Links posted in October 2004
October 31, 2004
Ed Wood's Necromania! [NSFW] Fleshbot has released a DVD of Necromania, Ed Wood's (of Plan 9 fame) long lost porn film.
From New Age to Abu Ghraib: "Perhaps this is the way it happened: in the late 1970s Jim Channon, traumatised from Vietnam, sought solace in the emerging human potential movement of California. He took his ideas back into the army and they struck a chord with the top brass who had never before seen themselves as New Age, but in their post-Vietnam funk it all made sense to them. Then, over the decades that followed, the army, being what it is, recovered its strength and saw that some of the ideas contained within Jim's manual could be used to shatter people rather than heal them. Those are the ideas that live on in the war on terror" [more inside]
Viewropa
Yes, yes, I know it's my second post, but the launch of a moderated European community weblog is really something to spread the word about.
Viewropa has launched today.
Buffer Enterprises, Inc. now offers a cash bonus to those who report a corroborated unauthorized use [resulting in an actual recovery] of the "Let's Get Ready to Rumble,"® “Get Ready To Rumble”® or "Ready to Rumble"® servicemarked phrases ,any paraphrasing of these marks (including “Get Ready To Crumble,”® “Are Your Ready To Rumble?”™ “Let’s Get Ready To Gamble”™)My suggestion: let's get ready to "misuse" the phrases, then give each other up. [more inside]
Film Synopses for the Impatient Because, really, you shouldn't have to devote 10 bucks and 2 hours to the latest cinematic re-tooling of Three's Company by the pop-culture garbage compactor which is Hollywood.
Capitol Anti-Kerry March Cancelled
"Stand Down - I have been asked by the highest authorities (No -- I will not expound) to not hold this Rally."
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Claim to Fame How many degrees of seperation are you from fame? Details, tidbits, gossip...spill it, people. [more inside]
The United States Drug Enforcement Agency Photo Library: So many pills, so little time.
The Banshee and The Devil's Tramping Ground are two of my perennial favorite Halloween Flash pieces. The wind howling outside my window adds to the eerie goodness. Happy Halloween! [more inside]
Early Voter Arrested for Wearing Early Costume [more inside]
Curious George - Online bookies. I want to place a bet on Kerry winning the election. But I've never bet on anything before, and the online bookies I've been finding that are running books on the US election are a bit initimidating and confusing. [more inside]
October 30, 2004
Curious George: Is there a special event on Tuesday? Should I hold a party for USian friends? [more inside]
For just $20, the DVD can be yours!
Ralph Nader, driven to distraction by the irrelevency of his campaign, gets his Cartman on and has a tea party mock debate with puppets. Finally, a race he is qualified to win!
Members of the Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists
The members of the NTA are truly professional taxidermists and as such can be called artists,and most, if not all, abhor your desplays.
You can surely be called a Rogue taxidermist.
Bill Haynes, NTA Board of Directors
Ethics Chairman
Vice President
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60 minutes was filming backstage when Ashlee Simpson flubbed on SNL. and they caught various reactions after it happened.
Curious George: Are there any subscription Music Video sites? [more inside]
American assumed she was a Canadian citizen, and now they won't let her back into Canada.
College bound monkeys looking for some extra cash? Write an essay for the American Fire Sprinkler Association. From the site: Write about a successful fire sprinkler activation in your town, area, or state. Students are recommended to talk to their local fire department for information, and to include some of the following details in their essay: cause of fire, number of fire sprinklers that activated, actions of fire fighters when they arrived at the scene. Also discuss how local media (TV, newspapers, etc.) reported the fire. (i.e., Was the media coverage positive or did it focus only on water damage from the sprinklers?)
Halloweem Frights Creepy Unsolved Crimes [more inside]
Football chants were brought into the limelight last Tuesday when Millwall fans chanted "one Boris Johnson, there's only one Boris Johnson" and less amusing things at Liverpool fans. The phenomenon is explained by Wikipedia, and earlier in the year a chant laureate was selected. There is a huge (and rather undiscriminating) collection here.
At One with the Snails
A fascinating (to me anyway) article about one man's devotion to an endangered snail and the single cave where it lives.
LA Times article, reg. Required.
boo! Grab the candy popcorn, sit back and relax it's time for some Creepy Clips - just in time for Hallowe'en (req. real player) [more inside]
sound mirrors "Acoustic mirrors were built on the south and northeast coasts of England between about 1916 and the 1930s." [more inside]
Crap science jobs My favourite is "flatus odour tester".
