Links posted in September 2005
September 30, 2005
Take University Courses for free over the Web. Type in your subject. Check out the courses available. Now you to can study cognitive robotics at MIT, pathophysicology of infectious diseases at Tufts, or causal and statistical reasonaing at Carnegie-Mellon. Or how about some artsier stuff? [more inside]
New Bill Stewart Album. World renowned jazz drummer Bill Stewart has released his newest album via cdbaby. As well, he plays on Kevin Hays' what survives, also released on cdbaby. Anybody know of any other well known artists who have chosen to self release albums instead of dealing with the record label mafia? All styles of music welcome; we monkeys have broad tastes. [more inside]
Gorillas have been seen for the first time using simple tools to perform tasks in the wild Scientists were particularly amazed that they were able to post extensively on a certain metafilter clone site.
White slavery in the UK Police in Birmingham, UK, are reported to have rescued nineteen women from ten countries from white slavery. (The term is archaic; the practice, sadly, isn't.) They were allegedly being locked in the establishment at night, and kept in by day with the assistance of an electric fence around the back garden. [more inside]
15th-16th century woodcuts.
There are more here. And a dozen more here.
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Baseball Apocalypse II Pretty exciting weekend coming up, yes? [more inside]
The forest of rhetoric Terms and definitions of rhetoric, from antiquity to the Renaissance. [more inside]
Puberty explained... by a talking penis. NSFW unless your workplace doesn't care too much about talking cartoon genitals and some frank depictions of sexual acts. Voiced by Amy Sedaris, of Strangers With Candy fame and sibling of that writer guy. Warning: Flash Aaaah! He'll save every one of us! [more inside]
Trouble vs Tribble-ations
A scene-by-scene deconstruction of how digital video artists repurposed parts of the ST:TOS episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" to create the ST:DS9 episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" 30 years later.
Mmmmm, Trekky goodness...
Woogle - words in pictures (stolen from the blue)
Friday Film Fun What would a preview for the classic film The Shining look like if it were made today? Not quite the movie you'd expect... [MOV 1st link]
I had been warned of Turkmenistan's liking for bureaucracy. Peter Forwood, who has been travelling around the world on his Harley motorcycle since 1996, has just visited Turkmenistan. [more inside]
September 29, 2005
Donate $100 to Katrina victims, get a call from Brian Wilson.
It's art,
and it's moving. [flash] WARNING: This might disturb some people.
"We stuffed it with approximately 75kg of ice'
A horrible kind of hydroplaning can occur when kissing too glossed lips And other cartoons in the style of the Far Side. Some are deliciously twisted, some are chuckleworthy, and some are just plain odd.
Ante up, punk.
I need some negotiating skills pronto. This recommended reading list has a selection of general interest tomes and if any monkeys want to weigh in on which books they also recommend I'd be internally grateful. I'm going up against a master in the next two weeks, for a whole lotta moola and a huge time commitment from me, and I'm stoked to stock up at Chapters.
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Curious, George: Immigrating to France How hard is it to move to France to live? [more inside]
What's a little bull semen to boost bilateral ties?
According to International Enterprise Singapore, 200 straws of it did wonders for ties between Singapore and the province of Shandong!
*Imagines what owl semen might accomplish*
Jesus will see your bet and raise you. It's time to Ante(och) up, sinners. Our Lord and Saviour is in the house and he's staring at a sweet straight when the dealer drops the river. [more inside]
Desolation Angles. Forest fire lookout towers of the U.S. and Canada [more inside]
Eating Monkeys and the winner is,,,
Do you know what it means to missNew Orleans? I thought I did, but I only got there once and stayed in the Franch Quarter. But this guy says thay New Orleans has pretty much never done anything right. [more inside]
September 28, 2005
Visions of Science Awards 2005 have been named and awarded. The overall winner is of salt and pepper. Some beautiful images throughout the site.
LA Monkeys, Assemble! We talked about this before, now let's make it happen sometime soon. Let's have ourselves a good old fashioned meetup at some place with a cheap happy hour. [more inside]
Curious George: Trick for finding free iTunes downloads? Am wondering if anyone knows of a trick for finding free downloads on iTunes. Question sparked when, recently, a thread floated around the web about some free downloadable Scandinavian pop music. Does one just have to stumble across the freebies, or is there a way to find them?
Falkland's minefields have become a mating haven for penguins. All the thousands of leftover mines from the early 80's Falkland Islands War are keeping would-be intruders from trampling on fertile mating ground. The penguins, not heavy enough to trigger the mines, are getting their squawk on.
The biggest buried treasure *in history* has been discovered.
Feral flowers. This rare wildflower landscape portfolio represents a 19-year historical documentation of a phenomenon in the Californian deserts known as "carpet blooms". A surreal display of flowers on such a scale and magnitude not seen anywhere else on earth.
A Walk Through Durham Township
Profiles of men who knit just in case you didn't think it possible. Have a yen for yarn? Learn to knit! Knit Happens? Blog about it! Knit a rabbit, knit a kitten, knit a dog a sweater. For the HP-obsessed, knit all the woolly wear from the Harry Potter movies! Sci-fi fan? Knit Doctor Who's scarf! (Warning: Tom Baker's scarf varied from 12-17 feet in length.)
Curious, George: Help The Visually Disadvantaged. Hi. I have an elementary question here, something I'm sure some of our monkeys can help me with — where are the best places to look for an education in visual design? [more inside]
Giant Squid Caught on Camera! At last, proof of the elusive, mysterious, and slightly shy giant squid. Absolute proof that the scurvy sea-dawgs of yesteryear weren't just drunk on grog and high on life! [more inside]
September 27, 2005
My my, doesn't the time fly Happy centenary!
Spacefilter: Astronomers have found the first evidence of cracks in a neutron star's crust. The star cracked when it was rocked by the strongest "starquake" ever recorded, researchers said last week. [more inside]
Ye olde Chew and Screw. A dine-and-dash in Jersey, with a little something extra for the staff. [via obscurestore] [more inside]
The Farmers Wife - Images from the land of corn & soybeans
I'm a vegetarian, but I do eat roadkill,
so says Fergus Drennan, forager extraordinaire. His business, Wild Man, can be found at The Goods Shed in Canterbury. Now off you go, forage!
"A man is standing at my front door holding a dead fox. It is stiff with rigor mortis and seems to be grinning at me."
