Links posted in July 2006
July 31, 2006
Regency illustrations A large collection illustrating life during the Regency period in Britain, Europe and the New World. [more inside]
A Tank of Gas, a World of Trouble.
"Pulitzer-winning correspondent Paul Salopek traced gas pumped at a suburban Chicago station to the fuel’s sources around the globe. In doing so, he reveals how our oil addiction binds us to some of the most hostile corners of the planet—and to a petroleum economy edging toward crisis."
Curious George and his Fantasy Football. Sister Renault has to join the office fantasy football league. She needs a name for her team. I told her we could help. [more inside]
Too stupid to boil an egg?
Well now the egg will tell you when it's done.
FFS!
Curious Birthday George New page on the wiki. If you want your Birthday listed then please post a comment here or - even more radical - do it yourself on the wiki! [more inside]
Tamara Drewe by Posy Simmonds
is a graphic novel being serialised
in The Guardian. Episodes one to eighty-something are currently available. Tamara Drewe is inspired by Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd. Simmonds's previous graphic novel, Gemma Bovery, was similarly inspired by 19th century literature - some French book about some chick by someone called Flambé, or something.
Don't date him Girl
"i do not want man soiled by white round eye english woman or by soul sister like happen to Kim Jong Il."
Nor do we, by &deity;
May alter sex? Is this bloke an idiot or what?
The Book of All Enormous Things is a free, illustrated, ongoing, online novel. The author's art is also worth a look. [more inside]
Suburban Nightmare
Long Island set the tone for the nightmare that suburbia was to become.
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(Not so) live from New York, it's Saturday Night! I found this SNL transcripts database during a web search on "Ken Burns' haircut". I thought that you hard core SNL fans might be interested.
Content Restriction Anullment and Protection (YouTube) I have never been concerned about DRM, because it never seems to last. [more inside]
July 30, 2006
Stop Destroying Lebanon. This is what war looks like. WARNING: Includes gruesome images of dead civilians. Baleboosteh has images from the Israeli side, mostly of military personnel. [more inside]
Meet Dave Rat
, Roadie researcher extraordinaire. Follow him in his Adventures with the Chili Peppers. Laughs! Tears! Stacks of heavey amplifiers!
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Ape Shall Not Kill Ape: "Watching the violence escalate in the Middle East, as Israel advances further into Lebanon and Hezbollah missiles strike farther past the border and Hamas continues to agitate, my mind turns to the same thing all of America is thinking about – Battle for the Planet of the Apes." [more inside]
Dual Relief
An on-off switch for chronic pain ? and
Card games are not mindless. Perhaps!
Photo Essay: The Evolution of the Bikini
Curious George: Exporting Opera Bookmarks! I'd like to transfer my Opera bookmarks to Firefox, but am having trouble. Please hope me! [more inside]
Heat Vision and Jack
The full episiode of the unaired 1999 pilot starring Jack Black as an astronaut who gains super intelligence after being "exposed to solar energy" and Owen Wilson as his talking motorcycle, Heat Vision. Ben Stiller directs, introduces, and cameos.
Youtube.
Previously mentioned here.
July 29, 2006
Life mirrors Art again? [more inside]
'Life mirrors Art'
, because now the President of the United States is following the script for "American Dreamz" (Cast: Hugh Grant, host; Dennis Quaid, the President; and Willem Dafoe, as the fat, Machiavellian Chaney-like figure). Could the irony be intended? Is our folksy guy in Washington really needling us in a sophisticated way after all? Or is this PR grab just too silly not to be absurd?
July 28, 2006
Vegan diet reverses diabetes symptoms, study finds Also, there's a difference between vegan and vegetarian. [more inside]
Cobra is on the move again. I am a sucker for anything transformer or GI Joe related. Apparently some people found the recruitment pamphlet persuasive previously discussed here. And the commander's campaign (flash) is multifaceted. I just didn't know he was Jewish. Not related to other tin foil hat theories. [more inside]
Dance, pipecleaner, dance! [more inside]
Castle Dreamers A Flickr photoset, in the fantasy genre.
