Links posted in December 2005
December 31, 2005
Curious George: Year in Review. What was the best and worst of 2005? Music, movies, news stories, humanitarian efforts, personal accomplishments, best/worst memories (if you want to share), anything at all. How did 2005 rate for you?
Curious George: Weird Yahoo Messenger problem Recently my computer seems to be signing me back into Yahoo Instant Messenger AFTER I have signed out. Anyone ever had this problem? [more inside]
Don't Click the "Asiatental" link.
Just FYI, the stupid "dental equipments" self-link below is riddled with spyware. Don't clicky.
Also, since this is my second post of the day, I propose we use this space to discuss good prostate health.
Isn't it `Happy New Year to all Monkeys' time? 2006 anyone? [more inside]
Asiatental
Title:Dental equipments
Text:Manfacturer & Exporter for all dental Equipments.
Keywords:Dental Chair, Dental, Dental air compressor
Telephone no:28381345/2838443
fax no:32451264
http://www.asiatental.net
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This is what online reviews are for. One man's quest to share his faith through Amazon product reviews. Good for a giggle. As a Christian, I will buy everything he likes. Because of Jesus. Via the ever-vigilant Mrs. Tool. [more inside]
Curious Resolutions 2006
: So what are your New Years Resolutions?
If you actually try to make any, that is?
Video Game Music Remixed. Over 1300 mixes, from Altered Beast to Zelda. [more inside]
The Ten Movies Steven Spielberg Has Yet To Make
Imagine for a second it is Opposite Day. Imagine we're in some kind of Twilight Zone parallel universe in which Hollywood gives Arabs and Muslims a fair shake. What kind of movies about the Middle East would we then be chomping Goobers, Junior Mints, and popcorn to at the local twenty screen multiplex?
At last! It's the William Shatner DVD Club! The William Shatner DVD Club provides you with a selection of rare and compelling Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror films, personally selected by William Shatner! Get William Shatner's opinion before you go to the theatre or watch it on DVD! Which is good, because I want to know what Bill Shatner thinks before I make up my own mind.
The Legend Of Zelda Characters Dancing. Wtf. Just Wtf. SFW. While on the topic of odd Nintendo videos..there <ahref="this.">http://img389.exs.cx/img389/8459/109579763519418px.swf</a>
December 30, 2005
Curious George: Searching for an angel I'm trying to track down a statue of an angel that I saw a picture of a few years ago. Can anyone help me find it? [more inside]
Friday Flash Funny Fighting Fanboy Freakout!!! Something for the end of the week/year/world-as-we-know-it.
Newsfilter of the Weird for Fremont, CA Local police officer attacked by pack of ravenous Chihuahuas, treated for bites to ankles. In other news, man breaks into house to install porno screensaver to homeowner's computer. Film at 11.
Free Stock Photo Resources - a list of over 50 free stock photo .. er.. resources.
The Million-Dollar Homepage. Pixels for sale, cheap -- just US$1.00! Via Yahoo, of all places. [more inside]
What chefs want in the new year. Mostly the end of truffle oil as a viable ingredient. Curious George addendum: What do YOU want from the resturant(s) you patronize this coming year? [more inside]
December 29, 2005
Monkeys Going Postal (MPG)! Based on this post by planetthoughtful a letter writing club has been started by Alnedra. [more inside]
Early attempt at flight. Darwin wins.
Video: Franz Reichelt attempted to paraglide off the Eiffel Tower in 1912, using a flying suit he designed. As this video demonstrates, it was less than effective.
Curious George: I am thinking of a book Can't think of the title of it though. It's a science-fiction type book where Satan is the good guy and is trying to free humans from God's tyranny. I seem to remember reading about it on a religious blog like RealLivePreacher or something like that. Any of you monkeys know what I'm talking about?
Curious George: Hospital bill confusion. Awhile back I visited the ER for what I thought was chest pain, but it was nothing serious. Now I have the bill. I have what looks like duplicate charges from the hospital and from the pathology service. Are these really duplicates? [more inside]
Tire Art. This is insanely bitchin'. I searched and didn't find it, so I hope it's new.
Video Killed The YTMND Star - a mashup of ytmnd fads set to that Buggles tune that you will now have in your head all day. Requires FLASH
Sand+water+salt+oil. Mix in some Java and you have a nice time waster (you must scroll down a little once you get to the page). [more inside]
Mouse Wars. [flash] No need to click -- just point. Don't leave the white box. Via ABS. [more inside]
December 28, 2005
What I heard about Iraq. An essay of all the embarassing statements and actions regarding Iraq in 2005. As you can imagine, it's quite long, but it's also well written, and sobering.
Treasure Box flash puzzle is a whimsical little puzzle where you have to manipulate things in a weird little environment.
Instant Euphoria at the Push of a Button - Electrical Stimulation of the Brain.