Much has been written about Philippe Dufour, his mastery of the craft of watchmaking, his insistence on perfection, his stubborn-ness to remain close to the art of his forebears, his open-ness to sharing with collectors and other watchmakers alike.
Dogonauts!!! Before there were manned missions to space, the way was paved by animals; cute, furry animals. Laika was the first cosmonaut, traveling in a low orbit around the earth, before dying of stress, in November, 1957. Later dogonauts Belka and Strelka fared better, not only returning to earth alive, but sending progeny to the Kennedy White House. [more inside]
Yabusame. Mounted archery then and mounted archery now. Lots 'o links. [more inside]
September 26, 2005
If you missed the last night's interview, here is a transcript and realplayer video of Q-and-A's interview with Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. [more inside]
His shoe phone no longer rings....
RIP Don Adams, Maxwell Smart of "Get Smart", one of the funniest comedies i remember watching as a kid.
"Noooo, not the Craw...the CRAAAWWW!"
NZ health politics are a little....overwrought, aren't they. Hey, just to prove the axis of the U's don't have a monopoly on people who say outrageous stuff. [more inside]
The World Solar Challenge participants will traverse more than 3,000km over the Australian continent - from tropical Darwin to balmy Adelaide, in cars powered by nothing more than the sun. [more inside]
Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing.
What could go wrong?
via HuffPo
The Duplex Planet "Since the elderly are already thought of by what they have in common - that they're all old - I try to recast them as individuals. I quote and write about them in order to address the larger world. The audience/reader meets them and comes to feel the characters are familiar, people they might want to spend time with. The men and women whose individualities expose the myths of aging are not extraordinary. They are typical in their unique humanness." Mainly, though, it's about old people saying funny things. [more inside]
Hoverboy, AWAY! A comprehensive site for all things Hoverboy. [more inside]
Gerin oil (or Geriniol to give it its scientific name) is a powerful drug which acts directly on the central nervous system to produce a range of characteristic symptoms, often of an antisocial or self-damaging nature. Geriniol intoxication has been responsible for the most barbarous and violent events in history. Learn more about Gerin oil and how to avoid it's use.
Negotiating with terrorists works. Discuss.
Curious George: Best Meal of your life? Okay, I searched,and I can't find a thread for this... so I'll start it myself. Last weekend I was lucky enough to have two of the best meals of my life. I'll tell you about them in a second, please tell me about yours. [more inside]
unblokt Seems like something certain monkeys here would excel at. Insert a relevant sentence between two others; semicolons and hyphens optional. I searched as well as I could - don't flay me if it's a double!
September 25, 2005
Shades of Aldous Huxley! Apropos of the Anonymous George post below, women are giving up on sex as a method of procreation. Scientists believe it's entire possible to create a child with only X chromosomes and some scientists believe that men may become irrelevant. The question arises: in 10,000 yrs, will Simian XY be able to get any at all? More to the point: WTF? If one can't spend time doing the nasty, how can one expect to find time to clean up the crap?
Curious George - Downloads on Tiger with Mozilla
Holla monos.
I'm having trouble downloading files from websites. I double click on the file (usually a PDF) and my download window comes up. It shows the status bar and when the bar is all the way to the right, it hangs up and just stays there, not completing the download. I have to cancel the download and as a result the files that I want don't actually download. I've checked my prefs on Firefox (v1.0) and can't seem to crack this nut. Any suggestions?
Glenn Gould - his hat and scarf. It's his birthday today. One of the 20th century's greatest pianists, his recording of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier stands as a monumental musical achievement. The Prelude in C from that work was placed onboard Voyager 1. But along with being an extraordinary prodigy he also had a subversive sense of humor. So in honour of Glenn today, I present to you his hat and scarf.
Curious George: Mold Removal I need help removing mold from my bathroom carpet. [more inside]
Anonymous, George: The Relief of Unbearable Urges How can a man with a high sex drive be comfortable without sex? [more inside]
The Drink Recipe Thread Through a recent celebration, I've discovered that many people choose to buy "liquers" and mix them together in various combinations for favored drinks! What's yours? [more inside]
The porn of war Prove you're a field deployed soldier, get access to porn. Now how to prove, how to prove...<muses>...hey, that's easy! [more inside]
Alex Bernasconi's photography.
September 24, 2005
The thin line between sex and death.
"Here is a list of the porn performers who have come before us and have since shuffled off this mortal coil. It's kinda sad, but we all gotta go sometime."
[SFW]
Curious George: MetaFilter crappage. Whether it's a JRun error or "document contains no data", MetaFilter seems to be down 25% of the time I go there. I'm not a regular over there but I am curious about the technical side of this. [more inside]
Are you a Politician? Don't you understand the concept of astronomical time? That's OK. You can ban it.
Saturday Flash Fun
Click and Drag for Ikea/Matrix action!
Music.
Turducken; The Other White, Then Dark, Then White Meat. [more inside]
Curious, George: video games for non-gamers My mom has recently become interested in video games. Birthday coming up. Seek ideas, help from gaming Monkeys. Fun, low learning curve a plus. [more inside]
.THE BIGGEST MYSTERIES MEGASITE ON PLANET. EARTH!
September 23, 2005
Look at your walls!
Animated wallpaper based on a classic William Morris design. Flash.
via we make money not art.
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The Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association, Inc. (TEMA) is in fact a front for The Erotic Machinists' Association. Industrial smut inside. [more inside]
Anonymous George: Need a Sham Marriage I am an unskilled American living in Ireland. I am able to legally reside here because I was a student when I applied for permission to remain in the state. [more inside]
PhotogenicMasks have been created for anyone who desires to become a girl.
Creepy, realistic masks. I can only imagine what people may want with these...
Shamelessly stolen from...
Web-Developer's Handbook
- A billion links. This am good.
Via Bifurcated Rivets
Endtroducing The Shadow Percussion Project Take one slightly obsessive DJ Shadow fan. Mix well with one high school percussion group and allow to steep for several months. Serve with high bandwidth.
Inoue Daisuke missed an opportunity to make some money.
Beautiful Books: Illustrated
The best-looking and most interesting website devoted to beautiful books and illustration I've seen this year. Points out the best in digitized illustration on the Web. Sample excerpt:
From Harvard University's Open Collections Program comes Women Working, 1800-1930. It is a huge storehouse - 3,500 books, trade and consumer magazines, vocation pamphlets, photographs and lots more - all digitized in an annoying framed interface....But where else could one learn about the anarchist woman of yesteryear or how to raise chickens?
