Links posted in June 2004
June 30, 2004
Lego Pron
I can't believe this hasn't been posted yet. Maybe it's so old no one has bothered, but I just found it.
"i am hungry for pizza!! and also for making out!!"
How long 'til the FBI's knocking on this guy's door? Who needs heavy military gear when you can make your own flamethrower out of a little PVC tubing and some plumbing bits? [more inside]
That's Some Fiddle Playin'
Bobby Yang plays Van Halen's Eruption on violin.
Low bandwidth
High bandwidth
The Maine Base Ball Club. "The team had just won the Navy baseball championship held in Key West, Florida, in December 1897, beating a team from the cruiser USS Marblehead eighteen to three. The Maine's star was a black pitcher named William Lambert (upper right), and engine stoker from Hampton, Virginia, who was described by one shipmate as 'a master of speed, curves, and control.' [more inside]
You only die once.
It could happen at any time. When it happens to you, will you be ready? Contrary to what you might think, living wills and preparations for the end of life are not only for the elderly. Disaster can hit anyone at any age. The time to make your decisions and write your last words for the future is now -- while you still can. Click here to Subscribe Now!
Eat it, don't fling it. I really want to get into scat play but I'm afraid of getting together with someone and loosing it (puking, etc). What can I do to prepare myself? Yep, everything you need to know is right here.
It's the way to Hog Heaven... Harley-Davidson fans can take their final ride in style.
German Star Trek Parody Coming soon to a theater in Germany near you...homoerotic Star Trek! [more inside]
Star Fleet ( or maybe X-Bomber). [more inside]
Best videogame joints! Insert Credit | Crunk Games | Gamingredients | Gameforms | 1up | Game Girl Advance [more inside]
Religion Derail Thread - This is a continuation of the recent religion derail from the R.I.P. R.W.R. thread...
Lake Maracaibo is being endangered by duckweed. Around 12% of the lake is completely covered.
Spacecraft Cassini-Huygens will pass through Saturn's ring today and then go into orbit around the planet. At 7:11 PM US Pacific time (that's 2:01 AM GMT or 12:11 PM East Coast Australia) the spacecraft will cross the ring before swinging around the planet and crossing it again about four hours later. Hopefully it won't hit anything along the way... [more inside]
The Kooks Museum - This appears not to have been posted already! Amazing! Here you will find the ravings of the immortal Francis E. Dec ("Frankenstein Gangster Computer God Worldwide Secret Containment Policy!! splutter splutter!"), the proof that in reality horror author Stephen King killed John Lennon, and the story of "Rockin'" Rollen Stewart who used to be ubiquitous on US televised sporting events during the '80s, always positioned grinning wildly in front of the cameras with a rainbow fright-wig and a placard bearing biblical inscriptions, and who later got busted in a 10-hour hostage siege at the LAX Hyatt Hotel. Dig! [more inside]
Global dimming. The consensus is that the sun as we see it is 10% dimmer than it was in the 1950s, owing to a steady increase in atmospheric particulates. Slashdot did cover this a month ago. How about some grow lamps for those banana trees?
See Bill's Blog...
Found this at the other filter...(you know, the blue one.)
I'm like "naah, it can't be real"...then i'm like "no way this is real"...then i'm like WTF?!!
Someone please tell me it isn't real!
yeah, i know i'm gullible...
The fossil record of aquatic sloths.
Melon!!
Melon Hat!! (NSFW art)
Nice gallery by the way.
Melon bit!! (NSFW art)
Another nice gallery by the way.
Melon!!
Melon!!
Explanation here.
Melon helmet!!
Melon!! (NSFAnybody)
Phew!! Enough, pete_best!?
Some monkeys will be repulsed, others will laugh their asses off. Quite possibly the most juvenile -- and most hilarious -- video I've seen on the net. [NSFW]
"This telephone can be used to transport to other places.
To be transported to another place you must life the handset and dial a number. In order to find the telephone numbers you must explore each place. . . . The number to access the first place is FIVE EIGHT ZERO."
Bathhouses. More than you ever wanted to know about this oft unspoken side of the gay scene, from more than one side. Or maybe it's just more spoken about than I ever knew.
Height unknown, weight unknown, number of legs unknown. Who is this guy?
Why Gore Lost In 2000 The Wall Street Journal comes up with their bizarro theory as to why Bush beat Gore in 2000. Potential Gore voters could not vote for the candidate because they were aborted when they were fetuses. Nevermind that Gore won the popular vote. [more inside]
More Bad News For Ralph Nader It seem that Nader did not get the Green Party's endorsement. Nader then insulted the Green Party by calling them "strange." He also has broke the law by having 501C4 corporations (run by Republicans) help him get on the Oregon ballot.
Triangle Morning's Which Way Adventure -- a knifty little game that defies genre. Ok, it doesn't but it is fun. [some potential scenes NSFW. Music. Honestly, don't know if it's Flash or not. I'd speculate on my suitability to own a computer therefore, but that might be off my own topic so...] [more inside]
June 29, 2004
Marlon Brando 'nearly destitute' according to a recent biography.
If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. That big girl's blouse, Dave Winer (appropriately named), has posted some limp-wristed tripe about how to avoid flamewars. Read it and weep for the future of a totally wimpy internet. Stolen from that bunch of wussies over at MeFi. :D
These kids today... Ben, a 10 year old boy who has been fighting leukemia used his wish from the Make-a-Wish foundation to have a game made where the protagonist battles cancer cells and collects shields to protect himself from the effects of chemotherapy. A game developer from LucasFilms heard the call, and in off-hours, created a slick, playable game, instantly familiar to kids fighting cancer everywhere.
And you thought Apple was a bad name?
Sure, lots of celebreties give their kids weird names, but so do regular folk.
ESPN is taping a show about kids named after the network.
According to ESPN spokesman Dave Nagle "...there's no better testament than when someone names their child after your product."
According to this article from Psychology Today "kids named Espn tell of parents with a more general love of sports."
According to me, they are retarded.
No disrespect to retarded people intended.
Curious George: Martini lounge appetizers -- I'm hosting a murder mystery party for the man's birthday with a Vegas Martini Lounge theme. The company I hired is writing all the characters, but I need to cater. Any ideas for good appetizers (bonus points if they fit in the Martini lounge theme). [more inside]
HATEBEAK! The world's first death metal band with a parrot as lead singer. Here's an MP3 sample of God of Empty Nest. [Via Boing Boing.]
Giant Playable Guitars! I would love to see someone try to play these with their teeth.
Improper Penmanship - How do you hold your pen? Like a human or a monkey?
Hey, love crusader.... I want to be your Space Invader! (Flash, via eBaum's World)
Clapton's Guitar Tech Speaks! Actually the URL description is more exciting than the article, but it is interesting in a Guitar Geek kind of way. Guitar Geeks Assemble!! [more inside]
Show and tell! I'm a volunteer with Pets-DC, a group that assists HIV/AIDS patients with free pet supplies and vet care. We just had our annual fund-raiser, the Pride of Pets Fun Dog Show. I just had to share the pics! They're hilarious! The show is a real hoot, with categories like "Best Tail Wagging," "Most Butch," "Least Obedient," stuff like that. Best in show was a weiner dog dressed up as ... a weiner! Heh. Enjoy!
Videos Abdullah at the firing range is a classic. So is the breast bash. Some of these videos are not very nice, though (you are warned: some are sickening), and one in particular should not be viewed by kitty-loving monkeys. (I'm serious: it shows the slaughtering of a kitten.)
Mmm, civet feces coffee.
The coffee is said to have a rich, full-bodied, almost syrupy quality that supposedly results from fermentation in the digestive tract, blah blah blah. They say it's quite tasty if you can ignore the fact--no sense pussyfooting around here--that it's made from shit.
This is definitely not a hoax. And don't worry -- it's safe! Also, there appears to be a club in Sweden dedicated to the drink.
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Stanhopes use a special lens to display microscopic photographs through a small peephole. They used to be inserted into small novelty/souvenir items, and some are saleable antiques. [more inside]
Not Even Remotely Safe For Work. Ever wondered about the underground enema fetish scene? Neither have I. But if you ever desire videos of pregnant lesbian enema couples, erotic enema fan fiction, or custom machined enema plugs, this is the place. (hey, that carla colon story was kind of hot)
The Wuggly Ump
(click on the broken image to see the next panel)
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Disrespectful Summons
by Edward Gorey (1925 - 2000)
See if you can find a Gorey's creation in The Picture of Everything.
The 365 Days Project is back online. Over the course of 2003, every day, the 365 Days project highlighted a weird, oddball mp3. At the end of the project, they all sadly vanished. But now, they are returned to the Internet again, and all is right with the world. [more inside]
June 28, 2004
Chosing sides. Lee Iacocca was touted as a possible successor to Reagan in the 1980's after his success as CEO of Chyrsler turned the company around. He supported Bush in 2000. Now he supports Kerry. "All of my best friends are Republicans" he says.
It's Mayan Time. Anyone looking for a Gregorian to Mayan calendar converter? [more inside]
The Rock That Grows - Mildred Price is a collector of bric-a-brac & weirdness. The weirdest thing she owns has to be the rock that she claims has grown since she found it - and is still growing. [more inside]
Curious, GeorgeWhat are your favorite books? What books shaped your life? What are you reading now? What do you recommend? If you could bring only ten books to a desert island, which....well, you get the idea. [more inside]
So, this guy says he turned his G5 into a PC (hoax).
Wonder how would the most zealous members of the Apple community would react?
This is not trollbait. I'm not arguing that all apple users are elitists, much less zealous. It's just a fun read, and I do like/use Apple computers. Peace!
Mad Cow II. The USDA's mad cow test program turned up another winner Friday. While the USDA assures Americans it is “very likely" the cow will turn out to be negative, industry sources say the BioRad test has a false positive rate of about 0.1%. BTW, only 200,000 (0.2%) of all United States cattle are subject to testing.
wordPhoto
Photography is often a battle against motivation. Much like writers block can slow down the best authors, photographers can often get lazy without something specific to shoot.
This site presents photographers with a challenge - take a new photograph specifically for the word of the day, and post it for the rest of us to see. The only description and caption you get to include with your image is the word of the day (which the site does for you).
A Sensitive Guy on the Road:
Fifty Dates Across the States (From Boston to Los Angeles). Oh, and don't miss the pictures of Sensitive Guy doing "power yoga with the shades drawn down." Heh.
Google : A proposal to help fight deceptive Internet software
Google attempts to draft some rules for those things they describe as deceptive softwar, but the rest of us call spyware. Is this a case of the kettle calling the pot black?
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I, Robot: Classics Butchery Vol. 284. The trailer is out, and I couldn't be more disappointed. Even the website sucks. When will I stop expecting Hollywood to do the right thing?
The handover of power in Iraq is happening sooner than we thought.
Instead of the planned June 30 date, it seems that the handover was brought forward for security concerns. Details (and informative links) are scarce right, but it seems that Baghdad has already been handed over, with the rest of the country changing hands right now.
We've got history in the making here, folks. What will this mean for Iraq and the US?
