Links posted in November 2005
November 30, 2005
A New Body Farm. In 1980 William Bass at the University of Tennessee created a place for people to study how bodies decompose. For 25 years, it's been a one of a kind research center, even inspiring a popular novel. Now Tyler O'Brien at the University of Northern Iowa is applying for a grant to create another research center - one that will expose their subjects to different climates than those typically found in eastern Tennessee. [more inside]
Face transplant. A women in France receives the worlds first face transplant. [more inside]
THOR AND MORE. Joint instructions from the jointed.
Braaaaaaaaaains
Queasy George - crumbed lambs brains and lard sandwiches...it's quite surprising I made it to adulthood considering the food I relished as a child. Fighting over and winning the last cold crumbed lambs brain in Nanna's fridge was a rite of passage.
C'mon spill the beans - do any of your former favourites come back to haunt you in the hungry wee hours?
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Purple people.
I don't know what it is about the color, but some people are passionate about it and let it dominate their lives. They are easy to pick out because they are the ones dressed head to toe in purple. They have entire stores dedicated to the lifestyle.
They scare me. Can anyone explain to it to me?
[If anyone out there is a purple person, I don't mean to offend you. Please just explain yourself.]
Soviet Animal Revival Experiments
conducted in the the USSR in the 1940's. This is sort of like flatliners for dogs.
[WARNING: disturbing Quicktime video]
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Bad Sex in Fiction awards 2005 - Like Zorro!
November 29, 2005
Bread Why is the goverernment hiding this information from us?
Your kisses tase like wine, er peanut butter? This reminds meof a bad movie.....
Library Thing A tool for building an online representation of all those precious books on your shelves. Browse the shelves of others, find people with similar reading interests. [more inside]
Richard Scarry, Then and Sometime Later. Anyone else here grow up poring over the pictures in "Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever"? One man compares the book published in 1963 to the one from 1991. Interesting how things change. via coudal.
Share online drawings This is Brilliant! Not only is it my first post for (seems like) years but this on line drawing thingymabob is spot on! There goes my productivity today!!! [more inside]
Those South Africans are certainly pragmatic
Chastising the Wookie. Random euphemism generator. They all sound filthy. [more inside]
November 28, 2005
MonkeyFilter finally has real growing pains. MoFi is broken at the moment due to excessive CPU usage on the server. Only the front page is viewable, and links to posts will bring up an error. We will be remedying this tonight, but expect downtime of around six hours. Sorry about that.
The Idler A magazine that lives up to its name, even before you buy it. [more inside]
I've checked, and this isn't on the list of my favourite things. Andrew Lloyd Webber is to start up a reality tv show, searching for the star of his stage remake of The Sound of Music. [more inside]
IVR Cheat Sheet Paul English created the IVR Cheat Sheet to help you quickly get to a human when you are trying to call a company for service. (The term IVR stands for "Interactive Voice Response", the fancy name for annoying computers who answer most phones these days.) [more inside]
Cartographic Curiosities and other maps from the Yale Map collection.
UK Mercinaries Hired by US Randomly Shoot Iraqi Civilians on Video.
[Please note there are some "adult" links - no images - on the page containing this video]. All to the tune of "Mystery Train" by Elvis Presley.
UK Sunday Telegraph
British Mercinaries hired by the US videotaped themselves randomly shooting at vehicles in Iraq. Very intelligently, they posted the video to a website (now pulled from the internet) run by a former employee of the "security firm" they worked for.
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Curious George: stationery fetishism It seems the English language is lacking a convenient label for someone who 'suffers' from a stationery fetish [more inside]
November 27, 2005
Curious George and the Lost Scrilla. Today I found $11 on the pedwalk. What should I do with it? [more inside]
Live simple Wacko or radical? You decide.
Scottish landscapes beautifully photographed by Douglas Salteri.
In August 2006, the 10th Discworld Convention will be held in Hinckley, Leicestershire. This is half a Curious, George actually. Is anyone interested in attending? I would love to go if I could, and would like some company!
PocketMod - disposable organizers Design your own 8-page mini organizer (prints onto one side of normal printer paper) from templates including any combination of ruled lines, grids, todo lists, calendars, shopping lists and more, print, fold (instructions on site) and enjoy your own custom made notebook, organizer, or useful-paper-thingy. [more inside]
My lap tops got a virus, did it catch it from one of you? Jesus murphy, machines that get sick, as if I need an excuse not to go to work. thank you Bill beeping gates, buy yourself another viper on my bill, and see if you can fix my beeping toaster you rich s.o.b. On top of that my virus programmes says that it found a trojan. Anyone lose a condom? How do fix this thing, Mcafee keeps popping up every few seconds witha new message. I keep telling the Scot to shut up and go about his bussiness, but he won't listen. Whats a monkey to do? Next time I'm buying apple, no wonder why the yanks sold Ibm to the Chinese. Why the only thing this beeping over priced, beeping glorified radio clock has helped me do is waste time, money, sleep, probably added to my carpal tunnel syndrym. I can't even restore it because it's memorys as bad as it's work ethic. I feel better now, cna't say the same for the computer.
Fire Fart
I ENJOY FART
google video
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The Appliance She's Always Wanted. Just in time for Xmas!
Baby Got Back Bible Parody -so weird. So very odd. NSFW for language. (Warning, embedded video.)
Many videos of tea ceremonies. I'm really not sure what the story is behind this page, but it seems to be a collection of many different tea-related videos.
