspended by the king a year and a half ago. At least 140 were injured. [more inside]
It's not what you say, but how you say it.
Two great linguistic-geek websites, both courtesy of Penny Arcade, of all places:
The Harvard University Dialect Map Survey
"What do you call the big clumps of dust that gather under furniture and in corners?"
and
The Speech Accent Archive
"Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: Six spoons of fresh snow peas, five thick slabs of blue cheese, and maybe a snack for her brother Bob. We also need a small plastic snake and a big toy frog for the kids. She can scoop these things into three red bags, and we will go meet her Wednesday at the train station."
April 04, 2004
Iraq War Has Helped Spread bin Laden's Message [more inside]
Colleges begin offering blogging classes
to freshmen.
A unique approach to getting college students to write expressive, self-biographical papers, My Blog, Myself is a Live Journal based intro course offered by Haverford College from Doug Davis who created the course and posted about it in his blog.
Letter grades for all the flags of the world.
"Some countries have clearly taken care in the choice of colours, layout, and design."
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A work of art or a harbinger of violence? (SF Gate) A student is expelled and his teacher fired over a story he wrote for her class detailing the grisly adventures of a serial killer. Reminds me tangentially of this adventure involving horror author Gary Braunbeck and his nephew's elementary school. [more inside]
Get rid of ignorance This site's been linked before, but never featured. For getting educated on anything under the sun. Don't know something, go ahead, ask a question.
"Bremer has destroyed my country" Guardian article about how not to occupy a country. Shut down the newspapers. Enfore the law arbitrarily or in a half-assed way. Allow corruption. Don't supply the hospitals. You get the picture. [more inside]
Shroud of Turin: More fodder for the debate. I thought this seemed like a good Sunday post. Apparently the sewing style "belongs firmly to a style seen in the first century AD or before." Your call.
Algiers: The Right Bank. A taste of a historic New Orleans neighbourhood through old photographs.
Curious, George: What is a papasan? Does the term "papasan" refer to the style of rattan/wicker furniture, or just the familiar round chair with padded cushion? [more inside]
Metal Baby. (Flash, needs sound).
Whose Mind is it Anyway? [more inside]
Curious, George: CafePress and Cousins CafePress and cousins; I'm interested in any monkey experience with CafePress or any of the workalikes, since I'm trying to get a good idea of whether it's a useful option. [more inside]
The Height Gap: Why Europeans are getting taller and taller—and Americans aren’t. This fascinating article seems to be just the tip of the ice-berg for uses of the height to understand history and health. [via A&L Daily] [more inside]
Tidepooling...what an amazing adventure For a different adventure, try tidepooling. Point Reyes National Seashore in No. California has some beautiful viewing areas for seeing amazing sea creatures... anemones, starfish, crab & the like... [more inside]
My tortured quest for a real life Transformer continues.
Learn more about the Tmsuk over here.
Terror in Thailand: 'Ghosts' and jihadis.
MAVs for fun and profit UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) have been in the news quite a bit lately, but the micro versions of these craft, or MAVs represent the bleeding edge of technology. Their small sizes almost make them seem like mere toys. While they are used for serious business, the home hobbiest is quickly catching up. [more inside]
April 03, 2004
Amazon's revenge? Apparently deforestation is causing rabid vampire bats to descend on Brazil. [more inside]
Miss Digital World:
"The first online beauty competition, for the most beautiful and glamerous models made using the most advanced 3D graphic tools. Miss Digital World will take place on the internet in a three-dimensional environment. All the contestants will parade along a virtual catwalk, and - of course - there will be a virtual presenter and guests who will help to create the atmosphere of a beauty contest.
The model who, at the end of the preliminary rounds, has the highest number of votes from net users, will be crowned on the site in a breathtaking, tear-jerking ceremony."
(Teaser)
Burma's military government is waffling again on whether they will release Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest for talks on May 17 the pro-democracy party, the NLD. Suu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 has been under arrest again since her motorcade was attacked last summer.
Coming Down from LSD This drug is 'dropping' off the face of the earth, and nobody seems to know why. I've had some memorable times with the stuff, and, though I haven't used any in almost 15 years, I'd hate to see it go. Oh well, there are always flashbacks.
Puzzles + Math = Magic
[A] small mahogany coffee cup is firmly attached to a polished wooden saucer. A wooden spoon sits on the plate. So do two white sugar cubes, also made of wood. But can the cup be lifted off the saucer? It seems locked in place.
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Chatty Catty [intro] is a chatbot (and blogbot) whose vocabulary, instead of being preprogrammed in, comes from google, in whole sentences. This makes for fun. From Language Log. [more inside]
It Doesn't, oops, Didn't Matter If You're Black Or White
According to a recent study conducted at Dartmouth College, racially biased people take longer to perform tasks when they have to make an effort to control their racial responses and actions.