The Best Link Ever
I've contributed well over a hundred links here at MoFi; some great, some not so great.
I can say without hyperbole that this is definitely the cremedelacreme.
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"passionate, clever, scathing, funny, snarky, brutal, sad, glib and at times superficial."
Are you a Coffee Geek?
Do you consider coffee geeks to be snobs or connoisseurs? Have a favorite bean? Favorite roast? Winetasters have nothing on coffee cuppers.
Want to roast your own green coffee beans? You need nothing more than an old air popper (popcorn) - but make sure you use the right type. Or use another method. More than you ever wanted to know???
Consider a taut string (or wire) fixed at both ends.
Mad Magazine's long running cartoon series Spy vs. Spy is now helping Mountain Dew shill soda with two new spots. [Via Waxy]
A Global Power Shift in the Making. "Asia is rising fast, with its growing economic power translating into political and military strength. The West must adapt -- or be left behind." [more inside]
June 27, 2004
Your All Gay. (Meerkats. Found via blort. The apostrophe issue is addressed.)
David Lee Roth's new career: emergency medical technician.
Lincoln Park Zoo Apes Get to Take Revenge "At the zoo's new Regenstein Center for African Apes, chimpanzees can touch a panel hidden from public view that will shoot harmless bursts of air at unsuspecting visitors." [Via Fark.]
The Revolution Will Not Be Blogged. George Packer, writing in Mother Jones, argues that blogs are ineffective vehicles for political discourse. This appears to be a rebuttal to Lev Grossman's pro-blog article in Time Magazine: Meet Joe Blog. (MeFi link.)
How to pick a lock...in case you were wondering. [.pdf file]
"In 1997, Predator helped set up Catalyst, a radical community activist tech collective in Sydney, Australia. He also wrote a 230 page weblog on his experience with cancer from the time he was diagnosed until three days before his death. His blog portrays a poignant story which documents thoroughly the ups and downs, the triumphs and turmoil of everyday life in this, our battle for a better world." [more inside]
Electronik - Supersonik! Inside tank of fuel is not fuel...is love. [more inside]
George W. Bush's web site is running a campaign ad that compares Kerry to Hitler. When one watchs the ad, though, one finds that the Hitler excerpts are actually from Moveon.org ads. [more inside]
80's nostalgia Colouring for KIDS
HUGE assortment of Coloring book-type stuff for KIDS!!!
Some are NOT safe for kids...LOL
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FAHRENHEIT 9/11 BOFFO B.O.!!!
FAHRENHEIT 9/11 tops WHITE GIRLS and DODGE BALL pulling in over 8.2 millon just on Saturday.
I always wanted to post something that had "boffo b.o." in the title ;-)
June 26, 2004
Quarks to Quasars. Take a journey from the inside of a proton to the farthest reaches of the universe. [more inside]
Humanicide: a 21st century risk profile for humanity which uses the symbolism of the Fisher King. [By and via I-Merge.]
Cornel West: November 2001
(RealAudio). The most important words I heard spoken in the month after September 11.
The end not of American innocence -- America has never been innocent. No, what struck me was: This is the end of America's adolescence.
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Curious George: Personal Wiki? I really, really like the Wiki editor and would like to adapt it for my web server for personal essays, book reviews, etc. Unlike traditional date-based blogs, Wiki maps out content to static URLs, which helps organize things and is great for Google spidering. I'm so tiring of cobbling up and uploading HTML pages by hand! Can anyone recommend one of these Wiki clones or some other option for 'tiny footprint' personal use?
Cosby: "It was the white man who got the word from somebody who was there,
who called the white man, who put it in the white paper, which is called the Washington Post."
A bit of lukewarm newsfilter, but very interesting: Tavis Smiley interviews Bill Cosby about his comments at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision.
Snippets of Stanley. Yes, that is one guitar player.
Nothing like confusing propaganda!
Bush's latest ad against the left features Moore, Dean, and Gore spliced with footage of Hitler, most likely to ridicule the left's supposed comparisons of Bush to him. Which side is really taking this a step too far?
[ad under heading "Kerry's Coalition of the Wild-eyed" in MPEG or Real]
June 25, 2004
Here's a homemade trailor for Office Space Wars - a homemade trailor setting Office Space in the Star Wars galaxy. It made me laugh hard. (WARNING: 30 mg file .wmv file) [via the double Boing] [more inside]
How Aghhhnohld saves $14 million.
A brief and salty exchange Dick Cheney, enraged by flashbulbs, tears away from his restraints and handlers. Rampaging, profiteering, and some tender personal advice on a very special "I Love Dick"
Porn for shy male gorilla. A ZOO is planning to show its 'shy' male gorilla explicit tapes of other primates mating to get it to make a move on his female companions. [more inside]
"Frankly, part of our problem is a lot of the press are afraid to travel very much, so they sit in Baghdad and they publish rumors," Paul Wolfowitz declared Tuesday.
Hello Kitty has no mouth.
And yet...
(An oldie, but a goodie)
It's Friday! Time for another Fantasy RPG comic! via ask.metafilter via pvp
Spider Man is Gay And other juvenile-but-really-really-funny jokes. [Keep refreshing for new strips.]
Love Chess.
A small Dutch software development studio has created a computer game of chess in which Greek and Trojan gods make love on the chessboard: "The game features beautiful 3D scenery and state-of-the-art realistic models where players are free to roam and watch the chess pieces make love from every angle they want." (Probably NSFW, in a computerized statues porn kinda way...)
Saudi Flights After 9/11 - How well does Michael Moore's film Farenheit 9/11 corollate with these facts, since Moore's premise is that Bush is in bed with everyone from the Saudis to the Bin Laden family? Having not seen the film yet, I'm curious what this does to Moore's central argument. [more inside]
The Titanic in 30 Seconds. Performed in Flash by cartoon bunnies. From the same folks who brought you The Shining and The Exorcist. Via ABS.
My mother says that since I am going to burn in the next life, it is her duty to set fire to me in this one.
When I realized I was pregnant I told Ahmad ... He said "...The best thing to do is kill yourself."Harrowing stories from Iranian brothel workers.
"Women with cosmetic breast implants are more likely to commit suicide, a new study says..." Apparently the rate is three times the "norm." Test was conducted on Finnish women, if that matters. It is suggested that there be psychological screening of those seeking the surgery.
Have you ever been to The Meguro Parasitological Museum?
If not, why don't you go there with me? Thousands and thousands of parasites are waiting for you. Come with me! This way! Oh, I see. You feel bad. Push this "Exit" to go back the first page.
Blackjack A description, history, and recommended strategy of one of the simplest card games in the casino.
Living the Star Trek experience in your very own Star Trek apartment. [more inside]
Super Baby Say hello to the baby who can beat you up.
Aet of Japanese Postcards: here are early 20th century Japanese artists working in Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles as postcards became sucessors to woodblock prints in Japan.
"What are Movie-List Classics?
Some trailers which are no longer (or never have been) available on the 'net, have been Re-encoded, in high resolution picture and sound, and made available for Movie-List users. These are Movie-List Classics, and new ones are added each week."
Kiss Friday productivity goodbye. You're welcome.
The Worst Music on the iTunes Music Store iTunes software required to view link (otherwise only a blank page turns up). The Tiny Tim song is the worst IMHO. And the recording of Schwarzenneger's workout tape with "It's Rainin' men" in the background the best overall.
The pornography industry is stealing top promotional writing talent away from the rest of us. A hurrendously NSFW collection of adult movie titles. You shouldn't judge such materials by their title, however, in fact, I've heard from friends of mine that some of these titles are actually quite good. To watch ironically and laugh at. [more inside]
Dumpster diving for the environment! Picking food out of the trash: a manifesto for ethical living. [more inside]
Here comes the judge! Last October, a French judge was caught, er, stroking his gavel under the bench. Proving that Americans refuse to be outdone by the French, an Oklahoma judge is being petitioned for removal for using a male enhancement pump under his gown at least ten times, witnesses say. Talk about hard sentencing.. (probably not SFW)
June 24, 2004
A naturally caffeine-free coffee plant has been found growing wild in Ethiopia.
"This wild plant produces a naturally decaffeinated coffee bean. It's a product for those who don't like GM organisms and who like the taste of non-decaffeinated coffee," he said.
Spider-Man comics as you've never seen them before. Keep hitting "refresh." Very NSFW, NSF-the easily-offended.
Curious George: Internet radio. I'm alone working on a big project right now and badly need to hear some tunes. I want any pointers for good grass-roots "Internet radio" that has good college style flavor (like a mix of indy/retro/bubbling-under). I don't even know where to start looking. I've been listening to some big FM simulcasts from the UK but the content is either overplayed hits, annoying hip hop, or ads. I went to one US college station I know of but they had a baseball game going. <ripping hair out>
Walk the East Coast Greenway
"Walkers, cyclists, and other trail advocates have joined forces around an audacious project, a 2,600 mile traffic-free path linking East Coast cities from Maine to Florida. Launched only 10 years ago, this vision for an urban alternative to the highly popular Appalachian Trail is quickly becoming a reality."
So, does a journey of 2,600 miles begin with 2.6 steps?
Microsoft patents Human Networking. No, really. - Patent No. 6,754,472. Take a look for yourself. (Via Slashdot among others)
Curious George: It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel... Ok, this is a rather odd, "get to know the monkeys" premise, but I'm intrigued by the concept... What would you do in the last six hours before the end of the world? [more inside]
The BeerClip! What is it? Well, of course, it's "a bottle opener and money clip all in one, discreetly holding your cash together until the next beer calls." Don't miss the Custom BeerClip featuring a squished souvenir penny. Heh.
Curious George: To sleep perchance to [not] dream? Inspired by this post on AskMe, I thought I'd appeal to fellow monkeys for help. [more inside]
Curious, George: Filling in PDF forms Why can't I fill out PDF forms directly on my Mac? Why must I print them out and fill them in by hand? (More inside) [more inside]
Movie characters driving in the city will get to park wherever they like when they get to their destination. A compendium of movie cliches. Nuff said.
The LinkSquare Project || because text is boring || [more inside]
The Surgeons Knot.
Never knew it existed for shoes. Huh.
The Boscombe Bowmen. Archaeologists say that some of the builders of Stonehenge have been found.
The compleat "Deep Throat" in ASCII
Java and NSFW. Kind of.
This is like those magic eyes things; I can never see what the hell is going on.
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Elias Lnnrott and Kainuu. Information on the trips Lnnrot took in the Kainuu region of Finland to collect the oral poetry he would compile into Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. Illustrations of the Kalevala. More illustrations. "Travels in Finland", engravings of the Finnish countryside from the 1870s.
Fiona Apple's new album may have been shelved by Sony, but that won't stop the music. The title track from her oft-delayed album has been leaked and can be downloaded here. [Via pop (all love)] [more inside]
Rodney King II. Police beatings are alive and well in LA. This morning's incident comes a week after the LAPD put numerous reforms into place following a Justice Department complaint.
