Links posted in July 2009
July 30, 2009
Man Robbed at Gunpoint While Receiving Oral Sex [more inside]
The photography of Tim Flach
A collection of animal photos (Flash).
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Big printer needed. It's becoming pressing. This linocut (8 months of work and counting...) of Paris is 1.5m x 1.8m and now nearing completion.
Emails from Crazy People: from the same people who run FailBlog, it seems.
July 29, 2009
FOX News - still doesn't know where it left its atlas.
July 28, 2009
When they cut the sacred groves, the Mayans doomed their civilization.
They were practicing good forestry management. “They were not allowed to cut down what we’re calling the ‘sacred groves. Then that changed," according to paleoethnobotanist David Lentz's new study."With no trees, you lose water retention in the soil or aquifers so the ground dries up and then there is less transpiration, so therefore less rainfall as well." Agriculture failed.
Strangely, we seem to be on the same path today... Can no one stop rampant over-development?
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July 26, 2009
Three lights and the sun.
Pulling together a portrait, starting with the sun.
The muted colors and the overall feel of the shot that began forming in my head was not something that would interest my client, but I decided that it was worth exploring for myself. via
July 25, 2009
Indian school for rogue monkeys: Wildlife officials in India plan to build a special school to improve the behaviour of delinquent monkeys. [Via]
Dog Malfunction - You may have seen this YouTube clip of a hideous little stained poodle dog masticating its own tongue in a deranged manner and ululating like an angry duck with a cleft palate, well, there's also Dog Malfunction 2 (a classic which has birthed its own line of meme shoots). But now, friends, enjoy Dog Malfunction - Jazz Version. ALL YOUTUBE.
Warning: Oversize Load Ahead On a per-turbine basis, the cost of transportation and logistics generally varies from around $100,000 to $150,000, said John Dunlop, an engineer with the American Wind Energy Association.
July 24, 2009
The Secret Garden of Mutabor [flash]. Hello Stranger, we need your help. The Secret Garden of Mutabor is in great danger. You just came in time to save us!
July 21, 2009
July 20, 2009
Why information is its own reward - same neurons signal thirst for water, knowledge.
Test scores, affirmative action, and actual potential, or while I might do very well on standardized tests, I'll never be as smart or as successful as many people who do not.
July 19, 2009
There has to be an easier way to design a font than hiring a racecar driver to drive the shapes of the letters. But that's how they made the "iQ font" (download).
July 18, 2009
Starwho? Whatbucks? NOT Transformers, but Starbucks in Disguise.
July 16, 2009
God's sick little joke, she said... Surgery is a serious step (and well I know it). What would happen if Universal Health Care was as *good* as that for which military wives can elect? Magnified by millions? Yet the horror stories on the OTHER side might be even worse. Bleeding livers that go untreated, etc. Anybody got a solution to this mess? Or might they like to share some other cautionary horror stories?
July 15, 2009
Crowdsourcing Star Wars A New Hope cut into 473 15-second clips, each re-made by enthusiasts, edited back together.
July 14, 2009
Vase Breaker
Tuesday productivity aid.
A smashing game!
Ada Lovelace - a very nearly completely true account of her origins and life.
BEST Response to a C&D Letter EVER [more inside]
July 13, 2009
Look what you can get for a dollar! Won Park is the master of origami. I like the Eiffel Tower best.
2009 Venice Biennale. Pics from this contemporary art exhibition. The one of the 3 Maori guys is worth the price of clicking the link.
July 12, 2009
Pan-kun the chimp rides a skateboard. And a segway.
Unesco recently added 13 new World Heritage sites to its list. At the same time, it took the almost unprecedented step of removing a site: the Elbe Valley at Dresden has been ruined by a massive new bridge plonked across it. [more inside]
Meet Tuesday. "Tuesday is a so-called psychiatric-service dog, a new generation of animals trained to help people whose suffering is not physical, but emotional....Taught to recognize changes in a person's breathing, perspiration or scent that can indicate an imminent panic attack, Tuesday can keep Mr. Montalvan buffered from crowds or deliver a calming nuzzle." [more inside]
July 11, 2009
Pablo Escobar’s hippopotamus gunned down in Colombia.
July 10, 2009
So it seems the Department of Prisons thought books written by Barack Obama contained material "potentially detrimental to national security." Or, they did until after the November election. (Such a well timed move) But if a convicted al-Qaida terrorist and Bush-Assasination-Plotter wanted to read those books, then there really IS an Obama-Osama connection, right? (That's a rhetorical question; a moronic rhetorical question)
Fake Limbs, More Help Animals Heal.
Single link YouTube advertisement for a beer product (that is bloody funny).
July 09, 2009
InOtherNewsFilter: Man Dies after Falling Into Vat of Chocolate in NJ
He obviously didn't yell "FIRE!" (apologies for crappy sound quality recorded too loud but it was the best version I could find and I love these guys)
July 08, 2009
Forget about the nuke tests and missile launches. It appears that North Korea has declared CYBER WAR on the U.S.ofA. It's a good thing that Kim Jung VeryIll's minions are too undernourished to be competent, or this might be a serious threat.
15 creepy ads. Not sure that they have totally earned the honour of being "creepiest", but I genuinely found some of them to be very very creepy indeed.
July 07, 2009
Chronicling America: The Library of Congress has scanned newspapers from California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Texas, Utah, and Virginia from 1880-1922.
Social Security number code "cracked" For people born after 1988 — when the government began issuing numbers at birth — the researchers were able to identify, in a single attempt, the first five Social Security digits for 44 percent of individuals. And they got all nine digits for 8.5 percent of those people in fewer than 1,000 attempts. [more inside]
Crocodiles stolen. Black market pet suppliers suspected. Apparently there's a MUCH larger wild croc in the area, which one suspects would not "pack down pretty neatly".
July 06, 2009
Man and Nature Combine to Make Exquisite Art. [Via]
Clay Enos, one of the best photographers in the US, is trekking from NY to Vancouver, on a Vespa. Via twitter and Fliker, Clay is sharing his trip... my guess is that his butt is gonna be sore when he's done, but, the pictures will be great!
July 05, 2009
Self-Help Hurts ...so says one Canadian Study. My editorial opinion: Duh!
July 04, 2009
July 03, 2009
and in other news on not thinking things through...
July 02, 2009
Court: Man Burned at Burning Man Assumed Risk of Being Burned by Burning Man. [Via]
July 01, 2009
Bamboo Bikes An intriguing, enterprising and eco-friendly idea but at $900 a pop, will it sell?
Four years, hand made. Of paper.
My daddy said the movie made his soul sick and he wants his money back. 7 year old's review of Transformers 2.