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Hog Heaven: Celebrating 100 Years of the Harley-Davidson. "In 1903, the same year Henry Ford incorporated the Ford Motor Company and the Wright brothers first flew, William Harley and his friends Arthur and Walter Davidson launched the Harley-Davidson Motor Company." [more inside]
Weightless Animals. Sonic space cartoons. Made from meetings with astronauts and NASA archives by Mandy McIntosh, Kaffe Matthews and Zeena Parkins, programming by Simon Yuill. (Flash, but beautiful. Needs sound, too) [more inside]
Budding Track Designers With the 1st Middle East located Formula 1 Grand Prix being held in Bahrainthis weekend. Build your own track and then emulate Schumacher.
Curious George: New Users We've have a pretty noticeable influx of new users in the last week or so. As new folks probably weren't around to notice the last times we had a round of introductions, I say it's about time for another one. So how 'bout it, new monkeys? Let's have a short who, what, and where session. Who are you? What do you want to get out of MoFi? Where are you?
More countries' visitors to the USA to be photographed & fingerprinted This is for all non-USians: forget about privacy, and the fear of just how safe and who has access to that data, and whether it really helps security; will this affect your decision over holiday and business travel? How will the vacation and convention industries react to this? [more inside]
Kaneda model power bike!
Ok yes, I'm a big geek and I was in Japan for the opening of Akira way back in '88 so this has a special place in my heart, but even if it didn't, this motorcycle is damn cool. For the Japanese impaired, it breaks down like this: Twin-steering system and 249-998cc water-cooled 4-cycle engine, onboard DVD navigation system and full LED readouts (tach, spedometer, etc...) No price yet, but hey I figure the line won't be as long as the one for the Tokyo Apple store was =)
(originally seen at /.)
Oh the pain
It's certainly expensive
A bit maudlin
Shared
Sometimes controversial
Studied
Anthropomorphized
Sought
and a moral dilemna.
Filter me balls, matey! An amusing way to while away a Saturday afternoon.
The Self-Mummified Buddhist Monks of Japan
The Yamagata prefecture of Japan is home to several temples that house the Buddhist mummies of Japan. These mountain-dwelling ascetic priests of the Shingon sect of the Dewa Sazan voluntarily underwent a long process of slow, painful suicide to mummify themselves in an attempt to break the cycle of rebirth. Meet Daijuku Bosatsu Shinnyokai Shonin of the Dainichi-bo temple and read one blogger’s travelogue to meet the "living Buddha".
The Mi'kmaq: Nova Scotia's dominant aboriginal population (with representation in Newfoundland and Quebec). Learn how to speak their language with a talking dictionary, (toboggan and wigwam are both borrowed words from the Mi'kmaq language), browse portraits from the 1500s to the present, discover their distinctive decorative techniques of porcupine quills on birchbark, and marvel at the fact that the biggest shopping centre in Halifax is still called Mic Mac Mall. [more inside]
April 02, 2004
Star Wars Ep II with hand puppets! Uh, the concept is funnier than the actual site.
Curious George: Whither MeFi? So either you got signed up, didn't, don't want to but the option is there. What will (or would) you do now?
Random Acts of Reality has always been a good read. Written by a London EMT, it's a consistently interesting glimpse inside the ambulance. Recently, though, it's become even more compelling. It started when the site's author lived out every healthcare workers' fear. (Warning: unpleasant medical details inside) [more inside]
The Amazing Beer-O-Matic! Incredibly sophisticated technology tells you how many pints or bottles you'd have to quaff to drink your weight in beer. Happy Friday!
Curious, George: Hey good looking, wanna swap? [more inside]
Magnetic Poetry! Choose from 10 different kits and go bananas!
The Basis of the American Republic from "An Outline of American Government". With all this talk about the constitution and patriotism maybe it would be a good idea for us to all do some readin' [more inside]
The 48 Hour Film Project , an international filmmaking competition where teams have just two days to make a short film from scratch, is back and bigger than ever -- and they're recruiting filmmakers in cities around the world. So, call your friends, grab a camera and hold on for a wild weekend of movie making.
It takes a Facist to understand politics. Alan Wolfe explains the current infatuation of some leftists with Carl Schmitt and how his views on politics influence both the left and right (especially the right). [via A&LD] [more inside]
The New Global Elite. "An identikit member of this Duty Free generation would be younger than 35. She would move jobs from capital city to capital city, never staying longer than a few years. The thought of moving to a provincial city in her home country is more unsettling than a move to the other side of the world. She hardly uses local public services. She may invest her money internationally, and so has no significant stake in a single national economy. When she goes abroad, she stays with foreign friends who share her tastes and understand her acronyms. She may end up marrying one of them." [more inside]
50 Earth-like planets A new technique suggests that half of the 100+ planetary systems known so far may have Earth-like planets capable of supporting life. Details on extrasolar planets, and local bodies (including Sedna and all that), in case you need a refresher.
Are you G? Are you on a budget? Well, then. Iced Out Gear is perfect for you. My favourite items are easily the pimp cups. "Caution: These cups are made out of plastic and you should not drink out of them"
Pong World Champioship
Belfast is the venue for the 3rd annual Pong championship. The event is being run as part of the city's film festival(!). The prize: A genuine 1970s Pong cabinet. (Me want!)
