Links posted in June 2005
June 30, 2005
Meet the Smoothies. "I want a man with chest, uninterrupted. Who's buff, thorough and shiny as a dime. He's playing with his earring. He's putting up his hair. He's touring the new Old Navy and picking up new slacks. I want a man with a tight shirt and a hard package." [more inside]
Alpha Girls TV
An organic media project for a disenfranchised population? Yeah, and if you don't like what's on there, go ahead and submit it.
Not earth shaking, but a good use of vlogs...
You never know when you'll need this information. Learn how to distinguish edible, though not necessarily tasty plants from their poisonous cousins. Just in time for your July cookouts! [more inside]
"Have you ever been in love?" Watch the video, listen to the songs. Cringe. Giggle. Add some Pizazz to your life. (Potentially NSFW, headphones suggested)
A Real Firewoks Display
will be readily visible to New Zealand this July 4th, although NPR said that the United States should be able to get a good look at it with the naked eye.
I keep thinking of the Apu clone from The Simpsons saying "What better way to celebrate the birth of your nation, than by blowing up a small part of it?"
Curious Ugly Legs George: Monkey girls please help! I'm going to a party, a big fancy party that I am driving all day to get to. I have a dress to wear that is adorable, my hair is okay, but my legs are a mess. [more inside]
Let it go already, Condi... Perplexed by the vitriol of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's attacks on Iran, one lawmaker believes he has uncovered the secret of her enmity - that she was spurned by an Iranian boyfriend at college.
Curious George: Firefox recent addresses I was wondering if there is a way to remove specific URL's from the drop down address bar in Firefox. [more inside]
Emotional incontinence and the Pseudobulbar affect. Kid you not.
Curious George: Job interview presentation. I have a job interview next week. I have to do a 10 minute presentation. I don't want to be rubbish. [more inside]
Welcome to Wickerpedia, the hard woven plant fiber encyclopedia. Q: Why can't I think of this stuff? [more inside]
8X-day is almost here, the eighth anniversary of July 5, 1998 when the pleasure saucers were due to arrive and take Reverend Ivan Stang and the Church of the Subgenius members away. Visions, freaks and enlightenment, or something like it. [more inside]
Clone Wars
The year is 2007, and North America has been wiped out in an unfortunate attempt to boost cellular reception. The rest of the world must repopulate the now desolate land mass using clones created with the DNA from the publicly chosen Top 10 Citizens lists of America and Canada.
Then, the world will pit the two bunches against each other in a glorious mud pit battle extraordinaire!
Biggest Catfish EVAR - Fish catching blokes in northern Thailand have caught the biggest catfish evar - a 646-pound (293-kg) monster as big as a small boat. Then they ate it. Hush puppies.
June 29, 2005
What's wrong with you? Tell the world on your PsychoTherapy clothing.
No Monkey! - a very silly monkey related flash video. Enjoy.
For the epicurious goonmonkey A collection of recipes created by the Something Awful forum members. Virtually all of the recipes have step-by-step instructions with pictures. No whale recipes, though.
Today's Front Pages: a nifty Flash application that allows you to see which news stories are getting front-page play across the country. [via kos]
How To Cook A Whale Found Dead. Traditional Kwakuitl recipes for a variety of hearty seafoods. Rib-sticking good.
Woman sues dairy industry for gaining three pounds. (WP link, reg. may be required.)
Could a hotel be built on the land owned by Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter? "A new ruling by the Supreme Court which was supported by Justice Souter himself itself might allow it. A private developer is seeking to use this very law to build a hotel on Souter's land." [more inside]
Chimp Quest! Lots of fresh chimpy goodness! [more inside]
The Opposites Game from the Zokutou writing group. [more inside]
The Face of Hope. Birhan Woldu, once a three year old on the edge of death who became "the face of famine" in Ethiopia, has grown up to be a dedicated young woman, in her second year of Agricultural College. [more inside]
Literature Online. From Adams to Zola, including Aesop, Forster, and Montgomery (some of my favorites). [more inside]
Same-sex marriage legislation passes! Pure newsfilter, already posted everywhere else online by now, and I'm too drunk from celebrating to flesh this out. But Canada is now the third country in the world to recognize same-sex marriages! [more inside]
Curiously Delicious Well, the curiously non-explosive Hummus Molé (Olé) has had several days in the refrigerator to get to know itself, and I'm sitting here eating it on corn tortillas, and it's curiously remarkable, if I do say so myself! It has developed a lovely, rich molé flavor (chocolate and hot peppers, for those who aren't into these things--do you eat molé Down Under?). You can find the link to the recipe in my earlier post, "Oh, East is East...", from June 23, 2005, but it's a self link, so look fast while Our Fearless Leader is otherwise occupied. [more inside]
Wheelchair Girl (porn review) The kissing goes on until they are caught by Wheelchair Girl. Crying, she screams that she didn't know they were into such horrible things, and runs off. Ai and Sayaka pursue, only to find the dumb bitch has thrown herself off the roof of the school. The scene fades, and Sayaka as the narrator explains that Wheelchair Girl didn't die, but she was paralyized from the waist down (hence, the wheelchair!)
June 28, 2005
Barbary Apes Run Wild on Gibraltar - Amusing NYTimes article about the last "free-range monkeys" in Europe
Is YOUR home planet warming up? Simply but this 300 trillion dollar ring around it! and all your troubles *should* go away.
Google Earth , formerly known as keyhole, available for free (~10 mb download) with basic (yet really nice) options. A bit of sightseeing here. via microsiervos
The Running of the Nudes, in which PETA asks Donald Rumsfeld to join "The Human Race."
Download music from around the world at Smithsonian Global Sound. I hope I don't come off like a shill for the site. It's like iTunes only with cultural music from around the world. 99 cents a song. Get some free samples here. Search by geographic area, or by instrument (like conch shell, or sumpotan).
But can they look up? Zombie dogs! For real! With sensationalist pic!
Curious George: Summer mix for a kid-musician?
I've had to choose a bunch of tunes for an hyper-taleneted kid/11-year-old guitar student. Don't ask why and yes she is an 11-year-old nerd. If you had to fill a CD for a current musician-kid what would you use? My 18 tunes are below... I appreciate any additions and I am sure she will too. When she get's back from the cottage in September...
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Easy Drinking?
Dudes, whisky doesn't have to be just for old folks anymore, and neither do you run the risk of affectation. I so totally want the smokey peaty one, though my taste test tells me I'm more likely to prefer the rich spicy one (so does this mean I should like my whisky how I like my men?) but sadly there are no stockists in my part of Cananananananada. Shame.
