Links posted in January 2010
January 31, 2010
Disappearing car doors (SLYT) are a neat design concept. [more inside]
January 28, 2010
Film is a lying media. Cows remember.
Do you like to impersonate Werner Herzog at home? Sure you do. How about Philippe "Man on wire" Petit? That's fun too.
Well, here’s Herzog + Petit.
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January 27, 2010
What kind of a death? An interactive actuarial game, if you will. See how one is likely to die as predicted by race, gender, age, country of residence. It's kind of fun, as well as sobering. Oh. Well, let's assume that being sober or not has been rolled into the other parameters... [more inside]
I can see Dan and Foop and Trac and Little Homunculus and goofy and TT and all of you monkeys out there!
Jumping right in to the WayBack Machine...
Are you a Romper Room Do-bee?
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Monstrous Beasts: 14 Bizarre Dinosaurs and Extinct Species
January 26, 2010
Asstroys
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The game.
That is all.
January 25, 2010
Free yearly credit reports.
Time to get your free credit report!
Every year, I check to make sure I know exactly what the credit report agencies say about me. This way, I get the information for free, and get it in a timely way, so if I need to protest anything, I can do so quickly.
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Classic photos in lego [more inside]
January 24, 2010
Crayola colours 1903 to 2010.
January 23, 2010
"Don't lick your pizza" and other things parents never thought they would have to say to their children.
January 22, 2010
This bug has been snug for seventeen years rolled up into the Windows kernel. Another example of Microsoft incompetence? All hell could break loose, but they claim a password would still be needed to make this an exploit.
January 18, 2010
These are mostly apes, but we're all primates here!
The people are momentarily shocked out of their daily stupor by the sight of a balloon-riding monkey
- Classic story Curious George as read by Werner Herzog. YouTube short.
January 17, 2010
Late night talk-show for sale, barely used (screenshot available if the Craigslist post is pulled). You've undoubtedly heard something about the longish and complicated saga between Conan and Leno. (And if not, and you feel you must know, here's a decent summary on AskMefi.) Now Conan is selling the show, or at least trading it in for Coldplay tix. Conan also apologises for the hair.
January 16, 2010
My parents were awesome. ...maybe.
January 14, 2010
Curious itchy Georgebashi. For about a year now, probably for a few days every month on average, I get this terrible itching in the roof of my mouth. WTF? [more inside]
Now The Museum of Death wants Willem Dafoe Just a funny story, really. For compulsive fans of the wierd..."We’ll get Willem Dafoe in here, he’d be amazing."
January 13, 2010
The rarest fabric of all
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One million spiders spin the the only fabric of its kind. Video Beautiful!
The cloth of gold. Gold work done on cloth of gold.
More info.
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January 12, 2010
Will it waffle? Dan will find out. A recipe/food blog with a very specific theme.
January 11, 2010
Lascaux: The beginning of art
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Enjoy a detailed virtual tour of the cave, then read about the geology, architecture and probable meanings of the drawings.
January 10, 2010
Spiderman dances! Nor is this the first time the costumed crusader has busted a move. News flash: there's just something about that screaming red costume that makes people flip out. [MLYT]
January 08, 2010
Inappropriate family photo. Even their smiles makes one uncomfortable.
January 07, 2010
Advertisements
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That is all.
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January 06, 2010
Send Me Something is a very sparse web site that promises to "Send you something". That's it. [more inside]
A cat wearing a stylish wig. I should take dress up tips from her!
January 05, 2010
Authors talk about their big idea.
January 03, 2010
Frame 10,525
- opening photo to Edge of the World by Jim Richardson.
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January 02, 2010
Pet peeve list of an Emergency Room nurse. Who knew?
Octopus with Shoes
Keep on Truckin'
January 01, 2010
Where Is 2010? is a keyboard controlled, platformer, arcade, mini-game, adventure. [more inside]