Curious, George: Recipe Hacks I am a lazy monkey, especially in this summer heat, so while I enjoy cooking, sometimes I want I dip into the instant food aisle. But it lacks a certain something, so I doctor it up a bit and make it taste less like it's from a box. What sorts of things to do you add (other than a few shots of bourbon for the chef, of course) to your prefab meals to make them taste a little better? [more inside]
July 27, 2006
Deadlast in WWI
Was he?
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Soviet sumbarine-base photos. I've lost my first-year Russian a long time ago, so I have no idea as to the context. But it's a Soviet sumbarine base. Inside a mountain. You need more? [more inside]
Zoo monkeys make bid for freedom Clever simians from Old London town make hay when the sunshines.
UN told Israel 10 times that artillery attacks were near its observers But, you know.
The Day the Cow Sneezed [more inside]
Curious George! I have a two-part question: if anyone here is allergic to cats, have you ever handled a Devon Rex? What was your experience with it? [more inside]
Vader Sessions
Scenes from Star Wars dubbed with James Earl Jones' dialogue from other films. Long, embedded Quicktime video, NSFW (blue language).
July 26, 2006
Shave my yeti (flash)
When Freepers Fight It seems that the North Carolina anti-cohabitation law being ruled constitutional (not to mention unenforcable) as set the Freepers against each other. Mainly, the Freepers who live with their girlfriends Vs Freepers who live with their moms. Pandagan has the greatest hits from the feeding frenzy.
Curious George: Tattoos
What do you think about tattoos? Do you have any? Share your thoughts! I just got my second tattoo and I am interested in knowing/seeing the rest of you lovelies opinions on tattoos as well as Pictures of your own!
One, two, poo in your shoe; three, four, wee on the floor Except for the words poo and wee, probably safe for work in all but the stuffiest establishments.
Web2.0ized logos: they're all shiny and stuff! [via]
Carrie: The Musical! In 1988, via a stunning convergence of bad ideas and money, producers attempted to reproduce the success of Steven King's novel (and the film adaptation) in a sprawling, $8 million Broadway style musical. [more inside]
News 14 Carolina gets pwnt From the site "On February 26, 2004, we had a snowstorm here in Raleigh, and all the news channels posted the businesses and schools that would be closed the next day. One of these fine news organizations, Time Warner Cable's News 14 Carolina, chose the most convenient but least secure method to allow businesses to report closings: the Internet. Well, it wasn't long before members of The Wolf Web, an NCSU message board, exposed this flaw. They went crazy, as you're about to see. The best part of the whole thing was once a closing was accepted, it could be edited on the Internet and would go straight to TV without having to be reviewed again, so a fake closing that seemed plausible the first time it was shown could be outrageous the next time." [more inside]
The Pigeon Fanciers of Damascus [more inside]
R.I.P. Patsy. Toronto Matriarch died Monday.
Burnin' Baby Burnin' They go whoosh! [more inside]
Curious George is hungry! Looking for recipes for foods I have previously had prepared by a Serbian friend. [more inside]
July 25, 2006
INAPPROPRIATE CAPS: Misleading title 4 exclamation points The Daily Kos hive mind parodies itself.
Curious George: Nonverbal communication. Help, fellow simians... I need help with my nonverbal communications to help my marriage. [more inside]
A Foreign Affair
On the great Ukrainian bride hunt
“These are not American women,” our guide was telling us. “They do not care about your age, looks, or money. And you are not going to have to talk to them for half an hour and then have your testicles handed back to you! Let me tell you: over here, you’re the commodity; you’re the piece of meat. I’ve lived in St. Petersburg for two years, and I wouldn’t date an American woman right now if you paid me!”
Curious George, will boys like me if I don't wear makeup? [more inside]
Zombie Dance Party leads to WMD arrests. Wait -- zombies dance? [via obscurestore]
defenestration: it was first performed as part of the Thirty Year's War. [more inside]
Create your own Zoo Really.
July 24, 2006
Oxana is a feral child, one of only about 100 known in the world.