December 27, 2005
CG: Mac Mystery Excel Bell? I'm temping at a design shop that uses Macs (OS 9 on this one) and I cannot for the life of me figure out where a random bell noise is coming from. [more inside]
Top Mugshots. The Smoking Gun has posted its top 15 favorite mugshots of the year. [more inside]
Curious, Gerorge: Phtoshop actions I'm trying to resize a batch of images, which should be very simple... [more inside]
December 26, 2005
It's Boxing Day here in Canada, and in many other countries. Another day off and time to hit the stores for the big sales. Or maybe just chill out and relax before New Year's. [more inside]
Captain Godfrey Rodrigues teaches us Correct Posture
- you don't need to try muscle building or learn circus stunts to stay fit - just maintain correct posture!
Via Spermulated Digits
December 25, 2005
Down with noise before it destroys civilization.
Rip DVD Movies To Your iPod Free -For all the monkies that got a video iPod. Any other useful iPod tips, guides, programs?
Court: feds don't need probable cause to track your physical location via cell grid Apparently we also need to be tracked as well...
"What does leather do to you?" Links to a .wmv file. (SFW)
NYTimes is reporting that the NSA has been logging your calls for years Just trying to stir up some outrage. via that blue site, boingboing, the nether-regions of google and fox news, others
TBS
has started their annual 24-hour showing of A Christmas Story. Curious to see if a decent DVD of it had been released, I went to Amazon and found out that some people have no sense of humor at all...
A Christmas Story is grim and depressing? Unfunny? Have these people grown up in a world of rainbows and unicorns?
Your thoughts on A Christmas Story?
December 24, 2005
A little humor..If it doesn't make you laugh, nothing will!
I swear never to link to a google video again, but I couldn't resist this one..
enjoy!
Looking for Santa? You can now use Google Earth to track Santa, or, if you are old fashioned, you can still use Norad to track his path. [more inside]
Curious George: Firewire problem.
What's the deal with a Firewire hard drive that disconnects every few hours? I have to unplug and plug it back in to get it to work again.
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Scientists find 'mass dodo grave'
Scientists have discovered the "beautifully preserved" bones of about 20 dodos at a dig site in Mauritius. No complete Dodo skeleton has ever been found in Mauritius and no full set of bones currently exists in collections, so this is exciting for researchers and people who like Dodos.
Curious George: the lost art of letter writing In this day and age of ubiquitous email, instant messaging, online forums, and text messaging, do any of the Monkeys write letters anymore? [more inside]
The Touchtone Genius video [via newgrounds] for the request-a-tune guy's song at songs to wear pants to (also here).
Monsterpiece Theatre! Authorities are investigating allegations that the body of British broadcaster Alistair Cooke — among hundreds of others — was illegally carved up in the back room of a funeral home and sold so its parts could be used in transplants.
December 23, 2005
A kiss is just a kiss... In the Christmas spirit, A newspaper decided to run a color photo of a woman making out with an orangutan. Reactions were somewhat mixed. [more inside]
The Top 10 Weirdest Case Mods via everybody today
Curious George: Firefox Window Someone has been monkeying with Firefox at home. Now there is a grey empty 'box' along the bottom of the window. I hates it. [more inside]
Microsoft Buys Out Opera - could this be true? More clues here?
John Lennon & Bob Dylan
share a taxi - out of their heads. -GOOGLE VIDEO-
Meanwhile, not very far away, Lenin hails a taxi.
Women aroused watching monkey sex [more inside]
Google gives a Xmas present to Python lovers Nice Xmas present to computer programmers everywhere: Guido van Rossum, otherwise known as the Benevolent Dictator for Life of Python has been hired by Google (anyone needs a link for it?). Whereas programmers hired by Google get 1 day a week to work on their "pet projects", GvR will apparently work 50% on Python and 100% with Python. [more inside]
The end of the period. A new contraceptive will soon let women stop menstruating. [more inside]
The Chappelle Theory My nomination for best conspiracy theory of the year. And I've never even seen Dave's show. Hmmm, maybe time to fire up that BT client.
December 22, 2005
Reuters 2005
Here (Because the URL is over 140 characters, the "URL" in the post new thread wouldn't take it.
Dude, check out Courtney Love! (second from last)
shamelessly lifted from Le Bleu
Lawsuit-Filing George Finding an Address [more inside]
Mail Order Husbands. Stuck for last minute Christmas gifts? Don't know what to get for that spinster aunt? Problem solved!
Happy Palace has left the building
December 21, 2005
Curious George: Weird Word 2003 Problem Technological monkeys, please help! [more inside]
Curious George: Domain suggestion service. Are there any good registrars that can make suggestions for available domains? I tried registering (blah)forum.com on Dotster, which is taken, but instead of suggesting (blah)groups.com, (blah)community.com, it keys in on "forum" and suggests nonrelevant nouns like dogforum.com, boogerforum.com, etc. Do any other engines work better?
"Oprah had become my first of many code names" [more inside]
Curious Humbug! I'm probably going to skip Christmas with my family this year. (It's not going to be a pleasant one. Long story.) I just want to go somewhere -- anywhere in the world -- that will make me feel a sense of wonder or joy or delight. Bora Bora? Paris? NYC? ... Any suggestions? Where would YOU go and what would you do?