Monkey Productions Presents: 20 Questions About the Candidates
I got 19 out of 20. Yay me. via Presurfer
June 23, 2004
Behind the scenes fotos and credits Nelly Furtado POWERLESS video This site features production stills, credits, and two streaming versions of POWERLESS music video. Really intended for Nelly Furtado fans, but interesting just the same...(you need quicktime to see the vids)
"Eric Weisstein's World of Science contains budding encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry, and physics. This resource has been assembled over more than a decade by internet encyclopedist Eric W. Weisstein with assistance from the internet community." There's also Mathworld. I started with Conic Sections, and proceeded to get very lost.
curious george...changing windows
my computer and i get along well, with mutual faith and trust that the other won't wreak havoc upon the other.
but now, i'm going to go from ME to 2000 proffessional.
my friend says just follow the instructions and don't partition the disc...(?)
isn't there more i should do first and expect to do afterwards?
Las Muertas de Jurez:
"Since 1993, more than 320 women have been murdered in Ciudad Jurez, the sister city of El Paso, Texas. Of these deaths, approximately 100 have been sexual-torture killings of young women, ages 12 19. Four hundred and fifty more women are missing and unaccounted for."
-Amigos de las Mujeres de Jurez
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Ice, Ice Baby!
Stormtroopers, droids, and awful hits of the 90s, come to life! Or, if you prefer the classics, check out Dancing Pan.
SFW, movies.
[stolen from Sensible Erection]
Five stories from The Voice Imitator, by Thomas Bernhard. Bernhard is a remarkable author, often misunderstood. I highly recommend The Voice Imitator, and I think y'all will enjoy this excerpt: [more inside]
The pixel is celebrating his 50th birthday!
Check out the gallery.
Town Doesn't Welcome Libertarians - Members of the Free Town Project, an off-shoot of the Free State Project, received a chilly reception when they tried to pitch their ideas to the people of Grafton, New Hampshire (the luckiest state). [more inside]
Curious George! Has Google been hijacked recently? Anybody else having weird problems with search results? More inside.
Robots Are Our Friends - It's animated, it's a song, it's got robots, it's FLASH. Gedditindya.
Eats, Shoots and Leaves will sort out your punctuation problems, leaving you grocer's-apostrophe-free and generally unassailable, both morally and grammatically. Yes yes? Louis Menand is less than convinced.
Rasputin's Penis. NSFW of course.
Little girl's mom stuck behind glass. How tragic...
Slice is easily the net's best blog about Pizza. Not just Pizza mind you, but New York Pizza. Especially "real" New York Pizza, of the coal fired oven, thin crust, fresh mozzarel variety. And they've just announced the best reason to own an Ipod since 40 gigs of empeethreeez. [more inside]
The 50 coolest song parts.
Add yours.
"Worst day of my life, wuttduhya THINK?" "Picture Max from "Rushmore" with absolutely no talent". That's how one reviewer describes the main character in the recently released film "Napoleon Dynamite". It was a big hit at the Sundance film festival. Short synopsis here. Out for over a week and no mention from the monkeys??? [more inside]
Border crossings in Brooklyn. "The post-9/11 sweeps left many immigrant families without friends or money. A Pakistani Muslim and an Indian Hindu worked together to help them." Part 3 of Salon's Heroes of Freedom series.
June 22, 2004
South Korean hostage killed in Iraq
(via NY Times.) Response from Bush: "The free world cannot be intimidated by the brutal action of these barbaric people."
Too late.
It's just a jump to the left...
Appeals Board Upholds R Rating for 'Fahrenheit 9/11'
Michael Moore and his distributors lost their appeal today to lower the R rating for "Fahrenheit 9/11," his scathing assault on President Bush's actions before and after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Huh? I haven't seen the movie yet, but aren't we being just a bit squeemish here? I mean, I have seen the very same material (burnt corpses, dead babies, and beheadings) on CNN and other mainstream news outlets. What gives?
sign in name: slashdot
password: slashdot
Like war: lots of boring stuff, with a few snippets of interesting or shocking images.
The 30 (selectable) most recent image posts to LiveJournal. Got broadband? Fighting voyeuristic urges? Afraid of the ocassional NSFW pic? Then don't get near the URL.
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Aeroplastics. Products for modern living
Dressed to the nines: a history of the baseball uniform. "There is something special about the baseball uniform, a mystique that is hard to pin down. Whether we are looking at someone in a uniform or we are trying it on ourselves, it is the feeling of the fabric, the design on the cap and jersey, the colors, cut, and history of the outfit, that all lend meaning to our relationship with the game." A link for any lover of baseball. (Via the magnificent Plep.)
Curious George: Trolls
Why is it that f8xmulder can get away with calling fellow monkeys "asswipes" (twice)?
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The real meat about Spam.
Dutch anti-SPAM activist Rejo Zenger had a conversation with a Spammer. The spammer does confession and reports about his methods and profitability.
Don't have enough games featuring Yeti? For shame! What better way to waste the boss' money than by abusing penguins? 5 games.
What do you do if a rape defendant is an identical twin, and he's accusing his brother of the crime? DNA evidence won't save the day, as monozygotic twins share identical DNA. Furthermore, eyewitness testimony is bound to be skewed. Wouldn't want to be a juror on this one.
"Just to put your minds all at ease,
I have four words for you that I know will relieve you greatly," Kerry told the fund-raiser. "How does this sound Vice President Hunter Thompson."
Putting aside the poli-geek squee, should Kerry be courting people like Thompson?
Lollapalooza cancelled. Excuse me while I go over here and cry. That was probably like my only chance ever to see the pixies.
One of the greats! Jacques Tati was (for his day) a modern day Chaplin. If you have a fast connection you can get a vague idea of his charm here. Enjoy.
HMO's protected by Supreme Court ruling. Americans who get health insurance through their employer are no longer entitled to damages for any harm they suffer when their HMO improperly denies coverage for recommended medical care, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday. A boon for cutting down on rampant litigation or a removal of checks and balances on HMOs?
Tunes create context like language : "musical notes are strung together in the same patterns as words in a piece of literature". Full paper. On a related note, hone your musical comprehension by playing with Impromptu. Better yet, co-ordinate it with this MIT OpenCourse - Developing Musical Structures.
Naked As We Came
Beautiful but slow loading QT music video by
Iron and Wine, one of my new favorites.
RIP David Huffman David Huffman, a mathematician who died in 1999, developed a fascinating method of geometric paper folding which emphasizes curves rather than straight lines. (He also did some nifty work involving data compression.) [3rd link NY Times, reg reqd]
The new Beastie Boys album automaticallty installs copy protection software. Apparently this is becoming more common. And people are pissed. As if I needed one more reason not to buy commercial CDs anymore.
Fucking for a living, and then some.... This is one of my favourite blogs, if only it was updated more frequently I might have a sex life. ;-) Check out her archives and such. Ah, the vagaries of the publishing business when you are restricted to being an anonymous whore. Writing a book is maybe harder than sucking dick. On a long-term basis, that is.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww..... Menlo Park Elementary School kids perform the Polyphonic Spree's Light and Day. 35 Meg Quicktime Link - it's worth it.
The Woodcube. Nintendo's newest retro console. (There's about 10mb of jpgs on this page)
June 21, 2004
_Talk of the Nation_ discussed blogging on today's show.
Blogs. My favorite medium.
Their authors, readership, the entire phenomenon... and our fanaticism and obsession that drives us to keep posting and come back for more each day.
Curious George: flute music My sister is getting married in October and has a friend who she'd like to play the flute as the bride walks down the aisle. Said sister has very simple, mainstream musical tastes and would like the flaustist to play something most people will recognise; that is, popular music as opposed to classical. Does anyone have any suggestions for appropriate music that would sound good on the flute?
The Missing Link - How did the media miss the results of the 9/11 Commission with regard to the Iraq/Al-Quaeda link?
Digital Images of the Sky Comets, eclipses, and galaxies, oh my! [more inside]
Nickelback Sucks. [more inside]
Marshmallow error lands woman in shackles You've got to be kidding!
At Glow Inc., you can brush up on your glow-in-the-dark terminology, as well as ponder glowy glass and get tips for a glowing car.
Media bias in reporting the Middle East
At risk of turning this place into Observer/Guardianfilter ... I thought this was an interesting and brave article about media bias in reporting the Israel/Palestine conflict.
More inside ...
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Cunt: A Cultural History - Yes it's that rather rude word, I'm sure you recognise it. But it has a rich and vibrant past that no lover of the English language - indeed, no lover at all - can afford to be unfamiliar with. Also, the Wikipedia entry. Or should I say.. er.. listing. Heh heh. [more inside]
Spider-Nan?
Pavitr Prabhakar has a secret identitity, he is a licensee of a Marvel Comics property and India's first web-slinging superhero. He gets around by swinging from Mumbai's various monuments (such as the Gateway of India and the Taj Mahal Hotel), bouncing off the roofs of auto-rickshaws and fighting his arch-nemesis, the Green Rakshasa.
One only hopes that Mumbai's skyline is high enough for this transcreation to get off the ground.
Curious George Used book stores Are they legal? I feel strange buying used books, like the author is not getting any of my money. But not too bad, as I want to unload a bunch of books on them. Any ideas in what I can expect to get in trade or profit?
We have no king but Sun Myung Moon.
The History of the Hello Kitty Vibrator
Surprisingly SFW.
Rezelscheft. [3mb QT] [more inside]
"It comes to you as a teacher" He's tried clinics and therapy, Narcotics Anonymous and rehab. He's taken up exercise and gone through reduction cures. He's even given up on giving up. Now, though, Sebastian Horsley thinks he may have found the answer to his lifelong craving for heroin. Only problem is, it's another dangerous drug... [more inside]
June 20, 2004
Spider myths debunked. No, you don't inhale four spiders a year in your sleep. No, the daddy longlegs doesn't have the world's worst venom. No, hobo spiders don't chase you down to attack you. What is it about spiders that invites so many fabricated scientific facts? Rod Crawford, curator of arachnids at Seattle's Burke Museum, helps debunk some of the more notorious claims. (Also see this spider myth page.)
Any man can be a Father, but it takes a special person to be called Dad.
Will Michael Moore's Facts Check Out?
From Today's New York Times:
"...I was recently allowed to attend a Hollywood screening. Based on that single viewing, and after separating out what is clearly presented as Mr. Moore's opinion from what is stated as fact, it seems safe to say that central assertions of fact in "Fahrenheit 9/11" are supported by the public record (indeed, many of them will be familiar to those who have closely followed Mr. Bush's political career).
Mr. Moore is on firm ground in arguing that the Bushes, like many prominent Texas families with oil interests, have profited handsomely from their relationships with prominent Saudis, including members of the royal family and of the large and fabulously wealthy bin Laden clan, which has insisted it long ago disowned Osama."
The Devil's Dictionary.
A fascinating, humourously vitriolic, ultra-cynical list of words from the turn of the last century.
CONSERVATIVE, n.
A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.
[more inside]
Footy footy. This is a treat, whether of not you follow the game or not -- surprised no-one's posted this update of a fav meme yet. I wanna see mexican waves of this in the crowd now.