I'd say it has the monkey stamp of quality. You should all take a peek kay.
September 22, 2005
Body Issues, Man-Style Wherein one man spends much money and time too look "better." via Towleroad. [more inside]
Electro-man and trusty companion The Mighty Jacket have been found, and how far away from gotham...
now all he needs to do is learn how to keep the carpet at work from melting under him.
Alice in Wonderland In Carroll's own hand, with his original drawings . . . [more inside]
Reader2 Find new books to read, put your reading list online - this is site's motto. [more inside]
Google Maps finds Roman ruins
Computer programmer Luca Mori found the remains of an ancient Roman villa when he browsed Google Earth maps showing satellite images of his local area.
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Hurricane Rita approaches.
Texas Governor Rick Perry has urged people in the storm's way not to leave it too late to try to escape. "Based on planning exercises and analysis, most coastal areas in Texas take 33 hours to fully evacuate. Coastal Texans should not wait until late Thursday or early Friday to leave."
The latest official warning from the National Hurricane Center.
Landing-point probabilities.
Curious George: Prescription Mistake My wife, who is 22-weeks pregnant, was recently given a prescription for her frequent nasuea and vomiting. The problem is, the pharmacist made a "little" mistake. [more inside]
September 21, 2005
Bumvertising Callous exploitation, or a genious marketing ploy?
Recruits Sought for Porn Squad!
Yes, with everything else domestic and foreign going swimmingly, the POTUS & Co take a page from the Gipper's playbook and seek to criminalize depicting the nasty. Somewhat discussed here, here, here, here, here, *inhale* . . and probably a bunch of other places.
Curious George: collecting books I have a hankering - nay, a veritable yearning - to begin collecting books. I'm wondering if any of the other monkeys are experienced book collectors and what advice, if any, you would impart to a novice who doesn't know anything about books, and the collecting thereof, but loves a good read. [more inside]
Opera Browser Wiki: Now that Opera is free and more monkeys probly want to try it out, here is the Wiki that gives you the good guts on tweaking and tips on getting the most out of the thing.
Stanford Solar Centre: Folklore In the beginning there was only darkness and people kept bumping into each other. Fox said that people on the other side of the world had plenty of light but were too greedy to share it. Possum went over there to steal a little piece of the light. He found the Sun hanging in a tree, lighting everything up. He took a tiny piece of the Sun and hid it in the fur of his tail. The heat burned the fur off his tail. That is why possums have bald tails.
Self-postFilter: Since I've been hearing some great things about monkeys lately, I figure we deserve a chance to boast about our achievements on MoFi. Self-links permitted (within reason). jacobw has published a book, kamus has an album on iTunes, squidranch helped save an historic burger joint. Tell us about them, please, and what everyone else has done lately?
Curious George: Where should I propose in Chicago? I'm in the area for school, so I've never been to the city. I'm looking for somewhere unique and not too crowded.
Curious George - A Guide to the Military for Dummies
Hello all.
I am looking for an information resource that can give me as a writer a primer on the military, it's ranks, customs, methodology, etc...
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September 20, 2005
Tuesday Flash Fun Nice little monkey-oriented Flash game by Ferry Halim of Orisinal. Check out the rest of his games at ferryhalim.com. These are remarkable in that they are great time-wasters without huge amounts of violence. Warning: requires Flash. Sorry, Linux-dudes and dudettes.
The Debate on the Smacking Ban which is a law on the books in several countries. Sweden, which has had the law since 1979, has been held as a model by advocates who wish to employ the ban elsewhere- recently in the UK and New Zealand- however, critics feel that Sweden goes too far. [more inside]
Build your own 1902 Wright glider. "People build airplanes for many reasons. We built this one to impress kids." [more inside]
Curious George: Where is David Yow? I have been looking online for information about as to what David Yow, of Scratch Acid and The Jesus Lizard fame has been up to lately. [more inside]
Curious George: Billing and Accounting Software It's time for me to update my company's billing and accounting software, and instead of blindly purchasing upgrades I'd like to see if some of you monkeys have any recommendations. [more inside]
CBC lockout shows Despite being locked out by managment, CBC staff are stil producing shows to fill that void in the hearts of many Canadians . . . [more inside]
Free Opera They've taken away the banner ads forever!
Whither the semicolon? [more inside]
Ready for a bughunt? Now we're going back into space, looks like the Marines are finally getting that space-deployment capability they've been after. [more inside]
Researchers recover typed text using audio recording of keystrokes. "What makes the technique feasible is that each keystroke makes a relatively distinct sound, however subtle, when hit. Typical users type about 300 characters per minute, leaving enough time for a computer to isolate the sounds of individual keystrokes and categorize the letters based upon the statistical characteristics of English text." [more inside]
September 19, 2005
Lucky for him, the camera was there
(Embedded .wmv) Funny and cringe inducing. Even when it's humor, racism is harsh.
Mildly NSFW, I bet.
Rock Paper Scissors: now with Fire, Water, Air and Sponge! Your favorite decision-making game has been updated with more gestures. Now the designer has gone from the original three to FIFTEEN! [more inside]
NASA has announced plans to send astronauts to the moon by the year 2020 [in a new "spaceship"].
A Nice Picture? Read the resulting thread for possibly a different perspective.
Curious, George: Bicyclettes
For Christmas last year, the Lady Squid bought the Man Squid an inexpensive mountain bike from a sporting goods chain store. Although the bike has gotten me from point A to point B plenty of times, it's now falling apart - with it in the shop just about every other week - something new (tires, tubes, rims, spokes, deraileurs, cables) seems to be breaking on it with every passing month.
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Grow Cube. Yet another cute (and rather fiendishly frustrating!) little game from the people that did Grow and Grow RPG. (via dalryaug)
Jabberwacky has apparently won the 2005 Loebner Prize (for the chatbot whose conversation comes nearest to passing the Turing Test), pipping the former winner Alice.
Stop-motion masters with example clips and in some cases whole movies. This site also hosts those great Cup Noodle ads.
Arrrrrrrrrrr! Need I say more, me hearties?
Pizza Farm! With your hosts Farmer Gregory and Cleo the cow. You don't put cows on pizza, do you?