It really does keep getting creepier. (from talkingpointsmemo.com) [more inside]
This pamphlet, found in Milwaukee, really ticked me off. [Via this post at Creek Running North]
Costume
Curious Drag George. What are you going to dress up as for halloween? It is a custom in my group of friends to dress up, go out, get, um... drunk, and paint the town orange (per halloween colors).
What are you dressing up as? What do you do for halloween?
Revolutionary Minds. "A selection of icons and iconoclasts whose radical ideas are inspiring a vivid dialogue that is deepening our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Meet the 2004 Third Culture." [Via WorldChanging.]
Ornery Boy — a perfect comic strip for the Hallowe'en season. [more inside]
Kerry gets an endorsement he might not want. [more inside]
Satan Did My Ink...
Who do you think is the "master artist" painting such hellish scenes in the minds of the tattooist? You know as well as I do whos the real "master tattooist". . .
Oops.
October 29, 2004
Reading on a Dream: A Library Musical [quicktime] When musical theatre invades the library. Very funny. (via the devastatingly sexy Spoonbender)
Gmail security vulnerability revealed An Israeli news site is reporting that a hacker has identified a means to spoof gmail authentication using an XSS exploit. [Via Slashdot] [more inside]
2004's Scariest Halloween Costumes Some of them good.Friday fun.
Wreck Chasing. Sounds like too much work? Then do it from the comfort of your office with the Aviation Safety Network's collection of pictures, taken "before the crash, [and] after the actual accident."
Curious George: Scary Stories for Halloween!
In honor of Tenacious Pettle's request (at the bottom of the previous post on scary stories)!
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Prepare for Deluge...
Between now and Monday, expect MeFi the MotherFu...Ship to be in drydock being retrofitted with new warpdrives and fuzzy dice. During that time, expect many visits from jonesing MeFites seeking a fix for their Filter Addictions. Please conduct yourselves appropriately.
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Transgender Uncivil Unions Only in New York. [more inside]
So like, Bush approved Gay Civil Unions... WTF...that's quite the change of heart...oh and look! it's only 5 days 'till election.
Neuticles: Customized Testicular Implants for Pets Undoubtedly purchased by the same people who buy their dogs diapers.
Curious George: A Windows Virgin And a reluctant one given my verbosity around here lately. But you see, I am a life-long Mac person and I just got an older Wintel laptop that I would like to give to my step-brother for his birthday on Monday. I've successfully re-installed Windows 98se from the ground up and I don't know what I should/shouldn't do next. [more inside]
It is written.
According to Indian Astrologers, the US election has been pre-destined. No report on accuracy of their past predictions, or why it isn't on Reuters' own website.
Fake Terrorism?
A room covered in blue construction paper, a headscarf, and a pirated copy of FinalCut Pro are all you need and you, too, can be a terrorist.
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Superman is Dead. Long live Superman! - Tales of Superman from the 1930's to present-day. Online comics! Some of the classic Superman stories such as Superman! The first story - including one of the many "scientific explanations" for Superman's strength (People from Krypton get super strong upon their reaching maturity.. or is it because of Earth's yellow sun? Or maybe it's Earth's lesser gravity... anyway..), The Origin of Superman - in fact, several origins of Superman! And more! [more inside]
Curious, George: Disposing of Evidence Left with the dregs of a dead relationship in the form of a trunk's worth of stuff. Seek creative solutions. [more inside]
Say What? In this time of misunderestimation and le circumlocucioun, listen to the 100 Best Speeches and remember that there once was a time when we weren't forced to choose between a lesser of two weevils.
Tasteless, yet completely offensive. Kids dressed up in what can only be called very, very offensive costumes. Politically motivated tastelessness, but they're so darn CUTE! [more inside]
The Charge of the Light Brigade took place 150 years ago - hear Tennyson himself read the poem. The National Army Museum has special features on the charge and on the Crimean War. And what about the Heavy Brigade? Why the famous charge still matters.
Just how likely is it that nobody will cough during a concert? Alas, if you want a good chance of having a cough-free experience, you will need to stock your concert hall with audience members who produce no more than 2 coughs per year, leading the researcher to conclude, "It's probably easier to just accept the coughing." This may be the biggest advance in the scientific study of Annoying Noises In Concert Halls since a professor at Simon's Rock proved you'll make the same amount of noise unwrapping a candy slowly as quickly, so you might as well get it over with. Unless, of course, you're using a the high-tech stealth wrapper. [more inside]
Curious George - (US) politics (non-presidential) I apologize for starting a politics thread, but I'm kinda desperate. I'm trying to fully prepare for the election day, but all the info I can find regarding my ballot only concerns the presidential race. [more inside]
"Occasionally, a homosexual tries to masturbate by lubricating the mouth of a suitable bottle."
