Links posted in January 2007
January 31, 2007
[Curious George] Denver Pet Sitter & SF Tourist Attractions Jim T. and I will be in San Francisco for four days in March and we need 1) Recommendation for cat(s) sitter in Denver, 2) Some fun touristy things to do in San Francisco. [more inside]
Moonites Paralyze Boston A marketing stunt for cable channel TBS's Aqua Teen Hunger Force backfired hideously because the geniuses behind the stunt forgot to notify the Boston Police Department. They are very sorry, however. Bugmenot login/pass for boston.com
Police Eliminator Radar Detector Enforcement vehicles with speed measuring devices disappear just before you approach, then reappear after you pass. Officers are unharmed and unaware they have briefly visited a parallel universe. Enjoy your high speed riding in total security and confidence.
National Monkey Gorilla Suit Day
A damned dirty rip-off from that other place
Piesse's Smell Organ [more inside]
The Running Man [YouTube]? No, a Japanese game show. [via Emptyflower]
Subjugation by James Galloway
is a free, unpublished, and entrancing science fiction novel. The Faey are relatively mild as conquering alien overlords go. Within the first couple of paragraphs they peacefully take over the earth and turn it into a farming colony. Unfortunately the human residents are seen as little more than useful serfs to pull in the harvest.
From the same author there is also the Kael Chronicles, a high fantasy epic (of about 8 novels) with a highly detailed and diverse world.
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Curious George: what're you keeping cool?
Go on: swing that fridge door wide and take a quick candid photo.
Betcha wish you had one of these beauties.
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January 30, 2007
I now have a reason to go to France. (YouTube)
The Other Iran Flash movie of stills of modern day Iran. [more inside]
Arthead. "Each feature is written entirely by the artist, revealing only what they feel and want you to know about the featured piece."
A day in the life of the Soviet Union vol.I
- and A day in the life of the Soviet Union vol.II.
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Armed America
This isn't a book about guns. It's a book about people.
Whether it's 39% or 50% of Americans, it's still an awful lot of people. I started wondering just who they were, what they looked like, and how they lived.
. . . I realized that I could probably photograph a hundred people in two months, but it wasn't a number of people that was important, it was their stories -- a cowboy in Texas, a survivalist in Montana, a deer hunter in Pennsylvania, a sheriff in Georgia, a soldier in Idaho.... What I really needed, I realized, was to get moving, to drive across the country and find America somewhere between here and there.
via J-Walk blog
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It's a big place to get lost in A few historical links through the wild spaces of Asia, The Pax Mongolica and some images -- for that slow work week.
January 29, 2007
This week in January marks not one, not two, but all three disasters that have occurred in the near half-century of America's manned spaceflight program. In fact, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire that killed Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chafee. Yesterday was the 21st anniversary of the Challenger explosion, a day which I remember very vividly. Finally, Thursday will be the 4th anniversary of the re-entry accident which destroyed the shuttle Columbia -- an incident that seems to have slipped much of the public attention that the Challenger accident received, but has probably had more effect on NASA's manned flights than either of the other ones. [more inside]
Bush's Presidential Liberry: Tower of Babel
Aiming to raise $500 Billion in donations, the George W. Bush Presidential Library would cost more than all other presidential libraries combined. Controversy around the library, involves an executive order that reverses the Presidential Records act. (The Presidential Records act makes presidential records available to the public after twelve years. Or it used to. Before the 9/11 freedom-loving terr'ist peoples of the world watched this drive.)
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Anonymous, George: Valentine's Day So I need help with Valentines Day. Two levels of difficulty: first, I'm a poor college student; second, I'm round about 1800 miles from Chicago, where she lives. I know her roommates so I could arrange something that way but I would love to hear some monkeys' romantic (but cheap) ideas.
The Rehabilitation of Cesare Borgia. In search of tourists, the people of Viana want to upgrade his memorial into something more impressive. [more inside]
Curious George: Ayahuasca
I've been considering going to South America to take part in an Ayahuasca ceremony for some time now. I can do all sorts of linky-linkies but anyone who knows how to do an internet search can find out what Ayahuasca is, and those who's knowledge I am seeking will not need any links.