Monkeyworld
provides homes for 'abused spanish beach chimps on drugs" who endure horrible lives: "Some photographers will try and control their chimps by beating them and pulling their teeth out "
If I hadnt read in detail I would have cracked a smile becuase I'm evil like that.
From The Guardian Observer
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Technorati Provides search and notification services for active content on the World Live Webtm. Monitoring over 1.8 million sources (weblogs, RSS) with over 10,000 new sources added each day, all with a median index update time of under 9 minutes. See who is talking about your blog. Pretty cool.
June 19, 2004
Witchcraft and the Occult in Iceland, 1400-1700 [more inside]
Call me Ishmael. Apparently Madonna has / wants to change her name to Esther, to connect to the dead biblical queen's energy. Is she serious?
You are God... your people have angered you greatly, and deserve to be punished. Punish away, oh Great One... (flash)
Bunny bunny, bunny, bunny, WHOOPS, bunny, WHOOPS, bunny, bunny, bunny, bunny.
Welcome to EUROBAD '74
an exhibition of Europe's
worst interiors of 1974.
Have some shiny things [more inside]
Excuse me, I'd like to open a boink account.
Major European investment bank mulls the better things in life...and concludes that it's not all about money. These are the top three:
1 Don't equate happiness with money.
2 Exercise regularly.
3 Have sex.
I'll let you read the rest.
ALOPECOID
Click the main link and see why you shouldn't drink the night before the spelling bee.
This dude rocks.
Dance, monkey, DANCE!!! [more inside]
Curious, George: What to do with unwanted CDs This article (via neilgaiman.com) brought the subject up in my mind. I have a stack of AOL CD's nearly two feet high, and I want to think of something cool and arty to do with them. Any ideas?
Cradle of Filth song contains Lord's Prayer I've heard of "nice" bands putting Satanic stuff backwards in thier music, but no the other way around.
June 18, 2004
Show and tell! Or something like that. The building where I live is for sale. It's so spectacular I just had to show you monkeys. I'm in the first unit, where each time I return home I "Step back in time to the grandeur of a bygone era." My buddies (the owners) live upstairs. Any takers? Ha!
THIS is what you call a leaked story. What's next? Is there a mole involved?
Off with his head! Well, they gave the Saudi's 72 hours to release the prisoners, and they didn't do it. So now a father from New Jersey is dead. Questions? Comments? Let's discuss.
Videogame sales UP, music sales DOWN, but BOTH are pirated. While the article in question isn't exactly the be-all-end-all of the game emulation debate, it is a nice primer for those laymen who have yet to be ordained in the Church of Game Piracy. I could give you some extra cool links, but those are all of dubious legality. [more inside]
6th film by Quentin Tarantino
Where did this come from?; when was it done? http://www.aarongoffman.com/danceme
Great minds think alike.
When 8 cartoonists make essentially the same drawing...
Curious George - Moblogs? I just got a camera phone a couple of days ago, and I have a couple of questions about Moblogging... [more inside]
Curious George Fellow Monkeys, I am curious about which monkeys have pets. [more inside]
No Soup For You! Chinese govt cracks down on restaurants that put opium poppy seeds in their soups and stews. Hey, they're just trying to establish a clientele.
WIST
- Something I came across a couple of days ago. My favourite:
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."
Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925) British Prime Minister (1979-90), chemist
Cracks in the Pavement Art is placed at various urban sites in Austin and London. Find an object through the web site, which shows pictures of landmarks near the art but no pictures of the art, or you might just stumble onto a piece somewhere.
Flash tour of the Cimetière du Père Lachaise. Pictures of the cemetary. [link courtesy of some monkey. Ought to look familiar to some. [more inside]
Trouble with the kids, the cops or road rage? This monkey's for you!
My Pie Hole
Shamelessly lifted from Meta.
[ ..... ] There... are... no... words Wow. Wowie wow wow wow. [more inside]
Curioso, Jorge. I'll be heading down to the Universidade de Campinas, in Campinas, Brazil (close to São Paulo) in about two weeks, for five weeks of mathematics research; after that, I'll be staying for three days on my own in São Paulo. I come to o filtro dos macacos for suggestions. [more inside]
Curious George: Are you an innie or an outtie?
June 17, 2004
Curious George - I'm getting married almost exactly a year from now and it occurred to me that I need to start thinking and arranging for things. Anyone with experience planning a wedding have advice? I have questions for guys and gals. [more inside]
Curious George: Javascript/DHTML Menu Apps Wanted: Good DHTML/Javascript menu building app. Any ideas? [more inside]
Curious George: Apple GarageBand questions Some questions about digital recording in general and working with MIDI controllers specifically, using Apple's program GarageBand. [more inside]
Honey Where You Been So Long?
is one of my new favorite musicblogs.
And there's a LOT of them out there these days.
Curious George: Soccer/Football? In honour of Euro2004, I'd like to find out what they call this lovely sport in other parts of the world and in other languages. [more inside]
Wrapped Up In Books - What level can you get to?
"Keep your hands off the jailbait": Virginia Dept of Health. They're discouraging older men from screwing around with young girls. [more inside]
Teleportation breakthrough made. [more inside]
Dead cat, dead dog, dead horse, dead Homer, dead fish, dead fly, dead aeroplane, dead tree, dead baby, dead silence. (All SFW.)
Today marks the first installation of a periodic posting titled, "SO? WHAT?" in which we request updates on past threads. Don't keep us in suspense!
InfraMonkey, did you ever find a job?
Ambrosia, did you find someplace warm?
Boo, did the dog shut up?
PF, did you meet your true love?
Ambrosia, did your stalker depart?
And, for a bonus 10 points: Did any monkeys solve the worlds hardest crossword puzzle?
EXPO 2005 is being hosted by Aichi (Japan). EXPO 2000 was in Hannover, which I personally attended and simply adored. The irregularly-held World Exposition, run by the BIE, is like a cultural Olympics, and is always worth a visit.
Ole! This too is old, but it never fails to make me laugh (.wmv, NSFW.)
Ok, this is old as hell and you all have probably already seen it. But I just stumbled across it, and my searches on both Mofi and Mefi turned up nothing. So here it is. And I want one real bad.
Mondegreens! AKA Music Ear Disturbances, disclexia, chronic lyricosis, and Litellas. [more inside]
Jesus In My Jeans Genes
"I Am Christ and The Messiah and The Great I Am. I Am The One. I Am Jesus Christ. I Am The Son of David and the Son of Man and Root of David. I Am The Judge. I Am the Source of David. I Am Jesus Christ in the Genes."
You are batshit crazy.
A new low.
And, it doesn't require dollar bills or taking eyes off the TV to get your favorite beverage
Not to be all Pepsi Blue-ish, but I saw a commercial for this and could not believe it.
[more inside]
On June 17th, every year, the family goes through a private ritual: we photograph ourselves to stop a fleeting moment, the arrow of time passing by.
The Infinite Art of Kerry Mitchell and Janet Parke. [more inside]
June 16, 2004
PEEFILTER. ...and other obscure patents. [more inside]
Curious George - REVENGE!! This question occured to me when I posted to the cat pee Curious George below. It was kind of a poetic revenge. So Monkey's, tell us of your best revenge stories...
Dave Winer Shut Down 3,000 Bloggers Without Warning [more inside]
critter-repellant.
I was going to post this a month or so ago, when I first bought my jar of powdered fox urine, but forgot all about it until today. I wonder what reminded me...
How do you suppose Brooklyn squirrels know what fox pee smells like, and that they should keep clear?
[more inside]
There were supposed to be ten planes? There, some newsfilter. Just stop talking about urine for five seconds and focus on terrorists. Feel free to take the piss if you must, but not like that.
Urinal dot net: Because every urinal has a story. [more inside]
Restroom Ratings: "A special spot on the web for public bathroom reviews." All this, and postcards too!
Noddy (just to go with the flow of the day) has been voted the most popular children's TV programme in France. See, the French are very open to Anglo-Saxon culture really. Just leave the SUV behind.
I am well aware this is my second FPP today. And I am well aware that it has nothing to do with pee. And I am well aware this is via Presurfer. But you guys HAVE GOT TO SEE THIS. This little video is one of the funniest things I have ever, ever seen on the Internet. That said, possibly/probably NSFW (silly male nudity).
Calling All Bed Wetters! Helpful Hints, Resources and Support Group Info From The Man You Love To Hate. [more inside]
How to make a Urine Sample. Recipes do vary, though. Either way... cheers, pissheads!
Urine recipe! "The following reagents will be necessary for the preparation of normal human urine." Thank you, National Association of Biology Teachers.
Urine Therapy
From toughening up the skin to curing cancer, the medical community is gushing over this ancient, yet disturbing act also known as urotherapy.
So next time you flush, think about how you are flushing that tasty panacea down the drain.
Stumbled across these disturbing photos of the Gulag. They're not really great photos. I like them because I like Russian history of the Stalinist era. If that period doesn't interest you, you could probably skip it.
James Joyce's Erotic Letters to Nora Barnacle
- The title speaks for itself, and, yes, if dirty words are not safe for work, then this is NSFW.
In addition, herein we surprisingly have proven Elizabeth Hoffman correct in her assertion that a certain expletive can be used as a term of endearment, and we have proven it with the words of the greatest of modern writers.
Build it and they will come? Having just come back from Dubai on holiday, which I would recommend to anyone. I was amazed at the massive development work that is currently on-going. You've got The Palm, The World. Also being built is a massive theme park Dubailand, incorporating it's very own indoor ski slope. But that's not all, there's also the Jumeriah Beach Residence, Arabian Ranches and the Burj Dubai (the worlds tallest tower), to name but a few of the projects currently on the go.
The Father of Electrtonic Music in Canada
Monkey Pee, Monkey Poo If wanna know the truth, I just gotta go with the flow here .... You know what they say: Monkey pee, Monkey doo. [more inside]
"A well-timed blast of urine is the key to winning a crayfish fight, say researchers."
When in Rome, piss on it.
[more inside]
Pee-Mail
- Yes, it's El Día De La Urina here on Monkeyfilter.
Write upon the snow/ you know/ by letting go/ the yellow flow.
"How to survive creative burnout" as told by some guy who worked at Microsoft for near to a decade. Some useful advice that I already pay mild attention to. Some of this stuff works way better than "GET HIGH, MAN!"
Woman's Guide to Peeing Standing Up It appears that social conventions and conditioning has forced women to sit down while urinating. [more inside]
Cassini-Huygens approaches Saturn. More. [via laputan logic]
The Tao of Pee. [Via the other Sullivan.]
Roddy Lumsden's VitaminQ This man has a myriad ways with words and an amazing compilition of word lists at VitaminQ. He's a hot Scot who's a poet, a wicked punster, a man fascinated by trivia and by words and phrases that tickle the ear, and he runs one of the more delightful blogs online. Don't miss the archived stuff -- it's all juicy!