Star Wars Origins - Dune? Lucas has often acknowledged Dune as an inspiration. In early drafts of the Star Wars script the influence was much more obvious - the story was full of feudalistic Houses and dictums, and the treasure the Princess was guarding wasn't the Death Star plans, but a shipment of "aura spice." The final version of Star Wars is related to Dune mostly in spirit: a science fiction heroic fantasy treated seriously. Of all the ideas George Lucas inherited from Frank Herbert, the subtle lesson was how to use science fiction to create myth. His lesser borrowings might include: [more inside]
Comic Book Covers from the 1950s
More of everything the same on TV. We've talked about crap tv lately, and how everything is the same. Look for the trend to continue -- NBC will have the longstanding SNL, but there will also be two meta-SNL shows as well, supposedly going behind-the-scenes, competing visions of Aaron Sorkin and Lorne himself. Apparently, there's even a war brewing. [more inside]
Monkey pulls the tiger cub's tail, and I wonder what will happen when the tiger grows up.
Geekin' with Steve Steve "Malak" Sumner takes us on a tour of the high points of sci-fi/fantasy geek culture, including Art Critique, Feminism, and the all important Bad Ass Star Wars Characters. [more inside]
Go Go [more inside]
"You, too, can feel like a human in a hamster ball". "...suddenly I know how a daiquiri in a blender feels. I quickly lose track of sky and ground as we tumble upside down, left, right — and I'm suddenly plastered to the wall as the full 4 g's punch me in the face." [more inside]
He has been described as a modern Dr. Frankenstein.... The image of the severed head has a power in myth and art... [more inside]
July 23, 2006
Pepto Bismol Ice Cream. Many of us have needed Pepto once or twice before, and we all love ice cream, but how can I create two great tastes that taste great together?
Open Letter to the Great Comic Actor, Luke Wilson The primary members of Steely Dan notice striking similarities between Owen Wilson's latest film and a song they released a few years ago and have written a letter appealing to brother Luke. [more inside]
This dude needs a new name. His current name, Aaron Landau Schwartz, won't do. We monkeys have named dessert restaurants, sports bars, birds, bands, babies (real and imaginary) and more: surely we can release a 32-year old "pretentious, self righteous, super attractive millionaire" from dorky-name hell? Humour columnist Gene Weingarten's already got us started. Oh, and there's a $25,000 prize at stake.
Something Stupid Stupid signs [more inside]
http://www.ralphmag.org/ I was overjoyed to receive R.A.L.P.H. (Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and the Humanities) Mag. today in the mail, and wondered if any of ye monkies had the enjoyment that the magazine brings me. [more inside]
July 22, 2006
The Tritare is a Y-shaped guitar-like instrument, custom made by Claude Gauthier and Samuel Gaudet. The strings twist through three necks (Spinal Tap, eat your heart out), all of which project from the body of the instrument at different angles. When strummed, the result is a "network" of vibrations that yields a sound somewhere between that of a regular guitar and a gong.
For we who are about to rock....
All hail the Tritare!
Listen...
Tritare
Richest place on earth? This'd give anyone a reason ta spit a few chips!
The happiest place on Earth? No, not this place, this place. [more inside]
Chavez Ravine: Poor Man's Shangri La Chavez Ravine—the lost Mexican American community near downtown Los Angeles where Dodger Stadium is now located. It was a main location for the Zoot Suit Riots. Residents were evicted when plans were made for a large public housing complex. The housing was never built when the man in charge was made to testify before HUAC for his socialist notions of public housing. [more inside]
Music-Map: The tourist map of music Pretty mainstream (no "The Harvey Girls", no "Teriyakis"), but fun to fiddle around with.
July 21, 2006
It is a vibrator for your iPod, there I said it.
The front page is kinda SFW. I didn't delve too deep into the site because, I am at work.
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Bicycle Tricks Must see. Embedded video. [more inside]
Sofa Stuck? We have noticed you have a small personal problem with sofas. You move them and get them stuck in hallways. But it's nothing a little math won't fix.
Dance Like A Monkey! From the upcoming New York Dolls album. Directed/animated by Dano Johnson and R. Don Smith (QuickTime; YouTube mirror)
Google has existed for :
"We all love Google, but do you remember what life was like before Google? I know that is seems like a while ago, but it wasn't that long ago:"
The Faq
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When Michael Powell's film 'Peeping Tom' was released in Britain in 1960, it was met with a wave of revulsion and was pulled from release, effectively ending the career of a genius who was the co-creator of undeniable classics such as 'The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp', 'A Matter of Life and Death' and 'The Red Shoes'. Why? [more inside]
Mario Brothers: The Flash Series. Alexander Leon has posted the long-awaited conclusion to his epic story. Direct links to parts I, II, III, IV, and V.