What I am wondering is how to contact underground groups that are holding guided Ayahuasca ceremonies in my home town area (greater Southern California).
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Why is there a Nazi Blimp over Manhattan? Beats me.
Between the lines Cheat sheet for crit-speak.
Antarctica Erupts! A trip to Mount Erebus yields a rare, close-up look at one of the world’s weirdest geological marvels. [Via Digg.]
Profane Game
NSFW, depending on your vocabulary.
via
January 28, 2007
Black glass moonglows, winning buttons, hunt buttons, old buttons, and more. Don't forget the Pearlies.
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Fat Cyclist Just one of the great new or unknown blogs nominated for the 2007 Bloggies.
Chasing Crusoe is a Flash project about Robinson Crusoe, his real-life prototype Alexander Selkirk, and the island where he or they were marooned.
World War Three Has Begun But the world ignores it, focussing instead on single episodes.
Great
Photos. I love the quote in this one, and I've got a new desktop.
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Senduit. Easy. Simple.
January 27, 2007
The Library from the good people at libcom. A huge collection of documents for all your anarcho-syndicalist needs.
January 26, 2007
"Your comments may be recorded for quality assurance and corporate retaliation by humiliating/entertaining public consumption via podcast. Have a nice day!
Garden of Weedin' Oregon's medical marijuana growers want to win respect, help the sick...and grow the kindest bud on the planet. [via] [more inside]
Accepting Acceptance.
Sometimes, acceptance is a very good prescription.
By Cynthia M. A. Geppert, MD, PhD, Psychiatric Times
via linkfilter
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Your favourite band has teh ghey.
In "this Internet Age of MP3 piracy", homosexuality invades family life through popular music. Parents: make sure your children only listen to these safe bands, lest they become damned for eternity.
Brought to you by lovegodsway.org. Sway, love god, sway!
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Wife fights off cougar with pen
A sorry tale. Husband and wife out walking in California. Husband gets mauled by mountain lion. Wife attacks lion with pen and er, a log. Husband survives.
But, is it me, but why did the authorities kill 2 lions subesequently afterwards? The mountin lion is only doins its own thing (protecting cubs, hunting for food etc.) Let the debate begin!
Children's bookplates Great for adults too: a series of colour and black-and-white bookplates by various children's illustrators. Print them out and stick them in your home library.
Timelapse of the 2006 Reno Hot Air Balloon Race
Refugees Find Hostility and Hope on Soccer Field. Early last summer the mayor of this small town east of Atlanta issued a decree: no more soccer in the town park. “There will be nothing but baseball and football down there as long as I am mayor,” Lee Swaney, a retired owner of a heating and air-conditioning business, told the local paper. “Those fields weren’t made for soccer.” [more inside]
January 25, 2007
An Associated Press item about the conviction of two poll workers [nytimes] Did anyone notice this? The elections coordinator of Cayahoga County and a ballot manager were convicted of rigging a recount in the 2004 presidential election.
An Associated Press item about the conviction of two poll workers [nytimes] Did anyone notice this? The elections coordinator of Cayahoga County and a ballot manager were convicted of rigging a recount in the 2004 presidential election.
Jimi Soda
Recognizing the opportunity for a high quality, all natural beverage line, delivered to consumers in a high-impact package that connects customers to a legendary entertainment icon and identity, Beverage Concepts secured the exclusive marketing and licensing rights to the Jimi Hendrix brand. Under the brand name Liquid Experience, Beverage Concepts will introduce a complete Jimi Hendrix line of specialty drinks that embody the rock-n-roll passion associated with this legendary musical performer.
"Beverage Concepts is committed to providing in our beverage line the same level of excitement, undefined coolness, rock 'n roll feel and unprecedented taste that is synonymous with the Jimi Hendrix image," explained Beverage Concepts CEO Josh Glass.
via J-Walk
Guide Horses. For when a labrador just won't do. With pics of course.
Sand sculptures archive (incredible) <--Mucho linkage. (previously) [more inside]
Domingo to make switch to baritone Pretty bold move at 68!
Happy St Dwynwen's day.
Because one St Valentine's day is not enough. Get your Love Spoons out.
Procrastinator's clock How irritating.
Go Sloth!!!! Goooooooo!!!!!