Say-So is a website that allows you to set up surveys to find out just what people think. [more inside]
Curious George: "www" and 2 different outcomes. Here's funnyboneusa.com, and here's www.funnyboneusa.com. Why do they go to different sites?
TPOLM Lazy Sunday Radio. Excellent live/dj streaming electronic music. Today only.
...pics of monkeys on the front page...
November 26, 2005
A brief history of English, with Chronology
Curious, George: Use What Your Mama Give You
Hi. Quick question: I have been told on many occassions that I have a good "radio voice". It's deep, has some range, carries well, etc. I've actually even had female bosses who told me they wanted to hire me after our initial phone conversation, just from hearing my voice. And more times than I can count, people have said that I should get into voice-over work.
I'm pondering doing just that for extra income, just local radio spots, whatever. But I confess I have no idea how to get started. Do any of you have experience with this, tips for how to get started, etc? I'm not an actor and have no experience with this at all. Is it a difficult gig to get into part-time, are there specific hours you need to be available, is the money worth the work? Any stories/expertise you've got are welcome.
Best comment will be awarded an autographed photo of bernockle in a raccoon costume and ball gag.
Curious, George: First digital SLR I'm jumping into the world of SLR photography, but I need some advice [more inside]
France in America [more inside]
Shooting Locks Bloke tries busting out with his trusty .44 Magnum. [more inside]
because mefi nyc doesn't actually hate you (...unlike the rest of mefi) [more inside]
A Practical Guide to Taping Phone Calls
Home Bronchitis Cure? I have Bronchitis. Got any home remedies you'd care to share? [more inside]
The Australian Wave! Why Australians have an inate understanding of 'The Principle of Wave-Particle Duality' ..
November 25, 2005
Michael Sessions, meet Wilf Petherbridge. "Oooh, 18 year old mayor" you declare. Well, Lewisham took it one step further, and elected a 14 year old. He's got 25,000 quid as a budget, which is like 3 million dollars American. 14!, and an elected official.
First learn stand, then learn fly. Nature rule, Daniel San, not mine. RIP, Mr. Miyagi.
Litigious George...
How does one respond to the threat of being taken to court when the other side really doesn't seem to have any sort of case but persists anyways?
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Hey! They're talking about monkeys!
Holy Cow!
A teeth-clenchingly bad corporate promotional video. All to the tune of Donna Summer's She Works Hard For The Money. It's like a terrible office party captured on video for all time.
Via. Short download required to watch vid
Quantum bubbles are the key to quantum computers.
You can't make up stuff like this
My Favorite British Group Zero 7 Live Recordings from first US tour. Impressive live studio recordings, hot blond included!
November 24, 2005
Big Mike pontificates:
(warning wmv and Soprano's style profanity ahead) On Bat Day, gay marriage, Chinese food, his friends, and much much more.
Oh yeah, and he raps and sings, too.
Happy Thanksgiving from the Big Man!
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"A 12 year old girl also lived in this filth, her toys buried under several inches of feces."
Tonasket, Washington: where high school sports rule the news and countless acts of animal cruelty are found. One of the counts of animal cruelty being grossly negligent parenting.
[Warning: graphic images of domestic filth]
While I'm on the topic: PETA proves that they are a collection of uninformed, hypocritical sociopaths once again.
Please, for the love of whatever you may or may not believe in, don't support PETA in any way. These people desperately need cult deprogramming.
Happy Turkey Day! If you've ever wondered why the US's not-quite-national bird is called what it's called, it seems that we have the guinea fowl to blame. But hey, wear your Fez proudly, anyway!
William S. Burroughs' "Thanksgiving Prayer"
- QuickTime 7.6 MB - a movie montage by Director Gus Van Sant of the author reading his poem against image and music. Quicktime or equivalent required.
'And saying so to some means nothing; others it leaves nothing to be said.'
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Just in time for Thanksgiving: Turkey Fryer of Death!
Underwriter's Laboratory, the U.S. group that tests the safety of consumer products, refuses to certify that any turkey fryer is safe.
Shamelessly stolen from
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Help a guy propose to his girlfriend. Josh can't afford a ring to give his girlfriend, so he's asking for adclicks to raise the funds. Er. I'm in a soppy mood so I figure we can all give the guy a click or two. [more inside]
November 23, 2005
X Marks The Asshat with a Circle and A Dot CNN Subliminal Programming Tells it like it is.
Curious George: Christmas Shopping Help me monkeys, my Christmas shopping fu has abondoned me. [more inside]
DNA testing is dead, long live DNA. DNA is infallibale, right? Not when we have Hybrid Humans (NPR audio) also know as Natural Chimerism. [more inside]
November 22, 2005
The Red Meat Construction Set Make your own Read Meat comics. Endless fun.
Men Behaving Badly "When a young man masturbates, exactly how distracted does he get? An experiment performed on students at the University of California, Berkeley aimed to find out. [more inside]
The Christian Guide to Small Arms
not intended to be THE definitive source on this subject, but rather a primer for the Christian who is beginning to reject the false theology that requires him to be a pacifistic patsy in the face of heathen hordes[more inside]
Some people just have more fun than the rest of us [more inside]
Monkeys at play North East England MoFi meetup here?
Curious George: Admin Please Hope Me! Computer troubles. I don't know what's wrong with my PC! [more inside]
Chess Knight Movement Game [Flash]
Quantum Entanglement
made simple.
Plus: Heisenberg's wave packet reconsidered not made simple.