Term of Endearment Some interesting comments made by University of Colorado President Elizabeth Hoffman. She may find c__t endearing, but I know some monkeys who beg to differ. [more inside]
June 15, 2004
Underneath Their Robes. Federal Judges get the gossip blog treatment. Via Vidiot
Is John Ashcroft the Worst Attorney General Ever? Paul Krugman gives a laundry list of reasons why he think he is. Atrios and Kevin Drum don't think much of him, either. They both make the observation that the press no longer believe anything he saids about terrorism and the man loves the spotlight. [more inside]
The International Guild of Professional Butlers.
Hiring the Help: Could you? Would you? Or is the idea of being served by others too much?
Helping the Hirers: Could you? Would you? Or is the idea of serving others too much?
A bad omen for Sri Lanka At least there wasn't any laser-toting martians around...
Some insane guy selling a million retro computers on eBay. Excuse the hyperbole, but that's a lot of stuff. Quirky little auction. Paging everyone who lives in Wales! [Via Gizmodo.]
Chambers' Book of Days (1864) is a partial (24 December through 12 July, at present) OCR of a nineteenth-century Almanack or Daily Reader. I also offer an 1879 edition (scanned, not searchable). [more inside]
Bembo's Zoo - Font Flash Alphabet Art (with sound). As always, 'X' is a bit lame. 'M', of course, rocks.
monkeyfishing n. to catch fish by charging water with an electric current then netting the stunned or panicked fish which rise to the surface. [more inside]
Feel-good site o' the day: "At do-gooder.org, we focus on short-term, measurable projects -- small projects that can be completed -- such as sending 500 books to a library that has been flooded, sending 600 pairs of mittens to orphans in Kazakhstan, sending art supplies to children in Bolivia, providing web design or other media services to a struggling rural cooperative, or volunteering to teach basic computer skills to women in Appalachia." It doesn't collect money, rather you send money or goods directly to each project.
Jesus
is just alright with me...
(last link NSFW if you start poking around beyond the main page)
curious george : i need to find multiple sound effects of mobile phones ringing but not with recognisable songs as tones more bleeps and blops for a show i'm directing. any one know of good sfx sites
Go Soundwave! Go Soundwave! It's your birthday! - Flash fun for this Not Friday
George Lucas owes somebody royalties.
Tomorrow is Bloomsday 100.
Bloomsday. Bloomsday. Bloomsday. Bloomsday. Bloomsday. Bloomsday. Bloomsday. Bloomsday. Not that Bloomsday.
... but nothing in the UK, apparently?
Striking photos of Kamchatka. [more inside]
Travis!
via BLORT, so you can just imagine.
"Didn't know I could do that, did you?"
The International Necronautical Society
“We, the First Committee of the International Necronautical Society, declare the following:-
1.That death is a type of space, which we intend to map, enter, colonise and, eventually, inhabit.
[more inside]
Breaking News This just in. Ronald Reagan is still dead.
Bilingualism: antidote for senility? According to the researchers cited, bilingual people do better on cognitive tests. They didn't study people who learned a second language as an adult, though.
Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, says the Bush administration has made her work of promoting democracy and human rights harder by invading Iraq.
June 14, 2004
We All Hate Mondays... This is the best explaination for Garfield ever.
Taking Life's Final Exit
- It is common for people in the last stages of life, the bedridden and the dying - to talk of taking a journey, meeting with people, or being in a preparatory stage of transit. What does this mean, for us, our loved ones, and consciousness?
[LA Times link - reg. required - use buttafucco/demanteca as login/pass or check out the Yahoo News version of the story]
Curious George: Playlists. Why are MP3 playlists all over the Web? Google finds countless thousands of hits. What ends does posting a list with 1000+ songs serve, besides the fact that one simply can? Just curious... I seem to run up against tons of such superfluous content when I'm searching for music details.
Postal Experiments.
Deer tibia. Our mailing specialist received many strange looks from both postal clerks and members of the public in line when he picked it up at the station, 9 days. The clerk put on rubber gloves before handling the bone, inquired if our researcher were a "cultist," and commented that mail must be wrapped.
[more inside]
Spirits of dead climbers haunt Mount Everest - and funeral rites need to be performed to aid their transit into the 'next world' (or whatever). So says Pemba Dorji Sherpa. And he should know, because he's the climber who got to the summit of the world's highest mountain in the record time of 8 hours 10 minutes. [more inside]
Cybersex in a "The Sims"-like world! Yes, who wants to play a massively-multiplayer online RPG that allows you to tenderly caress the avatars of boys pretending to be girls? Hot pixelated pictures within! [Via the site I linked to.]
Crispin Glover On David Letterman
Need I say more?
[wmv file]
Hook 'em while they're young, and keep 'em hooked when they're older.
Disastrous?
The European election thing didn't turn out the numbers of voters the men-in-grey-suits wanted. They called the election a disaster.
No, what's disastrous is that people don't feel that voting will influence anything. What's disastrous is the fact that many people consider their nominal representatives non-representative. What's disastrous is the failure of a pan-European democracy.
Sorry 'bout the News-filter. Wanna buy a hole on the Intarweb? A wedding dress?
Oh, this is much fun. Schoolchildren illustrate idioms, drawing pictures of "a bee in her bonnet," "a hill of beans," "a penny for your thoughts." One of my faves: What it looks like to "have a crush on someone." Heh.
Curious, George: Decent Chat? Several recent posts seem to suggest that we monkeys are looking for some decent virtual conversation. Are there any quality chat rooms online? [more inside]
Khazaria [map]. The Khazars [wikipedia] were a Turkic people [wikipedia] that settled in contemporary southern Russia and Ukraine and converted to Judaism. [more inside]
Hhmmm, if I ever get hard-up for cash I may consider this approach..........
Andrea Fraser, a well regarded artist, admits "This is one of the most complicated pieces I've ever done."
Yeah, it's tough going thru the whole Kama Sutra with an unidentified American collector who paid $20,000 to participate. The results; an hour of 'art'.
Web comics!
Dr. Fun was the first comic on the world wide web. Where the Buffalo Roam appeared earlier in a Usenet group
Now, there are so many to enjoy.
Could This Be The Most Ridiculous Thing I've Ever Posted? Just hitting this could be a colossal waste of your time. It could be completely unredeeming. Futile. Later, flames of rage could engulf you, causing you unmanagably risky behavior. The whole world would be like that movie with all those zombies at Marks & Sparks. I use the slangy form to show you I'm with it, but all it does is forever taints me as an ass who pretends to shop in london. And if I really wanted to pass myself off as an English Person, I'd have said "film", not "movie". And I would have mentioned Daleks, or started humming a Sting song, or said "Merseybeat" or "Gear" like the Beatles did. I bought a Clash record once. I've eaten curry. I could be English. So Feck Off, Chum-- I'm English. [more inside]
Black People Love Us! Is it a joke? What kind of joke? Should we be offended or endlessly amused? The letters page certainly doesn't clear things up.
Herb Walker's Archive of Books I stumbled over these archived books while looking for information on herbs -- some titles are available elsewhere online, but others seem to be unique to this site. Anyway, here's Herb Walker's Full-text Archives and an unpredictable and eclectic collection it is, with over 220 titles. Happy exploring.
So, you've got a News Satire site,
and you want to get some attention. What do you do? What do you do? Attack the Onion, of course.
please beleive me that I have no vested interest in promoting this site. Honest. Really!
Jurannessic. "At a time when there were no film makers, no technicians, no cameras and even no lights, a caveman created the first porno." [Flash, possibly NSFW.]
June 13, 2004
CIA Torture Book
Curious about those super cool torture techniques that the CIA used in Vietnam. Learn more from this Washington Post article. Believe it or not, the methods are very similiar to what were used on Iraqi prisoners.
(via Talk Left)
Calendar Girls is an outrage! [more inside]
The Joy of Pigs.
An old PBS Nature featured program.
Also, everything you need to know to raise pigs.
50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers Fifty brief studies in snark from the New York Press. [more inside]
From the front page of the LA Times
Meteorite crashed into NZ family's house.
I had a smokin' good time at the Museum of Burnt Food!
Monkeying about with mail [more inside]
One saved Harry Potter from many tight scrapes, and in the film Die Another Day the technology provided James Bond with the ultimate escape vehicle, an invisible car.Pictures from the inventor's homepage.
This hasn't been picked up by Slashdot yet.
Pro Tossers.
Professional Tossing League.
[Via some guy's bumper sticker]
Cowcatcher. Invented by Charles Babbage in 1838, the cowcatcher has prevented many derailments and has even helped recovering alcoholics. Although it has been known to catch the occasional guitarist.
The Grey Lodge Occult Review, Issue #11.
Is Robert Smith still the same? Or has he changed? Find out in this thrilling interview! See the messy-haired one speak of Corganesque control-freakiness, eye-glasses, and much more! Yes, I figured it was time to start up some hype for the Cure's new album, which drops on June 22 and was produced by some nu-metal tart named Ross Robinson. [more inside]
June 12, 2004
Onomatopoeia, gee it's good to see ya!
The dictionarians at Merriam-Webster have announced their Ten Favorite Words for 2004
[more inside]
Have you used a Cray today? A Cray Y-MP and Cyber 960 are available for your amusement via telnet, thanks to volunteers of Munich's Association for Historical Computers. Most of their machines run only on Saturday due to the massive power requirements. And hey, if you have any fiber optic cable it sounds like they could use it!
Draft Registration: United States Armed Forces Pursuant to Sub-Section 8, Paragraph C of Executive Branch Classified Directive #13334-P, dated 1 May 2004, the Armed Forces of the United States stand directed by President George W. Bush to accelerate preparations for compulsory induction of the adult non-homosexual population into active combat duty in the War Against Terror.
Catfight 2 Miller makes another tasteless commercial with Pamela Anderson.
B. Kliban : A brief gallery of Kliban's work, arranged by "difficulty." [more inside]
Slashdot effect: a force for good?
On November 8th, 2001, Distributed Proofreaders was slashdotted for the first time, with others over the
years (third graph down).
OK, so it's bad form to link to a site where they need to sign in, just so they can read a post, but really....everyone should be in distributed proofreading anyway.
His other job is chief lama in Russian republic. Meet Philadelphia-born Erdne Ombadykow, a.k.a. Telo Rinpoche the spiritual leader of Kalmykia, the only predominantly Buddhist region in Europe. [more inside]
Scrap metal or ICBMs?
First off, this is from an admittedly far-right website, The World Tribune, but it brings up an interesting discussion point.
What I find odd is that in right's effort to prove their reason for war, (i.e. the existence of weapons of mass destruction) they have exposed a huge flaw in their reasoning and execution of war, namely the distribution and spread of WMDs in the anarchy of post invasion.
Like many folks who opposed this war I did not even argue with the assertion that Saddam had WMDs, just that the war and its aftermath would allow for any weapons, should they exist, to fall into the hands of other far more fragmented political groups/terrorist organizations than Bathist Iraq. Looks like this might have been the case.
Amusing place names in the UK.
As a follow-up of sorts to this post, find amusing place names in the UK within a 40-mile radius of your home. Close to me include Bottom Flash, Menlove Gardens, Dick Slack and Hole Bottom.