September 18, 2005
Curious George: Monkeys' Fave Fortunes What are some Monkeys' fortune cookie rituals and faves? [more inside]
Exit Mundi! Fifty ways to leave your planet. [more inside]
Announcing Anonymous George: Koko and middleclasstool have come up with a great system for posting anonymous Curious, George posts. If you'd like to ask the monkeys about that mysterious rash or how to pick up chicks without all the awful embarrassment that may invoke, check out the link in the sidebar.
God: A Career Retrospective - this might explain a few things.
Soup! Soup may be the greatest food ever invented. I mean, there are so many different kinds to choose from, and they're all so good! But the best thing about soup is how warm it makes you feel, and how it can always make you feel better, no matter how upset or angry you are. Personally, my favourite soup is Lipton's chicken noodle, because it's salty and original. What's your favourite?
September 17, 2005
Global warming 'past the point of no return' A record loss of sea ice in the Arctic this summer has convinced scientists that the northern hemisphere may have crossed a critical threshold beyond which the climate may never recover. [more inside]
Y.A.B.A.M.U. SF Bay Area Monkeys Meetup! Anyone up for meeting up this coming weekend? All simians are welcome, of course. [more inside]
The Rugby Reader's Review Images, humor, history, and essays about rugby. [more inside]
The short unhappy life of AIBO, who disrespects da real dog. (Quicktime)
Nintendo's New Controller Is Out- And wow, it looks totally diffrent. I want to try this thing out. It might be bad, might be good, but it will be very interesting. [more inside]
Extracting Video from the Brain
Neurons can be decoded into a reconstructed image, claims Dr. Stanley, Associate Professor in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard. In other words, you can "jack into" a brain and extract video.
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Hijacking Catastrophy - A history of the neocons in the US
An informative and long (one hour, ten minutes) video that documents the history and rise in power of the neo-conservatives and their doctrine.
September 16, 2005
Technician George - I reinstalled Windows XP recently, and now the search, windows media player, security center, and picture viewer functions don't work. Please help! [more inside]
Curious Google Bombing George Can one effect google bombing on a personal level? [more inside]
A Chinese cosmetics company is using skin harvested from the corpses of executed convicts to develop beauty products for sale in Europe. A Guardian investigation. Also mentions the use of tissue from aborted foetuses as filler in collagen products.
Can you dig a hole to China?
Let's say you're 8 years old, and you want to dig a giant hole in your yard to the other side of the world. Click on a starting point somewhere on the map, and let Google maps help you figure out where you'd really pop up.
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Monkey Slot Machine. I can't believe this hasn't been posted here.
Children found in cages in Ohio. Parents at the end of their rope or child abusers?
Desi Crews VS Minuteman Civil Defence Corps...
Indo-Canadian gangster boyz go up against Vietnam vet militia members. Jesus H. Christ at a barn dance...this should be interesting.
In New Zealand we take our bananas seriously.
Recent auction for banana guard. Fits both Costa Rican AND Ecuadoran. Read the whole page.
(Hat tip to our own rodgerd, who runs the stupid-stuff mailing list, and subscriber Bruce Norris, without whom I would never have seen this).
Derek Jarman's Garden at Prospect Cottage.
Derek Jarman, after learning he was HIV positive moved to Prospect Cottage, Dungeness, Kent, under the shadow of the nuclear power station. It was here that he wrote his autobiography and created his extraordinary garden, incorporating debris picked up from the beach. He died of AIDS in 1994.
More beautiful photos here, here, here, here, and here.
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"Battlestar Galactica" Meets George Bush? The president of the sci-fi show is contrasted with that other president...
Curious, George: Loud guitars and thick glasses. I am looking for suggestions for my Nerd Rock Mix. [more inside]
Things look cool close up. These are fun to look at - I wish I could read the text...
September 15, 2005
Curious George: I vaguely remember seeing a certain cartoon when I was younger... [more inside]
Abandonded Britain (urban decay)
What're you going to do today Napoleon? Whatever I feel like I wanna do. Gosh! [more inside]
The City
is a weekly comic by John Backderf (aka "Derf") that appears in numerous "alternative/indie" papers across the U.S.
[And it just happens to be my all-time favorite]
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Eugene Mirman. Eugene Mirman videos (try "Art Video", .mov file, possibly NSFW). Eugene Mirman's blog. Eugene Mirman fields a couple of calls from some Christians who choose to overlook the whole “love, compassion and tolerance” side of that crazy book thing. "Eugene Mirman and David Cross Get Wasted, Discuss Indie Rock."
City of the future. Following a theme here, I bring you Jacque Fresco and The Venus Project. He's got it all planned out - cities, energy, construction, housing, transportation, even space! How cool is his research centre, brains living in domes. [more inside]
The Work Blind, leading the competition in workplace slacking efficiency.
Via LiVEJOURNAL
September 14, 2005
POTUS asks Condi for a POTTY break . No, it isn't a Photoshop contest on Fark. Its a real photo and caption from Reuters.
2257: Using Kiddie Porn to Screw Us All ...Remember people, if you're not with us, you're for kiddie porn! How 2257 works. 2257 Part two. [more inside]
Bang! Handgun owners still in need of patron saint. Apparently feeling a little ignored since everybody else has one.
Aspiring Space Monkeys take notice! You can now purchase your very own pair of space monkey pants on ebay. (Note- Pants have been previously worn by Soviet Space Monkeys.) [more inside]
101 uses for a dead cat . . . better make that 102 . . . [more inside]
Live feed of the United Nations World Summit.
One of the largest gatherings of world leaders in history (so they say). The 60th session is now in order. POTUS is on right now. For your viewing pleasure... [Real Player]
FULL DISCLOSURE: I work for the UN
Ohio meets Oscar Wilde
a compilation from contemporary newspapers, etc.
Slightly idiosyncratic navigation - in all but one case, click the last picture on a page to go to the next page.
U. Toilet The world’s first toilet college is set to open in Singapore to teach cleaners how to improve their lavatory washing skills. [more inside]
After the flood - This American Life brings individual stories from the convention centre, from the bridge to Gretna, about what it's like to be without water for days, about what the future might hold. via metafilter [more inside]
Ricky Gervais: Extras. Coming soon to HBO. One difference between it and his earlier comedy series, The Office, are the celebrity guest stars including Kate Winslet, Samuel Jackson, and Ben "It still Counts" Stiller. Some funny scenes, check it out.