January 24, 2007
Do You Believe in Magic? NYTimes article on magical thinking. Via Mind Hacks.
Perl poetry. Poetry on any subject, written in Perl.
At least one gas problem has been solved! Though I suppose someone might need to develop some new mufflers...
Turkmenbashi Part II? Ahead of Turkmenistan’s presidential election, the successor to Saparmurad Niyazov — the so-called Father of the Turkmens — has emerged: Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, the former health minister.
50 Fun Facts About Credit Cards
Okay, let's face it "facts" are never fun and "credit cards" are only fun half of the time. So how can this be fun? I dunno, it just is.
Ever notice all your credit cards are of uniform shape and size? Their dimensions are governed by the ISO 7810 standard, an international standard for identification cards. Banking cards, as well as driver’s licenses and retail cards, follow ID-1 (passports follow ID-3). If your card has a smart chip, it follows ISO 7816, and if it has RFID, it follows ISO 14443.
Interested to know what’s on the magnetic stripe? Check out this breakdown of the three tracks on Wikipedia (the rest of the page explains other magnetic stripes).
via J-Walk blog
Curious George's first cell phone. I need to buy Mother Renault a cell phone -- we simply haven't had cause to buy one before, not living in an urban area, everyone we would call otherwise readily available, etc., etc. (Yes, we're hicks.) What should we look for as first-time cell phone buyers? [more inside]
Curious George Gets a Virus: My girlfriend's laptop has got a virus... maybe? [more inside]
"Just like a mini mall" youtube via Waxy
From the jaws of a shark comes a ripping yarn
The shark had the diver's head in its jaws, but marine experts say it chewed him then spat him out when it realised he was not a seal.
"He was actually bitten by the head down," said a friend and fellow diver. "The shark swallowed his head."
January 23, 2007
Cruise 'is Christ' of Scientology Made me laugh out loud at first. But then I realized that Tom's CGI guys could bring about much greater miracles than that tired old "feed the multitude" routine.
High Definition Porn . . . Too Much?
"Pornography has long helped drive the adoption of new technology, from the printing press to the videocassette. Now pornographic movie studios are staying ahead of the curve by releasing high-definition DVDs.
They have discovered that the technology is sometimes not so sexy. The high-definition format is accentuating imperfections in the actors — from a little extra cellulite on a leg to wrinkles around the eyes."
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The Saviour Is Born! Honestly! Immaculate conception and all!
Canadian Charter of Rights for sale on eBay. For Sale: One (1) copy of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms as signed by Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Supply limited -- act now!
Le Grand Content
- an exquisite witty look at "the omnipresent Powerpoint-culture", in which your older brother's suit, goldfish, alcohol and religious doubt are charted. Here's a quick YouTube version.
Via .
I like Pie! January 23rd is National Pie Day! Try to perform at least one random act of pieness today.
Iranians' love affair with America
Curious George becomes victim of Conspiracy Planet [more inside]
Why Do Rocks Look Solid? Speech by Richard Dawkins, not about the perfidity of religion, but rather the strangeness of science and the limits of human perception. Mp3 link comes from The CBC's Ideas podcast page.
January 22, 2007
Curious, George: Simpletech, my ass. So my removable Simpletech USB drive just stopped working this morning. I've contacted their tech support, but while I wait I ask you for options and 'splanations. [more inside]
Circus images - a Dutch collection with some marvellous pictures (Flash). Via [more inside]
Grammar Girl
is apparently quite poplar.
Curious Hiking George.
Which trails or hikes would you like to do one day? The West Coast Trail (temporarily out of order)? The Milford Track? The Camino de Santiago?
(For the purposes of discussion, assume no limits on time, money, or skill.)
Half of all children are below average, and teachers can do only so much for them ... Too many Americans are going to college ... Those with superior intelligence need to learn to be wise. Ah, the Wall Street Journal. Ah, the American Enterprise Institute.
Caring for the wounded in Iraq
From the New England Journal of Medicine.
Warning: Graphic Content
January 21, 2007
Normal Rooms - Search by room or country.
Greek pagans will attempt to hold a ceremony in the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens today after obtaining legal recognition. There is some doubt about whether this will be allowed. [more inside]
Knife Maintenance and Sharpening Here's how to be a knife-sharpening god.