"Houseblingers" is a site that celebrates the people who overdecorate their homes for the holidays. In my family, we called these houses Griswoldian after the movie. [more inside]
Curious George: Has anyone ever thought about opening up their own video/DVD rental store? How does one go about acquiring the DVDs (distributors)? Business start up fees? Unique store ideas/promotions? Horror stories? Different store styles (foreign, indie, studios)? [more inside]
November 21, 2005
Disbarred! Let's hope the family of that WoW player who jumped to his death isn't being represented by legendary video-game crusader Jack Thompson... cuz he's been disbarred in Alabama. For reals.
Is this boy a new buddha? And here's another take on the story.
She asked for it? A poll commissioned by Amnesty International in the UK indicates that 34% of the population believes a woman is partially or totally responsible for being raped if she has behaved in a flirtatious manner... [more inside]
Finding Prosperity by Feeding Monkeys. [Via MeFi]
Curious George: Alas, my close friend and musical partner of 27 years has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. He's 59 and one of the best jazz drummers in the country if not the world and at the height of his creative abilities. He has about three months left. I'm wondering if any of you know of any useful web or print resources that will help me assist him with his transition. TIA
Monkey Washes Cat
... donkey rinses, I presume.
[Embedded QT]
[via]
Herring communicate by farting.
Don't we all?
via
Kid Blurs Line. The parents of a 13 year-old boy who died falling from a building are suing World of Warcraft developer Blizzard, claiming that the massively-multiplayer online game is to blame ... the boy jumped to his death whilst re-enacting a scene from the game. [more inside]
This calendar of Bulgarian folklore
reveals that today, the climax of the Valchi Praznitzi, or wolf days, is the day of Koutzoulan, 'the most terrible lame wolf, who ate people... "
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Java doodling.
Try the others. From Paul Schmidinger's site.
Shamelessly stolen from Big Blue.
It's Jerry Time True tales from the life of Jerry. Episode #1: "Who's THAT GUY?"
November 20, 2005
Curious Kids Entertainment
As I've probably mentioned too often, I'm the proud father of a 20mo old boy. Thus far we have lived without a TV, and only recently have started renting DVDs to watch with him. Now I have a few questions for the monkeys:
1) What are recommended movies/DVD's for him to watch. He already loves Teletubbies and Sesame Street, both of which I don't mind watching myself. However, I refuse to watch Barney. What else should he see that won't drive Mom and Dad batty?
2) We are thinking of returning to TV-land. If we do get a TV, what are some good shows these days for children?
Curious George: Mac Image Editing I want to make an animated banner-ad sized image to advertise for my band on myspace. What graphics program(s) would be good to use? I need something OS X compatable, easy to use, and free.
Courious George: Making a US FOIA Request
I am a Permanent Resident of the US who immigrated 10 years ago. I am curious to find out what sort of records the federal governemt has acquired on me ("I have a file. I have a file!" -- Homer J. Simpson). From doing cursory Google searches it looks like I have to make seperate FOIA requests to each Federal agency for obtaining their records on me. Is there a centralized place where I can apply to get all my information released to me? Or do they deliberately make it painful to obtain the information?
I am curious to hear the FOIA experiences of other monkeys as well. Were you surprised by the information they had on you? Disappointed? How about non-US-ian monkeys? What processes does your government have to initiate FOIA requests.
Chop chop! Curious George: slicing and dicing Yesterday I managed to slice open my finger instead of the onion I was aiming for. Looking for either online resources on cutting techniques (Google brings up a frightening number of links with offers including a free set of steak knives) or monkey-tips. [more inside]
A User's Guide to Time Travel - and for those of you a little more advanced, the TARDIS type 40 Manual. Furthermore, a study of Temporal Anomalies in Time Travel Movies so you can avoid all those tricky mistakes.
Indescribably Horrible!
'Bloodrock' is a must-see and 'Electriclarryland'
leaves one bereft of speech!
LoneSentry.com -- photos, articles and research on the European Theater in World War II.
Royalty vs. Nature
Is it just me, or would most anyone be able to achieve Albert's psuedo-accomplishments. Especially given unlimited money?
He dreamt of a career in soccer, took part in the Paris-Dakar rally in 1985 and is a judo black belt. He represented Monaco at the Olympic Games in the bobsleigh four times and finished 7th in the world championships.
Seventh in world bobsled championships? Be still my beating heart.
This is less a dig at Albert (whom I'd love to trade places with) and more an invitation to have monkey's opine about nature vs. nurture. Seems that pretty much anyone could be seventh in world bobsled championships,no?
Richard Stallman wears tinfoil hat -
gets in Trouble with UN Security.
Bruce Perens has blogged about RMS appearing at the UN World Summit on the information society, and protesting privacy issues over the RFID by wearing a tinfoil hat.
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November 19, 2005
Thirty Facts about Chuck Norris [more inside]
Curious George: Espresso machines favored by monkeys. My current espresso machine is slowly dying and I need to replace it before my life is thrown into a mediocrely caffeinated tailspin. What I need is something that doesn't cost more than $200 ($100 would be ideal, but I want something that will last more than a year) and can make hot, consistent espresso. The frothing wand is nothing more than a vestigial tail as far as I'm concerned. Oh, and don't be pushing none of that pod business on me, I like to grind my own beans. Also, it needs to be pump and not steam driven. [more inside]
Read Between The Lines Hell... Rapper Houston gouged out one of his own eyes. He really did; there are some very disturbing photos of the results, but I'm not going to post them.
Curiouser and curioser
It's Jorge, not George, but simian no less.
What happens 'after the jump' is anyone's guess!