Linkie originally found through BBC, is this cheating?
Goodbye Hola. Melita Norwood, revealed as a spy thanks to archives former KGB officer Vasili Mitrokhin brought with hime when he defected to the west in 1992, has died. Ms. Norwood was never prosecuted and remained proud of her actions.
Peter Jackson's King Kong trailer - giant monkey, etc. Quicktime.
a Million Ways to be Cruel [16.2 MB QuickTime file]
Curious George: buying a poker table My friend is getting married and I was thinking "wedding gift." [more inside]
June 27, 2005
MonkeyGifts! (MoFi's surprise package swapping group!) We've been swapping since March, with successful rounds in March, May, and June! Sign-ups are open for the July round right now if you'd like to join in the fun. All the info you need is right here.
Ever roast marshmallows over a campfire? Well if you want to experience paradise, grab a bag of Kraft Jet-Puffed Toasted Coconut Marshmallows and roast one of those puppies. Learn the meaning of true bliss. (Just thought I'd share that. Thank me later.) Coconut-haters need not apply
Suck: the complete history [via]
Man Slippers. Who ever you are, having this man slipper is so functional yet beneficial for you. You probably have known much about this and you always thought that this man slipper must be own by every man. Agree?
Curious George: It ain't stealin'!
I read a lot of musicblogs, but it's kinda a pain in the ass to download each track individually... I like RSS feeders, but they don't automatically pick up the files (at least, Thunderbird doesn't).
Is there a similar software that just cruises blogs you subscribe to, and downloads anything with .mp3 after it? Ideally, this should sync with iTunes so that I could have daily playlists...
Obesity, genes and lifestyle. Scientists say genes are often the culprit, not necessarily for the growing incidence of obesity, but for who is more likely to become obese. [more inside]
Possibly the macho-ist watch name ever? Someone seems to trying too hard... [more inside]
World Heritage Panorama Photography Site
"So far, they have covered Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Eastern Canada, China, Cambodia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam. This represents 15 % of all 788 WH sites : 119 sites with 700+ panographies."
Tom Cruise Kills Oprah! I knew he was creepy already, but I wasn't aware his powers had become so strong. He must be stopped.
Bee Bid Record Fails
- I tried to make that headline parse as beedly as possible in order to create a buzz.
Irish beekeeper Phil 'Mad Bastard' McCabe has failed to take the world record for attracting the most bees onto his body after only managing a mere 200,000-strong bee bodystocking. With pix.
No faking the big-O Scientists see women's brains switch off during sex (article on the UK Register). [more inside]
RIP, Paul Winchell
, voice of Tigger AND Dick Dastardly, ventriloquist, TV pioneer, inventor of the artificial heart (version 0.1) among other things, skillful teller of dirty jokes, frank autobiographer and father of Blog Goddess April Winchell.
(skillfully eulogized by cartoon/comics writer, pop culture expert and blogger Mark Evanier - who's had to do too damn much eulogizing lately)
June 26, 2005
Curious, George: Any Monkeys still use a darkroom? I am thinking of an experiment with the Advanced Photography System (APS) format. [more inside]
Question and Answer co-op As of today, there are 95,136 questions in 1,124 "Frequently Asked Questions" files. Questions like "What is the best way to divorce a sociopath?" Lawyers will soon be an endangered species.
Curious/Poetic George Does anyone by chance have a copy of Rita Dove's poem "Looking Up from the Page, I Am Reminded of This Mortal Coil" (from her collection American Smooth) they could e-mail me, so that I can pass it on to a friend in South Africa (where they don't have as ready access to American poetry books)? Thanks in advance for any help.
The Wake 'n Bacon...
The name says it all. Or maybe not...but either way I hope this makes it to market.
Via Engadget.
A Cotton Candy Autopsy (comic)
Pornokrates "Historic smut for the discerning voyeur". I ahem came across this whilst searching for some of Rochester's works, but it seems to be a rich resource. For example, how have I lived this long without knowing 69 Ways to say "You Whore!"? Not safe for one's place of employ, I would hazard
Curious George: Lost! (Not the show.) Today I lost my wallet. Once I worked through some of the rage, I realized: the very concept of a wallet is simply idiotic. Surely, there must be a better way? [more inside]
June 25, 2005
Postcards of airlines and airports. Everyone's got to have a hobby.
The Alexander Palace Time Machine. Since the Nicky-Sunny letters got such a good response, I thought I'd share with y'all the mother lode of late-Romanov goodies. "The site started out as a virtual tour of the home of the last Tsar and his family, but in ten years has evolved into a databank of information on the last years of Imperial Russia. Here you can browse from a wide range of options - from rare online books, to palaces, recipes, antique cars and travelogues." [more inside]
"His 'Beatbox' is a control panel, with five little satelites...." Courtesy of musicthing.blogspot.com ... a more direct link here (includes QT MOV) [more inside]
Flying Snakes are a small group of species of tree snakes that live in South and Southeast Asia. They fly by flinging themselves off a high thing, and flattening their whole bodies like some kind of biological streamer. They glide. They can turn in mid-air. They do not have wings. They bite. They can fly up your arse. Ok, I made that last part up, but if you were worried about bats getting in your hair, this is worse. [more inside]
The History Crier Continuing a Proud Tradition in Reporting Since 1941. Hosted by the Military Department of Indiana. (History Crier link is to the left). [more inside]
Face Age Morph
Couple Morph--> (NSFW)
June 24, 2005
Curious George: Message board elitism. I am curious whether you all have had experiences with elitism and "inner circles" within any online communities. [more inside]
The Icelandic Phallological Museum is probably the only museum in the world to contain a collection of phallic specimens belonging to all the various types of mammal found in a single country. [possibly NSFW] [more inside]
An android recreation of Philip K Dick is appearing at nextfest.
Nerds make better lovers. But we knew this already. If you don't feel like dropping by your local chess tournament, particle accelerator lab or Dungeons and Dragons game to find your own hawt geek companion, you can do so online (surprise!) at sites such as Geek 2 Geek and Star Trek Dating. [via craigblog]
A trail of weird footprints found next to a creek, south of Broome (Australia), have folks wondering what beastie made them. Is it a cat, a Yowie (the Australian Yeti) a Bunyip (the Australian, er.. swamp thing), a bird-like thingie or just a fucking big dog? In other Oz Crypto news, misplaced big cats & Tasmanian Tigers are apparently 'out there'. [more inside]
Vote For the Greatest American The History Channel is running a special on 'The Greatest American'. One of the five nominees is Reagan. Get the word out so we can cast votes for the other four choices out there. Washington, Franklin, Lincoln and Martin Luther King. Who do you think should have been nominated for 'greatest american' that wasn't on the list?