Music For Nitpickers Jazzy horn riffs, spacey-moog-sounds and... Apes.
January 20, 2007
The tomb of Mona Lisa may have been found. There's talk of DNA samples, but I hope they leave her alone. [more inside]
El tren de la bruja is an award winning short film by Spanish Director Koldo Serra. It's 15 minutes of riveting cinema and intense psychological terror. Long unavailable, it's now offered online by our enlightened Canadian brethren at the CBC. In Spanish w. English subtitles and NSFW.
Pickle Surprise and Strawberry Short-Cut
McNaught from New Zealand : un-FREAKING-believable. Check out the shots from the Southern Hemisphere in the spaceweather forum. (previously but I felt this was worth another FPP — forgive me! ).
January 19, 2007
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
In 1954 Jean-Philippe Charbonnier documented French Psychiatric hospitals and this exhibition includes rarely seen photographs from the series.
Some photos NSFW.
via xenmate's blog
The Dreaming. Contemporary traditional Art/History/Ontography from the people that Gillen brought Spencer to meet and record at the turn of the 20th century.
The Science of Superheroes. The Ontario Science Centre is hosting an exhibit (Marvel-based, so unfortunately lacking in Batman) all about the science involved in being a superhero. But even if you can't make it, you can always read up on this how-to of supervillainy. [more inside]
Housing project in Scotland for badgers.
Protects them from being kilt, you know.
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China Successfully Tests Satellite Killer Tech. And there's chuff all anyone can do about it.
Now a Word From Our Scumbag Sponsor
Curious Skype replacement George Now that Skype has ended its free PC-to-phone service to anywhere in North America, this cheap monkey is looking for an alternative. Any monkeys out there found a good one? Anyone using FreeCall?
Posh waiter (YouTube)
January 18, 2007
Antiques dealer files a million dollar lawsuit
... against the homeless...
Good luck collecting on that...
Bill Moyers Speaks on Media Conglomerates' Threat to Democracy
"The lobby representing the broadcast, cable, and newspapers industries was extremely powerful, with an iron grip on lawmakers and regulators alike. Both parties bowed to their will when the Republican Congress passed and President Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
That monstrous assault on democracy, with malignant consequences for journalism, was nothing but a welfare giveaway to the largest, richest, and most powerful media conglomerations in the world. Goliaths, whose handful of owners controlled, commodified, and monetized everyone and everything in sight."
video, audio links here
via Ol' Bluey
Death on the High Seas. Fascinating article about mysterious deaths and missing persons on holiday cruises.
1918 flu recovered from frozen Arctic corpse kills monkeys in the lab. WE'RE DOOMED. [more inside]
Pictaps - make your own dancing man. Click on paint to start. (flash) [more inside]
January 17, 2007
That's so Book! In an interesting technical flavor to linguistics, T9 predictive text on mobile phones is now starting to have an effect on language. For example, 'book' now means 'cool' because when either is entered (2665) into a T9 predictive phone, 'book' is offered before 'cool,' and is now used in place of the latter. via.
The Greatest becomes a senior citizen.
Happy Birthday to Muhammad Ali!
Now go sit down, and feel old.
Live near the Monticello reactor? Get your free potassium iodide! Announcement made 1/3/2007. Pills will be available "in February". On 1/16/2007 "federal officials" announced that the previous Tuesday (1/10/2007) a 35,000-pound control box fell off a steel beam inside the plant, (but outside the reactor) leading to a plant shutdown. Earlier reports (1/11/2007) said it occurred "during turbine valve testing". A 2nd update that day said: [more inside]
Chimp born at Chimp Haven. But all the males had vasectomies. Added goodness: her name is Tracy. [more inside]
Marching Penguins.
A short ad for a French TV station.
via: SE & Meta.
Adventure Time - a charming childrens cartoon (youtube)
Wingsuits Gorilla-Worx your WINGSUIT skydiving source as an authorized dealer of Birdman,Phoenix-Fly,Morpheus Technologies and soon to be released VULCAN. [more inside]
Monkey Salon Saw this, thought of you guys. Some neat stuff in the galleries, though for some reason my links keep getting munged in preview, so I'll let you find them yourselves.