PeurileFilter
Make Others Bend To Your Irresistable Will Through Your Awesome Secret Powers!!! My inner eight-year-old Knows This Is True. [more inside]
Ray Guns II - These Ones Shoot Corks! - Monkeys love Ray Guns. Here are some (rather expensive) ones that look like they're straight out of Ming the Merciless' armory - and they shoot wine corks 100 feet! [more inside]
I Feel Fine - by an obscure little Liverpudlian group
- You should recall the rather excellent recent Monkey post of Melon's Come Together FLASH video. Here's another one, p'raps not quite as impressive but still worth a boogie, of the Fab Four's early hit "I Feel Fine".
FLASH, obviously, seen @ & nicked from Bifurcated Rivets
Click here to see the story and photo. Guy cheats on girl. They break up. Guy spreads rumors about girl. Girl obtains highly embarrassing picture of guy and posts it on the web. (Not safe for work)
Bunraku: The Little Story of Two Monkeys
Windows Media Video, probably NSFW.
Pretty amazing though.
24 Hour Dot Com Our mission is to build a dotcom in 24 hours. We will then sell the company on eBay and get rich. [via glassdog]
The marriage bed from the mens point of view. It's been an age old joke, married= no sex. But why does it happen? [more inside]
Gmail is for monkeys Curious George: Anyone still need Gmail? [more inside]
Superheroes In Capes and Evil Masterminds. Real Ones.
"Henley points to one woman who dressed up in a costume to fight evil, albeit the comparatively minor evil of people trying to take advantage of drunk women at bars. And there are others, Super Barrio, defending or Mexico City's poor, or Angle Grinder Man, striking a blow against police boots on London's cars. But what of supervillains?"
[more inside]
June 11, 2004
Rico the dog has a large vocabulary and learns new words first time. Asked to comment, Rico described the findings to date as 'rough'.
"... there are really only two things you really need to know. Everything else is the application of those two things, or just not important.”
Example:
The Two Things about Blogging:
1. Everyone who runs one is a kook.
2. Everyone who comments in one is a kook.
[more inside]
Curious George: I'm having relationship troubles. Is this all there is? [more inside]
The Spoonbill Generator gives you the opportunity to contribute to a collaborative work of verse. There are four poems and/or prose being written concurrently. To add a line to the poem just fill in the form at the bottom of the poem page. Over 1500 have been written, ranging from minor masterpieces to complete rubbish.
Take your places at the starting gate... From a MetaTalk thread:
After the server stabilizes, I'm going to open it back up. I'm still getting way too many jrun errors, but I think the site could use some new blood.You monkeys who slept through the last tiny window of opportunity: you know what to do.
posted by mathowie at 10:29 AM PST on June 11
Smokin Noses
Women who SMOKE!
as in -cough, cough-
[more inside]
RSS.
Some people are embracing the technology, while others are less enthusiastic. A good summary of the pros and cons of RSS can be found here.
[more inside]
How to be a football faker [more inside]
Naked Bike Ride Tomorrow, June 12, many cyclist in many cities around the world will take off their clothes and ride their bicycles "as bare as they dare". [NSFW] [more inside]
Long-distance string art. "Take a string. Connect one end to a point on the Earth. Connect the other end to another point on the Earth." A fascinating art project for our SanFran monkeys to check out! (In Frames, under "News" on the left)
Con Games by Michael Bamberger
"At a New Jersey prison, 32 felons competed for a chance to take on an Ivy League chess whiz"
Sorry 'bout the cache; couldn't find a clean copy.
Interesting read tho'.
http://www.fromthewilderness.com
JUNE 8, 2004 1600 PDT (FTW) - Why did DCI George Tenet suddenly resign on June 3rd, only to be followed a day later by James Pavitt, the CIA's Deputy Director of Operations (DDO)?
Both resignations, perhaps soon to be followed by resignations from Colin Powell and his deputy Richard Armitage, are about the imminent and extremely messy demise of George W. Bush and his Neocon administration in a coup d'etat being executed by the Central Intelligence Agency. The coup, in the planning for at least two years, has apparently become an urgent priority as a number of deepening crises threaten a global meltdown.
Based upon recent developments, it appears that long-standing plans and preparations leading to indictments and impeachment of Bush, Cheney and even some senior cabinet members have been accelerated, possibly with the intent of removing or replacing the entire Bush regime prior to the Republican National Convention this August.
Lantern slides of classical antiquity. Bryn Mawr's hoard of images of ancient buildings.
Zimbabwe nationalizes all property, a move widely predicted to throw the country back by centuries. Citizens will receive 99 year "leases" instead of deeds. For me this raises the question, is private property really the basis of all productive societies?
He deposited a junk mail check for $95k -- it cashed! The rest is apparently history.
Smoking out the yobs?
The UK Guardian's reporting that Portuguese police are going to crack down on drunken English football fans at Euro 2004 ... but they're going to ignore those who're publicly smoking dope ...
The idea being that a stoned football fan is much less likely to cause trouble than a drunk one ... It worked 4 years ago in Holland apparently.
Ken James died after falling from a bike in Swanston Street, Melbourne, on February 27. Police believe the 64-year-old was stealing the bike when he fell and hit his head. Unfortunately, as we live in another state, none of these bikes were my brother's (he has had three stolen in one year). Most bike thieves I have come across (to a cyclist they usually stand out like a sore thumb) have been kids, or addicts looking to finance their habit. [more inside]
The Ultimate Starting Page "a URL does not always answer your perception"
Before the iPod-- The Pod! Put Petrol in the Mini, Pack away some Marmite, Hitch up your Pod, and it's Dorking by Sunset, Mate! [more inside]
What An ACLU Suit Challenging An Important Section of the USA Patriot Act Tells Us About Surveillance and Secrecy. A good FindLaw piece on National Security Letters.
The Oracle of Bacon. [more inside]
June 10, 2004
Big Bunny This is an old animated series by Amy Winfrey. She is the creator of Muffin Films and Making Fiends.
The Haggis-On-Whey World of Unbelievable Brilliance. Meet the world-famous scientist, explorer, and author of "Giraffes? Giraffes!", and her husband Benny. [more inside]
Best online role playing game ever. Of course, it's the first one I've ever played, but I'm convinced it's the best. Create your own superhero and battle evil!! Be amazed at how hours upon hours get sucked into the void! Spend every minute at home playing it, like my husband!
R.I.P. Ray Charles - Any fans out there? What was your favorite Ray Charles tune? Was his music a soundtrack to any special memories?
Scientology link to public schools
As early as the third grade, students in S.F. and elsewhere are subtly introduced to church's concepts via anti-drug teachings.
[more inside]
CURIOUS GEORGE: Mozilla Mayhem
Hey, this is pretty minor; but it's driving me nuts... could the Mozilla folk in the house help me with a lil' hassle I'm having?
[more inside]
Florida orders NEW purge of voter list The last time Florida conducted a purge of felons from its voter rolls, in the notorious 2000 presidential election, gaping inaccuracies in the list caused tens of thousands of eligible voters to be wrongfully disenfranchised, almost certainly the biggest single factor denying Al Gore the keys to the White House. [more inside]
The Mad Artist What Hangs Art At Midnight
Paintings of President Bush and former President Clinton, accompanied by messages referring to the artist's bodily fluids, mysteriously appeared last week on the walls of two major city museums and reportedly at two other museums in Philadelphia and Washington.
Tarzan Movie Posters. [more inside]
A short report about an upcoming film 'the Librarian' [more inside]
Florida to Alaska by bike. What's it like to pedal a bike across the continent? Wade Anderson did the trip a few years ago and his journal documents it with detail and introspection. Do you have any favorite cycling trip websites?
The stupa (or chorten) is Buddhism's universal piece of symbolic architecture. Borobodur in Java is probably the most famous while the Shwedagon Pagoda in Burma is the largest, and they abound in the Himalayas, even in caves.
The Art of Gary Taxali. Dreamy. Funny. Sad and Sassy. Like A Half-Buried Cheese-Burger Wrapper in Some Forgotten Sandbox... [more inside]
The AirScooter — personal watercraft of the sky? [more inside]
June 09, 2004
Bush Administration Finds Report Terrifying
The bad news for the Bush administration doesn't stop (and neither do their efforts to hide the truth about it.)
[more inside]
Die Duckomenta
Great works of art, as seen through the eyes of Carl Barks and Floyd Gottfredson.
This makes me happy.
A history of gay bath houses. Not remotely safe for work. [via a segment I heard on NPR]
What the bagel man saw - An economist gave up his job to sell bagels to companies on the honor system and tracked all the data. "By measuring the money collected against the bagels taken, he could tell, down to the penny, just how honest his customers were. Did they steal from him? If so, what were the characteristics of a company that stole versus a company that did not? Under what circumstances did people tend to steal more, or less?" (NYT, Reg inside) [more inside]
One more thing for the right to get pissed at the French about
Oh Satan, move in our voice. Listen to some famous speech reversals and backwards masking in famous songs, such as Led Zep and John Lennon. Each mp3 includes the full verse then plays at least two reversals. Caution: may lead to devil worshipping and marijuana use.
Curious George: Action Movie Villains
Okay, no link (....yet!), but I figured this was right up the monkeys' collective banana peel-strewn alley...
A friend of mine was at a restaurant with his groovy wife and they saw someone who some folks know as the dad from That 70s Show, but the rest of us know as Clarence Boddicker. This inspired his rating muse, read on...
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Planet Lava, for all your discontinued Lava Lamp and inflatable furniture and glitter lamp and plasma lamp needs ("and, of course, air pumps").
Changing from gay to straight. A young DC guys claims he can change from gay to straight and is blogging his way through the process. [more inside]
Bollocks
, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks.
Thank you, and good night.
Taboo Tunes. Including A Gallery of the Forbidden.
Big Giant Curious George Pixels On My Wall Searching for coolest flash printing app ever. Monkeys! Somewhere in the blogosphere I saw a pixilating mural creating flash app. [MORE INSIDE] [more inside]
Curious George: Which blogs do you read? Have you visited any sites other than MonkeyFilter?
Trebizond. The recent, wildly successful MoFi meetup at the Met, with its trek through the Byzantine exhibit, left me with one tiny disappointment: they ignored the last remmnant of the Byzantine Empire. After the fall of Constantinople, the city of Trebizond and its empire (map) held out until 1461. The first three chapters of a detailed history are online (1, 2, 3). [more inside]
"What we need to do is to help in the cause of, ah, downfall of California," an employee is heard saying on the tapes. "You guys need to pull your megawatts out of California on a daily basis." More Enron tapes from CBS. Too bad the Governator wasn't there to fight the bad guys.
June 08, 2004
Why we shouldn't worry about Mexican immigration.
Francis Fukuyama's take on the controversial subjects of Samuel Huntington's book, Who Are We?
Via A&L Daily (ugh, what a vice of mine)
I promise my next three FPP won't come from there.
Monkey College: Registration now open. All monkeys welcome to apply. Minority monkeys eg orang utans and colubus monkeys encouraged to apply. Monkey college is an affirmative action institution. Tuition is free for in state monkeys. All out of state monkeys pay 27 bananas per semester.