July 20, 2006
Want Gmail account! Beggarious G-mail George. I opened a gmail account some time ago but i lost track of it and never used it. It is lost in the woods somewhere gathering twigs for food. I want to open another one. I promise to take good care of it and feed it right. Could someone send me an invite. Puhleeze.
Crab people crab people tastes like crab talks like people [more inside]
Cross reactive allergens Forget about these if you are allergic to these. [more inside]
The Fizz Cup AMAZING NEW PRODUCT!! [more inside]
http://fromisraeltolebanon.info/ http://fromisraeltolebanon.info/ [more inside]
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Fryers and flyers The efficacious use of vegetable products by sapient beings is impressive. Popeye and Olive Oyl rejoice.
US TV networks have lowest ratings ever.
They say it was because it was the 4th of July weekend. However, let's see what was on US Netowrk television at 8pm eastern tonight: really crappy talent shows and a show searching for models.
Sure, the holiday is to blame for the poor ratings. It has nothing to do with crappy look-a-like programming...
In da Bginnin
While you may be aware of the ongoing project to translate a Klingon version of the bible, the curious Hieroglyphick Bible, and even the lovely children's Scratch and Sniff Bible Storybook, is the world ready for the SMS bible?
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July 19, 2006
Captain Kirk and crew sing Monty Python. So do the Cybermen from Doctor Who. The song of course is "The Knights of the Round Table".
Curious George and his Crocs. This Croc fad is all over the place (it exploded in Ontario back in the spring, putting us disturbingly behind Mississippi), but when did they show up in your neck of the woods? Did you cave to the comfort, or are you still calling them fugly? [more inside]
How I create My Space on the Web? Curious George : Wife has just given birth to a gorgeous little girl and of course the 1st thing I do is register her name as a .com. Thinking I'll post photo's, progress reports etc on there. But what do I do now to actually get a website up and running and pointed at this address? Instructions for an idiot please.
Recent research, drawing on genetic data, suggests that the Anglo-Saxons must have instituted a system of 'apartheid' against the British. Previously some have proposed a gradualist theory. [more inside]
Suske en Wiske Forget Tintin, for many kids in Belgium and Holland it's all about Suske en Wiske. [more inside]
Attack of the Evil Clowns You can make your own evil clown or .... [more inside]
XP's No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option
How to completely rebuild, repair, or refresh an existing XP installation without losing data, and without having to reinstall user software, reformat, or otherwise destructively alter the setup.
The Big Lebowski - F*cking Short Version
- YouTube. Approx 2 minutes. Not safe for work or family restaurants.
Also, Kirk & TOS cast do Camelot.
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Curiosu George: Internet Radio! Let's all list our favorite internet radio stations, what kind of stuff they play, and why others would love that one station broadcast from XYZ that we love. It's been done before, but long long ago in a galaxy far far away. [more inside]
The Extreme Cellists are touring! Coming to a cathedral roof near you! In the same vein as Extreme Ironing, the Extreme Cellists pretty much do what you'd expect.
Regulator Of The Internet--knows nothing about the Internets. [YouTube Link] Jon, Stewart exposing that Senator Ted Stevens The legislator of Net Neutrality, knows absolutely nothing[The actual speech, quicktime required] about the internet. At all. The internet might be in for serious trouble. Here is an article explaining more about the issue, from PC Magazine.
July 18, 2006
Bose-Einstein Condensates What they are and how they are made, and how to cool things with lasers and magnets explained in a way even a dummy like me can understand.
How to tell a Thompson from a Thomson. Or a Dupond from a Dupont. Or a Jansen from a Jansens. Whichever you'd prefer. [more inside]
The Head of Vecna [more inside]
R.I.P. Mickey Spillane
Mickey Spillane, the macho mystery writer who wowed millions of readers with the shoot-'em-up sex and violence of gumshoe Mike Hammer, died Monday. He was 88.
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Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America. A comprehensive study by Radley Balko, accompanied by an interactive map. (Via MeFi.)