The Horror! The Horror! Dan Savage is running a bunch of loss-of-virginity horror stories this week, which is pretty funny, although it doesn't rival the classic edition with the Masturbation Horrors (I've never seen Mickey Mouse toothbrushes the same since). [more inside]
Have A Very Beatle Christmas!
dig all of the lads' Christmas recordings, previously available only to fan club members. (Dig the green vinyl "Merry Xmas" 45 too!).
But, in case you thought this Christmas season couldn't get any more special - Relive one of the most baffling specials of all time, the Star Wars Christmas special!
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Black and white is the only logical choice, Captain. Who knew Mr. Spock was a photgrapher? I think Mr. Nimoy has captured some lovely images with his black and white photography. Some images NSFW.
Remo William Raccoon's homepage: a guide to raising raccoons, written from the raccoon's point of view. [more inside]
December 20, 2005
Newsfilter: Judge rules Intelligent Design not acceptable in Pa. Biology Curriculum Judge John E Jones described the Dover, Pa., school board policy requiring Year 9 Biology students to listen to a prepared statement that evolution is not a "fact" as being one of "breathtaking insanity." [more inside]
The Unofficial Stephen Jay Gould Archive A collection of articles, books and other writings by Stephen Jay Gould (and a few others). Mostly biology, but there are some history of science, religion/science, and other topical essays. The bibliography alone is astonishing. (Couldn't find full-text stuff on baseball, though.)
Newspaper prints picture of snow penis
. Full story (Google cache)Some readers are not amused. Gives a whole new meaning to "police beat".
Star Wars Vs. Matrix Vs. Lord of the RIngs in a knock-down drag-out fight to see which trilogy has truly achieved Greatness. The author analyzes all three with regard to source material, character development and, perhaps most importantly, visual effects. [more inside]
Lastminute Auction
Get excited with Ebay! This site is like the bargain bin af a big thanksgiving sale.
But be warned, it is addictive!
Here is the gadget Guess what it is and you have a chance to win $15.
New Movie community Be one of the first ones to be part of this movie review community/
The Nature of the Beast. (Flash preferable) Splendid Japanese depictions of beasts; traditional, real and imaginary (including, somewhat incongruously, Doraemon the cartoon robot cat). With a personality-based monster generator.
Curious George: New Year's Eve "Maybe it's much too early in the game / But I'd thought I'd ask you all just the same / What are you doing New Year's / New Year's Eve?"
NZ finds Black Cocks hard to swallow
December 19, 2005
Quand il est mort le poete... Au revoir, Sol.
Newsflash! UCLA study concludes American media has a liberal bias. Film at 11.
Bitter or funny Christmas songs Vixen's revenge - all I can say is Go Boy! Requires download ( I could not find a direct play version) [more inside]
ELF AVOIDS SANTA .. Elf expertise. Aim the snowball!
December 18, 2005
Gummy Bear Sex! Just for a laugh. NSFW. Don't even ask how I came across this. I have no idea.
Losing the War
I'm not exactly sure what this article is about, I haven't finished reading it - but I thought it was worth an FPP because it's somehow excellent already.
It's about war, Hitler, Wagner, the author's dad, and the American public's perception of combat overseas.
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De-Furrious George...
I know some of you rogues will try to make some kind sexual innuendo with virtually any topic. But you've met your match today. There's no way this topic could be so abused.
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Herblock's History Political cartoons from the Crash to the Millenium. An online tribute, courtesy the Library of Congress. [more inside]
Write for Rights. An appeal from you to the authorities can help the victims of human rights violations whose stories are told here. All it costs is an international stamp. But does it work? [more inside]
Purple Frogs exist - A species of purple frog has been found. It was down the back of the sofa the whole time. [more inside]
War on Christmas Waged by Gang of Drunken Santas Senior Sergeant Matt Rogers said..."it was fairly average behaviour from an organised group of idiots who had had too much to drink" [more inside]
December 17, 2005
Top Ten Nitpicked Movies of all time. [more inside]
Reach out and retouch someone. (Quicktime vid) A three minute kickass demo of video-fu. (nabbed via the blue, thx to crunchland). Digital retouching techniques, reality ain't what it used to be.
Bush Acknowledges Approving Eavesdropping Newsfilter. Bush said Saturday he personally has authorized a secret eavesdropping program in the U.S. more than 30 times since the Sept. 11 attacks and he lashed out at those involved in publicly revealing the program.
Butthole Bear™
- a teddy bear with a butthole that you "poke your finger in and listen to the antics".. it makes humorous noises. Which are NSFW.
2 Modes of operation (Normal and Fart mode). Greatest toy evar. At least until they bring out Prostate Panda™.
A Sufjan Stevens Christmas. Unleash your inner neo-hippie this Xmas with several seasonal seraphic shanties.
December 16, 2005
Big turnout for elections in Iraq. Granted, it's not the 100% voter turnout from "back in the day", but still, it's a start.
Bush Was Going To
Invade Iraq Anyway.
HUME: So, if you had had this — if the weapons had been out of the equation because the intelligence did not conclude that he had them, it was still the right call?