The Wikipedia covers the illustrious history of Pong.
What is this world cumming to? Nun becomes prostitute. To make matters worse, she writes about it.
The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus. Previously mentioned in this thread, I'm amazed that it never made it to the front page. It's a classic now, enjoy!
Women and Dogs
via BIRIV
Fruit Flies. Fight Club. Two great tastes... you know the rest.
Former Sen. Gary Hart says he, too, warned Rice about an imminent terror attack on two occasions before 9/11.
How's Robert Pollard's Drinking? Guided By Voices lead singer Robert Pollard has been ripped by the music press in recent years for his excessive onstage drinking? [more inside]
The Man of Steel loves a good musical. Select "Uniform" to view. Apologies for the Amex plug, but this was just too much Superman-y goodness not to share.</samll>
Breedster. A cross between Friendster, tamagoitchi and an ant colony
A new game by Dutch game maker drunkmenworkhere, known for his zero-content games and experiments just presented his latest game: Breedster. Here you have to keep your avatar alive by eating and defecating, and create new offspring by fornicating with others. But you have limited amounts of energy so you have to keep coming back to do those things.
It can be quite an experience if somebody has fornicated with you when you were asleep. It sometimes feels like a virtual rape. So this game is a social experiment as well.
Breedster is, just like Orkut, by invitation only but I've been a heavy breeder during the last days and have quite a few eggs to spare. So send me an email with subject "Breedster" (to keep my filters happy) if you want to take a look and I'll sign you up.
April 01, 2004
Native American Trickster Tales
In the Native American oral tradition, the vulgar but sacred Trickster assumes many forms. He can be Old-Man Coyote among the Crow tribes, Raven in northwestern Indian lore, or, more generically, "The Tricky One" (such as Wakdjunkaga among the Winnebago or Manabozho among the Menomini), to mention just a few of his manifestations.
MS Paint vs Classic Album covers. Possibly the greatest I Love Music thread ever.
Russian Prison Tattoos. "It is not known when tattooing first became a common practice in Russian prisons and Stalinist Gulags. Soviet researchers first discovered and studied this underground activity in the 1920s; photographs of prisoners from that period suggest an already elaborate and highly developed subculture. More than simple decoration, the images symbolically proclaim the wearer's background and rank within the complex social system of the jailed." Via Geisha Asobi. [more inside]
In the spirit of the day. Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time
Curious George: The MonkeyFilter Themesong With all the talk of a CD swap, the DIY portion of my monkey brain got to thinking about the possiblity of MoFiers who dabble in music collaborating to make - The MonkeyFilter Themesong. Is there any kind of interest? [more inside]
idn fi dwid (upside down)
Some Friday 4/1 fun. I wanted to post a meme about Republicanism Shown to be Genetic. But then I found out my true pimp name. Then I thought - why not mix the two together??
Monkeys and Gentlefriends, I give you: the Pimpublican Genetic Thread!
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Worst Luck Ever [via Macphisto]
Swiss National Exhibition Bern 1914. A virtual museum.
Draw Your Boss: The horrors of ms paint and a passive-aggressive hatred of your supervisor.
Night Sky Murals is a process applied to a room of your choice that creates a permanent, realistic, astronomically accurate simulation of a starry night sky in a darkened room. You get to choose the day and time represented.
A Not-entirely Depressing Iraq Story I'm not saying this little tale of a Baghdad gym owner who adores the current governor of California doesn't have disturbing details, but overall, it ain't as grotesquely disturbin' as most of the news we've been getting this week.
Owners DO resemble their dogs!
How India is saving capitalism. "For one Silicon Valley company, hiring Indian programmers wasn't about greed, it was about survival. A special report from Chennai, globalization's ground zero." [more inside]
The history of April Fool's Day. Many people 'celebrate' April Fool's Day in various ways (most of them annoying). What are some of the better April Fool's pranks you've seen or experienced? [more inside]
Metafilter hacked? Or just a little April Fool's fun?
While those in the Blue debate Gmail's validity Google has come out with their April Fools Prank 2004.
As a bit of a workplace prankster I'm curious about some of my fellow monkey's favorite pranks. Do tell.
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Two-in- one yields works unknown to any library! Here booklovers and monkeys who enjoy literary fun and games may encounter the likes of Mason and Moby Dixon [Explorers cross the plains in search of giant mechanical white duck], Watership Down Under the Skin [Australian rabbits, posing as humans, capture hitchhikers and eat them], or Middlemarchsex [Tale of a 19th century provincial village of Greek hermaphrodites], all at I Love Books. via bookslut.com
Curious George: Back in the day I used Adobe Streamline to convert pictures to line art. Is there a more modern tool for acomplishing the same task? [more inside]
Choose your own iPod adventure
I always read those things with my fingers stuck in between the pages where the story branched until both hands were wound up like a cat's cradle.
God I loved those things and all their offshoots.
Any other fans?
Better Than the Onion I agree with Josh Marshall. This reads like an Onion article. [more inside]
The brief safe. ...even the most hardened burgler or most curious snoop will "skid" to a screeching halt as soon as they see them.