Letters from Nicky to Sunny. Or, if you want to be stuffy about it, from Tsar Nicholas II to his wife Alexandra, written between September 1914 and March 1917. With historical notes. [more inside]
A new poem from Sappho . Its publication adds greatly to the sadly little that has survived from the oeuvre of thegreat poet of Lesbos. The TLS publishes Dr. Martin West's translation.
Help a monkey out
Yes, this is a self link.
I don't know if you all remember the posts that I did about this place in the past, but I am part of an ad-hock commitee to save, Irv's, a local hamburger stand here in West Hollywood.
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Commuter Car Choice I am in the market for a commuter car later this year and want to know people's personal experience with some of the cars I am considering. [more inside]
Art of Science This spring we asked the Princeton University community to submit imagery produced in the course of research or incorporating tools and concepts from science.
June 23, 2005
WriteHere A collaborative writing wiki, not unlike (though wholly inferior to) our own effort. [more inside]
Need a crazy supernatural movie to look forward to.
[WMV] Yokai is an upcoming movie by Takashi Miike due to be released in Japan in 2005. Most Miike films look like most of their budget was spent on weed, shrooms and crack to "inspire" the script. Yokai however seems as if a lot of money was left over to make it into the actual filming.
One of his most presentable films Happiness of the Katakuris is a comedy/horror/musical with a volcano. Don't touch his films if you are squeamish for they are usually very extreme, but for the rest enjoy the insanity that is Miike.
Radio Candy Stunt Not So Sweet Courtesy of the Smoking Gun. [more inside]
More good news: Rotten.com site shut down by government. Specifically, the Gaping Maw (and rate my boner). It's all fun and games until you're censored. [more inside]
Business Wins Again. Today the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that local governments may seize and destroy families' homes in order to promote private development. In the dissent, O'Connor wrote: "The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms." [more inside]
History through the eyes of those who lived it Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. Mostly reproduced texts, from first-hand accounts, but includes some photos and voice recordings.
Life on a research station in Antarctica
Simon Coggins has been in Antarctica since 2003, and he writes about his adventures.
-- via BoingBoing
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The Joy of being Five Years Old It's about drawing, daydreaming, flying, monsters, and blocking up traffic. It's about how time spent with kids is never wasted. Five years old, I was that once. This video brings it all back.
The American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest movie quotes of all time. The winner: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology is a 3,700-page compendium of 19th century classical scholarship. The Dictionary covers an amazing array of historical characters, authors, gods and heroes in great detail and depth, and now it is online. Stick it up yer bookmarks.
Oh, East is East... and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, till you come up on the end of the month and there's nothing but beans in the pantry. This one is sort of Chinese-Indian-Mexican, and it's a little bit hot and very good over basmati rice. Surprisingly, it's a good party dish. [more inside]
June 22, 2005
ATTENTION SCOOTER NERDS: Lambretta chase movie available over in Brooklyn.
Beach Billboards Environmentally safe ads imprinted in sand.
"Two All-Beef Patties Special Sauce Lettuce Cheese Pickles Onion on a Sesame Seed LIE!"
Or, the Freaky Universe of McDonald's Advertising
VIA the current issue of Stay Free! magazine.
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Fear The Flying Spaghetti Monster! The logical extension of teaching Intelligent Design. via BB [more inside]
Fat Britney Chosen for new Holostamps
The Onion in the year 2056.
Warning! No beverages while reading, you'll just short out any electronics within snorting distance.
Nose Up In order to make your little nose clearer, more beautiful and full of happiness, this product is necessary for your nose! Anti-germ & stink-proof! [more inside]
Personal selections of sacred manuscripts from the British Library.
Mommy, the Eldersburg weather man
is scaring me.
FLASH
First
it was the squirrels, then it was rats, now the wombats are joining in!
The animal resistance is mobilising!
How much would it cost you to do like Bruce Wayne and become a superhero? Forbes Magazine thinks they have it all figured out. In the spirit of their Fictional Fifteen, previously disected at MeFi.
Logical explanations become conspiracy theory Logical explanations for unicorns and dragons spirals into all out theory for an evil reptilian race which is apparently thought common
Phallic Logo Awards.
The game designers across the nation are playing is; can they design a logo and get it approved without the client realising it's a big spurting penis?
[Subliminally NSFW]
June 21, 2005
Sex and Food. Together. Well, at least in this interesting blog, which seems to alternate Kama Sutra-like instruction with tasty recipes. Some language vaguely NSFW. Please ignore the "human flesh tofu" link.
Plea for help from all you cine-philes out there
Hey all,
Don't mean to be an obnoxious monkey, but I could really use some help and figured many monkey brains were better than mine alone. Does anyone know where/how I can access films by Senegalese directors (original French or Wolof is fine, though English subtitles a plus) either in New York City, Boston or on the web? And I don't just mean Ousmane Sembene--I'm looking for work by Moussa Toure specifically, but any African film resources would help. Thanks everyone!!!!
p.s. Just wanted to say hello again after a long absence. I just returned from a five-month stay in Senegal. It was great to be there, and now it's great to be home.
Tits! This is the best informational site about the topic I have seen. I'm not so sure about the webmaster's taste in music, however.
How To Steal a Bike (16MB .MOV video) [more inside]
Zookeepers in Denmark knowingly fed animals in their care to family and friends. [more inside]
Ex-KKK Member Convicted in 1964 Killings Sorry for the NewsFilter, but I thought it was important. Yahoo!News, may require registration (or not).
The Nolan Sisters & Telephone Telepathy
- by Rupert Sheldrake, Hugo Godwin and Simon Rockell.
The Nolan Sisters?
Happy Summer Solstice, Northern Hemisphere monkeys! Happy Winter Solstice, Southern Hemisphere monkeys! [more inside]
Urban Air Fresheners. "We created an array of fragrances to help keep you pimpin!"
Michael Jackson "Not Guilty" Toast for Sale! "As I watched the jury's verdict being announced on June 13, 2005, my toast popped up just as Michael was acquitted." [more inside]
Flickr Fiend - AdJab covers Flickr. Also spotted more Great Flickr Tools.
Leonardo's
lost work, the Battle of Anghiari, may be hidden behind a wall in Florence.