BUSH: Absolutely.
Oh, and for extra blowed-up fun, look into Big Oil participate in planning invasion of Iraq?
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Dedicated to the art of parking. Via AskMe
Say Goodbye to Guiltmas! Don't kill a tree this year. Instead, San Francisco residents can rent a potted tree. Trees will be collected after the big day and planted in a neighborhood in need of greening.
The First Earth Battalion Operations Manual The earth battalion declares its primary allegiance to people and planet. You can become a part of that allegiance right where you are simply by allowing the exquisite human being inside to come out. When it's out... help others to come out and then work together cooperatively to stay our -- building the paradise that is possible when we cooperate with each other and our mother the earth. Riiiiiiight. [more inside]
Anonymous, George: Breaking up is hard to do. How do I break up with my girlfriend? [more inside]
Shoot Him In The Head! Let's pretend to be a sniper! Woo! Friday gamey fun. [more inside]
Can you say
COINTELPRO?
The National Security Agency has eavesdropped, without warrants, on as many 500 people inside the United States at any given time since 2002, The New York Times reported Friday.
newsfilter.
Too... much... cuteness! Having a grouchy day? Check out the cute. Just make sure you've got some coffee or salty foods to help cut the sweetness. (I mean this. The cute is overwhelming.) [more inside]
An annoying game that gets me every time. Just one more go [BLAST!]
TINSEL AND IMAGES .. Merry (insert festival name here)..
December 15, 2005
O Rly? "Curiously enough, the owl's feathers smelled very, very potently like marijuana," said Jeff Dering, of the sanctuary. "They examined the owl, looked at its eyes, ... and the owl was, in the vernacular, stoned." With picture. [more inside]
The Silent Night re-write that wasn't. Bill O'Reilly accused a Dodgeville, WI elementary school of re-writing Silent Night, to "secularize" christmas. But... he got it a little wrong. [more inside]
What to do when you encounter a Lone Magpie
Perform a long and disgusting virtual knee replacement operation with Virtual Knee Surgery! Slice through skin! Chisel bone! Thrill as you pound things into your poor, unsuspecting virtual patient, all while a guy drones instructions at you. [more inside]
Curious George: Amazon wish lists. I filled parts of someone's Amazon's wish list someplace else. There appears to be no way to mark the item as purchased. Is that correct? Or am I missing an option on Amazon's cluttered pages?
Whales Have Manners "It felt to me like it was thanking us, knowing that it was free and that we had helped it." Who knew?
December 14, 2005
Curious George: Image Slideshow effect? Webmasters: I need to display a series of images one after another in a loop. Just a simple effect right? I've had lots of trouble finding out how to do it . . . [more inside]
Curious George: Favourite Christmas Memories It's been a long while since I've had singularly memorable Christmas memories. Thinking back, though, I do have some good ones. What are yours?
Intel Motherboard George: GO! I need to buy 10, count them 10, new Intel "Cherry Creek" Motherboards (Part Number: D915PCY or D915PCYL) and I need them, like, yesterday. I have been calling Computer Parts Distributors ALL DAY. I wish to harness the Google Fu of many a monkey! I will send a 6 Pack of gorgeous Beamish stout made here in Cork, Ireland to the lucky monkey who finds me an online eTailer who has them in stock. THANKS!
Campaign 2006: Beer? Or Kids? In this, the dullest Canadian Election yet (a title which is ironically a more interesting contest than this snoozefest), there's only been one bit of excitement -- an offhand quote about kiddie-care allowances being used to buy 'beer and popcorn'. Well, the inevitable e-petitions have arrived: those in favour of kids, and those in favour of beer. [more inside]
Curious George Recently my mac has been reporting a lot of CPU useage (40%+ as reported by SysStat widget) by a process called "Isof". Spotlight can't find anything related to it, and I don't remember seeing it before this week (I've had the computer since the summer). Any ideas what's going on? [more inside]
The Wittenham Hill Cider Page Andrew Lea really knows a lot about fermenting apples. If you're at all interested in makin' cider, give this page a look. [more inside]
Bush in the Bubble
Newsweek article on the insularity of the Bush White House, comparisons to good other Presidents' styles and a smattering of current scuttlebutt.
Bush may be the most isolated president in modern history, at least since the late-stage Richard Nixon. It's not that he is a socially awkward loner or a paranoid. He can charm and joke like the frat president he was. Still, beneath a hail-fellow manner, Bush has a defensive edge, a don't-tread-on-me prickliness.
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Punk photos. A Flickr photoset by Andy Rosen, featuring some classic punk, new wave and New Romantic stars. [more inside]
Curbside at the WTO "a unique frontline perspective on the WTO meetings being held in Hong Kong" (Last link is to webcasts of the public sessions). Third World Network offers three briefings (in not so handy .doc format, links top of page) critical of the talks' agenda.
South Park Generator ...Really hope this is not a double...I totally searched, I swears.
Chimps are smarter than preschoolers. When given unessesary steps to a puzzle, chimps figure out to do away with them. Children to not.