MC Devvo, and Shady Piez
David Firth, of Salad Fingers fame has developed set of mockumentaries on Darren Devonshire, better known as Devvo, lampooning North English working-class Chav Culture.
Devvo's an unemployed youth in the area of Doncaster , who is taking a stab at a career as a rapper, along with scamming dole money, harassing people at parks and playgrounds, and generally overusing the word "dickhead".
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July 17, 2006
Curious George A question on behalf of a friend (I do have a friend *SOB* I really really do *SOB SOB*) about Spanish music.... [more inside]
Want to View HD Content on Your PC? Upgrade Wisely
COMPUTERS RENDERED OBSOLETE THROUGH HUMAN ENDEAVOR!!! The man/machine war ends in a staggering upset! WE DON'T NEED THEM ANY MORE, PEOPLE!!! [more inside]
Curious George can't get simple concepts. We've all be stranded on this giant ball spinning through space for a while now, and during that time we've learned a few things -- to stop for reds, who's buried in Grant's Tomb, or how mittens work. However, we all have some very simple ideas, that no matter how many times they've been explained, that our respective brains simply cannot comprehend. [more inside]
Still evolving? Researchers from Princeton say that the Galapagos finches which provided Darwin with a striking example, are continuing to evolve noticeably. Some have said that while the finches may vary with local conditions, there is no true speciation, and the variation is therefore not a real example of evolution at all. [more inside]
Poisson rouge: games for children A big collection of charming flash games and widgets for children. [more inside]
The Guide to Effectively Communicating While Intoxicated
- PLUS, people, some history: Alcohol in Ancient Rome.
For those of you with little imagination and/or who are not Australian: 40 Rock-Solid Reasons to get Drunk Tonight. I'm too good to you.
NSFW
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Sponsor an orphaned character today! Or attend the Pictoplasma conference.
The PictoOrphanage has a long tradition of helping friends of characters to find the right match for all their character needs, while helping characters reach their full artistic potential and freedom.Via Daddy Types.
Unphotographable: A text account of pictures missed.
out of latrobe
not really a link
just my anger of bud buying rolling rock and brewing it in new jeresy.
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July 16, 2006
HotCaptcha "In order to prove to us you are not a robot, select the three hot people."
More of the same censorship and spin from American Media Corporations on the Israel Conflict Great article from Eric Boehlert illustrating the sad fact that CNN has completely dropped any pretense of journalistic integrity. [more inside]
IRRITATING Warning: Irritation Ahead...... Warning: causes browser issues, some links are loud and contain profanity. [more inside]
10 Types of Women You Need to Avoid Another list. [more inside]
Bug Factory
- requires Flash.
Design bugs. Let them do stuff.
Making a watch by hand. via. There's this post as well, for comparison. Wow.
July 15, 2006
Keith Joseph, the father of Thatcherism, 'was autistic' claims Professor [more inside]
List-tastic! OMFG Lists!2!
July 14, 2006
The poet of dialectics
Karl Marx's Das Kapital is a ground-breaking work of economic analysis. But, argues Francis Wheen, it is also an unfinished literary masterpiece which, with its multi-layered structure, can be read as a Gothic novel, a Victorian melodrama, a Greek tragedy or a Swiftian satire
Cat-scans.com is one of the strangest sites I've seen in some time. I have no idea how these people got their cats wedged into their scanners, or why.
CuriousGeorge: are restaurant eggs different than home eggs? A coworker explains that when he used to cook for a restaurant, the eggs were different than the ones purchased in a store. [more inside]
Omniglot Although it has featured in comments, this site has never appeared as an FPP in its own right. [more inside]
Question I have a question about the way thread comments are listed... [more inside]
Curious George: My CD burns suck! [more inside]
Despite the War, Love blossoms in Iraq - between a man & his donkey. [more inside]
Rockfall from the Eiger
A huge slab of rock has broken away from the Eiger in Grindelwald, Switzerland, (where I once bought a Swiss Army knife).
News sources don't agree how many Empire State Buildings have fallen (some say half, some say two), but a formation called the Madonna has collapsed already (an omen!)
It has been suggested that climate change is the cause, with glacial meltwater weakening the rock. More falls are expected. More news.