Curious George: rebound or real? How can you tell if your shiny new relationship is everything you think it is? [more inside]
Curious George: Charging for freelance writing?
I do occasional work as a music critic and interviewer for a few street press mags and papers in Australia. I've been asked to put together a company profile for some small time promoters, but I'm not sure how much I should be charging.
I've written a press release for them in the past and woefully underquoted them ($30AUD) for the amount of time and headache it took. They ended up giving me $30 plus tickets to a concert, and bus fare for myself and my partner to attend. All up that would have cost them about $230-250.
Can anyone offer some practical advice on what a standard charge would be in this situation? My friend has suggested charging them $300 but this sounds a bit pushy to me.
Also, it's my first post, eek.
Trainwrecks Wrecked That cute little cesspool of gossip and mockery trainwrecks.net has apparently shut itself down at the behest of its ISP after considerable harassment by members of rival site Heaven Nose (nsfw text). But Heaven Nose claims they started the war against Trainwrecks just for fun. Oh, Internet drama... a force whose power is eclipsed only by its uncontrollability.
January 16, 2007
SKATEBOARDING AND ROBOTS VIDEOS all the videos from "sh*t the bed 3" to "the toxic robot factory" and "the adventures of robot barnes based in north wales and the north west you`d be a fool not to watch these classic videos edited by vico !!
skateboarding forum based in the north west and north wales
Matt Damon to be the next Kirk?
Damon may be slated to play the young Captain Kirk in the upcoming "prequel".
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Another Sad Day in Iraq 85 More dead. Students most of them. I am speechless. When will it stop?
Dangerously addictive
flash game. Tower Defense.
Some strategic advice courtesy of mefi.
FDLS Here's some news from the Fundamentalist Mormons. And some more. [more inside]
The Edge
project (Flash) of the Zoological Society of London has produced a prioritised list of endangered animals, based on how unusual and how threatened they are. You might want to browse the top 100.
I'm afraid I may have nightmares about the Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat.
Happy MLK Day
Audio of Martin Luther King speech from 1965 at Temple Israel in Hollywood. Special treat for American monkeys on MLK day (which it still happens to be over here). Enjoy.
via Good
January 15, 2007
RandomWebsite.Com!
How often do you find yourself on the internet looking at the same boring pages?
You know there is something out there but you don't know where to look!!
Manakins
are small jungle birds whose males make clicking and humming noises with their wings as part of an elaborate courtship ritual. But it's their smokin'
dance moves that really get the ladies.
The UK is 300 years old on 16 January. The signature of the Act of Union was commemorated at the time by the planting of some trees which still survive. Nothing much by way of celebration seems to have been planned this time round, apart from a commemorative £2 coin. The Union may not, in fact, survive much longer, as support for Scottish independence slowly grows.Gordon Brown has been trying to combat the drift towards separation, but a recent poll showed 52% of Scots in favour of independence. 59% of English voters were in favour.
Transforming sewage sludge into Milorganite fertilizer
Solar energy would provide nearly all of the electrical power needed to transform sewage sludge into Milorganite fertilizer at the Jones Island wastewater treatment plant, under a proposal by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.
The Milorganite plant would become nearly 100% self-sufficient for electrical needs, depending on cloud cover, if the solar panels are installed,
How NSA Access was built into Windows
A MS Windows computer's security and encryption software is controlled by a program that has two keys. One is Microsoft's and another for the US National Security Agency.
Anyone previously heard of this?
Anti Cancer Drugs to be produced from eggs laid by genetically modified Chickens. [more inside]
January 14, 2007
Eiffel Tower
made of matches.
(Found on the always... eh... interesting http://englishrussia.com/.)
Henry VIII's songs, poems, and speeches. Just one small part of Luminarium, a splendid anthology of eng. lit from medieval to Restoration.
Michael Brecker dead
Great tenor player Michael Brecker has died of leukaemia at 57. He played sessions almost beyond number, including great recordings with Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, Joni Mitchell, Charles Mingus, Paul Simon, and the Average White Band, as well as with his brother Randy in the Brecker Brothers.
Happy trails, Mr Brecker.