Web Site Takes a Happy Approach to News. This is the kind of thing (the site could easily be renamed PutYourHeadInTheSand.com) that makes me ashamed to be a human being. But here it is: HappyNews.com. Be sure to check out the hard-hitting "Secret Santa exchanges made easier" expose!
Big Brother Is Watching You!
A secret military database on war protests, labed as "suspicious activities."
Newsfilter.
Meet the World: A Brazilian artist plays around with a few of the world's flags.
December 13, 2005
Curious George: WiFi software. I have a Linksys WiFi card on my Win 2K laptop. Since I installed drivers only, I seem to have no way of seeing what networks are out there. What "front end" software should I try? I heard Boingo was popular a couple of years ago, but it now looks like an interface for the "Boingo network".
A radio station has sold the naming rights to its newsroom,
sparking some concern that advertisers had crossed a line and could influence news coverage.
Hilarious? Moot? Pathetic? When is it all too clear that corporations control what you know about current events?
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Amazing Jugs!
No, not porn star prosthetics nor Parton's protruberances, but glass jars and jugs as containers for impossible installations of head-scratching art. And you thought building a ship in one of these suckers was tough.
[stolen shamelessly from msnbc's "clicked"]
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Draw a house, ignore the bad personality test. Flash-based sketch-a-house. Add it to MonkeyFilter Avenue or create your own neighbourhood.
Wondering how the other half lives? You had no choice in your circumcision, but now you can have your own artificial retractable foreskin! Just in time for Christmas, makes great stocking stuffer. Linked page is SFW, but enter the site at your own peril.
Barbra Streisand cancels her subscription to the L.A. Times due to the paper's firing of liberal columnist Robert Scheer. Laugh all you want, but Babs is probably onto something when she posits that Scheer's dismissal is "part of a larger trend toward the corporatization of our media." Indeed, the New Yorker recently published an article detailing the gutting of the L.A. Times by the suits at Chicago's Tribune Co., which owns the Times. [more inside]
Heres a stupid Christmas link for you
Just a fun little video clip for the Christmas season, fans of Trans-Siberian Orchestra will esp. like it.
Yes, I'm in finals week...
Talk to Strangers! [AIM gimmick via mefi projects] [more inside]
December 12, 2005
Sydney Is Burning?
Race riots in Australia. Holy crap.
Newsfilterish, but we've lots of Australian monkeys who may be able to put this in context.
Grenada - rescued from rape and slavery
Black Ink Monday "Black Ink Monday, a non-violent protest by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC), is a response to the Tribune Company's recent elimination of editorial cartooning positions at several of its newspapers, as well as a commentary on newspapers everywhere who have lost sight of the value of having a staff editorial cartoonist."
Copulating Deaf Couple Unaware of Own Volume "It sounded as if they were bludgeoning a cow. There would be a low moan, like a ‘moo,’ and then a ‘bang’ and a higher-pitched ‘moo.’ It was like ‘MOO…BANG…MOOO!’"
Red v. blue in the neighborhood Growing up with all these Crips and Bloods and V13 here in Los Angeles, I don't care how badly they fry Williams just after midnight tonight.
"Ice is Nature's way of saying 'get involved'." Last Saturday, at the Rheostatics' 5th annual Winter Nationals at the Horseshoe, some clips were played from funnyguys Truthhorse, whom I had never seen. Maybe it was the beer, maybe it was the company, but we all seemed to love the videos of people getting hurt. [more inside]
Skills And Knowledge
- I've got skills. They're multiplying. But I'm not losing control because one of my skills is controlling multiplying skills. Which is handy.
EXAMPLE: I can do something with my tongue that drives women absolutely wild!!!! By expelling air over its surface and carefully shaping the contours of my mouth I can form the words "Get in the kitchen and do the washing up."
Award-winning George What was the best FPP of 2005? How about this - the poster who receives most nominations in this thread by the end of the year will be awarded the coveted... [more inside]
The Secret Rapture
My Inaugural Address at the Great White Throne Judgment of the Dead, after I have raptured out billions!
At: http://www.angelfire.com/crazy/spaceman/
eschatology,End Times,second coming,rapture,secret rapture,Second Resurrection,Great White Throne Judgment of the Dead,
End of days,Day of the Lord,Endtime,Judgment Day
Instant diabetes. Cutest. Things. Ever.
Halo Zero. Halo Zero is a fan made side scroller starring Master Chef. I'll be interested to when and if Microsoft responds to this. Well worth a download.
Curious, George: I wanna feel his salvation all over my face. My cousin is in a bad christian rock band. How can I influence him away from this awful "genre of music"?
December 11, 2005
Find 74 bands in this picture... If you find all 74 bands without rushing out to buy Virgin Records product...well, then, you've stuck it to the Man.
ROFLCOPTER!!!1 A little bit of flash silliness.
Eugene McCarthy, dead at 89
Many of you "kids" may not know who he was, but he was one of the political good guys of the 60s and beyond. The 60s liberal generation voters, including myself, reallly wanted him to win sooo badly, but the Democratic Party had fragmented by then, and he lost. And things have gone down from there.