November 18, 2005
Curious George: Prettier Network Maps? For a project at work, I've been building a conceptual map of a communications network. The boss is happy with the results, but thinks the current output (minus identifying labels) is confusing and needs prettying up. [more inside]
Sony Rips Off Open-Source Software. As if this weren't bad enough, BMG now appears to have ripped off LGPL components from LAME -- without giving proper respect due.
Kuan Yin, The Compassionate Rebel (with a thousand hands!)
Bubbles in Color [more inside]
Binary Ring from The Gallery of Computation. Flash art.
November 17, 2005
Usurious George; Cuanto cuesta el mono en la ventana? I have a sneaking suspicion I'm overlooking something really obvious here...but here it is; if it costs $49,000 to buy a detached bungalow in Surrey, Canada, in 1974, and $285,000 for same now, will the number continually get bigger to infinity? How about currency? Will a $1,000 bill be lunch money in 2067?
Best of the Web The moral of the story? [more inside]
Bush Poo Flags! Police in Germany are hunting pranksters who have been sticking miniature flag portraits of US President George W. Bush into piles of dog poo in public parks.
Russian Reality Ruse A new reality TV show is aiming to pull off the biggest hoax in TV history - by persuading a group of Britons that they have been blasted into space.
Scarious George: What are your favorite scary movies? [more inside]
Croatia to mark Tesla's 150th birthday
Nikola Tesla was a truly odd, eccentric genius. Befriended almost exclusively by pigeons and Mark Twain, he invented radio, AC power, the foundations of radar, X-ray machines, and wireless electrical transmission. If you are intrigued in the least, a reading of some biographies would certainly be enligtening.
previously mentioned here and here.
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Sherlock Holmes as he was the first time:
Stanford University is now offering print or PDF Sherlock Holmes stories, serialized as they originally appeared in The Strand magazine. It's free! Go here to subscribe to either PDF or newsprint copies mailed to your home. You can also make a donation to support the project. It runs from early January through April--give yourself a little mystery in the new year!
via boingboing
Curious George: Favourite Books What are your five favourite books? This thread made me think ... what about a MoFi reading list? Why not list your five favourite books: [more inside]
The Adventures of SuperPup A failed television pilot from 1958 and quite possibly the most amazing premise ever: Superman as a dog as played by little people.
Howard Dully was lobotomized at the age of 12. His illness that required spikes to be placed into his brain through his eyes? A stepmother who wanted to get rid of him. NPR lets Howard tell his own story as he tracks down information about a procedure that left him forever scarred.
November 16, 2005
Curious George Long story short, I recently got some hi spec digital camera gear and I have decided I want to be a photographer. [more inside]
Plushie Pee & Plushie Poo Originally sold seperately, Pee & Poo now come in a duo pack... These toys are perhaps the most subtle, lovable and harmless way you can physically represent urine and excrement in the form of a plush toy.
Snapshooting Curious, George: What do you do with your digital pictures? Besides those taken for work, how do you manage your personal digital pictures? Print them out, burn to CD/DVD and watch them from those, just keep them on your computer? [more inside]
The Gorillaz Live. Yes the cartoon band performed live at the MTV Europe Music awards. (link to Quicktime) [more inside]
Self-medicating.
For a sizable group of people in their 20's and 30's, deciding on their own what drugs to take - in particular, stimulants, antidepressants and other psychiatric medications - is becoming the norm. Confident of their abilities and often skeptical of psychiatrists' expertise, they choose to rely on their own research and each other's experience in treating problems like depression, fatigue, anxiety or a lack of concentration. A medical degree, in their view, is useful, but not essential, and certainly not sufficient.
[NYTimes Link -- could require login, duh]
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Curious George: Don't you hate it when you're picking something up from under a table, and it hits the side of the table and falls back onto the floor? What are some of your pet peeves?
How many of these have you read? And which ones did you enjoy? [more inside]
MoFi Secret Santa 2005: Revenge of the Fruitcake It's that time again, kids. Last year's exchange went well enough, so let's try it once more! [more inside]
"The hardest riddle available on the internet."
TurtleKiss.com. Koopa the Turtle is unofficially the world's first internationally collected, professional turtle artist.
Crying Wolof Does the word hip really hail from a West African language? [more inside]
November 15, 2005
Curious George: Website Design I've been asked to design a website, and as I've never been paid for it before, I wondered what some of you Professinal Webmasters charge for such a thing. [more inside]
Liquid Cereal. Made with real cereal! via
What age do you act? [more inside]
Back to the future (with email) From Oct. 24, 2005 to Nov. 30, 2005, Forbes.com will collect thousands of letters that our readers have written to themselves. And we'll deliver them up to 20 years later.
Seeing is sometimes not believing What, you may ask, is so special about a site dedicated to the photography of ketchup bottles, napkin dispensers and the like? [more inside]
Pres' Bush, his 'Speechalist' .. He's a genius .. really!
A Bevvy of Beer-brewing Beauties from Bolivia. Well, Peru, actually, but I had that whole 'B' thing going on. Sounds like they liked a party.
Gigantopithecus Blackii lived alongside human beings. Nervous ones, I would imagine.
Copydetected. An amusing anti-piracy site by Adobe.
At first I thought it was a pigeon And then I realized it was a skeleton. And then it became something else. Requires flash, and may be ever so mildly not suitable for work, if you work somewhere where these things are considered not suitable.
Basil Rathbone: Master of Stage and Screen. The definitive Sherlock Holmes?.