From the "Amazing Information on Homosexuals" Page.
"Similarly, one could hate Jar Jar Binks ®, but nobody fears him. Homosexuals and homophiles know this, and they define homophobia in terms of hatred of homosexuals or homosexuality."
This guy has a separate address for HATE MAIL.
Unintentionally hysterical in the most unpleasant way.
The Perry Bible Fellowship is a collection of cartoons ranging from the just plain random, to the zany, and sometimes even the morbid.
Oh, *THESE* 380 tons of explosives! Dubya says that for all we know, the explosives went missing before the US secured the area. But according to this 5-minute video from KSTP (Minneapolis/St. Paul ABC), they got a tour of what might have been the Al Qaqaa weapons bunker, 9 days after the fall of Baghdad, and the place was loaded with explosives.
Red Elvis He was handsome. He was American. He was singing Heartbreak Hotel and Tutti Frutti and he was doing it in the Soviet Union.
Leonard Cohen: Rare Live Songs and a few studio out takes as well. [more inside]
Department of Homeland Security Keeping Store Shelves Safe by forcing Portland store to take pirated Rubik's Cubes off the shelves. ...Except the patent ran out and so it is legal to make knockoffs. [more inside]
TV Ad Trivia Quiz. 10 questions. Another short & painless trivia quiz. Test your TV Ad memory. 7 out of 10 correct is supposed to be good. I got an 8. (I have no life.)
Brain scanners can probe your politics [more inside]
Curious George: I need some help finding a sci-fi book from some vague details.
Your prognostication please: Making this more difficult, I realize that Karl Rove may be directing the placement car bombs near daycare centers in major cities of U.S. battleground states as I type this, but... [more inside]
October 28, 2004
A Squid's Revenge
You have been warned.
How about a caption for this pic... [more inside]
Curious Monkey: All these polls by company "X" or "Y" used to measure where American voters have their hearts are all so available yet so invisible!
my question: have any of you monkeys partaken on a poll, or have been asked by someone (besides us) what your leanings are? cuz I sure as hell haven't...
(last post of the day, I promise!)
The Piri Reis Map. Perhaps the oldest accurate map of the Americas. Or not.
Poor planning, air strikes by coalition forces and a "climate of violence" have led to more than 100,000 extra deaths in Iraq, scientists say [more inside]
A flashback to the 80's. Now you can relive those days spent in the dark, neon abyss so dreaded by your parents. Only on a much smaller scale.
Cats are Democrats, Dogs are Republican
Images from a simpler time. Mid-century commercial art and retro design.
- the Economist's choice: a surprising endorsement from the conservative weekly
Blogger's head explodes. Something for all to watch out for in the coming days and weeks.
Preventing Outsourcing = RACISM!!! The writer of this article compares David Duke's well documented ongoing racism to John Edwards' stance that domestic jobs should not be outsourced to foreign countries (which would cause Americans to lose their jobs and sources of income which would instead go to people abroad who work for pennies against the dollar). Apparently Edwards' views are bigotry at its worst, and is the direct reason that this individual will vote for Bush.
Rolling Stone reviews Space War [more inside]
Photo Mosaic of GW Bush made with photos of the American Dead in Iraq. It's sort of shocking to see all the photos in one place like this, especially overlayed on the man who sent them to war.
Every cable news site should have a 'conspiracy theory' section!
Get all the dirt on the latest middle eastern paranoia, through al-Jazeera's web site: Is Bush planning to attack Iran before the election? (62% say yes) Was Israel behind 9/11? (another 62% say yes) Was the US behind recent violence in Lebanon? (81% say no) Is Australia's PM suffering from an Aboriginal curse? (80% say yes)
al-Jazeera, I love you.
SUPER PARROT to the rescue...
in this real-life episode of Super Parrot we see how three full grown man were outsmarted by....SUUUUUUUUPER PARROT!
(tho some may argue it was themselves)
Honestly, which decent, self-respecting burglar actually FORGETS the Parrot?
Magic 8-Ball Dissection It seems that Magic 8-Ball toys were harmed in the production of the linked page, part of a larger unofficial site.
By now you've heard of the U2 Special Edition iPod but you may not know about the waaay cool Ashlee Simpson edition. [more inside]
Fainting goats, fun for the whole family!
dream sequence "People from around the world submitted their dreams. We chose one, and turned it into a digital film which inspired new dreams." (needs Quicktime)
"She sneaked in and did it to me one night, I swear!" - Stinky unwashed homeless Japanese guys are being given sexual relief by an attractive female visitor. A tireless, brave reporter sacrifices himself to get to the bottom of the story. He gets lucky. Woohoo! [more inside]
Curious, George: ponies. I'd like to know: what kind of features do you think would make Monkeyfilter even more delicious?