Welcome to WWIII Nostradamus predicted it... [more inside]
July 13, 2006
Help me learn ASP.NET I am not a programmer AT ALL. I have a new job that wants to run ASP.NET pages. God help me. [more inside]
We Interrupt Your Communication Systems With This Important Announcement.
"The government will soon be sending warnings of national emergencies on wireless phones, Web sites and hand-held computers."
Heck, Nixon wanted a special device to turn on your TV and wake you up if he had something important to say. View the Emergency Broadcast papers wherein "The FCC was preparing broadcast stations for all-out atomic warfare in which millions of people might have been killed and the telephone system would be used only for high-priority messages."
Michel Fournier is 62 and has big plans. And he'll break the sound barrier while doing it...
Richard Dadd, Artist and Madman He painted The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke while in the asylum called Bedlam (click to enlarge it); it's relatively small, and very detailed -- it took him nine years to paint. He was fond of Shakespeare, painting the fairy queen Titania as she slept despite the hustle-bustle going on. [more inside]
Firefox beta hits the "internet" shelves. Mozdev has a full list of new features added. Is this yet another nail in the IE coffin? Or will some exclusive features keep it going? Or will some features just keep keep kicking it in the ass? Of course [more inside]
Robert Anton Wilson is dying. [more inside]
Solve a puzzle...for science! (java) Try to sort out this exam timetabling nightmare as best as you can, and you might be in for a prize ! [more inside]
The Legacy of Genghis Khan Flash w/ sound Nice introduction to the history of the Mongol empire, as founded by national hero Chinggis Khaan.
July 12, 2006
Curious George: Blog question. Which of the free blogs allows forward-chronological order of posts, i.e. where a visitor sees the beginning of a story first? This is for a stupid personal project. I tried Googling but came up dry.
A very sad & angry update from Baghdad Burning.
Moms Prefer Smell of Their Own Baby's Poop
You're welcome.
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Killer Kangaroos and the Demon Duck of Dooooooom!
IT Screen Goddesses The calendar of "Geek Goddesses" features photographs of real women working in IT in poses inspired by Hollywood screen goddesses. The aim is to promote careers in IT to women and girls by showing that geeky women can still be sexy. Depending on your viewpoint, the link may not be safe for work (if you wouldn't look at the "American Beauty" CD cover at work for instance). [more inside]
July 11, 2006
Syd Barrett Dead. So long Syd.
Fast Food Nation! I know it's rather early in the week for something like this, but who can stomach a full week without enjoying some fast food video games?
To Clip? .. or not to clip, that is the question.
Knob, $485 Try removing the bakelite knobs and listen. You will be shocked by this! The signature knobs will have an even greater effect … really amazing!
July 10, 2006
The Divine Comedy, or Commedia Divina if you prefer, marked the Europe's transition from Medieval to Renaissance. Written in 1321 by Dante Alighieri, it is an epic poem composed of depictions of Hell, (Inferno), Purgatory, (Purgatorio), and Heaven, (Paradisio). [more inside]
A Voluble Visit with Two Talking Apes
- This was a great NPR Weekend Edition show that played on Saturday about a pair of "talking" bonobos at Iowa's Great Ape Trust.
"Kanzi's favorite movies when he was very young were Ice Man and Planet of the Apes," Savage-Rumbaugh says. "I guess his favorite movie of all time is Quest for Fire."
Curious George: sites gone platinum What sites do you check often that you wouldn't normally post to MoFi because they're probably known by half the Internet? I bet everyone has some infamous favourite that a few people here have never heard of and might appreciate. [more inside]
The Vanishing
"In the 1980s, two non-native species of parasitic mite infested North American honeybees. One of the species, Varroa destructor, has proved especially deadly. Meanwhile, safe pastures where bees can forage without being poisoned by pesticides are becoming increasingly rare.
Anderson has his own ideas about what caused the almond pollination crisis, and what is most responsible for wiping out honeybees across the United States. 'Varroa is a bit of a red herring,' he says. 'One of the biggest problems is irresponsible use of pesticides and the failure of regulators to enforce the rules meant to protect bees from poisoning.'"