To dog or not to dog, that is the question hello monkeys, I need your humble opinions. I was driving to work one afternoon last week when I noticed a sray dog walking down the road. It was on a very busy street, and so I wasted no time and parked right in the middle of the road, jumped out and scouped up the dog. To my surprise it was a pitbull. I can't take the little devil to the humane society or they'll just put him down. I've noticed a vicious mean streak in him that surfaces at certains times. What the b--p should I do with him? His names Kango (I named him afer a concrete breaker).
The Environmental Causes of Cancer (scroll down past the fundraising appeal). Full report here (PDF).
Profanity Kills if you're a Mormon! Gee Elizabeth Smart comes to mind. Is it me or is a pattern developing here?
November 14, 2005
Embedded video, requires sound. SFW unless coworkers have a morbid fear of bicycle horns.
The Rapture Index from the fine folks at Rapture Ready
What's the Evidence for an historic ET presence in Iraq?
An independent archaeologist that discusses a direct link between the ancient ET presence in Sumer (southern Iraq) and current US focus on the regime of Saddam Hussein
Ladies and Gentlemen, start your tinfoil!
via
Blotto. I used to take those "Bush is drinking" stories with a grain of salt. Until now.
Houses in the shape of cubes (though more interesting than that sounds). The cube houses are an idea of architect Piet Blom. The first to be built were three test houses (Dutch) in the provincial town of Helmond. After that a bigger group were built there, including a whole theater. (Flash, Dutch) [more inside]
These are the people in Arnold's Neighborhood Any Flash animation that has flies circling around Bill O'Reilly is O.K. by me. This link is a clever plot by the GOP to start building their base with young kids, but I found it enjoyable just the same.
The Last Temptation of Martin Scorsese: giving in to retirement. Marty is going to give up making features, concentrate on making documentaries and shorts. [more inside]
Multiple Personalities. "Each alter is designed to do a job and only that job. It is endowed with characteristic traits which the Original Personality would have taken on, if it were in charge. The situation can be viewed as operating a doll factory, with only the outfits of clothes being produced. The doll, itself, is not present. The alters are the sets of clothes, but there is no doll inside any of them. Therefore, they cannot grow and change. They can only do what the ISH has programmed them to do."
ABZ's
- everybody's got to learn the three R's and Uncle Shelby has the lesson plan.[NSFW]
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Axis of weevils New rationale in 3, 2, 1 ... for Australian participation in the Iraq Adventure -- no more paying these obscene kickbacks to Saddam's Evil Régime! [more inside]
November 13, 2005
Say-So.org is a tool you can use to generate discussions on any topic, concern, question or idea you have. It shares similarities with a lot of different things, such as blogs, event organizing tools, product comparison tools, online polls, etc., but it’s much more free-form. [more inside]
November 12, 2005
Curious George: Favorite programs. What are your favorite programs/apps/utilities that would go on your system right away if you reinstalled your OS? For brevity I'll assume Firefox is one of them unless you say otherwise. [more inside]
The ultimate guy movie. No, really.
From the NY Post - you might need to use bugmenot.
(via Salon Broadsheet - requires a DayPass)
Curious George x 5:
Time again for new bookmarks.
What are your five favorite websites.
Caution: Movie Spoilers We know how to find out information about movies, get reviews of movies, see trailers for movies, and get movie tickets. But what if you just want to know who wins at the end of Rocky IV? Or you want to know what the hell was going on in Memento? Then you just may need to check out some movie spoilers.
Curious, George: Cellphones + soundboards
I bought some adapters so I could connect my cellphone to my computer, but so far the cellphone output is really distorted, and must be amplified.
The quality when I play sound files from the computer into the cellphone is OK but really too quiet.
Anyone done this before?
November 11, 2005
It is not a good idea to invite a chimpanzee to be on your news program. Embedded Vid.
Senator Rick Santorum's Generous Contribution to the English Language This is "Santorum"
Bush Forcefully Attacks! Hopefully with better results than his IRAQ ATTACK. Antother Typical Dry Alcoholic Simian Display of Pique!!
Curious George: another webhosting question I searched the other threads, but none of them quite addressed my isssue. I work for a small nonprofit in the midst of a growth spurt and we desperately need to change our web/e-mail hosting service. Currently we're using Readyhosting, which has crappy customer service and the e-mail server frequently goes down, as they don't seem to have any backup servers. [more inside]
Infinite Blanket -
Remember Paris, France from I ♥ Huckabee's? Rose Rushbrooke is a fractal artist who works in the medium of... blankies.
[Obligatory Fractal Post]
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They just don't work. In which it is determined that aluminum foil hats potentially increase the invasiveness of government mindprobes. What will the tinfoil hat brigade do now?
available domain name of the week
- seven years of names
(via this comment by matildaben on AskMeFi)
Crispin Jones
takes functional, everyday objects and gives them an odd twist, transforming them into art. His mobile phones are designed to prevent anti-social phone behavior. His tables predict the future and keep themselves clutter-free. And his watches show the passing of time through the day's TV schedule or tell the world when you tell a lie.
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FOX cancels Arrested Development
Arguably one of the best comedy shows on broadcast TV, FOX has decided to cancel Arrested Development after only 13 episodes of season 3. What a shame.
I don't think any amount of petitioning can save this one.
I'm really trying curtail my newsfilter posting...
Non Anal Retentive. Elimination illumination. News and tales from the fundament!
5-year old Tyler Petrucci Sings : And it will freak you the fuck out.