Sportscenter recieves some important guests. ESPN's Sportscenter will have both George W. Bush and John Kerry on the show Monday night, the night before the election. [more inside]
Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States. (.mov file)
Press Freedom Scoreboard
Europe beats North America hands down on Reporters Without Borders latest annual rating of press freedom.
" Violations of the privacy of sources, persistent problems in granting press visas and the arrest of several journalists during anti-Bush demonstrations kept the United States (22nd) away from the top of the list."
"A police raid in Canada on the home of journalist Juliet O'Neil and the national regulatory authority's stand against the pan-Arab radio station Al-Jazeera and the local station CHOI FM downgraded the country to 18th place."
Red Sox Won!! Congradulations Boston!
Seattle + Mofi + Mefi + Bloggers = luv.
Come and join other PNW monkeys and mofites at the Elysian in Seattle on Capitol Hill, Saturday, November 6, at 7pm! Signups encouraged here. Maps and addresses and so forth linked from my blog and the wiki. I intend to wear my glasses, but I am male and married, so... sorry, Matt.
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Olde English. Hilarious sketch comedy from a campus group at Bard. I suggest the dream sketches, and video will to get to know it better.
Virtual reality in 1970 (Click top-left icon, RealPlayer video) Myron Krueger, in 1970, created a version of virtual reality program wherein people, in silhouette form, could interact with rudimentary virtual objects. The video of this program (top left icon on the page) is one of the most eerily beautiful things I've ever seen. [more inside]
The Alternate History blog. "Important events in history that never happened today." [via the Daily Illuminator at Steve Jackson Games]
October 27, 2004
"F--- everyone in the universe to death."
A guide to the Chinese phrases used in Firefly.
(via Whedonesque.)
Dylan Thomas's
Ninetieth Birthday
Poem in October was written on the occasion of his 30th birthday and Wood_s_lot currently has a link to some wonderful recordings of Thomas reading his work.
Dwarf hominid lived in Indonesia just 18,000 years ago. A new human-like species - a dwarfed relative who lived just 18,000 years ago in the company of pygmy elephants and giant lizards - has been discovered in Indonesia. [more inside]
Care to try your hand at a caption for this pic?
Hobbits and dragons and elephants, oh my! "The skeleton was found in the same sediment deposits on Flores that have also been found to contain stone tools and the bones of dwarf elephants, giant rodents, and Komodo dragons." - a newish species of hominid found in the fossil record.
Shotgun. Haven't had a car in awhile, but this really brought back some memories... [more inside]
Romanesco - The Fibonacci Vegetable
Photos and MP3 A delight for the ears. A feast for the eyes. Though it’s no bigger than a pack of playing cards and weighs in at just over 6 ounces, iPod Photo delivers a one-two sensory punch. Letting you carry an entire library of your favorite music — up to 15,000 songs — or enough photos — as many as 25,000 — to fill nearly 200 slide trays or cover nearly 5,000 square feet of wall space. Got a really big den? [more inside]
The hellacious terribleness of monkeys
"...monkeys may pull down drapes, shred cloth, chew wood, spill drinks, steal food, take possession of articles and refuse to return them*, damage house plants, torment other household pets, soil or stain furniture, tip chairs, break knickknacks, ink pens or dishes, tear books and papers, get into cleaning fluids or baking ingredients, open drawers, cabinets, unlock or open inside and outside house doors, open refrigerators and windows, remove window screens, open baby proof latches and lids, break glass, push large pieces of furniture over, urinate into television sets or other electronic equipment ect."
* reason why monkeys are prohibited by law from working in high-end auction houses or jewelry stores.
Voat Goat! [8.39M QT movie]
Curious George: NJ Meet-up Fever! New Jersey MeFi/MoFi Meet-up invitation for Saturday, November 6, 2004. [MI]
This FPP intentionally left blank [more inside]
The Institute of Failure Two candidates for the boring thread ('Pedestrian Errors' and 'Private Lives, Public Disposal'), but the rest is rather interesting...?
Just add two Monkeyfilter obsessions and simmer. Whilst searching for boring stuff, I came across this and thought it might be worthy (in a very small way) of an FPP. It's not very good, or interesting, or well-coded even, but it does combine a couple of our collective obsessions rather nicely. [more inside]
Rather than try to post something interesting, I have decided to post something boring. This got me thinking. In all of the internet, what could the most boring webpage possibly be? Let's all work together to find the most mind-numbingly uninteresting material on the web, and then make out because as that other post proved we got some hot girls here. [more inside]
Behind the Scenes at Google [WMV]. University of Washington has made available a 60min video of a speech that Googler Jeff Dean gave on October 21, 2004. He talks a lot about scaling, Google infrastructure, as well as how Google finds words related to the words you type. A really good lecture even for us jaded Google enthusiasts who think we know it all.