Monkeys+art=fun! Hey there Los Angeles monkeys! We've been talking about an expedition to the Rauschenberg exhibit at MOCA, possibly on a Saturday when they have additional activities, but we haven't set a date yet. Won't you join us, please?
The only existing photograph of Constanze Weber Mozart - widow of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Hooray, Pee Wee's Back!
Note: Link is to the LA Times. Registration Required.
"You are all lucky boys and girls, however old you are, because tonight "Pee-wee's Playhouse" comes back to TV. As part of its Adult Swim franchise, the Cartoon Network will begin airing the show's original 45 episodes, which ran over five seasons of Saturday mornings on CBS from 1986 to 1991."
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Curious George: Poetry Looking for some recommendations [more inside]
Mexican election rigged? About a quarter of a million people chanting "Fraud! Fraud!" jammed Mexico City's central square Saturday to back leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's bid to overturn his narrow electoral defeat with court appeals and mass marches. More here and here. Here, you can get one democracy-focused NGO's pre-election take on the state of affairs in Mexico. Here is a look at Mexico's version of red states vs. blue states. And here and here are a bunch of links to other articles about the election.
July 09, 2006
Nutjob sues Nike and Michael Jordan because he looks like Michael Jordan.
Kneel before Zod!!! You weaklings of Planet Houston have your candidate, but you shall tremble before the only candidate the tells us, "I promise you a future of darkness. And it's only in darkness that you see light."
THE PHONE --seemingly one of those internet puzzles. Let's try to solve it together? [Requires Flash] [more inside]
Bad bad fashion. She goes by the name malingering and she takes many pictures of the amusing and sometimes frightening fashions on the streets of Los Angeles. There are so many photos that it is broken into two sections. Also featuring subsets on pants with asswriting , the dangers of low-rise, fake boobies , who are their parents? and a special one for our Australian friends. [more inside]
Lomax collection About 400 photographs ca. 1934 - 1950 documenting sound recording expeditions carried out by John Avery Lomax, Alan Lomax, and Ruby Terrill Lomax for the Archive of American Folk Song, including African American and Latino musicians, singers, and dancers, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas. (via) [more inside]
July 08, 2006
Nudist Trampolining
- (FLASH game)
The sun is shining & the birds are singing, so why not get your kit off & jump around on the trampoline?
NSFW contains ugly bearded nude man with hovering glyph over his naughty bits & SOUND.
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Bush pilot. Kind of says it all.
July 07, 2006
Audrey Kawasaki will be showing her really neato art at Roq La Rue in Seattle. Show opens tonight! [more inside]
Curious George: How on earth does YouTube make money? [more inside]
The Nazi Connection with Shambhala and Tibet.
Cause, I dunno?
via growabrain
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BBWW - a blog of plus-sized Wonder Woman cartoons. via
The Evolution of Gnarles Barkley's "Crazy" - you've all heard it. A song that (nearly) everyone seems to dig. For once, a decent song gains the attention of the hype machine. But have you heard "Nel Cimitero Di Tucson", which is the original form of "Crazy"? [more inside]
2 minutes silence in London
We stood for 2 minutes, while the red buses stopped and the rain fell.
Passing tourists wondered why we were all standing outside, then you saw the realisation on their faces.
I'm currently working for The Tube, and many of my colleagues were involved last year. Everyone seems very calm.
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July 06, 2006
Simplified spelling... good, or bad? Must be a slow news day if this got into Yahoo headlines. But, it is an interesting issue. [more inside]
Bonobo playing Ms. Pacman - it's a YouTube link.
Cry like a baby - do not go to jail. And check out the visog of the wise old judge!
Cell Intelligence
This website is organized with a table of contents. One finds some radical claims in the first section, and I was at first put off by this. On second look, I found it useful to go deeper into the later parts to assess the information on the site, much of which I found intriguing.
War Junkies
"Between cheese-eating surrender monkeys and fire-eating war junkies."
"Why is it that the United States, which has not suffered a major terrorist attack at home for more than four years, thinks it's at war, while the United Kingdom, which was hit by a major terrorist attack just a year ago, does not?"
Monkey Music Its been a while since the Monkey Filter last.fm group was brought up. Here are the top artists for monkey filter for the week prior to July 2: [more inside]
July 05, 2006
Paste Magazine's list of the 100 best living songwriters, along with a similar list chosen by their readers.