Malarious George...Are Humans Total Pussies? Are humans able to resist disease less well than other animals? Crude - really crude - example; cats, dogs and loads of other animals happily lick their own butts and are just dandy, while humans drop dead from minute amounts of E. coli in drinking water, and from any number of epidemic diseases caused by sewage-contaminated water. [more inside]
Today is Armistice Day (where I am it is anyway). I'll be spending a while browsing this site. A huge resource containing the fantastic and the humorous, as well as the tragic [graphic warning on that last one].
November 10, 2005
Curious George Invites. Ugh. [more inside]
C'était un Rendezvous
Paris, 1968, early one August morning. A Ferrari 275 GTB, going up to 140mph, makes it from one side of the city to another in less than 9 minutes. I think I love the sound of the car more than the video.
QuickTime 35MB, via jwz
The Annual Anglo-American Swearing Competition
The answer is yes "Can a worker be fired from his job because he believes in ghosts?" [more inside]
The comic art of R. Kikuo Johnson. Very interesting work from Fantagraphics. [more inside]
Bush amazes the US by borrowing more from foreign nations than all other US Presidents combined Throughout the first 224 years (1776-2000) of our nation’s history, 42 U.S. presidents borrowed a combined $1.01 trillion from foreign governments and financial institutions according to the U.S. Treasury Department. In the past four years alone (2001-2005), the Bush Administration has borrowed a staggering $1.05 trillion. [more inside]
Nevermind this bollocks. St. Martin's School of Art has installed a plaque honouring the very first gig by the Sex Pistols, thirty goddamn years ago. Or have they? [more inside]
Chalabi's Bullshit in DC observed, including candid Chris Hitchens vs David Corn in an elevator. Also this account of Chalabi's speech at the American Enterprise Institute. [more inside]
Vampirism 101: Classes are taught on this site which will give you an understanding of the emerging role of the genuine vampire, revealing the nature and lifestyles of real Vampires, not Goths. [more inside]
COMMENT .. ?
A legal blow in support of masculine rights, think on!
November 09, 2005
King without his crown. (mov)
"A Hasidic reggae sensation. It sounds like a sitcom setup that inevitably ends in "Now I’ve really seen it all!" And I’ll admit that when I saw Matisyahu for the first time, the gangly visage in a black suit and hat and traditional beard, combined with a voice perfectly trained for staccato wordplay, was as disorienting as Michael Bolton bustin' out with a rhyme that would make Jay-Z blush." - 3hive
WMV link. 128k MP3 link.
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What's the problem, American Girl?
Texas bans marriage?
In trying to ban gay marriage, did Texas just ban straight marriage?
Here's the full text of the amendment voted in last night.
(Boston Globe article - Dallas Voice article - some discussion on the wording)
My Brain Is Trying To Kill Me! No really. I suspected as much...apparently one can have a genetic predeposition to brain cells in the hippocampus being ordered to die prematurely. [more inside]
This Just In:
Japanese television is still pretty fucked up.
Google Video, SFW
Kitfisto makes it to BoingBoing
Yes, first seen Here, waaay back on Sept. 21, our own, our very own kitfisto shows up on the loved and/or hated boingboing blog.
Rock on you punter!
Really Mad Cow Amusing flash for you all, possibly NSFW. Be sure your speakers are on first though.
The Phantom Time Hypothesis - I read about this a couple of years ago but only had a .pdf document about it. [more inside]
The coolest Firefox extension EVAR. "Downloaded Embeded 0.1" Allows you to download embeded video and audio from teh intarwebs. (Thank you LifeHacker) [more inside]
November 08, 2005
Science fiction book and magazine covers [more inside]
Why Democracy is Wrong. Democracy does not deserve the semi-sacred status accorded to it. In Europe, democratically elected politicians such as Jörg Haider, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Silvio Berlusconi, Umberto Bossi, Gianfranco Fini and Pim Fortuyn are a reminder of democracy's defects: an anti-racist dictatorship is preferable to a racist democracy. Democracy is expanding globally, but not because of its moral superiority. Military intervention is now the standard origin of democratic political systems. Any universal ideology will tend to crusades and messianic conquest, and democracies feel entitled to 'bring freedom' to other countries. Below, more on the ethical problems, definitions of democracy, the issue of inequality, the defects of democratic culture, the nation as the 'demos', the claimed justifications for democracy, and alternatives to democracy.
Wall of Boobies! (SFW) If you want to buy some lingerie for the special woman in your life, but can't remember her size, the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam has a wall designed for you to grope until you find the appropriate size. YA reason I ♥ the Dutch.
PSA: GO VOTE. It's Tuesday, voting day. The flying spaghetti monster wants you to.
Juvie Warden resigns because of "personal problems". Being checking out foot-fetish sites at work, not because of anything he did to the kids. [via obscurestore] [more inside]
Des Res, complete with bride.
Looking for a new house? And a wife? Well now you can get both in one go. It's the House with Bride!
stolen from
Retroengine - an interesting collection of old colour illustrations from something or other, I don't recognise the language, it could be ..er, Japanese? .. robots, futurism, history and nature done in delightful retro style. Have at it. [more inside]
CELTS 'R' US, BEGORRAGH! .."Early Gaelic ollamhs (professors of history) and scribes recorded the actions of the kings and the provincial nobility of Ireland who supported them; and, after the mission of St. Patrick, the leaders of the Church. The annals of these scribes have become the early history of Ireland."
China: The Three Emperors. Lovely site trailing the Royal Academy's forthcoming exhibition "devoted to the artistic and cultural riches of Imperial China". Splendours abound.