Curious George: So while watching the exciting ending of the baseball season, I started to notice multiple shots of fans in the crowd with their baseball caps on inside out and backwards. So, um, why?
User #1: "Mofi rules! Mefi drools!" Feel the luv. That man has some class.
Bill O'Reilly will get his comeuppance. Or some falafel. Hopefully lots of both. But first, falafel. [more inside]
Genetically engineered poodle kitties You can now own your very own genetically engineered, allergy-free pussycat. No more, "I love them, but I can't get near them."
Curious George - What is Richard Pryor Up to?
I was watching the Dennis Miller show tonight and as a guest he had George Carlin on.
At the end of the interview, Miller made a comment that new comics (slyly implying that he was a "new comic"), always look to Carlin and Pryor to emulate.
This got me thinking about Richard Pryor and what the hell he is up to. Anyone have the skinny on Richard?
Canada's burning - Media myths about universal health coverage.
Curious George: Put on your tinfoil hat before reading this. My brother runs a website about local cell phone antennas, which includes all kinds of photos of these antennas "in the wild", e.g. disguised as trees, or hidden inside shop signs etc. Someone has decided to steal them for their own site. What now? [more inside]
Advent of the Robotic Monkeys. "Researchers have trained a monkey to feed itself by guiding a robotic arm with its mind. It could be a big step forward for prosthetics."
Cliffs of Dover "Now here's one of the most incredible guitarists around, in any style of music. Mr. Eric Johnson."
October 26, 2004
Porn Movie Titles Based On Real Movies. (NSFW.) (e.g. Throbbin' Hood, A Midsummer Night's Cream.) "We have set out to have the definitive collection of adult movie titles based on actual movies." (A noble goal, that.) Makes me think of a party I went to in the early 1990s where a bunch of folks had a blast making up fake porno titles like The Hugeative and The Sperminator. Can you do any better?
Curious George: Sexism in "Grand Theft Auto" I can't decide whether or not to buy the new game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. But not for the reasons you might suspect. [more inside]
Southpaws, Are You Tired of Losing Debates to the Reich? Not to dampen the light and frohliche atmosphere of the monkeysphere. Considering how precious little debate there is on anything meaningful (at the national level), does this sort of thing have any hope of appearing, or being applied, outside the context of college or high-school competition type things? (thanks, or apologies, to octopusdropkick.net)
Hell Hath Frozen Over - Get your cognitive dissonance on.
Misinterpreted Movie Titles (Part 1 of 2) -NSFW- Some of the Titles may contain X rated words. Honestly, they are middle of the road for me so me judging this may be prudish. The link is hosted at Somethin Awfull (sic) which can be NSFW. [more inside]
So you want to build a rocket?
Undead Art -- take the now public domain Night of the Living Dead and splice it up with other zombie movies to make a remixed halloween classic via elykcooks
Curious George: IRC server. I have a website that is needing realtime chat, but I am having trouble understanding my options. ... [more inside]
Curious and Nail-Spitting Furious George...Can the Canadian government arbitrarily assign you an income, and then tax you on it?
I got back my tax return, and they'd taken the income I stated, and multiplied it (apparently) by 2.3, and then taxed me on that.
Gee whiz...I wonder if that had anything to do with my stating escorting as my profession.
Curious George-Movie I haven't been to the movies since Matrix:Revolutions. Not just because the movie sucked, but I'm sick of paying $10 ($11, now) to sit in a room with inconsiderate and rude people who seem intent on destroying any semblance of an enjoyable movie experience. From cell phones, to inane chatter, to kids with ADD, the A/V experience is no longer worth the pain for me. Just was wondering if any other monkeys have sworn off movie theaters as well, or if anyone wants to share a particularly harrowing experience at the theater, with regards to this. [more inside]
John Peel now playing that Great Gig in the Sky Sadly, long-time DJ John Peel passed on earlier today during a vacation in Peru. The Peel Sessions on BBC's Radio 1 were a great influence on musicians and were how a wide and tasty variety of influential music was introduced to the masses. He will be missed.
Ladies and gentlemen, chocolate fountains. Or, for our savory-favoring monkeys, nacho cheese fountains.
RIP John Peel
"John's influence has towered over the development of popular music for nearly four decades. He will be hugely missed."