January 13, 2007
Furious George. Why can't I find a sound file of the infamous Verizon ad? [more inside]
Behind the raging horseshoe falls of Niagara there lurks a dormant monster, a century old tunnel painstakingly laid brick by brick. A tale of urban exploration in gloriously purple prose.
Samurai saves Day
. . . "One of them lunged at a policeman with his knife - but just as he did so, a mysterious do-gooder appeared from nowhere and attacked him with a samurai sword."
via tcal
Selected papers
of Alfred Russel Wallace have been digitised by the Natural History Museum in London.
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And Now For Something Completely Political Terry Jones does a cost analysis of the war on Iraq. Hey Kids! No Video. No Sound. And it's safe for work! (unless you're employed by the U.S. government)
Bendito Machine is a bizarre Flash animation by Peruvian born Jossie Malis. You can see more of his peculiar films in Zumbakamera, his production company's website. [more inside]
January 12, 2007
So have you played Speed Scrabble? Highly addictive. No board. Letter tiles go upside down in middle of table. Each player draws 7 tiles. At "Go" everyone flips their letters. Each player creates their own crossword with their own letters*. First player to use all 7 letters says "Take 2". Everyone takes another 2 tiles. Play continues (with anyone using all their letters to declare take two) until there are not enough tiles for everyone to take 2. Final call is "Take 1". First to use all tiles says "Done". Everyone counts up their points and subtracts the points of unused tiles. Repeat and play to 500 (or whatever). [more inside]
Diet of choice for Monkeys.
The Evo Diet (no, not this one) lowers weight and cholesterol levels.
And the article has a nice picture of a monkey, and plenty of bananas; what more could you possibly want?
The changing face of Chinese women on propaganda posters.
There's a shortage of Chinese women, you know.
But extra Cameroon wives to go around, apparently. And Rice is one of Cameroon's main food imports. Let's make a deal!
The New Adventures of Hitler. A comic by Grant Morrison. Issue 1 | Issue 2
Mummies from the mysterious Chachapoyas culture, responsible for the gigantic fortress of Kuelap, have gone on show in Lima. There are many ruins and many mummies in the region, it seems, many of the latter unexplored.
We have to get #1 outta there! [via mefi]
Running from camera. The rules are simple: I put the self-timer on 2 seconds, push the button and try to get as far from the camera as I can.
January 11, 2007
Becks to play Stateside $250 mil to be the new Pele?
Robert Anton Wilson has died.
Author of the Illuminatus! trilogy, friend of Timothy Leary, occasional Discordian and all around wild and crazy guy. Hail Eris!
fnord
Happy Sir John A. Day! Today (or maybe yesterday) is the birthday (and non-holiday) of Sir John A. Macdonald! So put some gin in work's water cooler, and spread the Canadian patriotism! [more inside]
Situation Vacant - The Throne. Weak Chin? Sense of superiority? Trace your lineage back to 1066? Then English Heritage want to hear from you. You could be the next king / queen of Olde Englande.
January 10, 2007
Curious George Washington: MoFiDC meetup? I'm in my hometown of DC through next Thursday (the 18th). My old friend speedlime has recently started posting more, and we decided to see if we could lure some DC-area monkeys out of hiding. [more inside]
Loonies found with bugging devices. Recorded sounds include thanks from buskers, insides of parking meters, and strippers demanding bills only.
CornerPocket is a portraiture business offering drawings of men’s balls. *NSFW*
In India's north-eastern state of Meghalaya, women who bear more than 15 children are being rewarded with cash. Not to worry about India's problems with overpopulation, “We have no option but to increase our Khasi population to control the pressure of outsiders coming to our land.”
Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon, for some the painting that marked the birth of modern art is 100 years old. [more inside]
A word on aphrodisiacs, including Bremelanotide, the "only known synthetic aphrodisiac." A word from its makers (and from its guinea pigs), and a word of warning (see point 15).
A periodic table of visualization methods Hovering over an entry should float an example of that method. [more inside]
January 09, 2007
If a Boeing 767 runs out of fuel at 41,000 feet what do you have? Answer: A 132 ton glider. Who says commercial jetliners cannot glide? "The Gimli Glider" successfully pulled it off, and the failure of its nose wheel to deploy even saved lives. [last link = pdf] [more inside]
Apple unveils iPhone and Apple TV
What do we think? Will you buy them? Will the new rollouts be another iPod or another (shudder) Zune?