Honest Videogame Titles They range from the funny to the odd, but most gamers will laugh out loud at some of these videogame covers.
Sorry if this is a horribly obvious question Ive been wondering for a while now if there is a MoFi style site for news. I know newsfilter.com will take me to snap news, but Im looking for a site to talk about the news, not just get updates.
November 07, 2005
Pustota
- an interesting FLASH music video rich with imagery in a style reminiscent of the Brothers Quay.
[VIA: NEWGROUNDS.COM]
The adventures of Atari - page 1, page 2 [more inside]
Curious George: mp3 mayhem [Disclaimer: does not contain mayhem] [more inside]
Paris Is Burning
...Newsfilterish...but 300 towns were rioting last night. WTF?
After Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, journalist Philippe Grangereau wrote in the French newspaper Liberation that the hurricane "has revealed America's weaknesses: its racial divisions, the poverty of those left behind by its society, and especially its president's lack of leadership." In this snide chiding are insights to the riots that began in a poor suburb outside Paris over a week ago.
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Video of US use of chemical weapons in Iraq (WARNING - GRAPHIC) Incredibly graphic, unmistakeable video of US use of chemical weapons in Iraq. Italian documentary. 44 megabytes.
Curious George Which Intel Desktop processors are 64Bit?
Bush Declares: 'We Do Not Torture'
"We do not torture!" But we need an exemption for the CIA.-->
Over White House opposition, the Senate has passed legislation banning torture. With Vice President
Dick Cheney as the point man, the administration is seeking an exemption for the
eBaum's World Sucks - NSFW requires FLASH and includes catchy ditty and harmonies. [more inside]
"Motherlode" of bull semen stolen from liquid nitrogen tanks at a farm in Frederick County, Maryland. It's estimated value is $75,000. A "nice, fat reward" is currently being offered.
Yale Music
NEWSFILTER: Yale School of Music Receives $100 Million Gift - The Yale School of Music has received a gift of $100 million that will allow the school to subsidize fully the tuition for all students, Yale President Richard C. Levin has announced.
RASCAL and BEETLE. Speculative writing, and contorted tales.
XOR - strategy is everything [more inside]
November 06, 2005
WWII photos from the US National Archives. Great photos, and they are in nice, high resolution for your viewing pleasure.
Maywa Denki Japanese Nonsense Machines. This might be useful, but this? Here is some background. The perform live with the instruments they create like this one.
Curious George: Collecting video clips I like to collect video clips, such as the one petebest posted below. If I want to collect a hodgepodge of different .avi/.mpg/.qt/.wmv and later write them all to DVD (regular VOB format) for TV viewing, what format should I transcode them all into? And what authoring program is best for burning all these transcodes?
Yahoo Godwins Itself Yahoo has erected a statue in honor of the Yahoo Mail team. The plaque tells all and sundry Yahoo's goal. (Hint: the goal ain't improving its products for its users.)
Slot Car Racing Action!!
Awesomeness defined. A small camera is strapped to a slot car for the ride you always wanted to take. Features excellent "deadman's curve" finish.
via memepool
November 05, 2005
You are easy to be around. Diane Cluck is part of the antifolk scene in New York. Her music is utterly gorgeous (MP3). Some sounds for you to enjoy on these odd fall days. [more inside]
Kill Yourself With Caffeine
Because You Know You Want To.
Boing-Boinged
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Prions suspected in milk. If the thought of giving up cheese and ice cream is more than you can handle, don't worry too much. You should enjoy the time you have because you're probably infected already.
Best Publicity Stunt Ever or More Proof of Extreme Weirdness? Vincent Gallo has an offer up on his website to sell his sperm and the costs of in-vitro fertilization for $1 million. [more inside]
Copernicus' Image. Nicolaus Copernicus remains found in Poland. With computer generated reconstruction of face (from skull.) Wikepedia link on page has image of Copernicus as young man.
Amazon Mechanical Turk
"HIT stands for Human Intelligence Task. These are tasks that people are willing to pay you to complete. For example a HIT might ask: "Is there a pizza parlour in this photograph?" Typically these tasks are extraordinarily difficult for computers, but simple for humans to answer."
Amazon's selling people!
Hypnotizing blue ball factory! This site, along with some funky music, shows several blue balls going through a massive machine. It's oddly addicting.
Plot by religious fanatics to blow up Parliament foiled - 400 years ago today. [more inside]
Curious George: Photo Rates I've been contacted regarding one of my photographs on Flickr. A startup magazine would like to use the image in one of its issues. I'm not a professional photographer or anything, so I have no idea how to negotiate on something like this. My question is, what does someone ask for as compensation? If money, how much? Any advice would be appreciated.
November 04, 2005
The Monkey Quiz Can you beat the monkeys?
Feline Friday Flash Foolishness
It's all wrong - Some good - some bad
Head Like a Hat Rack Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman thinks graffiti artists' thumbs should be amputated on live TV. Street art blog Wooster Collective suggests that thumb photos with appropriate messages should be sent to them to be forwarded to hizzonner.
Shame On You, Sony After Criticism, Sony Issues Fix for Hidden Rootkits.
Senate OK's Oil Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The American media is all over this story, which is why the only link I could find is from The Guardian, but the hotbutton issue over Oil Drilling in the Arctic Reserve has hit the proverbial fan. The vote was 57-42, with five Republicans voting "Nay" and two Democrats voting "Yea"
Shamelessly cribbed from MeFi
The Secret of the Hidden Hummers. Wherein our blog-writing super sleuths make a startling discovery. via mefi
Teflon has worn off the Moron For the first time in his presidency, a majority of Americans questioned President George W. Bush's personal integrity as his approval ratings on key issues fell to new lows in an ABC News/Washington Post Poll published on Thursday
The other good thing about sex.