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Mosh - Eminem joins the ABB (anybody but Bush) crowd. Not playing on a TV near you.
Apologies - I've been informed that I've been rather harsh & bastardish lately. This is just to say: sorry, Monkeys. [more inside]
Virginity Rules!
"We won’t fall into bed ‘til we’re legally wed!
We will not heave [sic] sex; this is what we have said.
We’re not falling for the old standards; we’ll tell you that now.
It’s not bad! Don’t have a cow!
Virginity rules so we’re protecting our rights,
Our bodies are treasures; we won’t give ‘em up without a fight.
Sex is serious; perversions we won’t allow.
Abstinence is the way….it’s your right…decide now!"
Lincoln vs Bush and President Bush. Not so much a gem as a semi-precious stone, but good for a giggle nonetheless.
Rhabarbermarmelade... Say it loud, and there's music playing. Say it soft, and it's almost like praying.
The Female Labia Enhancement Centre
As opposed, one assumes, to the Male Labia Enhancement Centre?
"It's every girl's dream, to have perfect vaginal lips."
Front page SFW, VERY MUCH _NOT_ SAFE FOR WORK ONCE YOU START CLICKING AROUND.
"One survey query described it, that it looks more like a war injury then a vulva."
So what do we think? Hoax? Gag? Serious?
Ashley's story
On September 11th, Ashley lost her mom at the World Trade Center. Earlier this year, she was comforted by President Bush.
Spread Ashley's story with your contribution.
if you like this, you'll like that! Ever loved a book or story, and been unable to find another quite like it? [more inside]
The language of Molière in danger, France strikes back. They want French to become the official language of EU law. The claim is that it is more precise. [Telegraph article. Bugmenot account: name, "marketing@telegraph.co.uk", password: "password" ]
Bill Clinton to run for UN Secretary-General. He would be the first US leader of the UN and if he ran for the position would have support from Germany, France, England, Ireland, New Zealand, a handful of African states, Morocco and Egypt. It would be much harder to ignore Bill Clinton as the leader of the UN as it currently is to ignore Kofi Annan. Like him or not I think it means big things for the UN.
Just what is around the corner? I know that quite a few Monkeys are science fiction readers. So, here is a brief discussion involving Cory Doctorow and Charlie Stross about writing science fiction when you the world around the corner is perhaps even less knowable than before.
Spooky Curious George: What are dressing up as for Halloween? [more inside]
No Child Left Behind: The Test A pretty good primer on the aims and effects of NCLB, in standardized test format.
Curious George: Dog losing his clawnails My five year old GSD, has been losing his clawnails and there is no definite disorder. The vet has started him on Immuran, antiobiotics and niacin etc. All great Monkey minds, please help me to better understand this alleged syndrome.
Dick Cheney's alive! Does Dick need an "unborn image solution"? (via M&C)
Meet Your Match...
If you or a family member needed an organ to stay alive, would you use a service like this? Do you think anyone should? Would you ever pay for an organ for yourself or a family member? Is this automatically wrong?
October 25, 2004
Curious, George: free font managers I’ve been searching for a good font manager and have been hoping to find a free one that is user friendly. I’ve looked around and can’t find any good reviews on any sties or blogs.
Mission Accomplished
It's sooo big... I like it big... Oooh it's getting bigger!!!
SFW (mostly), but may not appear to be so, unless others can hear it. Quicktime Movie.
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Royal Navy recognises Satanism. “There is nothing in the Queen’s Regulations that forbids practising Satanism and people are entitled to their own religious beliefs” - Captain Russell Best RN, commanding officer of HMS Cumberland. [more inside]
Chief Justice William Rehnquist had been hospitalized for treatment of thyroid cancer
. Remember when Pat Robertson prayed that God make the three "liberal" Supreme Court justices retire? Looks like a conservative may be the first to be replaced.
Perhaps this will put the issue of who will name the next Chief Justices front and center just in time for Nov. 11th. I can't believe how little attention this has gotten in the press, up until now.
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They all look the same to me! Take the test - can *you* tell the difference between someone from China, Japan, or Korea? A quick thought-provoking test for your Monday morning. [more inside]
Meaningful Swedish socks
In remembrance of September 11,2001, I designed a sock which will climb the steps of hope and courage in our hearts.
Single cylinder, methinks.
Swedish Idioms in painfully literal translation. If you relish the exotic or the enigmatic utterance, this is the link for you. [more inside]
Comics 101. Learn the sordid history of Captain Marvel, or maybe even Iron Man. Find out just what the heck the Crisis on Infinite Earths really was. And there's a great synopsis of V for Vendetta, too. A great read for any comics fan.