Fun flash diversion This definitely entertained me for a while. I'm not sure what that's says about me, but I'm pretty sure I won't be the only one to admit that it's fairly mesmerizing when it gets going. [more inside]
Buy some beer. Help pay for this Carlton Draught ad. Quicktime, bombastic.
How to Build Your First Surfboard
The Telecrapper 2000 identifies & intercepts telemarketer calls, then ensnares the caller in a software-driven 'virtual conversation' using a script that plays a series of WAV files. The entire conversation is recorded for later amusement. Here's a FLASH rendition of the kind of recording the Telecrapper will make of such an interchange. [more inside]
September 13, 2005
Curious George: Google Why can't I access www.google.com or gmail? Why? Oh why? I'm on my university's wireless network and I've never had a problem before.
The best Petes.
Shamelessly stolen from mefi, but I thought it would be appropriate here, too.
Curious George: Program that limits to surfing only? I went to a business that had "free internet" - the computers were new & nice, but only allowed http/s/ traffic (browser only), no "Start" button, no right-click, no CTRL-ALT-DEL . . . what program let them do that? Or is it just a matter of turning off *everything* for anonymous users? And how would one do that?
Burns Bog is burning again. As I write this in my new North Burnaby apartment I can smell the smoke, thick, coming in through the window. The entire GVRD (see the parks map) is covered in smoke and ash is falling.
I picked the wrong time to start jogging again.
Curious, George: What is the proper way to respond to someone who tells you, "Have a blessed day?" [more inside]
Awesome.
Also awesome.
I used to think I was good at javascript.
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Doctor Who, Superman & Buffy. All here in daily comic form. The good Doctor crosses over with Sups, and also with Buffy. [more inside]
A Gallery of Demons This page is a study in world perceptions of 'evil.' Thoughout these pages, you'll find descriptions of different 'demons.' I realize that some of these 'demons' can be considered gods or mythological beings, but I've chosen those I found to demonstrate the trickster archetype or have been described as possessing "evil" traits in a predominent belief system. [more inside]
Cryptic message for MoFi's Chengwin-fans. Checking out the Chengwin site, as I am wont to do from time to time, there's a new message on the front page -- a disturbing message without any explanation. Is Chengwin going to lose to Chunk? To Chixon? Is Chabio going to fall prey to some evil plot? Any NYC monkeys know what's what? What the HELL is GOING ON? [more inside]
How Curious George Escaped the Nazis Interesting historical tidbit for you MoFites.
Pentagon Revises Nuclear strike Plan The Big One is coming closer to reality. We may all soon require Monkey litterboxes a la MoneyJane's post below. [more inside]
A.G. Rizzoli. Inspired by this FPP, I'm hereby turning you on to the artwork of this Californian, the son of Italian immigrants and a lifelong celibate, who worked by day as a lowly draftsman, but in his spare time experienced mystical visions and created architectural renderings of ornate imaginary buildings. I discovered Rizzoli at a show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Curious George Flings Some Poo...
Ok...I was cleaning the catbox today; scooping out the clumps of pee and the other solid bits...and I got me to thinking. Post Big One, toilets may not flush, and water be in too short supply to flush them with a bucket of water.
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September 12, 2005
Curious George: New MacOSX user I'm using MacOSX (the not newest one), and suddenly everything is failing. Ever time I reboot, all my user settings are gone, my bookmarks, and the iTunes library is corrupted again. I assume I must have some bad settings. Anyway, what I want to do is start fresh with a new user. I can create one, and make that one an Administrator, but how do I share everything (all settings, desktop, etc...) with the new one, from the old one, so that I don't have to recreate everything from scratch?
An exercise in watershed awareness. You live in the big here. Wherever you live, your tiny spot is deeply intertwined within a larger place [...] What do you know about the dynamics of this larger system around you? Or to reverse the question, how completely does urban life insulate you from your biome?
Lyons & Co., an Electronic History - a very British institution that sadly fell to the recession in the late 70's. I came to the UK in '78 as a wee nipper and caught the last of this company - it seemed the name was everywhere in quiet little village shops, tea shops in the towns, on tv, and on posters thru' London. Lyons even had the first business computer evar! Lyons Maid! Lyons Tea! Then it was gone. [more inside]
Maps. This guy goes to a lot of trouble to create maps of places that doesn't exist.
Of Men & Their Elegance Men's fashion as represented in art, at the Higbee Gallery at Kent State, from the 1660s to the Edwardian Era. Nary a blue polo in sight.
Everybody Must Get Stoned. A gallery of stone buildings and the type of stone from which they were constructed.
Foundations to Chemistry is a free on-line "Pre-University Chemistry Course" offered by the University of Oxford.
The MoFiLA "Talk Like A Pirate Day" Meetup (9/19-ish): sexyrobot, space kitty and I were kicking around the idea of holding a meetup on this holiest of holy days a couple of weeks ago. [more inside]
September 11, 2005
The *Art Parade. Do you suppose that someone associated with an art event might have considered that their logo design looks a bit … oFF? This is one parade where I’d not want to bring up the rear….
Curious Roving George What's the deal with free movement within the EU? And does anyone have recommendations (besides possibly the UK) as to a good European country to move to to raise our kids? [more inside]
Breakdowns Marked Path From Hurricane to Anarchy
There have been so many conflicting reports, rumours and denials , that it's been difficult to figure out what really happened in NOLA in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
While many would not consider the NYTimes to be completely impartial, this is the first story I've seen that exposes the weaknesses, mishaps and unfortunate circumstances that contributed to the disaster that followed, and does it in what appears to be a relatively balanced way.
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Curious George: iTunes 5 problem I downloaded iTunes 5 yesterday, and now I can't view anyone else's shared music. [more inside]
Imagine your cellphone as your smart travelguide. Combine the physical annotation technology of semacode with the high quality information in Wikipedia.
Reverse Dictionary gives a list of words and phrases based on the user's input descriptive terms. Can't think of a word, but know what it means? Reverse Dictionary probably can help.
Textarc - Is a program that in it's own words: "a text analysis tool" [more inside]
September 10, 2005
Curious George: conflict resolution. I live with my two brothers. We tend to fight. How do we keep the situation liveable? [more inside]
Sitcom Doors Do you remember where the doors were in sitcoms? Take the quiz to see how many you remember. ...and be reminded of how much of your life you have wasted in front of a tv... (hint: if a sitcom has a door that is even slightly to the rear, the quiz counts it as center rear, even if it is on the left rear or whatever) [more inside]
Hey Kidz! FEMA's got games just for you!