Warning: Discusses Apple Products
Jill Greenburg's monkey portraits and more, and more. [more inside]
Visual dictionary. Or spell it with Flickr.
Curious Intranets George I've been handed the poison chalice of putting together an intranet for work... [more inside]
Monkey, know thyself I give you the omniscient quantcast.com
January 08, 2007
Darius Turner: photography from Australia. Images to leave home for. [more inside]
Comet McNaught (a surprise comet)
, has become a naked-eye object. If you have a clear view of the W-WSW horizon line, you can see it just after sunset. A map is available on the Skytonight.com homepage. Each night the comet will appear closer to the sun (and thus more difficult to see). It will round the sun later this month and then reemerge - each night/morning getting a bit farther from the sun (and thus easier to see). It may appear even brighter then.
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Raising the Dead: Two years ago today, Dave Shaw lost his life at the bottom of Boesmansgat ("Bushman's Hole"), one of the world's deepest freshwater caves, while trying to recover the body of a diver who had died in it ten years earlier. [more inside]
Stephen Hawking to be launched into space.
Memorynet is a collection of memories from the North East (of England). (Flash desirable) Themes such as superstitions and traditions are worth a look.
January 07, 2007
Best use of bananas in a music video. (Caution:YouTube) Ajdar appears to be a William Hung-style star in Turkey. Chiquita galore!
Trolley spotting. Flickr trollies. Trolley art. Trolley furniture. Injurious trolleys. Homeopathic trolley remedy. Trolley morons.
Warning labels are getting increasingly surreal/stupid as companies walk in fear of lawsuits. A Michigan lobby group hands out annual awards to the most unusual of these. More weird warning labels from another lobby group. Yet more. And now, you can generate your own! [more inside]
Coal mining may have caused quake. On Thursday 28 December 1989, at 10.27am, Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia had a 5.6 earthquake. This new study thinks it may have been the coal mining activities (taking out millions of tons of coal and pumping out groundwater) that was the trigger, not natural intra-plate tension. [more inside]
Curious George.
Has anyone else tried to post a comment to tracy's admin blog recently and not been able to. I tried to do so on the new thread regarding jb's MoFi post. I got a window for posting a comment, but when I tried, got a message that I couldn't post without logging in. But, there didn't be any way to actually do that.
So, went back to the eeked thread and tried to add a whining comment, but the thread is closed.
*cries*
What does 200 calories look like? Portions of various foods that make up 200 calories; everything from celery to bagels to butter. Photo heavy, via more than one place.
January 06, 2007
Potion bottles! Gitcher potion bottles here! - quite lovely handpainted ones. Or fetching pottery ones. Or these elegant beauties. [more inside]
Inventor Of Ramen Dead [more inside]
Wild Boar are making a comeback. A few confrontations, and some recipes. [more inside]
Prisoner confesses to cannibalism
A French prisoner has confessed to murdering his cellmate and then eating part of his body.
Because you know how it gets some days.
Suggestion: new threads for (substantial) new links Lately, there have been a lot of good links that have been appearing in old threads on related topics, but I would like to suggest that more of them are put into their own threads. [more inside]
No Béarla
Manchán Magan travelled around Ireland speaking only Irish, recently recognised by the EU as an official working language, only to find incomprehension and occasionally hostility.
Yu Ming could have told him as much.
via metafilter, the last link is a charming short film.
January 05, 2007
The Effects of Drugs and Alcohol on Spiders Imbeded video. NSFW.
What Makes a Cartoon New Yorker-Worthy? Draw Your Own Conclusion. How does a New Yorker Cartoonist deal with rejection? When life gives you lemons, make lemonade: The Rejection Show, Official Site for all things rejected. [more inside]
Midichlorians are real!
Specifically living in tick ova.
Midichlorians are fictional organisms described in Star Wars. Tick ova are not.
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Cheerleaders gone bad.
No, wait, done good.
Oh, whatever.
Double Wires (flash game where you get to swing around like spider-man)
January 04, 2007
Thinning the herd. No, it wasn't Jackass he was imitating...