A Few Things To Do If You're Bored Outta Your Gourd! Just a Touch of Passive/Aggressive Behavior Makes An Otherwise Empty Day Fly Right By... [more inside]
Beastie Boys
Exclusive live performance of the new single Ch-Check It Out. Also, and interview and links to several videos (like the brilliant Sabotage.)
Also, here's a link to the song In A World Gone Mad. [media link]
October Surprise! Where you can predict what will happen before the November 2004 election. [Via Boing Boing.]
Pottery and pet hair -- a great combination. Haven't you ever looked at an aging animal friend, wishing you could incorporate some part of him in an objet d'art for your mantle? Now you can vacuum up that hair from the couch and get sentimental with it! [more inside]
The Golden Years Library. Public Domain Comics. [more inside]
Hasselhoff Arrested. Hot on the heels of announcing his fledgling rap career. David Hasselhoff has decided to kick things off right by aquiring a little street cred.
Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides Scary, if true. [via DayPop] [more inside]
Happy Medard day A hearty man, by all accounts. "Legend has it that if it rains on his feast day, the next 40 days will be wet; if the weather is good, the next 40 will be fine as well."
The Voynich Manuscript. In 1912, the book dealer Wilfrid Voynich came into possession of this mysterious document, which has so far proven indecipherable. It was possibly written by the Franciscan monk Francis Bacon, and has links with Emperor Rudolf II of Bohemia among others. You can view the entire thing here. It includes a number of astounding illustrations, many biological drawings and, uh, some recipes, apparently. [more inside]
Looking for webcams of the Transit of Venus that actually work? The ones in Norway seem to be doing the best job of it so far: [more inside]
Drunk? Female? Easily Influenced?
Terrifica to the rescue.
Don't miss her archnemesis:
"Fantastico, who says he does not have a day job, says he likes to indulge in the finer, pleasurable things in life and that he likes to bring out the pleasure in people. He is convinced that Terrifica is a miserable, lonely woman who does not want anyone else to be happy."
Baldwinization Centers of America!
Supple, sultry lips? CHECK!
Seductive, searching eyes? CHECK!
An elusive "I'm way prettier than you AND your girlfriend, so get me a Diet Fanta" smirk? CHECK!
The 50 coolest parts of songs.
warning: earworms ahead
[via memepool]
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Legendary New York punk guitarist Robert Quine was found dead in his apartment in NYC.
According to Billboard Magazing he died of an apparant heroin overdose. Quine was a member of punk pioneers Richard Hell and the Voidoids and worked with other luminaries such as Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Brian Eno, John Zorn and Lester Bangs.
RIP
Why do some people live longer than others? That's it, I'm moving to Japan where I'll study for a Doctorate whilst doing the odd movie role with a view to getting my Oscar. Or maybe I'll stay where I am (grim Northern Ireland). Technically I'll not live as many years - it'll just seem longer.
June 07, 2004
Sexual Autonomy and the Mentally Retarded. Eugene Volokh tropes on recent judicial opinion on this Solomonic issue. [more inside]
Rick James: Financial Wizard Learn how you can blow "$7,000 a week" on crack cocaine and still be worth $40 million.
Absolutely stunning idea wonderfully executed. TheyWorkForYou is a new blog-like website and search utility that allows people to see every word uttered in England's House of Commons by Members of Parliament going back to 2001. via BoingBoing.
Curious George: Fair Rates for Urban Movers
I'm moving from Manhattan to Brooklyn and for the first time in my life have enough stuff to require movers.
The company I'm thinking of working with is charging $90/hour for four movers (I'm moving to a 4th floor walkup from an elevator building) with a four-hour minimum. How does this compare to Monkeys' experiences with other moving companies and rates, especially for those who have hired movers in NYC? Is it unreasonable, a deal, or just par for the New York course?
Philip K Dick Interview.
Via Warren Ellis's badsignal mailout:
"David sez, 'A friend loaned me a bunch of tapes, and one of them turned out to be an audio interview of Philip K. Dick, interviewed in his home. You can hear the television on and his kids playing in the background. Very relaxed and chatty. I transfered it to mp3s. Everything you hear is exactly what was on the tape..."
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Hilarious joke but the rest is depressing and sadly coming true. It is well known that when informed of the first plane smashing into the World Trade Centre George Bush said "that's some bad pilot". What is not so well known is that when informed of the second collision he said "Jesus! It's not the same guy again is it?".
Ladies and gentlemen, warm up those arms. Yes, it's time for the second annual national air-guitar championships! Which culminates in the air-guitar world championships in Finland. Novices and wannabes, check this out.
Rhubarbarama! More information and recipes than you can shake a stick of rhubarb at. [more inside]
Atlantis? Yet another person thinks he's found it.
Mysterious animal appears in North Carolina. If you're from those parts, can you explain what it is?
Clean up those dirty pictures! Need to clean up your digitals and find a home for them? [more inside]
Curious George: You call THAT fun! What do you do for fun? (Besides peeling bananas and drinking) [more inside]
June 06, 2004
Oops. A 35-ton concrete truck drives over an Ohio bridge marked for six tons. Truck is written off, driver makes monkey of self.
Learn (sort of) as you eat Using new technology ingeniously called "Prints", text can be printed directly onto food. Apparently, one of the inaugural uses is printing Junior Trivial Pursuit questions onto Pringles Potato chips (with the answers on the back, presumably). [more inside]
Mali's people reap no reward from cloned wild-rice gene. "Born a generation ago, partly in California laboratories and farm fields, biotechnology promised a banquet of benefits: It would bring more choice to consumers, pose no environmental threat to organic and conventional farmers, create little or no regulatory burden for government and, most tantalizingly, help feed the world's hungry. So far - like UC Davis' effort to aid Mali - biotechnology has not delivered."
Petals around the rose. A simple Flash game. I can tell you the name of the game, and that the answer is always either zero or an even number, but apart from that it's up to you to work out the rule governing the number of petals round the rose. Apparently, the smarter you are, the longer it takes you to work it out (which makes me really really stupid). More information here. [more inside]
Bowman. Flash game, via ABS. Kinda tricky, but fun once you get the hang of it. To return to the main menu, you'll need to right-click the game (or control-click on the Mac) and choose "rewind".
A breathtaking virtual panoramic tour of the D-Day Overlord sites. [more inside]
Ronald Reagan is dead. I'm sure you've all heard. Does this mean the USA will now change the dime? Or does FDR still have enough historical clout to defend his coin? Does anyone care?
Top 10 Internet Fads
Have you killed time with ALL these yet?
via WAXY o'course.
Pandaf Golf. Nice little flash game.
June 05, 2004
Breaking History: Ronald Reagan dead at 93
Will today be seen as the culmination of his achievements or the "end of the Reagan Era"?
Be nice. It's eulogy time.
I'll show you mine, if you show me yours Curious George: I think it would be, as Plegmund said, strange and wonderful to see you in the flesh. So to speak. [more inside]
They lay their eggs in your flesh. Last night at a dinner party, a friend related the horrid tale of someone infested by the larvae of the botfly, which lays its eggs in the flesh of mammals. I didn't believe her until I looked it up for myself -- and it's true. They struck a three-year-old in the neck and back ("The neck lesion continued to enlarge, and by this time a small hole was visible at its center.") They struck one man in the scrotum ("One lady Doc picked up Marks chart & said 'I'm not touching that'!"). The larvae has even shown up in the human eye. (Warning: very nasty picture!) [more inside]
Curious, George: Moving Hell/Joy This weekend is the big move into the new place for me and my girlfirend. I figured this would be as good of a time as any to ask a few questions, since you are all wise. [more inside]
Thank god for online porn Texas pastor gets elected mayor for sending I-know-where-you've-been postcards to porn shop custormes.
Is someone preparing for a trip we don't know about ... yet?
Are we all deaf, dumb and blind, or just asleep?
Why is this stuff on the back pages with limited notice?
You'll be amazed at what people throw away. So why not Freecycle and find?
Pause
One of the largest collections of music video's I have ever seen, plus interviews with directors. (flash navigation, slightly confusing)
[via memepool]
"Come to where the flavor is." Canadian cigarette maker is experimenting with exotic new flavors like maple, vanilla, chocolate. Naw, they're not going after teens.
Is Google getting too powerful? As much as I love Google, I have to admit these folks have some convincing arguments about problems it may present as it becomes ever more powerful.
June 04, 2004
Pigs In Blankets! This is art? This is art!
"Let me finish my -- "
Touchy, touchy. Here's a transcript of an interview Bush gave to Paris Match.
Highlight:
Let me finish my -- you ask a question, I give you the answers. And then if you want to ask another question, you're allowed to do so.
Wal-Mart's economy is bigger than Poland. A slightly outdated Top 100 list but still intriguing.
Asian Historical Architecture: this is a site with "over 7600 photos of 506 sites in seventeen countries". It is organized by country, with some cities and regions given particular attention, and there are also some click-on-this maps.
muu
via mr.pants.
Use a Condom. Because Children are Terrible Creatures. (MPG Link, 1.7 MB)
Remembering D-Day. From The Atlantic Monthly. (Note: any romanticized feelings you have for D-Day will be erased by that link.) The actual anniversary is on Sunday, but the reminders of it have been showing up for the last couple of weeks. [more inside]
And now, for those cultured monkeys among us, here are "banana-fied" lyrics to popular Broadway shows, complete with corresponding banana illustration. Bravo!
Ducks quack in regional accents! Fact. And echo in reginal accents too, presumably. [more inside]
Curious George: Apple 101 I just acquired a (used, free) Powerbook (and no, it's not a p-p-p-powerbook). I'm not overly burdened by computer literacy, and I've only used Windows before, so I have questions. Lots of questions. [more inside]
English champagne (sic) is hot stuff!
Laura Fraser, 18, a student, said: "You tend to think if it's called champagne and it's from France it would be better but it is not so sweet."
Tarquin Allerdyce-Lewis, 44, an artist from Edinburgh, described the French champagne as "disgusting."
For all your Masonic Police Patch needs... doesnt really help my latent paranoiac tendencies
Weather Music Gallery. Free music MP3s on a government server? You bet. El Paso warning forecaster John Fausett takes an unorthodox approach to informing and educating the public about dangerous weather.
The Transit of Venus
"We are now on the eve of the second transit of a pair, after which there will be no other till the twenty-first century of our era has dawned upon the earth, and the June flowers are blooming in 2004...What will be the state of science when the next transit season arrives God only knows."
- U.S. Naval Observatory astronomer
William Harkness, 1882
[more inside]
"Prepositioned weapons of mass destruction" for terrorists: America's chemical plants.
Real life chutzpah, or whining twitdom?
You be the judge.
via neilgaiman.com
Curious, George: Oldies Curious George I am working as the sound designer for Idaho Repertory Theatre this summer and I need to find old songs and I am having huge problems. [more inside]
Curious George He's without a job now. He needs to find work "for personal reasons". I was trying to figure out which corporate job George Tenet will take. Haliburton? Bechtel? head of NPR? Contest time. Lets play Tenet-O-Rama. The Monkey who correctly guesses the new job George Tenet will take in the corporate world gets a wonderful tacky thrift store gift of my choosing. Good Luck
Talk About Yer Random Images! Scrapbooks. Endless Pages Stuffed With Random Imagery. Hypnotic. Pointless. Human.... [more inside]
June 03, 2004
Curious, George: Help me find a job! I'm turning to the Monkey community with a very special request: Please help me fix my resume so I can escape this God forsaken job while I still have a few shreds of my soul, decency, and dignity left. [more inside]
So is keeping track of lovers a worth while exercise?