Cronenberg on Warhol. David Cronenberg talks to the ceeb about a show on Andy Warhol's dark side he's guest-curating at the AGO.
DPRK Missile Crisis is being liveblogged!
One of our very own lies in the path of a madman's deathwish! No, it's not Gojira (he's not a man), it's not Dr. Evil (this guy prefers nukes to sharks with frickin' lay-zer beams).
No, it's everybody's favorite member of the Axis of Evil, Kim Jong-Il who's currently lobbing missiles into the Sea of Japan.
She's liveblogging the news in Japan, so drop by and watch the end of the world.
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The Cultcha of Oz.
Yous reckon i'm bad!
Paul keating - on Former Labour politician, Jim McClelland:
"That you Jim? Paul Keating here. Just because you swallowed a fucking dictionary when you were about 15 doesn't give you the right to pour a bucket of shit over the rest of us."
July 04, 2006
In honor of this, the United States of America's Day of Independence,
(WARNING: COMPLETELY AWESOME WEB DESIGN), to celebrate our liberation from the lurking British menace (WARNING: PHOTOS OF WMDS) with more than a little help from General Lafayette and his noble band of cheese-eating surrender monkeys (WARNING: NSF ANN COULTER), I give you drunken foreigners that most American of July 4th traditions:
The Sonnet Project. And it's written by one of our very own.
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Curious George. Euro Trip! [more inside]
Curious George - basic video editing? I have very limited needs, but also very limited personal resources. Put another way, I'm a klutz. Little help? [more inside]
デコトラ (decotora)
Trucks as an art form.
(Note about the link - site is in Japanese - just scroll down until you hit the tacky "Next" button to go to the next picture gallery. Beware of the main home page - horrible sound file embedded.)
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Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey
How is it possible that Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey has not appeared here yet? He rides a dog, sells tacos and wrangles sheep.
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Modelman's models, man.
Behold -Dracula! The creepy Mr.Sardonicus! The schmaltzy Hot Rod Herman! The pellet-gun worthy JFK!
July 03, 2006
HaHaHa America
A bit long at 16 1/2 minutes, but amusing film of Chinese bashing America and Bush...
HaHaHA America
Hail the Great Hero Bush!
Most. Annoying. Website. Ever.
Don't say you weren't warned.
Via Google Humor.
Never mind the bride, look at the pretty horsie!
What if the horse's pretty outfit and veil cost more than the bride's?
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July 02, 2006
An online archive of sci-fi, fantasy, and just plain strange costume. Want that costume you wore for the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con to live again? Well, what about the con that's just about the costumes, to heck with the rest of the convention trappings! [more inside]
Piscean Paraballein .. The true Origin of Christian "FISH" Symbol Might Outrage ..."
Australian Sourdough [more inside]
FontEditor BitFontMaker - does this work?
Firefox vs Internet Explorer [more inside]
Putting your existence into perspective. Perhaps the coolest thing I've seen in weeks. [Warning--Foregin Forums!]
What's on your desktop?
You've seen this before on Fark (and probably other sites as well); it's nothing new. However, I thought it would be interesting if we shared the virtual environments that many of us work and play in every day. That said, show us your desktop, monkeys! Give us a glance into your private world.
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July 01, 2006
Cup Noodle You've just finished with a Crisis and are starting on a Civil War, but prepare yourself for the only comics that has truely touched all of out lives...CUP NOODLE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL!!!
Bunnies Yawning. Rabbits having a bit of a yawn.
A rare behemoth of a beetle has been found in Wales, UK, where it was thought extinct since the 1700s. [more inside]
The 2006 Tour de France starts tomorrow...
and some of the best contenders have been banned from the Tour, with possibly many more ejections to come. This all stems from a Spanish doping investigation called Operacion Puerto, which has apparently been building up for a while.
see also
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Curious George - Where should I go?
I've got about a month and a week starting in early August off from work and was considering a trip. I'm thinking Europe as I have never traveled that side of the pond but am open to alternate ideas.
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Curious George: Name my friends bar So my friend is opening a sports lounge bar in a basement space and they need an awesome catchy name. Any monkeys have sugestions? [more inside]