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Read between the lines... Hello reader, and welcome to my page: if you want something, try to deserve it. [more inside]
World66: The Travel Guide:
It's a sort of a wiki with contributions by travellers. But you can set up your own maps with countries or states (USA) you've visited and have photo thumbs with blurbs at cities seen for instance.
I've only just discovered it but it seems like it could be a very useful/handy tool-come-travelfilofax and diary kind of thing. It (your own stuff I presume) can be downloaded to a portable or a website. There's said to be lots of traveller info in the site as well.
I'm so hungry I could eat a...
a database of foods eaten in times of famine.
The Boat Lullabies. Featuring the Square America series.
June 20, 2005
The fabled Northwest Passage, first navigated in 1906 by Roald Admundsun after many failed expeditions, is set to become navigable year round if current warming trends persist.
Psychopathic Coworkers. No, really. According to Prof. Emeritus Robert Hare, low-level psychopaths who are not inclined towards criminal activity may in fact be the crazy manager/coworkers that have inspired so many miserable hours.
Censored Japan A-bomb stories published after 60 years
and here they are.
Sorry for two posts in one day, but THIS is significant!
I Love the British Let's hear it for a level playing field for potatoes!
OK, OK, I know we've had "cat and dog fashion" sites before. But this one is just so... well, so very... um... sort of ... well, you gotta see it to know what I mean.
"is this where baby taxi-cabs come from?"
Curious George: Building a Search Engine I need to build a Search Engine [more inside]
GoDaddy Loves Torture. Bob Parsons, founder of GoDaddy (the domain registrar and hosting company) came out in favor of torture on his blog today. [more inside]
World of monkey.
I have a distinct feeling that this must be a double, if not triple, but I can't find a previous reference.
Beck is a scientologist! Sorry if this is old news, but I was in shock when I found out. [more inside]
File magazine - unconventional photography.
He's more chemical than vegetable now.
One of the better Star Wars parodies floating around, slicky produced (oh, I'm so sorry for that).
Curious Empire-building George
I'm thinking of setting something up whereby women interested in escorting and who want to know more about it can come to a seminar lead by moi...I figure I have enough material for 2 hours with room for lots of Q&A about T&A.
Do you think it'd fly? Are women curious enough? How much should I charge? What you think, sexy curious monkeys?
I'm jusy a-tossin' those irons in the fire...
June 19, 2005
Grateful George: Thank You! A big thanks to all you Monkeys who helped me a few weeks ago with a cat problem. [more inside]
The Unauthorized Chronology of the DC Universe is the single most astonishing work of comics storyline history I've found online. It begins 19 billion years B.C.E. and continues on through to the End of Time, where Superman traps Doomsday temporarily (Ha!) and time loops around to its beginning (Cop-out! Give me 'splosions!). In between is more than you ever wanted to know about the DC Comics Superhero pantheon. [more inside]
Romanian nun crucified. "God has performed a miracle for her, finally Irina is delivered from evil," AFP quoted the priest as saying. "I don't understand why journalists are making such a fuss about this."
Moon Illusions are coming to a sky near you this week. Look Up!
China ruins best chance of beating bird flu epidemic. A Vietnamese doctor who treated bird flu patients has contracted the disease himself. New fears that H5N1 is now entering the final (Phase 6) stage (efficient human-to-human transmission) to become a global pandemic. Warnings grow DIRE . . . and the beat goes on.
Gypsy Travellers in Britain have a long history, but continue to face a great deal of prejudice. Many people are angry when they camp on public land, but when they try to buy land for sites, they are refused local planning permission. [more inside]
The Tigers roar!
Jubilant crowds spilled onto the streets of Dhaka in celebration of one of the most amazing upsets in the lengthy annals of international cricket. Rank outsiders Bangladesh beat world champions and highest rated ODI team of all time, Australia.
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"Notice too how both the naturalness and the holiness of the menstrual function are explained by the mother." (audio, Flash, US, ca. 1950) [from]
June 18, 2005
Cosmos 1 Blasts Off June 21.
Follow the mission on The Planetary Society's Cosmos 1 Weblog. Listen to an interview (mp3) with project director, Dr. Louis Freedman. Learn all about solar sailing.
via Quirks and Quarks.
In Mexico, bugs may be the new beef. Farmers near Mexico City were spending large amounts of money on pesticides to kill grasshoppers, García Oviedo said, until they found they could get more money for the edible bugs than for their crops. [more inside]
Curious, George: Working at home Does anyone have any experience with working at home, or more importantly, finding employment out of one's home that isn't a scam? [more inside]
Having gorillas for dinner.
Suprisingly informative article about eating gorilla meat.
[slightly shocking photo]
via Gastronomica
Comixpedia presents A History of Online Comics. The prehistory is the most interesting bit.
Best of the Web What is it about that site that keeps us going away?
Star Wars Episode III - The Backstroke of the West
June 17, 2005
Rainbow cracking. Passwords are almost universally stored on computers in an unreversable hashed form. Traditionally the cracker has had to generate billions of passwords to match the hashes. But the falling cost of storage has outfoxed computation speed: just precompute it all in advance. What used to require weeks now just takes minutes.
The Kitten Has Two Faces Shamelessly stolen directly from MetaFilter. They suggest Zaphod as a name. I would go with Harvey Dent. [more inside]
Be buried down under. Rita Fletcher, 78, offers her grave for sale. "This delightful plot is situated in a much sort after location in the popular Centennial Park in the southern Adelaide suburbs. The corner plot adjoins a quiet tree lined, sealed, access lane conveniently located for easy access." Which got me wondering: Where will you go after you die?
How to Write a Romance Novel Euphemism of the century: "Their love was a red-orange thing."
Chickens Suit “A gadget that no one needs but everyone wants to have”, the ChickensSuit® website promises no more and no less than a “piece of freedom”. [more inside]
Surviving being Eaten by a Whale - "Once inside, sit tight and try not to touch anything if at all possible. Gastric processes are invasive and skin does not recover well from encounters with digestive fluids."
SIGN THIS NOW!!!
ATTN: Americans! Congress wants to kill PBS and NPR. Don't let them dumb us down even more.
via Overcompensating
Galaxy Dynamics An ongoing project to visualize and animate the dynamics of galaxies using supercomputer simulations.
Dress up like Spiderman and swing. No, it's not Wednesday night in suburbia. It's another annoying Flash game to stop you working...
"Roach coach" is a robot, controlled by a cockroach. Is it a robot? A vehicle? A super-power-device? WTF! It's roach coach.
Nepal : Pankaj Mishra writes on the ongoing "People's War ".
Dear Japan, We hate you.
Love, Korean schoolchildren.