Britain's Finest Newspaper It's a very different approach to a medium which the Onion has made famous, and the Python-esque humor finds numerous homes in the myriad weird little details. I recommend the Personal Ads page in the most recent category.
The Real Truman Show - I was just looking at a cool calender that I was going to write about over at Proteinos when an interesting article caught my eye, The Real Truman Show. [more inside]
sparklines 'Intense, simple, word-sized graphics'. An application for weblogs here. (somewhat via waxy)
Here is one place you'll find 'em. Here is another. ryoshu mentioned some of 'em here. How about you? Do you know any Republicans who are going to vote against Bush?
How to Speak like a Cape Bretoner
Google browser I'm not sure how I feel about Google releasing a branded a version of Mozilla. [more inside]
Electrifying sex!!!
'nuff said?
Maybe NSFW
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Flickr groups The name says it all, really. Where are the monkeys? [more inside]
Ever have trouble understanding Dubya? With the help of a Public Domain Audio Archive some contestants have tried to take Bush's babbling and remix him into tracks that better describe his actions.
October 24, 2004
The risk of intestinal cancer can be significantly reduced by wearing orange socks. Welcome to Dave's Web of Lies, last updated December 19, 2009. [via the always-fun Bifurcated Rivets]
Stem Cells: Science, Ethics and Politics at the Crossroads
This article
(NY Times link) has been cited in another discussion here (it's also been on that other site), but I believe it's important enough to merit an FPP. (My first!)
Apparently a sizeable number of evangelicals believe Bush is an "instrument of God." And this allows them to completely overlook the lack of logic in many Bush administration policies, as well as Bush's frequent, uh, misstatements of fact. As one of the article's sources says in it, ". . . when it gets complex, he seems to turn to prayer or God rather than digging in and thinking things through."
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In your face ! For its next campaign against tobacco (small pdf), the European commission has decided to hit hard, and where it hurts. They are going to replace the warning messages you can find on the back of cigarette packs by shoking and graphic pictures (you've been warned). Will this campaign be more effective than softer approaches such as this one (.mov) ? [more inside]
Translation: Error! - forgive the 'self link' but this is worth a giggle. Screencap 1. Screencap 2. At time of posting, still up.
Porn or Art? Bearing in mind how thin some materials are these days, perhaps paint is just as modest a choice. (Probably NSFW)
Curious George: I keep getting this weird error message when I try to post to Monkeybashi's blog: "Your comment could not be submitted due to questionable content: free. Please correct the error in the form below, then press Post to post your comment." Huh? Suggestions/explanations?
2046
Everyone who goes to 2046 has the same intention.
To recapture their lost memories.
Because in 2046, nothing ever changes.
Nobody can be sure that this is true.
Because nobody who goes there…has ever come back.
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Formatting the Word of God Why don't they make title pages like this anymore? Link swiped from plep.
The Mercury Theatre on the Air - in 1937, John Houseman & young prodigy Orson Welles formed their own theatrical company, The Mercury Theatre, which a year later began adaptions on radio, their most famous being "The War of the Worlds". They performed Dracula, Treasure Island, A Tale of Two Cities, & numerous others. All of the surviving Mercury Theatre shows are on this page in Real Audio (sorry) or MP3 format. [more inside]
Abu Ghraib team bids to run UK prisons
Curious George: While in Iran this summer, I enjoyed some fruits that aren't readily available in the USA- dogberry, greengage, and wild cherries. Do you belong to a culture that has really tasty fruits that no or few Americans have ever heard of or tasted?
Staplerfahrer Klaus- Der Erste Arbeitstag That's "Forklift Driver Klaus- The First Workday" to you, bub. I know it won't make any sense for at least a minute, but it really does work out the humor secretions after that.
Curious George: Do you have a "local" where everybody knows your name? I slept until midnight today and... [more inside]
Lip-syncing screwup goes out live on SNL. The king of evening comedy claims to have never allowed lip-syncing, but just this evening Ashlee Simpson's voice track started too soon. The result: a big gaffe onstage, followed by an abrupt cut to commercial. Strike one against corporate music. Anyone see it?
Curious George: How do I go about getting out of my lease? (Fiance + Loto) + (4 x Jerk Roommates) = (Fiance + Loto) x Hating Life [more inside]
O'Reilly Competitor Offers to Buy O'Reilly/Mackris Tapes to Prevent Them From Being Destroyed!
A vital action to save history from a permanent cover-up? An abdication of journalistic integrity? A publicity stunt for a show with one-eighth the audience of Bill O's? A major act of snarkiness from a newbie journo-blogger? Or just another reason Olbermann never should've quit doing sports?
