Thursday, November 16, 2006
The Church of the Non-Believers - Interesting article in Wired about “The New Atheism”. Starring Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennet, and more!
Dawkins looks forward to the day when the first US politician is honest about being an atheist. . . “Not a single member of either house of Congress admits to being an atheist. It [...]
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Pitchfork: Stop Reading Us - Pitchfork writer calls the end of rock criticism, and likes it.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Eyeglasses Stores are for Suckers - apparently, I’ve been a sucker for 20 years.
Friday, November 10, 2006
“Office Space” As Slasher Flick
- There are a lot of recut trailers out there (The Shining being one of my other favorites). This is a pretty good one.
Thursday, November 9, 2006
Percentage of Chart Which Resembles Pac-Man
Thursday, November 9, 2006
Shoots, Kills, Seasons
Season Shot is made of tightly packed seasoning bound by a fully biodegradable food product. The seasoning is actually injected into the bird on impact seasoning the meat from the inside out. When the bird is cooked the seasoning pellets melt into the meat spreading the flavor to the entire bird. Forget worrying [...]
Thursday, November 9, 2006
Colbert Calls it Quits - HIGH-larious
Tomorrow you’re all going to wake up in a brave new world. A world where the Constitution gets trampled by an army of terrorist clones, created in a stem cell research lab run by homosexual doctors who sterilize their instruments over burning American flags!
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
The Erotic Wine-Tasting Club - Achewood oscillates between strange and hilarious for me. This strip happens to be both. I may have to steal this technique for future wine tastings.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
How Open Source Projects Select Features
Just remember, every time a Gaim user sends someone a file by dragging it into a conversation window, it’s because I lost my wallet.
Interview with EFF’s Fred von Lohmann on YouTube, Copyright, Google, and More - not exactly cutting edge right now, but there’s an interesting suggestion that one of the motivations for buying Youtube might have been to establish legal precedent favorable to Google. Nifty idea.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
History and Taxonomy of Distilled Spirits - informative as well as nicely designed
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
“I just about burst into flames at the awesomeness of this cover.” - awesome graphic design
The Nietzsche Family Circus - This is funny. Random Family Circus comics, paired with a random Nietzsche quote.
Tetris Weightlifting - combine with DDR for your ultimate geek workout?
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
A Look at the Numbers: How the Rich Get Richer - Mother Jones lays out some stats on the scary (to me) increase between the haves and have-nots in America.
ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION, the federal minimum wage has fallen 42% since its peak in 1968.
IF THE $5.15 HOURLY minimum wage had risen at the same rate [...]
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Thursday, October 19, 2006
Be an Eloi! - this is my favorite kind of “news” story – the “expert says” kind. From what I can tell from the article, some guy just said he thinks The Time Machine is cool, and it’s news.
Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic upper class and [...]
Normal to Billboard in 60 Seconds - the fashion industry is my favorite
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Jobless man asks judge for jail time
A man who couldn’t find steady work came up with a plan to make it through the next few years until he could collect Social Security: He robbed a bank, then handed the money to a guard and waited for police.
I know it’s anecdotal, not proof of anything, etc., [...]
Megapixels Comparison and Maximum Print Size - handy little chart
The Wrens Reissued, Rejuvenated - This is good news. The Wrens’ pre-The Meadowlands albums are being reissued (so I can get legit copies of them, rather than the ones I ripped from Sean-Michael.
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Jagjaguwar will release a split single between Bissell [The Wrens' singer/guitarist] and Will Sheff of Okkervil River, with each covering one of [...]