Don't kids say draw the darndest things?! Not sure what the inspiration was for these drawings, but for some reason these kids are all about laying the smack down on Japan. Via cynical-c
The biggest financial bubble in history is about to burst .
Or so says The Economist. Problem is they don't know when exactly. One hint: watch the mainstream press. Whenever there's exuberant front-page coverage, a crash usually isn't far behind. Uh- oh. When bubbles pop, the aftermath isn't pretty. But if we're talking ugliness this is the one to beat.
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David Lynch reports the weather... for Los Angeles. Every day. Oh, and I'm having a BBQ tomorrow (friday the 17th)...around 6ish...it's my birthday...and muffpub's in town...and all the monkeys are coming...monkey meetup! email me for the address...
June 16, 2005
Talking chimp's first press conference. Short New Yorker humor piece. Perhaps this should have fit better on the breast thread...
Age-Maps and Couples [2nd link NSFW] - Photo splicing and more by Bobby Neel Adams
Anxious George... I need a sounding board. [more inside]
Cheerleader Hairpieces brand has been called many style names such as cheer hair, cheerleading curls, cheer curls, competition curls and now with the introduction of our new straight styles we expect you will come up with more style names.
Curious George: News story for job-getting If you had to write about an "international current event" for a job application, what would you choose? [more inside]
The Very Model of a Modern Labour Minister Apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan. Saw this and thought our UK monkeys would get a giggle out of it. (FLASH)
Fairy Chess When someone changes the rules.
"Outside every thin girl is a fat man, trying to get in." -Katharine Whitehorn. A small collection on insulting quotes and notable putdowns for your poisonous pleasure.
The Blue Iguana Recovery Program.
Amazing creatures - five feet long and bright blue (at least when the sun is shining). Unfortunately they are also endangered.
"I just can't get over how beautiful Viceroy's yarn is."
Don't waste that dander.
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Thanks for all the fish.
28900 Species , 207200 Common names, 38400 Pictures,
35700 References, 1220 Collaborators, 11 million Hits/month
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Viva Las Vegas and Reno and Atlantic City. [more inside]
Check out the Scaminator 3000
Visit www.tuesdayswithmantu.com . Scroll to extras page. Launch the Scaminator 3000.
I'm Mike Rotcherz.
Curious George; Serious breast question inside... [more inside]
Captain Conan! You might have to hit refresh to get the timing right.
The Postmodernism Generator ...randomly generates wonderful postmodernist nonsense. Refresh the page and get oppressed by a totally different metanarrative each time. It's like a free dissertation/thesis! [more inside]
Tour the Maginot Line. Early 20th century France's precursor to our Missile Silo fortification system. [more inside]
Residence rules. When you just really need to know what avunculocal means. With diagrams. [more inside]
Furious George
I am being libelled on an escort review board. Is there still nothing that can be done about this legally? Information is being presented as factual which is clearly not. It's hard to really get an overview Google-wise. The operator of the board and myself are both in Canada. This is stressing me so badly I'm sick to my stomach.
June 15, 2005
Curious Geordie: carrying code to Newcastle.
Would there be good job opportunities for a computer geek in the Newcastle upon Tyne area?
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A first step out of Iraq. Indefatigable US Senator Russ Feingold has introduced a resolution calling on Bush to set a timetable for achieving goals and getting troops out of Iraq. [more inside]
NPR, PBS DOA? A [United States] House subcommittee voted yesterday to sharply reduce the federal government's financial support for public broadcasting, including eliminating taxpayer funds that help underwrite such popular children's educational programs as "Sesame Street," . . . In addition, the subcommittee acted to eliminate within two years all federal money for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. [more inside]
Julian Beever is an artist whose pavement drawings have to be seen to be believed. He uses an anamorphic technique that makes the images appear three-dimensional when viewed from the proper angle.
Curious George: tracking wires through walls. How can I track a coaxial cable or telephone wires that do not complete a circuit? [more inside]
Tunes for Pets. Well, it's simple really. A bunch of us were sitting around the office one day brainstorming about new business ideas. We had music going and our two office mascots, Rusty and Frances (2 really big Standard Poodles) looked like they were enjoying the tunes. The rest is history...
Porn Bread offers a delectable collection of recipes to titillate your palate [NSFW]. [more inside]
Moving rocks of Racetrack Playa, Death Valley.
Tour an abandoned missile silo. When the weather's hot, it's nice to cool off underground.
Repeal the 22nd?
James Sensenbrenner has proposed a resolution asking for a constitutional amendment repealing the 22nd amendment - you know - the 2-terms-max for a president one.
The Harper's Index (1998-2005)
June 14, 2005
Up to 1,000 teenage boys have been separated from their parents and thrown out of their communities by a polygamous sect to make more young women available for older men, Utah officials claim.
Many of these “Lost Boys”, some as young as 13, have simply been dumped on the side of the road in Arizona and Utah, by the leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), and told they will never see their families again or go to heaven.
Spunky scientists! A book review for "The Genius Factory" about the whacky antics of highly-intelligent(?) people. See men who think they are smart beat themselves senseless trying preserve their attributes for all time. Come dumpster-diving through the annals of shameful Nobel-related behaviour. This post and an earlier one form a wierd kind of synergism. [more inside]
Discreet Loveology. "When love is not enough." An online dating service for married folks and attached individuals.
spermcube - it's... "collecting 1 cubic metre = 1000 litres = 1 ton of frozen sperm preserved in a transparent refrigerated cube. A collective international project, open to all. A universal artwork. Participate !" by Philippe Meste [more inside]
Curious George: Paypal (how to pay fast) [more inside]
Shatner does Se7en (embedded .mov)
BIG Kitty, Kitty, Kitty He's big, he's beautiful, and he's still growing...
Mrs Mortimer hated everywhere she went. But if only she had waited to visit China, she could have eaten here. [more inside]
June 13, 2005
Michael Jackson not guilty of all 10 charges ... what does this say about the decision to bring charges against him? and the future of celebrity trials?
Curious George: Bluetooth WiFi network? Can you connect to a WiFi network through bluetooth? I assume that there might be some hardware involved(?) [more inside]
tag - you're it tagbert.com is a tag service aggregator. Type in a keyword, and you will find photos (flikr), products (Amazon), links (del.icio.us), goals (43Things), and more (who knows?). And, yes, monkey is a tag.
What Can You Say About Art Covered Manhole Covers?