But, he did force Lyndon Johnson to give up his bid for re-election.
We could so use a new McCarthy clone, but I don't know whether the Democrats have the basic where-with-all to nominate anyone so willing to stand up for liberal principals.
Kind of the end of my dreams.
December 10, 2005
Richard Pryor, 1940-2005 One of the fathers of contemporary comedy is gone.
Panda dog. Panda dog. Panda dog? Panda dog! [more inside]
For a dog free state. Dogs claiming territory across Austria, with photographic evidence. WTF? (NSFW?)
Jose Padilla finally charged with a crime The "dirty bomber" Jose Padilla, an American citizen, has finally been charged with a crime after being held in a military brig for 3 and 1/2 years without ever being charged of commiting a crime. Oh, and that whole "dirty bomb" thing that got him declared an "enemy combatant" in the first place? Not mentioned in the charges. [more inside]
Educational Doilies? Hook, yarn and hyperbolic planes: Crocheting curved space to illustrate indescribable geometry. [more inside]
The Chill of 2257 Spreads
...going after BDSM in your home.
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December 09, 2005
The World Cup draw has been made. Gentlemen, start your moaning... [more inside]
Samorost 2 Friday FLASH fun from the makers of Samorost and the Polyphonic Spree Game.
Roll your Own Snowman! A bit of Flash fun for the end of the week.
Anonymous Hirsute George:
After performing some searches on the internets which proved useless, I turn to you, lady monkeys, for haircut advice. What is the preferred hairstyle for a man's furry bits? Au naturel? Trimmed? Mt. Baldy? My gym is populated with retirees, so quick glances in the sauna aren't revealing of how a young, swinging monkey should be styling himself to his times. Thanks!
Exchanging a paperclip for a house, by degrees. Montrealer trading stuff - he should be able to get himself a handgun any day now.
CURIOUS, GEORGE: FIREWALLS ..
Being somewhat stumbling in the I.T. arena, I am seeking advice from 'Monkeys' as to what would be the most efficacious Firewall software for the O.Systems of W-2000, WXP-Pro and W-ME. One also runs Linux.
The separate systems are, unfortunately, necessary. Advance appreciation to all of such limber lucidity.
Germany backs bigger brothels to fight World Cup sex explosion. The event's organisers are expecting at least 40,000 prostitutes to descend on Germany from throughout Europe to meet demand.
December 08, 2005
Bitanic:
The poster for Brokeback Mountain was copied from inspired by the one for Titanic (embiggen).
Yo, Joe! Formerly Quickkick Theatre, the Joe Guide is an obsessively detailed guide to the G.I. Joe comic book and cartoon series.
Learn how to please a lady by pleasing a rabbit.
A video game rabbit. "Players tickle, touch, tap, and stroke... They can also talk, sing and blow on the bunny's fur using the device's built-in microphone."
via boingboing
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Big Brains Mean Tiny Testicles Ya rly. You may begin the Quality vs. Quantity debate.... now.
What is the purpose of the internets? A delightful exigesis on the true purpose of the intarwebs.[NSFW][embedded video with singing] [more inside]
Liberal Election Promise - Ban Hand Guns
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin is expected later today to announce a Liberal election promise to ban hand guns in Canada.
Next on the list - making heroin and drunk driving illegal in Canada - think of the problems that would disappear if that happened!
John Lennon 1940 - 1980 Amazing - 25 years ago. Where have those years gone? If he survived Mark Chapmans bullets (4 in total) what would John be doing today?
WAL and CO.
Let "The Dog" speak for himself,
Line-up ..
December 07, 2005
Sinterklaasfood The feast of Sinterklaas is relatively well-known by know. (that blue site recently had their annual Zwarte Piet-hooplah). One small part of that tradition is the getting of chocolate letters, usually the first letter of your firstname. [more inside]
Lover of inane collectible leaves idiot mate, insurance pays. I think he is better off without her.
Air Marshalls kill mentally ill man, Bush's approval rating to soar. Film at 11. [more inside]
Monkey Day!
Ah yes it's that time of the year when people get excited, the stores are abuzz with activity, children stare in wonder . . er, or something.
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If you see faces in the ink blots, you're crazy.
Add your name to a NASA probe going somewhere really far. Name gets put on microchip, chip gets put on probe, probe gets blasted off into space, will go somewhere, may or may not work. (Hell, you signed that internet petition to stop the war in Iraq, maybe your luck will be better this time around.) [more inside]
Australian arrested in Italy for drug trafficking.
Although he was arrested in August, the story has just been released today that Australian citizen Kevin (Fuc Iang) Lay, was arrested for allegedly smuggling cocaine.
Of late there have been many reports of Australians being arrested in other countries for drug trafficking. But are the number of offenders on the rise - or is it the media's latest favourite topic?