Curious George: Katrina & mass media. My favorite blogs paint an exceedingly dismal picture of the Katrina relief efforts. I'm curious whether (1) the mass media is running with these negative angles or has fumbled; (2) whether indy media is right on the mark or might be adding hype; and (3) what Joe "Support The Troops" Sixpack feels about our government's response. Thoughts? What's the prevailing sentiment down at the office or bar?
Aging George: skincare for men? By surprise I've managed to make it into my late 30s, and staring into my mirror recently I decided it was time to make at least a token effort at keeping my skin zesty-fresh. My problem being, I don't really know where to start... [more inside]
September 09, 2005
Riveting NOLA photojournal.
These are sad/beautiful/awe-inspiring/ugly.
They're taken by a Nicaraguan hotel worker in the French Quarter and they describe the disaster all the way from the storm preparation measures, the hurricane itself, the aftermath and initial optimism to the flooding, social breakdown and evacuation.
If you've ever been to the French Quarter, you'll recognize the streets in the photos.
Tuesday, 7 September 2005, 9:30 AM Pacific
A Lexus SC 430 convertible speeds down a sunny street in Cupertino. The top is down. Brushed Metal is behind the wheel, stabbing at the buttons on his mobile phone. We hear the connection ringing. Brushed Metal’s agent, Mike, answers.
The Great Prison Panty Rebellion of Alabama Might be NSFW [but does not contains Marijuana]
Friday Comic Relief . So You Hate our 80's music eh? You tried to stop us: You stole our drum kit, You stole our pants. But don't you know we are UNSTOPPABLE?!!!! DoN't YOU KNoW we ARE HURRA TORPEDO!!!!
How to Build a Pykrete Bong - Pykrete is an incredible substance that has the strength of something like concrete and the malleability of ice, plus it melts verrrrrry sloooooowwwwly. Some of you might recall a WW2 story about Louis Mountbatten chucking a lump of pykrete at Winston Churchill's knob in the bath. Here's how to make a bong out of it. Pykrete, not Winston's knob. [more inside]
Space Monkey Pants if I only had an extra $1000 lying around... and this auction really needs some runway-modeled pics.
PDA sucks? pocket calendar completely floofed? Little black notebook in tatters? Go ultra-lo-tek with a pocketmod: free online disposable personal organizer maker that prints out on a single sheet of paper. simple, elegant, and temporary - like everything should be! (via the inestimable Lifehacker)
So you want to be a mummy?
Book your own Egyptian tomb and accessories.
From the Museum of Science, Boston.
Confirm/Deny detainment-camp allegations? I'm really asking for this information to be confirmed or denied rather than posting this as a call to outrage. Clearly, if it is true, it's quite outrageous and demonstrates America's sick attitude towards the disenfranchised; it is definitely true, though, that being posted on a forum devoted to "conspiracy, extraterrestrial, secret project, government agency, and other alternative topics" does not help the claims' credibility and that any single source should be treated with a grain of salt. So does anyone have any further information? [more inside]
Bay Area Monkeys: Meeting up at Yentruoc's! Attention Bay Area Monkeys! As mentioned at the last meetup, yentruoc is having a party this Saturday - all the more reason for us to congregate once more. [more inside]
Cheney Gets Heckled - and Laughs it Off The VP doesn't mind getting the f-bomb shot at him it seems...
Curious George: Used CDs Why aren't artists/record companies suing stores that sell used CDs? [more inside]
Infectious Disease Research in and Around New Orleans. What happened to the diseased research monkeys at the Tulane National Primate Research Center? [more inside]
Incredible hand paintings by a body painter whose unique canvas is the human hand.
September 08, 2005
Welcome to FEMA for Kids! Herman the Crab teaches kids how to be prepared for disasters and prevent disaster damage. One can also learn what causes disasters, play games, read stories and become a Disaster Action Kid. And don't forget to learn about FEMA. A story about his search for a disaster-proof shell is great reading, too!
Curious George: Webtrends New to this program and my reports won't run. [more inside]
Curious George: Organizing my bookmarks. Any good programs (Win) out there that will help me maintain a succinct, nicely-formatted HTML link list with comments? Firefox bookmarks aren't very usable for me. Non-bloatware is a plus.
Clone a new generation of disease free children.
Bad Science. A complete archive of the "serious fuck-off academic ninja" Dr. Ben Goldacre's Bad Science column, which collects the week's best, um, bad science.
Google FEMA - I was reading the story about the denied low wattage radio station in the Astrodome and wondering about the rumors that FEMA has barred the media from photographing the dead. So I Googled up FEMA history and found this and this, and thought I could have [more inside]
Flying Spaghetti Monster - The Game
In this game, you are the FSM and you must convert as many people into Pastafarians as you can before time runs out by deploying your noodly appendage. Watch out for the darkly clad school administrators!
Requires FLASH
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Curious Fearful George Advice, opinion and calming words of comfort sought in advance of (shudder) my first root canal. [more inside]
Anarchists' election video outrages Germans The Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany has épateéed les bourgeois with a rather silly election video. [more inside]
Even white preachaz gotta shout. (link contains streaming video, jesus)
Curious Dashboard: Help create a supermonkey naptime widget.
It's a gift for a friend. The strange thing is that she is not even aware of MoFi, the combination of monkey/bananas/pancakes came purely from her own imagination.
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September 07, 2005
Deee-Leted! Hey, mecurious! How about this one? [more inside]
Batter 'em
Once again with another Carcharodon carcharias attack near Port Lincoln in South Australia, the question has been raised Kill or be killed. Technically the Great White Shark is an endangered species.
So a surfer gets bitten. And once again people rush out with their harpoons to catch the shark in question. Do creatures who nibble on humans deserve to be killed?
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Deleted thread production on MoFi is seriously down this month. Deleted threads (to which one can still post) often contain some of the most amusing conversations EVAR. So where are they lately? Any explanations for this phenomenon? What can be done to "correct" it? By the way, what was YOUR favorite deleted thread?