Carpet Sans Ecocide. The world's largest commercial carpet manufacturer in the world, Interface, has dedicated itself to finding sustainable ways of doing business. The results so far are encouraging. [more inside]
Meet Spud and his vegetably-challenged pals [more inside]
Tourist George - Opinions on Luggage Hi all. This is kind of a boring topic, but I am shopping for a couple of high quality pieces of luggage and thought that you monkeys, being the intelligent primates that you are, would have real world experience with the aforementioned gear. [more inside]
talk about taint:
those in between places brought to you by the nonist
and look, they've got brains and art
*sigh*
June 12, 2005
Curious George: Help me find these songs... This has been bugging me for a while, and I just can't find the answer... [more inside]
Fifty Writing Tools If you are a writer, or an aspiring writer, you might benefit from some of these tips. Although sometimes geared towards journalism only, most are generic enough for everyone. I'm hoping they will help me.
Curious George: Learning Vacations Any monkeys been on any learning vacations? Like this one for book-lovers or this for gourmet cooks and um, even something for those who are into moose photography or ukeleles . How about picking one randomly from this 100 page (PDF) catalog at Chautauqua, the grand-daddy of summer course madness. [more inside]
Resources for the budding Mycophagist/logist. Also don't miss Tom Volk's Fungi! Well, probably not his own. Um.
Prelude to Journey to the Center of the Earth. Next month, Japanese scientists plan to start drilling 4.3 miles (7 km) under the ocean floor to reach the Earth's mantle. The effort, as part of an international drilling research program, hopes to not only recover core samples but also to find exotic bacteria. The project promises to overshadow Mohole, a similar effort that consumed $36 million in the early 1960s and fell far short of expectations.
The History behind Billy Joel's "We didn't start the Fire"
- finally, we can all know what "British Politician Sex" means, whether we want to or not.
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http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/101577
The perfect thing for a summer evening, when you don't want to heat up the kitchen!
The first one and this one use the traditional chick-peas and lemon juice; the third one uses black beans and lime juice. They're all divine.
June 11, 2005
Pinatas! Is it wrong to love pinatas as a "grown-up?" Some silliness for the weekend. [more inside]
Flaming Fire Illustrated Bible Our goal is to illustrate the entire bible verse-by-verse one illustration per verse. We plan to enlist artists and illustrators from all over the world— including you! View it your way.
What Does the Fungus Know That You Don't? An experiment.
Europe's oldest civilisation discovered: "a network of dozens of temples, 2,000 years older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids" spread across sites in what are now Germany, Austria and Slovakia.
Fractals. Also, a 3d fractal generator [more inside]
My Space Journal of a 16 Year Old Gay Kid. He came out to his parents. They being a certain kind of evangelical christians, sent him to a treatment facility, he posted the rules before he went.
Riding on my bicycle...I'm riding on my bike...THEN I'M KICKING YOUR ASS! "cyclotouriste" starts out a little sensitive, then gets crazier than yo mama on the pipe.
Stuff on my cat. That pretty much says it all [more inside]
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau turns 80, so the Grauniad publishes an article about him, as one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century. (via a&ldaily.com) [more inside]
Something snotty for bottomfeeders: from the anomalist. [more inside]
SardineKing ...labels wanted...
June 10, 2005
Father's Day is quickly approaching. Still looking for gift ideas? How about a personalized branding iron? Ouchie. Because, "Whenever you want to give someone something very special that they will remember and use forever, consider a SteakBrands.com branding iron."
Curious Monkey: Does anyone live in Little Rock or know anyone in Little Rock who might be able to give some feedback on what life would be like for someone from the middle east there? I have a friend who's an egyptian doctor who is considering a job offer.
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre opens to the public tomorrow, June 11, in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. [more inside]
Googie architecture of the 1950s and '60s. Googie influenced retro-futurism (think The Jetsons) and Tiki/Aloha architecture. It's also known as Doo-Wop architecture. Classic examples are found predominantly in California and along Route 66, and preservation projects are in action to retain them.
The brand new Louvre.fr is absolutely gorgeous and full of stuff. (via AEIOU) [more inside]
June 09, 2005
Double-y Dactyl-y
Hey, Monkeys, speaking of Piet Hein and Grooks, how about a thread on people who invented forms of humorous verse? Let's begin with my dissertation chairman, Paul Pascal, who co-invented the form known as the Double Dactyl, or Higgledy Piggledy:
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Most unusual cards for you to buy. Incredibly awesomely cool.
Where All Grades Are Above Average The author of this Washington Post article tracks trends in grade inflation at American universities. [more inside]
Sir (or ma'am), you're making a scene. Histrionic George: Have you ever created a public disturbance? Ever tried to be invisible while someone else did? [more inside]
Spot the Murderer! [more inside]
Curious George: Best lyrics sites? I often have to find lyrics so I can transcribe (or at least learn) songs that my guitar students have requested. Everything from Hillary Duff to Harry Chapin or Third Eye Blind (that's just this afternoon). A Google search usually results in a heapload of crap (poor formatting, spelling, inaccurate, etc.). Any suggestions or discoveries?
These signs are no longer pedestrian (1 slightly NSFW) Slight alterations in these signs have created new meanings! Fun, one risque. She's started a Flickr group and asked if others have ped sign alterations.
The Defiant Digit. Bothered by tailgaters at night? Not anymore. Heh.
The last word on feathered dinosaur art! This is a man who loves his work. (I don't think that weird number on the home page is a self portrait, but You Never Know.)
Curious words: seriously looking for words unique to a language that express ideas unexpressed in Standard US English: [more inside]
PostSecret PhotoMontage
Direct QT link [76MB](with sound + voiceover)
from: here, of course.
previous mofi
Not just any ole remodel. The Art League of Houston is getting a new building. But instead of just tearing down the old one they decided to have this done in the meantime. This site specific sculpture will be torn down sometime this summer.
Epic2015. (Flash.) Google. Amazon. Friendster. Microsoft. Blogger. How far will it go? An interesting set of hypotheses, via ABS.
Curious George: fat cat problem. Wondering if any Monkeys have any suggestions for my particular cat feeding problem, as we're clean out of suggestions in this house! [more inside]
Midnight Ukulele Disco (QuickTime content) via
Are you an upper-class monkey, a middle-class monkey or a lower-class monkey?
This is a nifty little interactive graphic from the NY Times recent articles on class. Thought i'd FPP it because it has a Curious George thing to it. The graphic postulates that class is a combo of occupation, education, income and wealth. You select what applies to you and it'll crank your class score. Thanks to jb and rhiannon for the references from that other thread.
...and yeah, no matter what class you're in, you are still classy, you monkeys you.