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Buy your own "Adult Business"
There is an adult film company for sale right now on Ebay. If you've got a couple hundred thousand dollars burning a hole in your pocket, now's your chance to go for it. (Some images are vaguely NSFW)
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December 06, 2005
The Story of Claiborne Ellis, Former Klansman. Claiborne Ellis was the Grand Cyclops of the KKK when he met black activist, Ann Atwater. The best of enemies became the best of friends. (Ellis died early last month, at the age of 78). via Halcyon_Daze at Mefi.
Sober Santa II I try to refrain from single-link posts, but this was just so cute, and made me laugh. Ho ho ho. [via]
itsgettinghotinhere.org This is a blog about the actions of several environmental activist groups coinciding with the UN Conference on Climate Change currently underway. [more inside]
Curious George: CSS & browsers I'm just starting to work with Cascading Style Sheets and I find (of course) that IE displays everything differently from Firefox. (Haven't even tried Opera yet) What gives? How do webdesigners "fix" something like that? [more inside]
"Around the world with 80 braincells." "Read Smiffy's postcards as he journeys to the far corners of the world!"
New Mystery Mammal Found.
Captured on film in Borneo. It's 'like a large domestic cat with a muscular tail. Me wants!
What to call it, though?
Curious George Fellow simians. I tried to search the monkeyfilter for a nice link I saw a while back. The link I woz wanting was to do with searching for US citizens and returning their addresses (useful for this time of year for sending Xmas cards!) Anyway cutting a long story short, putting all sorts of search terms for this, plus searching for my own (meager) posts revelaed NOTHING! All ideas welcome!!!
China's greatest journalist dies NYT link (bugmenot) Liu Binyan "fearless and incorruptible, China's conscience" dies aged 80. [more inside]
Ricky Gervais podcast Ep. 1. A half-hour of all-new drivel from Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington.
He Works Hard For The Money ...There are so many IT-friendly man studs on Monkeyfilter...just call me Big Mama, and I'll hook you boyz up.
December 05, 2005
Space in Motion. Here is a selection of multi-year Hubble snapshots in animated gif form. I particularly like "HH 47".
Curious, George: FTP upload: I want an email attachment to upload to my website. [more inside]
Christmas Lights. And here's part two. [wmv] [more inside]
Curious George: share your RPG memories Inspired by this comment by Fes, I'm wondering how many of the Monkeys used to (and perhaps still do) play 'analogue' RPG games (ie, you know, the ones where you'd sit in the same room with the other players)? [more inside]
As if HDTV isn't enough, NHK is working on an ultra HD video format, with a resolution of 7680 x 4320 pixels, equivalent to 16 HDTVs. Your 100 GB hard drive can hold 4.2 seconds of uncompressed UHDV footage. The first closed-circuit test transmissions took place last month. Check back in 2025 for more news!
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES .. ALPHABET: A toy for the children found in books, blocks, pictures and vermicelli soup. Contains 26 letters and only three syllables.
December 04, 2005
BANG! Banned Xbox 360 commercial. I think my favorite part is the guy with the cell phone in the car.
Should all men be treated as paedophiles by default? Some airlines appear to think so. [more inside]
I'll trade you one Bible for three Jenna Jamesons.
Magic: The Assault or: Why I Won't Be Attending the Tournament This Year. [more inside]
You've always wanted to, and now you can. Write your name in Elvish. [more inside]
Bomb-sniffing wasps? Researchers have developed a way to quickly train wasps to detect odors. A more crucial development, the Wasp Hound, lets them know when the wasps actually smell something (since it's really hard to tell otherwise).
No Hos this Christmas! No lap sitting or sweet sucking either! [more inside]
Robert Frisk, veteran mideast correspondant for the BBC, speaks with Toronto's Now Magazine about what's really going on in Iraq.
Among other things, he critizes 'hotel journalists' who are credited with first-hand account because they're in Baghdad when a car bomb blows up, though they don't risk stepping out to survey the damage or interview witnesses.
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December 03, 2005
"Holla Back" blog. Holla Back NYC empowers New Yorkers to Holla Back at street harassers. Whether you're commuting, lunching, partying, dancing, walking, chilling, drinking, or sunning, you have the right to feel safe, confident, and sexy, without being the object of some dickwad's fantasy.
Teen Posts Suicide Bulletin on Myspace
and shortly after kills himself. His friends show their grief and sorrow on his Myspace profile. It's also become the source for many YTMND spoofs where you can see the actual bulletin. (Warning: embedded audio) Possibly NSFW for emo nature.
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An 8th grader discovers a camera in the boys' room of his school in Jasper County, GA. The school responds to his taking home the camera by suspending him for taking school property. [more inside]
Charlie Patton by R. Crumb
Seen at spifflicated blurgits
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While My Ukulele Gently Weeps.
Aloha, Don Ho... aloha, Jake Shimabukuro!
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Curious George- How to get people to go to your website?
Hi everyone. I've been scarce on mofi lately.
I've been been busy working on, #1 getting my company website up and working, and #2 putting together a spec cooking show. We need people to go to our tv show site so we can use their stories.
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Curious George: Monkey on a Board This monkey is going snowboarding for the first time this weekend. Help! [more inside]
Can quantum physics explain the paranormal? Short answer: No.