Violence in New Orleans? A week after the chaos began, how many of those widely reported incidents of child-rape, murder and mayhem have been substantiated? [more inside]
Curious George: hosting evacuees I'm hosting a couple from New Orleans in my home for an indefinite period of time, starting tonight. Although unable to go back to confirm it right now, from news reports they're sure they've lost everything. Any creative ideas on how to provide a comfortable and welcoming place to stay? [more inside]
Yahoo! Grasses! Chinese! Writer! Watch those Flickr comments, peeps...
Joss Whedon on How He Wouldn't Have Made "X-Men 3" The "Buffy" creator talks about his near-miss as an X-director as well as his new flick "Serenity."
Curious George - Who's on dial-up?
I'm just sort of..."curious" about how many mofites are still on dial up. This thread got me thinking.
So, r-u dial up or broadband my monkeys?
Austin Meetup : MoFites Unite! The Fall Meetup is in two weeks (Sept. 20 - 8pm@The Dog and Duck). Prepare to be there ... Bring friends! Bring family! Hell, bring MeFites! The more the merrier! Those LA Monkeys are only up on us by about 15-20 meetups so we gotta work fast! [more inside]
Dodging a Bullet On Sunday's Meet the Press, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said "I remember on Tuesday morning picking up newspapers and I saw headlines, 'New Orleans Dodged The Bullet.'" In a press conference today, "The headline, of course, in most of the papers on Tuesday--'New Orleans Dodged a Bullet,' or words to that effect." None of these papers have that headline. Does the government rely only on the Grenada, Mississippi Daily Star for its information?
September 06, 2005
Watch it shred A movie gallery of actual shredding; from the ordinary but tough, to the surprising.
Sayonara, Little Buddy Gilligan has just left the building.
Celebrating the 3700 Who Didn't Die As we un-eagerly await the death toll from the KatrinaFema Disaster to rise, let's look back nostalgicly at the only disaster where the death toll dropped by more than half. Here's a serious analysis of why it happened. There were some intentional hoaxes, but mostly confirming the death claims was "labor intensive". [more inside]
BBC: Has Katrina Saved American Journalism? The BBC notices that in the aftermath of Katrina, American journalists are asking the tough questions. And about bloody time, too. [more inside]
Ab Fab Cantab Confab Cambridge Meetup... details within [more inside]
The art of the creative short circuit
Temporary homes for dogs and cats displaced by Katrina; they say they'll transport them to you, ANYWHERE!
I've heard it reported that the ASPCA has a million dollars allocated for this creature rescue mission, and I bet people are probably volunteering to transport the critters far and wide should you be able to take them in.
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Pandora radio. Based on the Music Genome Project, enter something you like and a custom station explores more stuff you'll like, kinda like they can hear the music in your head...
The Oculas
Light adjustment through a complete spectrum of hues and brightness levels, built-in massage chair, surround-sound system, flat-panel video screen, DVD, video gaming, internet, all controlled by an interactive touch screen.
I think it needs a serving hatch because I'm not coming out to cook.
Marie Antoinette Redux
Audio link.
Barbara Bush showing her "compassionate conservatism" regarding the Katrina survivors that were shipped to Texas. The hubris of this family is so thick you could cut it with a knife.
September 05, 2005
Donate your time to Katrina victims. From this blog entry: "...an interesting and important tech project: building a single database to resolve the dozens of “people missing” and “people safe” databases that have appeared on the web in the past week. If you’re searching for a missing friend or loved one .... you currently need to check dozens of online databases. If this project succeeds, there will be a single database that resolves all the outstanding information." [more inside]
"A duty of love" While he would likely have preferred another date, today seems nevertheless an appropriate day to honor the socialist, union organizer, five time presidential candidate, and hero of at least one famous author: Eugene Victor Debs. (w) [more inside]
Occult photography as art! The Metropolitan Museum of Art is having an exhibition of old (and fairly new) photographs that purport to show spirits. [more inside]
Ground control to Major Tom ORBITER is a free flight simulator that goes beyond the confines of Earth's atmosphere. [more inside]
See You in the Funny Papers! Yes, newspaper comics are so-o-o-o last century, and few are older than "Blondie", but that's the point: the strip is celebrating its 75th Anniversary with what must be the most extended mass cross-over of various comic strips ever.<!--more--> [more inside]
September 04, 2005
When spinning tire rims just aren't bling enough... Tire Tagz! It has a Z! It is eXtreem!!!!
Eurovision winning songs: all the the kitsch and talent of Eurovision winners going back to 1956. [Each song is streaming/.wma format] [more inside]
FEMA, so, so, infuriatingly sad. (WM video)
"Let me give you just three quick examples. We had Wal-Mart deliver three trucks of water, trailer trucks of water. FEMA turned them back. ...FEMA--we had 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel on a Coast Guard vessel docked in my parish. The Coast Guard said, "Come get the fuel right away." When we got there with our trucks, they got a word. "FEMA says don't give you the fuel." Yesterday--yesterday--FEMA comes in and cuts all of our emergency communication lines. They cut them without notice. Our sheriff, Harry Lee, goes back in, he reconnects the line. He posts armed guards on our line and says, "No one is getting near these lines." Sheriff Harry Lee said that if America--American government would have responded like Wal-Mart has responded, we wouldn't be in this crisis".
Testimony from Aaron Broussard president of Jefferson Parish in New Orleans. At the end of the clip, he tells another story that just breaks the heart. There's just nothing else to say.
Kanye West is Mad at George Bush Kanye West blasts the president while Mike Myers looks on awkwardly during Friday's live benefit aired on NBC. Link opens to video clip.
Open letter from Michael Moore Here
Any idea where all our helicopters are? It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be airlifted. Where on earth could you have misplaced all our military choppers? Do you need help finding them? I once lost my car in a Sears parking lot. Man, was that a drag.[more inside]
Furious George: CafePress No Longer Does It. CafePress is no longer offering stainless steel travel mugs. Who else offers one-shot custom drinkware? [more inside]
Forumspile is a site which offers images free for hotlinking. These images are to be used on forums. They range from the funny, to the weird, and obscene. May be NSFW.
US Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Rehnquist died today. We now have two Supreme Court openings. Who are the front runners? And... get ready for another messy round o' politics! [more inside]
"It's going to look like Little Somalia"
I really didn't want to add to the noise, but this just has to be read and comprehended by as many people as possible:
The United States Army is preparing to stage combat operations against "the insurgency" in New Orleans. You know, the citizens who were abandoned by their government to drown, burn, starve, murder one another or otherwise shrivel up and die of some other disaster-related cause.