Sick Little Monkey. I have a head cold and a question for those who know medicine. [more inside]
Middle School Girls Gone Wild
They writhe and strut, shake their bottoms, splay their legs, thrust their chests out and in and out again. Some straddle empty chairs, like lap dancers without laps. They don’t smile much. Their faces are locked from grim exertion, from all that leaping up and lying down without poles to hold onto. “Don’t stop don’t stop,” sings Janet Jackson, all whispery. “Jerk it like you’re making it choke. ...Ohh. I’m so stimulated. Feel so X-rated.” The girls spend a lot of time lying on the floor. They are in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
When are girls too young to go wild? . . . What happens when the whole culture crosses over?
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Tom, may I borrow your Holy Book? No, the other one ... Newly elected Congressional representative Keith Ellison caused a stir when he stated his intention to take his oath of office with his hand resting on the holy Quran. The Detroit-born Minnesota Democrat is answering his critics by borrowing for the ceremony a translation of the holy book from the Library of Congress -- a book that belonged to none other than Thomas Jefferson (purchased by the library in 1815). I can say little more here than "Cool." [more inside]
Sebastião Salgado photographs the natural world. [more inside]
Plural the same as Singular ...Curious George...Nouns that are the same in singular as in plural. [more inside]
Iblard - the fantastical art of Inoue Naohisa [more inside]
January 03, 2007
14 yr. old sails his Cheeky Monkey across Atlantic solo. Turns out he still couldn't escape his parents.
Curious George: Best MoFi Post of 2006? Well it's happened again. You've wasted another Internet Year (tm) watching MoFi. So, if Pandacam made the best post of 2005, what's your vote for "Best MonkeyFilter Post of 2006"? [more inside]
Giant Rabbits. Prize winning giant rabbits. Giant rabbits need your help. Beware the giant rabbit.
Eau de Play-Doh
Play-Doh Cologne Spray
This Limited Edition Cologne was created to celebrate the 50th Birthday of Play-Doh! Hasbro said the fragrance is "meant for highly-creative people, who seek a whimsical scent reminiscent of their childhood."
Also comes in BIRTHDAY CAKE, DIRT, GLUE, PAINT, SAWDUST, and WHISKEY TOBACCO.
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The Fate of the Artist - a weblog by comics artist Eddie Campbell. There's a lot of intersting stuff on there about From Hell, the exceptional Jack the Ripper story written by Alan Moore. [more inside]
New Environmental Musicology Monkey News! Anyone who has studied music of the Renaissance will enjoy the delicious pun here.
January 02, 2007
13 pictures that changed the world. You've probably seen most of them, but the descriptive paragraphs below each reveal some quite interesting backstory notes.
The Children's Railway... FROM HELL
Giant Kites of Japan. A visit to the Yokaichi giant kite festival. One of a number of such festivals. Or visit a Giant Kite Museum. They are called odako (大凧, sometimes romanized as ohdako or oodako), literally: "big kite". [more inside]
Tale of the Tape: Bikini Boot Camp vs. Army Boot Camp.
Yes, face this music. Yeah, we're working, we're into it, it's 2007 and we're gonna bounce. End slightly NSFW.
Trio A lovely seasonal poem by Edwin Morgan is briefly available to read online. More from perhaps Scotland's greatest living poet at the Poetry Archive.
New Yeaaarss!! So, which of our monkies has a good resolution for the New Years? [more inside]
January 01, 2007
Hold the smoke in, rummy!
Happy New Year!
[VIA glumbert.com]
Have you seen this film??? Zyzzyx Road is the lowest grossing film of all time having made only $30. So people are wondering: who actually paid to see it?
Don't Bleat, Don't Tell The issue of gay sheep is one that deeply divides our society. Fortunately for those brave sheep who have dared to come out of the closet, a major tennis star has come to the rescue- "Navratilova defended the “right” of sheep to be gay" was the sentence that caught my eye. [more inside]
The Joke's On Us. So that explains it!
The death of Saddam leads to some recollections of a past war. And this time, it's not one of the conflicts with the West, but the war with Iran. It's a sad and horrifying set of anecdotes, from a different point of view from what we usually get in the United States. [more inside]