NBOX: Comedy. Sketches from some of the best comedians ever. Bill Hicks, Bob Newhart, Robin Williams, Milton Berle, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, George Garlin, and others. Larry The Cable Guy makes regular appearances to dispense his words of wisdom. Today was a bad day, until I heard Denis Leary's Life's Gonna Suck. [NSFW unless you're wearing headphones. Lots of swearing and sexual references.] [more inside]
Why the Media's Conspiracy Theory is Better than Yours fun for the whole gang!
Afgahn Prince of Ghor An American discovers he's an Afghan prince. No comment from Bush and co. [more inside]
CIA Director George Tenet Resigns The Washington Post's Robert G. Kaiser tries to make sense of Tenet's resignation with readers in an online chat. I say Tenet's "slam dunk" WMD intelligence and pre-September 11 tracking of known terrorists that were hanging out in strip clubs justifies giving the man a second chance.
A basket of sleepy puppies!
and
fluffy clouds!
and
cute babies!
and
happy sunshine!
(The preceding has been your official Break From Scary Evil Conspiracy Posts. Feel free to proceed with your day. Thank you.)
Streaming Sonic Youth and PJ Harvey Apparently you can stream the new Sonic Youth and PJ Harvey albums here and here. [more inside]
Conspiracy-net.com. The most definitive conspiracy portal on the web. [more inside]
China silences Tiananmen critics. "A leading Chinese doctor who criticised the Communist Party's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has disappeared on the eve of its 15th anniversary. Jiang Yanyong is one of several potential critics thought to have been taken from Beijing or put under house arrest ahead of the 4 June anniversary." But never mind that, "it's the economy, comrade."
The International Jewish Conspiracy.
"She wrote something bad about my appearance several times on the Net a few days before the incident. I didn't like that, so I called her (to a study room) and slashed her neck after getting her to sit on a chair," the Yomiuri Shimbun quoted Mitarai's killer, 11, as telling police sources.My God! No one told me this was so dangerous.
Just because you're paranoid... You think the world is controlled by a secretive organisation known only as the Illuminati? Ridiculous! In fact, the world is controlled by a secretive organisation known only as Bilderberg. Their annual meeting begins today, in Stresa, Italy.
Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet
is a compilation of proverbs about women from around the world. I don't know if this one's in it but I'm sure you'll be pleased to learn that:
"A man at thirty is like a freshly picked flower
A woman at thirty is like used tea leaves." -- Chinese Proverb
Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Trailer - available in Quicktime: small, medium or large - & Windows Media: small, medium or large.
Polyphonic Spree - The Adventure Game [more inside]
The Frog That Learned To Fly
1.3mb mpg realplayer clips of a levitating frog, grasshopper, strawberry, water and plenty more. All something to do with diamagneticism. How it works and why frogs?
via bad science
Goths don't need saving; who knew? Small town grants money to counter the goth problem, grant is returned when they discover there's no actual problem. [Via neilgaiman.com]
Tales of Old China is an ambitious site which focuses on the period 1840-1950. There's a library, images, and photos. [more inside]
Books, pictures, and more about China Tales of Old China is an ambitious site with something for nearly everyone. There's a library with an eclectic assotement of titles, some quite unexpected.
8-Track Heaven! Before iPod, mini-disc, CD, Walkman, Bonefone, and assorted crappy cassette players---the perfect accessory to a tricked out bubble-top Ford Van with Mag 600 wheels, dual pipes, and matching bongs...
Bob Dylan talks about songwriting. Insights from an American icon. Whether or not you enjoy Dylan's music and lyrics his perspective in interesting and he is rarely this talkative, especially about the nature of his art. [via ExpectingRain]
I wish I'd thought of that. Microsoft patents the double-click. [Sorry, truly horrible frames]. [more inside]
The Nicest Person in San Francisco A masterly story of an adventure in this city.
Massive Multi-Player Thumb Wrestling - coming soon to bored friends near you!
June 02, 2004
Curious, George: Am I paranoid, or are they out to get me? Someone has been letting himself into my apartment when I’m not there. What can I do to prove it? [more inside]
Polier does what reporters should have: A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.
Wrongly accused of having an affair with John Kerry, Alexandra Polier is vindicated through her own hard work and proves that a beautiful blond can have integrity and principals in the disreputable world of politics. (via Metafilter)
Be all that you can be! The Army announced today it is expanding its stop-loss policy theaterwide. This will keep all deployed soldiers in the Army past their separation/retirement dates for as long as their unit is in Iraq and Afghanistan, and for 90 days after returning home. Interestingly there are now 138,000 U.S. troops occupying Iraq, a third that at the peak of the Vietnam War. Can anyone with relatives or friends in the military give us a "temperature check" of how morale is in the service?
Surrealestate:
"As the Official Registrar of the Collective Unconscious (TM), we are able to provide you with a title deed to your own unique parcel of this vast ephemeral wilderness." Not to mention a weird computer lady with cleavage and blowy hair speaking to you.
Estimating the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow.
By Johnathan Corum.
Taking the immortal question and applying waveform physics and Strouhal numbers, Corum solves the question that parrots everywhere have been asking each other for the last 19 years. Even though the answer needed a bit of revision.
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What does it feel like to get shot? It's better to read about it here than experience it Out There.
19th Century Swedish Copybook.
'This is the first page of my great-grandfather's copybook. There could have been a separate wrapper or cover that did not survive.'
'Dated December 9, 1858, the book was signed by C.Damm, a writing tutor in Wirestad, Sweden. There are 12 pages of handwritten model forms of the Copperplate Script alphabet (sometimes called English Running Hand or Engraver's Script). Side margins appear to have been trimmed off at some time, and new binding holes were punched. The arrangement of pages below seems logical, but punched holes suggest that the leaves were bound in a different sequence. When I received the copybook as a child, the pages were no longer tied together, but wrapped individually in recycled yellow cellophane (smoked ham labels were printed on the cellophane) ... '
Silly Academic Position Titles.
Who wouldn't like to be the Assistant Director of the Underclass?
Via Arts & Letters Daily
Curious George: Computer Love Ich whl die Nummer, ich whl die Nummer. [more inside]
Hen + Zambian Man + flagrante delicto = Suicide - A man commits suicide after having sex with hen. [more inside]
Never too late to learn copyright law The Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter rang up Ray Bradbury, to find out what he thought of Michael Moore's Film, Fahrenheit 9/11. [more inside]
The Medieval Bestiary: animals in the middle ages. The illustrations of beasts and the accompanying text on illustrations of bests and accompanying text on this site are compiled from from various medieval sources, and are not taken from any single manuscript. From such selections, it's possible to savour the 'beasts', even as the medieval scholar and scribes surely did. [more inside]
Zaxonian Virtual Reality Chamber now available for a short time only!
Prankster, prophet, farmer, father, Ken Kesey found his grail at home.
New York City water may not be Kosher.
Orthodox Jews in New York City worry that the city's water supply may not be kosher, due to the copepods , small crustaceans which are forbidden in a strict Orthodox diet.
Important questions are raised here for the Orthodox community to consider:
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Franz Ferdinands fans are a bunch of f*cking idiots. NME Readers and Franz Ferdinand fans submit interview questions. Hilarity ensues:"Do you like tractors and other farming things?"
June 01, 2004
It sucks, you should watch it! Okay, more getting to know you, following up the previous movie CG. I am a connoisseur of bad film. I love it. My friends treat a "good" bad find as an event. We're looking for new ones. What's the best bad film you've ever seen? [more inside]
Sail to the Beanless Isles! But beware the Bean Pirates (arg!). And a couple more mp3 samples from comedy improv group Offramp.
iPod, annotated. For all the Monkeys who played the Blogstop games- come up with you own "i"- word. Other New Yorkers have used the Apple campaign for more pointed commentary. [via Gizmodo]
Othello.
In 1833, Ira Aldridge became the first black actor to play Othello on the London stage.
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Japanese TV Ads
from the 50s to the 80s. Pretty awesome. They are all from an interesting looking exhibit on Japanese beauty/consumerism. You've got to check out bottom middle, its awesome.
[Real Video format.] Link via Click Opera (One small image on Click Opera is rather fuzzy NSFW. You can still look at the page and just scroll past it. Your boss won't see. I promise.)
UPDATE on Steve Kurtz & Critical Art Ensemble. The FBI, we now know, will seek to indict Steve Kurtz (and perhaps others) before a grand jury in Buffalo, NY on June 15 on charges related to "biological weapons."
Mouse-eating in Zambia. Includes recipes.
Talking presents! Such as, the condiment holder that screams, "Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger, ketchup, mustard, relish, get your fixin's here!"
Instant Viking? Monarch? Satyr? All you need are a nekkid man and some props to "appeal to the muse". (Possibly NSFW: involves mantit, bum, and a leopard-skin wrap.)
Coffin Cake. Also, Games Console Wedding Cakes. I don't know which is more disturbing.
"Did I ever told you about 'The Beatles'?" Well, if you want to trigger granpa a flashback or *cough* still like those lads' tunes, check out this 3D op-art Flash (big 7.7Mb sucker) from those demented Melon guys, who started their mastery with audiovisual demos that fit on an Amiga floppy, back in the days when the Beatles still were together, or something like that... With karaoke mode! And lots of colors rapidly flashing, so beware.
A collection of ideas that adults thought were true when they were children. This is a great site! Some truly hilarious anecdotes of childhood. So, monkeys, what are yours? Do tell.
Beautiful photographs of Afghanistan by Luke Powell. Why can't he get them published? [Thanks to Nathan at the Argus].
stavrosthewonderchicken needs help. One of my favorite MeFi characters is having a hard time getting money from Paypal donations. Does anyone have any advice on how to get this turned around? [more inside]
Finally: The Zippo-Cam.
{Warning: Pointless Flash Intro... just hit "Skip"!}
This is THE MUST-HAVE for Spies. Who smoke.
Undercover Air Marshalls don't really blend well.
What's the point of having undercover air marshalls if Ray Charles can spot them from the back of coach?
"Air marshals 'are not undercover like Serpico,' (Federal Air Marshall Service spokesman David Adams) added, referring to the legendary New York detective. 'The director refers to them as 'discreet.'"
Bremer threatens to veto Iraqis' choice of president I thought folks were supposed to be FREE to elect who they wanted...Can someone explain this imposed democracy thing? [more inside]
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Human ingenuity never ceases to amaze me.
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The History of Toilet Paper. Let us pause to give thanks for the noble invention we take for granted, and recount the dark days in America's history known as "The Great Toilet Paper Shortage".
Xstasis (Flash, via Fleshbot (NSFW) who found out what androids really dream of.)