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www.OnlineTimeTravelPharmacy.com
James Dean's Adventures. I just thought this was too hilarious. The congas! The Barbies! Um, maybe not the best of the web, but kind of fun. I do love kitsch.
Scientists. Sometimes you want to read about people messing with the green and wet. Sometimes you want to read about people working with the Great Big Out There. Other times you want to read about people working with tiny little things. Maybe you want to read about people trying to make the grade. And (if you're like me) you really, really like to play. [more inside]
Curious George: How to link multiple wireless routers... [more inside]
June 08, 2005
Curious, George: Apocalypse Back Then I don't have a link, which is why I'm getting in touch with you. I'm looking for a science-fiction novel that probably was published some time in the 1980s or 1990s, may have a woman author, and had to do with life in Topanga Canyon before and after the Bomb fell on L.A. It was neither Into the Forest nor The Gate to Women's Country, both of which are set in northern California. It contains one unforgettable scene in which surfers are surfing on the melted sands of Malibu Beach. Does this ring any bells with sci-fi-reading monkeys?
Turbulence. Probably not how to behave on an aeroplane.
Think marshmallows are just for hot cocoa, campfire roasting, and making s'mores? Nope. The Marshmallow Fun Co., self-proclaimed "leading producer of marshmallow-related toy products," is offering a new line of edible entertainment with its Marshmallow Shooter.
Brides-to-be wrestle for $50K in a giant cake in Times Square. As a promotion for their show "Bridezillas", the WE network sponsored this stunt. Video clips and photos at the link. [more inside]
A murder suspect
was allowed to enter the U.S. from Canada after being questioned by customs agents about the homemade sword, hatchet, brass knuckles, and chain saw (that apparently appeared to be stained with blood) he was carrying.
His picture is worth it alone
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Too gay to drive? Italian cops say no; Italian courts say yes.
June 07, 2005
artpad (flash drawing thing) [more inside]
Curious George: Back-ups. What is the best way to back-up the files on my iBook? [more inside]
The Moon Occults Antares [QuickTime]
Old Advertisements
There's lots here including: beer, cars, swimming costumes, medicines,grocery items, toiletries, motorcycles and other stuff &c.
yes, they're for sale. no, I have no interest.
Flores guilty, sentenced to life
Hold on to you morality meter, this is gonna be a bumpy one.
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Breaking News From the World of Science!!
Some smart dolphins use sea sponges for foraging. Really smart ones use sea shopping baskets.
via robot wisdom
All classed up and nowhere to go. An acerbic analysis of the New York Times's recent series on class. [more inside]
Parental George
I have a friend who is recently divorced. She has a three year old girl. Her ex has visitation rights and picks up the kid twice a week. When the kid is with him she can do whatever she wants. He has no rules for her and lets her eat, do and say anything she wants to. The problem is is when the kid gets returned to my friend it's been a nightmare to get her to behave. It's been getting worse every week. The mother ends up looking like the bad guy by saying "no" to the child. The father won't listen to anything my friend has to say.
I've never had kids. I have no ideas on this one.
Celebreating Verne in the best way. In Nantes, Verne's life and work were celebrated in a way that can only be described as delightful. Via Gizmodo.
Wanna Be Hip?
"Recently, a thirteen-year old fashion confidante informed me that I MUST NOT wear tights any longer. Apparently bare legs are the only passable hosiery donned today. Who knew? And more importantly, who would tell me? Ahhhhh...the answer is...WannaBeHip.com. Now you've got the inside track. Come on, admit it, it's fun to be hip!"
Vintage Pharmaceutical Ads (@LJ; from BoingBoing)
Completing the circle It started here, went on to here, which didn't satisfy the parties involved, so it went here, quicky followed by here. To complete the circle, it was important to include our MonkeyFilter brethren in the game, so here we are. Everyone happy now?
Austin meetup: June 21, 8pm. We tried during SXSW, but now it's summer and we've got nothing better to do on a Tuesday night! [more inside]
Mundane SF "The undersigned, being pissed off and needing a tight girdle of discipline to restrain our SF imaginative silhouettes, are temporarily united in the following actions..." [more inside]
June 06, 2005
A stuffed animal a day. [more inside]
Monkey bone fuels British town's curious simian myth
"According to popular legend, a monkey dressed in a French uniform was washed ashore at Hartlepool and tried by local magistrates on suspicion of being a French spy." See also
The Hartlepool Monkey.
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Artist Dave Devries takes children's drawings of monsters and turns them into paintings. -- via BoingBoing
The Russian Folk Art (fairy tales)
Shagster. "Want to know how many people you've really shagged? Want to know how highly your partner rated your performance? Want to see who else is on their list to find out who you've shagged by association?"
That funny-smelling green stuff is in the news today. An appeal from the Bush administration heard by the US Supreme Court was passed today. Federal authorities are now allowed to pursue users of marijuana when prescribed by their doctor within their respective State's law which allowed medicinal usage. [more inside]
Axl Rose resurfaces online, or does he? Speculation, hilarity and anger ensue in a battle with grammar, logic, and trolling. Where is Axl Rose? Not even wikipedia knows
Aromantic George Can you think of any films that don't include a romantic interest as part of their plot? [more inside]
Jews Rock (.org)
Wallpaper for the lonely Those crazy Germans and their wallpaper.
James McIntyre - The Cheese Poet. Was he the worst poet to have lived, evar? Or was it the noble William Topaz McGonagall, much beloved of goons. [more inside]
Chicken Joking How hard is it to make an online comic? Well, you could just draw some chickens on Post-It® Notes and scan then blog them, like Doug Savage did with Savage Chickens. Of course, it helps when you've got a better FBA (Funny Batting Average) than most newspaper comics. [more inside]
Bitty Browser, the bittiest browser ever! A nifty little app, I thought. Sort of like picture-in-picture for the web. Works for websites, RSS, and podcasts. Cool coding, says I. via blog.del.icio.us.
June 05, 2005
Duracell plays drums. This video of him playing in London is wonderful [more inside]
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People With Email
And what you can do when faced with annoying emails.
Fascism and how to recognise it.
BoobyFilter. Do you like one-man bands? Do you like tits? Bob Log has you covered. [NSFW or your speakers]
NSFW You've got two layers of polo shirts on, popped collars of course. Don't forget the New Balance sneakers with a pair of faux-retro jeans. Something is still missing, though... [more inside]
Turns out.. you don't know everything - BAD WOLF. Dr Who fans.. have you noticed the clues? What or who is Bad Wolf? What is coming for The Doctor?