(link via boingboing)
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Louisiana's wetlands - gone with the water. An October 2004 National Geographic article on Louisiana's disappearing coastal marshes, and how that could lead to the destruction and flooding of the city in a hurricane. [more inside]
Curious George: Donating Money for Katrina relief. There are so many organizations out there collecting. Would I be better off donating smaller amounts to several of them, or is there one organization that is worthy of everything I want to donate? Where would a donation best be served? Red Cross? Habitat for Humanity? So many to choose from...
September 03, 2005
Something Awful staggers back, well, not quite. Richard "Lowtax" Whateverhislastnameis shares the supportive e-mails he's recieved. [more inside]
Jessica Alba's A** in "I Dream of Jeannie" Remake? The lovely Miss Alba's posterior is discussed, as are the rumors that she may appearin a "I Dream of Jeannie" remake. Yes, master.
Only New Zealand could bring us the Fartaphone
The Fartaphone fart recording key chain. Drop your guts into the pocket sized air biscuit recorder and play the roar from the rear right back. Now you need never lament the loss of a lort, window rattler or honker, as the Fartaphone saves your trouser twangs and guffs for posterity. From frits to flutter blasts, the Fartaphone is your botty burp's best friend. Rumblers, room-clearers, rip-snorters, pocket-frogs, chuffs, beefers and parps, the Fartophone can capture the lot.
The "Renegade" Bus -
the first bus of refugees to arrive at the AstroDome in Houston - driven by a young man who picked up strangers to save - mostly children. Amazing photos from slight clutter at flickr.
Buses that were still in the city.
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Curious George: Where's Cheney in all this? Did he sleep through Katrina or what? [more inside]
September 02, 2005
"I'm already torn" This mime (apparently from Germany) still cracks me up as he sings to the pop song.
A little levity for a difficult week in our world. I have been assured that no kitties were harmed in the making of this awesome audio clip.
The eerie animal art of Donald Roller Wilson
FLASH-INTENSIVE WEBSITE Something amusing, unnerving and beautiful for a worrisome and contentious time.
This post hereby dedicated to TenaciousPettle, who introduced me to Wilson's art.
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The Rawker If you didn't get enough Saving the Environment then maybe it's time you Rawked Out with The Rawker!! A little Friday fun in the midst of . . y'know . .everything.
Build a periscope in your basement! Spy on your neighbors from the safety of your house! See whats going on up there one the roof (hint: it's not eight tiny little reindeer). Learn the secrets of Garlock Chevron packing, stadimeter collimation, and emergency flax packing! Did you know periscopes got glands?! Well, now you will! [more inside]
Curious Pearl Jammin' George
...Gotta take a break from the dismal news....
Okay, so I'm going with my sister and a friend to the Pearl Jam concert here in Ottawa in a week.
I want to intro my friend to PJ music, I know some of their songs but not all of them. (e.g. I only found out about Yellow Ledbetter by accident, now it's one of my faves). So what are your favourite Pearl Jam tunes?
Curious George: $25 a day plus expenses Totally trival diversion from death, war and disaster. [more inside]
eMachineShop
- download free CAD software, design something, and have the physical product sent to you.
from linkfilter
Curious George;
New Orleans was a disaster waiting to happen. For years we were warned of the consequences of a major hurricane flooding the city. Instead of reacting to fix the problem, money was spent elsewhere.
I'm curious, what else is out there that we know is going to be a problem but choose to ignore or do little about.
Example; this
I really CAN'T go home again.
So, my friends, family, and I are in search of a new hometown. I don't think we really even intend to look back or return if we can possibly get away with it.
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Katrina: Amerca's Shame. New Orleans as we have known and loved it is gone. It didn't have to be so, and our administration had ample warning of how severe it would be. PLEASE DONATE AND HELP, OUR GOVERNMENT IS NOT. [more inside]
September 01, 2005
Cycling -
The Smithsonian's History of the Bicycle.
The Exploratorium's Science of Cycling.
Web Japan aims to help people around the world get to know more about Japan and the Japanese. Sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). [more inside]
Suicide prevention thru fashion
From their page: "No successful suicides are known to have been committed using these items." Don't the models look thrilled?
via boingboing
The Coldplay code generator Encode messages in X & Y style! Fun, for about three minutes. [more inside]
Quotes from IRC conversations.
Not as boring as I'm making it sound. Check out the top 100 quotes.
Ihopeit'snotadoubleIhopeit'snotadoubledon'tletitbeadouble...
Bring out the aggressor that's hidden deep inside you. Super-detailed replica firearms from Japan. Where real guns are banned. [more inside]
The Batman comics writer compares his work to that of the recent film.
Dictator of the Month
presents dictators from leading to least, consumate to crap. They're all here, folks: the oppressors, autocrats, despots, monarchs, potentates and tyrants of the world since 1900 (because adding *all* of them since the beginning of recorded history would probably be a bit of a tough task). "Biographies and picture galleries of both historical and current leaders- from the more obscure Maumoon Gayoom of the Maldives to the most notorious like Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union."
Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov, otherwise known as Turkmenbashi, was dictator of the month January 2005. No doubt he'll swing round again because, well, he's just so fucking crazy.
Classic TV ads available in a variety of formats for your nostalgic (mostly black and white) viewing pleasure. Highlights for the month: Swanson's Three-Course Dinners, Campbell's tender-hearted Pork & Beans and Pillsbury Deluxe Cake Mix. You might want to head straight to the download page unless you've got broadband.
Student sleuths asked to help solve 1924 murder. The bombing that killed Mr. Verigin remains one of the most notorious crimes in B.C. history, all but forgotten and still unsolved.
Wondering George: which online forums do you spend time on? I work nights and often spend long hours killing time doing very little. I'm wondering what online forums the other Monkeys enjoy spending time participating in (aside from the rather obvious MoFi / MeFi)? Be it politics, technology, entertainment, special interest, sex, you-name-it - what are the engaging forum sites out there on the net?
Anti Rape Condom A South African inventor unveiled a new anti-rape female condom on Wednesday that hooks onto an attacker's penis and aims to cut one of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world. [more inside]
Curious George: Log file analyzer. Any recommendations for a low-cost/free server log analyzer for Windows? Nothing fancy; I mostly just want to resolve IPs to domains and see what corporations/agencies are visiting my site.