December 02, 2005
How do you tell a live Republican from a dead one?
You can't, dead or alive they vote the same! Joe Dante brings us more Zombies in "Homecoming", and "W" ain't gonna like the theme of this one!
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Play 20 Questions with an AI Think of an object and the AI will try to figure out what you are thinking by asking simple questions. The object you think of should be something that most people would know about, but, not a specific person, place or thing.
Curious George, Producer. Friend of mine "somehow" scored VIP access to the 2006 Oscar ceremonies -- show, afterparties, blah blah blah. (He has a knack for hooking up with these sorts of things.) He'll be meeting lots of producers. He wants ideas to pitch for tv shows or movies. I told him we could help. [more inside]
Just in time for Christmas! New toys to boost your child's self esteem. Puzzles, musical instruments, and lotsa FUN things!
Typing is a pain in the arse. The techies have been trying to alleviate our pain. They have suggested an alternative keyboard layout, or even a fancy QWERTY keyboard, but to really get going, one needs needs lateral thinking .
Bananaphone! (No, not the song) A cell phone padding to show your simianhood. [more inside]
Curious, George: Almost Famous I am going to see the Donnas in NYC next week, and I really REALLY need some help. [more inside]
Curious George: Musicians that have made it on, or known for their positive relationships with the internet. [more inside]
Angry squirrels are out for revenge! In other weird animal news, one kitty takes a solo trip to France, while another cat just made it to the sewer. [more inside]
FIND THE NERD
"It's all Geek to me!" Humour and all things nerd.
Find Greeblings here
December 01, 2005
OzFilter George- Traveling Down Under for the first time and have three days to "kill" in Sydney. (more inside) [more inside]
Sexterminate! (NSFW, as if you'd have thought otherwise) Daleks groping ladies! BBC bans it from eBay! [more inside]
Beerious George: Formaldehyde? *hic* I've been told by 3 separate bartenders that draught beer has formaldehyde in it, that's why they only drink from bottles. A Google search shows at best that there may be two reasons for formaldehyde being in beer. (1) Can manufacturing and (2) ethanol breakdown. Are either harmful enough to avoid draught beer? [more inside]
The War on Terror and Drugs. At first it all seems innocent enough...then you look closer. "The War Against Terror and The War On Drugs" is a series of digital art prints by Nigel Ayers.
First World AIDS Day: CBC archive
A short clip from December 1st, 1988, the first World AIDS Day (with a Canadian focus). Also of interest from the CBC archives are two pages of radio and video clips (21 in all) on the early years of the disease.
x-posted to MeFi
The FBI's top ten art crimes (at least going back 15 years). François Toulour not specifically mentioned, but you can see evidence of his handiwork.
TISWAS - If you grew up in the Southern UK in the 70s-80s, you know exactly what Tiswas was was, and images of The Cage, the Phantom Flan Flinger, Lenny Henry, Chris Tarrant, Sally James' tits, people covered in gunge, and Sylvester McCoy pre-Dr Who dressed as a sunflower getting doused in horse shit or having nails driven into his nose while gurning spring instantly to mind. If you're from anywhere else in the world, you will have no idea, and trying to explain this Saturday morning kids' show to you will be largely like me trying to explain what was so good about that acid trip I took in 1986 when I mind-melded with a herron. [more inside]
The Grace Lee Project. Do you know a Grace Lee? [more inside]
Run Nickdanger run - Nickdanger's magnificent odyssey comes to an end? Hopefully he'll just be resting up and continuing with his journey because I haven't laughed so much in ages. Scrolling sideways through monkeyfilter using the Newer >> link is weird.
Bedbugs Attack New York City. "'They're insatiable,' he said five minutes into the bug's feeding. To show off the insect's special sucking stylus, Mr. Sorkin removed a bedbug nymph from a container and placed it on his finger. Even under a bright light and being nudged by tweezers, it began to feed and turned rust-colored as it filled with blood. Bedbugs...can live longer than a year, with the female laying up to 500 eggs in a lifetime. An adult bedbug can survive unfed for up to a year." Article includes a photo too. They look small. [more inside]
All your base are ..
My new base of operations is confirmed. I shall be enjoying the amenities of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia by the end of January, with the occasional side excursion to Perth. work
Importing an Australian Pink & Grey Galah from outside of Australia has it's complications, and a great deal of humour; mostly from Australian Custom Officials who seem to have an endless supply of dry and/or bawdy quips appropriate to the occasion. All is now resolved and Tallulah will be in quarantine in Western A. for 8 weeks.
I have established a personal 'internet' access (rather than work allocated) with an ISP in Western Australia. (Priorities .. heh!) Other than that necessity, and of course accomodation, all else is in flux.
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OCR
Curious George: Can anybody suggest a way to get text out of my scanner and into my Mac? (OSX.3.8) I have been trying to use ABBYY Fine Reader Pro for this purpose, and am getting nothing but gibberish.
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Choosy Muppets Choose Roland Space Echo
- the gear porn of The Muppet Show
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