Director's erotic auditions 'were sexual assault' A French film director appeared in a Paris court yesterday accused by four young actresses of forcing them to masturbate as part of their screen tests.
November 03, 2005
Curious LA Eatin' George Hello, I'm going to be in Los Angeles next week for a conference. I know squat about the city. It's happening downtown at the Convention Center and I'm staying at the Holiday Inn(City Center). My question is: what are good, cheap places to eat that are within walking distance (10-15 minutes) from there? My schedule's going to be busy so I can't spend too much time in transit plus I don't plan to get a car. Also, on my last day there I might want to try something fancier. Any suggestions for that also?
How many of the Bush administration's dirty water deeds do you know about?
Take this quiz to find out.
Q: Complete this sentence: The Bush administration wants to change the definition of "waters of the United States"...
a) ...so that it includes more waters.
b) ...so that many small streams, wetlands and ponds are excluded.
c) ...to ensure that waters shared with other nations are excluded.
d) ...so that privately owned lakes are not included.
What Killed Reece?
A sad, but beautifully-written multi-part story by the Minneapolis StarTribune about a boy who died of a mysterious disease and the limits of medical science.
Via
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Can you not hear the sound of my victory? Dancing finger style Kung Fu from The Ministry of Unknown Science. [via]
The very first stars in the universe.
Astronomers from NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center have published news in the journal Nature claiming that they have seen the light of the very first stars in the Universe, using data from the Spitzer Space Telescope, the infrared "Great Observatory" run by NASA.
Could this be the humanity's first glimpse of the universe's first stars?
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I want to... A useful list of links to online services when you need to do something.
Panexa : Cafepress doesn't get the joke hilarious
Bonobos compose music. With Peter Gabriel, even. To complete the sex/money, drugs/alcohol, rock and roll trifecta (pentecta?) I offer you some evidence that various non-human primates like to compose and listen to music. And it makes them mellow. [more inside]
Scientist teaches the concept of money to capuchin monkeys. And they get the idea, oh yes, they do.
Palestinians hit by sonic boom air raids [more inside]
Drunk Monkey Anyone know if there is even the slightest bit of truth behind this?
November 02, 2005
Child born from sperm donation traces father on Internet. [more inside]
Curious George: French Border Patrol question. I just have a quick question for any Monkeys familiar with the border patrols in Europe, specifically France. [more inside]
McRib 05- The Farewell Tour Because everything The Simpsons do eventually comes true.
The greatest postmodern art film ever [more inside]
Penis size used as defence in trial A Superior Court judge must decide whether to believe a 21-year-old accused who says he could not have committed a sexual assault because his penis is too big.
Wallace and Gromit are not safe for your kids. The horror. Thank goodness for this guy. Not everyone appreciates the work he does.
Curious, George: Keeping up with the Joneses What's the most egregious example of a time when you purchased something mainly to remain at the same social-status level as your neighbors or peers? What's the most egregious example of the keeping-up-with-the-Joneses phenomemon that you've ever heard of?
For Sale: One bunker. Comes with railway station, 60 miles of roads.
November 01, 2005
Conference Bike! Looking for alternative transportation and a way to bikepool? Conference Bike! Capable of carrying a keg of beer! [more inside]
Curious George: does anyone know of a good online organizer? [more inside]
Classic Monsters, Classic Art If there's a better use for Photoshop, I haven't seen it.
Conjoined Country Star
Reba- "I have a job singing in show business. Lori, my twin, has to go along with that because it's my career.When I am singing, Lori is like any other fan, except she's up on the stage with me."
Lori- "I do not ask for anything from Reba - I don't get in to her concerts free just because she's a conjoined twin. I have to pay, just like every other fan that comes to that concert.They don't see me there. It's like there's a blanket over me because I am quiet and I don't make a noise."
I love egg!
(flash animation). My most sincere apologies.
Curious George: Temperature. Does anyone have access to the AP Stylebook? I'm curious what it says about whether to write 23 °C, 23°C, 23° C, or 23C. There seems to be a lot of dispute about it. I prefer the NIST rule but would like to learn more.
Singing mice
"Research by a team of neuroscientists has revealed that male mice construct complex songs and sing them for minutes at a time when they come across sex pheromones produced by potential mates."
Includes mp3s of said singing (and a nice reference to Bagpuss)
Tallulah Bankhead lived a colourful life.
She reportedly engaged in hundreds of affairs with both men and women. Her biting wit, salty language and outlandish behavior – like the propensity for taking off her clothes at the drop of a hat – shocked and outraged everyon[e]
Your cock here. Are these NZ urinals scary or amusing? (via Snopes)
David Hicks is a Bad Man
There have been bipartisan calls in the Australian Parliament for a full inquiry into fresh allegations that Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks was tortured and sexually abused by American soldiers.
The military lawyer for Hicks, Major Michael Mori, says he has witness accounts and photographic evidence to back the claims.
Aussie Galah
Recently I was presented with a female Australian Pink and Grey Galah, as viewed in link.
She has all the accoutrements for her physical needs (in fact, she is living in Galah luxury) yet I fail in giving her an appropriate name. 'Polly' is definitely not an option!
Ideas, suggestions (for bird names!) from MonkeyFilter denizens will be greeted with glad cries.