June 04, 2005
Curious George - Sleep Apnea Hello Monkeys. Seems like I have had this affliction for years and didn't know about it. Anyone else had to deal with this. Can you share? [more inside]
Very Cool Lego Sculpture. Including Escher Lego sculptures and mathematical shapes.
Large Murals on a Single Webpage
Eric Grohe's own Mural website
He paints large scale building murals that seem nearly 3-D.
CuriousGeorge/Clichés? Is it possible to use a phrase like "shadows lengthen" or "shadows creep" in a short poem (in which every word counts, unlike prose where there's sometimes more leeway) without sounding cliché? [MI] [more inside]
SandCastleCentral!
Yaaaay, Summer is here! Grab your bucket and spade, kids, let's go find some sand...
These folk are creative, environmentally-aware jammy S.O.B.'s, whose job is the most fun you can have on a beach (with your clothes on). It's not all playtime though - to become a master carver you must compete internationally against other frighteningly talented people.
These guys make this sort of thing look easy.
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June 03, 2005
Un chien andalou (NSFW? spoiler alert) is a silent film made by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.
Judge orders Abu Ghraib videos, pictures released. [via MeFi] [more inside]
Curiously Oversensitive George :Caution male monkeys, PMS inside! [more inside]
Das erste Bier-Schwimmbad der Welt An Austrian brewery creates an unusual spa. In German, sorry. [via Gizmodo, out of character]
Curious George: Who gets se.xxx? I hope this isn't too lame of a question but when ICANN opens TLDs, how does the lucky person who gets se.xxx, my.tv, news.info, etc finagle it? Is it truly who can pound out the form and submit it fastest once a TLD is open? Or do these people negotiate for it well in advance? (No, I'm not settin' up no porn site!)
Eight degrees of charity. A hierarchy of giving.
Given the intensity of several FPP discussions of late, might I suggest we now all go on an adventure with Gladys?
Long after Uncle MeFi is gone, will MoFi live on? The inspiration for MoFi has not been well lately, with daily outages. I mentioned their lifeboat last week. I know, I know... cold stare and all that, but if anyone is interested, this may be a good time to keep an eye on MeFi. Is it their dying gasp, or growing pains prior to a rebirth?
Amazing true coincidences. I tend to believe, as mathematician John Littlewood does in his "miracles" book, that coincidences are statistically mandated by the laws of large numbers. Nevertheless, reading about them is quite pleasurable. More coincidences are found here.
Angie
This is sad. These cats are really going crazy. I mean crazy. These cats re fuckin nuts. THey just exploded. It is on-going! THey are wailing. I gotta go...!
"Notable Words was created for one very simple reason. The web was in sore need of a champion for good writing."There's a chance that this may evolve into a useful resource.
Gravesite ATM - what a way to encourage your family to visit your grave.
Power corrupts,
but it's just a lot more fun with a kids and sick old folks!
As seen here.
Bonsai Potato I've been doing this for years in various corners and cupboards in my kitchen. I've had a few bonsai onions as well...
Sea of Plastic. "Yet as I gazed from the deck at the surface of what ought to have been a pristine ocean, I was confronted, as far as the eye could see, with the sight of plastic. It seemed unbelievable, but I never found a clear spot. In the week it took to cross the subtropical high, no matter what time of day I looked, plastic debris was floating everywhere: bottles, bottle caps, wrappers, fragments." [more inside]
June 02, 2005
Bible-belt Town Outlaws Swearing except it's not Tennessee or Arkansas - it's the Dutch town Staphorst.
Curious George: I've Been Spoofed! That or I have been spamming people as far away as Osaka in my sleep. [more inside]
I never knew the internet had a phone number. I still have no idea what this service is actually for so if anyone figures it out, do tell.
Fassbinder would have been 60. While some consider it work unwatchable, others are utterly devoted to his work. The details of his life are possibly more famous than his films. [more inside]
MooKü
poems are Haiku poems using cheese and dairy as a metaphor for life. They are valued for the humor and insight they provide to site visitors.
Nice photo. Anil Dash slips one over on The Man: Goatse.cx, on his t-shirt, appears in the New York Times. The Internet, having achieved all of its goals, can close up shop now.
Bad news, indeed. And, oh goody, there's a movie coming out, too. In about a month, Karla Homolka will be set free. [more inside]
Photos of an unknown family from many years ago, who probably owned a liquor store which might or might not have been El Gaucho liquor in Huntington Beach, California. Just feast your eyes, people.
An old story, no boubt, but one which should put to rest the idea that close-knit communites in small town America aren't capable of producing some genuinely twisted individuals (if that idea is somehow still miraculously floating around out there.) [more inside]
It's cold & rainy: let's all take a personality defect quiz!
After chasing this around the blogosphere for a while, I decided to take it myself, and it was, I am sorry to say, terribly accurate. I am a Starving Artist: full description inside.
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Suffering catfish! It took me all that time to get my dialup modem to work and this is what I end up finding on the web? [more inside]
June 01, 2005
Leroy Jenkins! Stupidly amusing even for people (like me) who don't play World of Warcraft. [wmv]
Manitoba Bigfoot II > back in furs. The somewhat disappointing Manitoba Bigfoot video has gained a sequel in a second sighting in the same area. Footprints found, hair recovered. With pix. [more inside]
The Ten Most Harmful Books
of the 19th and 20th Centuries, according to the conservative weekly Human Events Online.
Blatantly lifted from the blue.
Curious George: Going to Bonnaroo Any ideas or suggestions about what to bring to make the weekend even more enjoyable? Does anyone know how cell phone service is there ( we are hoping to use them to regroup after shows)? Any Monkeys going this year?
Homebuilt Bicycles (4 pages here)
Moneky, Monkey, Monkey FILTER!
Sing it loud, sing it proud. This what Monkey Filter needs! Our own NSFW video with theme music.
BTW, this video really is NSFW.
Curious George: Too many files, can't burn a DVD. I'm doing data archival and there are 15,000 files in my directory. All of them must be put on the DVD. Nero Express's "Select Files" menu grinds to a halt because it can't populate the list with so many files. Is there a different DVD data authoring program for Windows that might be slick enough to not get bogged down by something silly like this? Does anyone make a command-line burner? Thanks, fellow monkeys.
Curious George: Teaching Technique What have you taught and what have you learned from your own teachings? How can I become a better teacher?
I'm sure some of their faces just LOOK like masks. Apparently, wearing a Grinch mask in Wheeling is just plain illegal. It might interfere with law enforcement agents' investigation re. Who Stole Christmas.