This post: CableNewsFilter? PepsiBlueState? SchadenfreudianSlip? JournalisticSharkJump? Or the most important story you'll see on MoFi this weekend?
Curious George: iPod = Airline Doom? You're listening to your iPod on the airplane. They announce that all electronic devices must be turned off for takeoff/landing. Do you turn off your iPod? I mean, seriously, there's no way an iPod could pose any danger to the airplane, right? (Yes, your iTrip broadcaster is safely packed away.)
WTC Rescue Hero Sues Bush and Others under RICO Statute A WTC maintenance worker has filed a RICO lawsuit against the highest levels of the US government's executive branch, asserting they were complicit in the events of 9/11. Wacky conspiracy theory or credible? I'm curious what you Monkeys think.
The World Series starts tonight! [more inside]
October 23, 2004
Should the "North" secede from the Union? The link is culinary, of course, but the concept is viable in a normative sense. [more inside]
Fiendish Chinese socks must be stopped. Such, at least, is the conclusion of our wise leaders, who are valiantly combatting the Overseas Sock Threat by capping imports from China. (Link to washingtonpost.com, reg.req., bugmenot is your friend.) [more inside]
Meet Jack Chick A Catholic writer's encounter with the elusive Jack Chick. [more inside]
Collect Britain: a 'pre-release web site' from the British Library featuring three on-line exhibitions (I like 'Literary Landscapes') (Flash)
Just a reminder, the LA Meetup is Tomorrow at Barney's Beanery, Santa Monica and La Cieniga in West Hollywood at 3:00pm. [more inside]
Hanks Makes it Flat. 'nuff said. Guy in an excavator crushes things. [more inside]
Lake monster Ogopogo may have been filmed - Ogopogo is a rather quaint name given to a creature, or group of creatures, said to inhabit British Columbia's gorgeous Lake Okanagan. Since ancient times the native Salish people reported 'the devil in the lake' they called N'ha-a-itk as a frightening serpentine creature of immense size, and they regarded it with dread. Now given a churlishly 'Nessie-like' tourist appeal, the creature is regarded as mythical, of course, despite many sightings every year by credible witnesses. Skeptics might happily dismiss the legend, except a family has come forward with a remarkable video of something, or several somethings, in the lake which definitely seem to be large, living, and anomalous. [more inside]
American voter registration fraud clearinghouse. This site contains an late-breaking, organized state-by-state directory of problems that may destabilize the results of the U.S. Presidential election. I have to thank it for giving me something to watch for at my Austin polling station. Any similar sites worth watching?
Treasure Box Some fun Flash weirdness (think the Chasm game illustrated by da Vinci).
October Surprise?
About a week to go, thank &deity;. Theresa Nielsen Hayden thinks that Dubya's upcoming weekend trip to his ranch in Texas is really a cover for a trip to pick up Osama.
What do we monkeys think?
The Politics of Movie Reviews I was looking up a movie to see tonight, and although I didn't see this one yet, I was a bit shocked, although not entirely surprised, to find that all of the negative reviews resulted from the reviewer's political/moral objections to the subject matter. [more inside]
The Henry Ford Letterman Top 10 (in association with Casey KAOL)...
The ten most influencial innovations of the past 75 years. Remember this is based on a poll of AOL users which explains Air Conditioning, Penicillin and Personal Computers as the top 3, but Global Positioning #4?!?
Curious George: Torrent site registration I have a problem, I really like this torrent site but they keep my IP Address on the site and I'd really rather not get burned for it. [more inside]
I, for one, welcome our disembodied rat-neuron overlords Nerve cells taken from a rat's brain and cultivated in a dish learn to fly a flight simulator all by their little selves. [more inside]
Biologists come close to cloning primates. We will create a grand army of the Monkey Republic to counter the increasing threat from the Humans.
The presidential election = Select the perennial idiot. A 2004 anagrammy winner... [more inside]
How a Swedish engineer saved a once-in-a-lifetime mission to Saturn's mysterious moon. [Via /.]
Penisland - SFW [more inside]
October 22, 2004
When the Turing Test meets AOL [NSFW text]. AOL/IM's "sex-starved" users have proven to be a fertile ground for people to surreptitiously test "chatterbots", ostensibly for experimentation, arguably for entertainment. The results are at times hilarious [NSFW text]. Runabot is a popular engine of choice. Also check out Leena Saarinen's neat paper on chatterbots. Nothing earth-shattering here but worth some Friday fun.
Vote and get Screwed (in a GOOD way!)
Coulter Confronted with Custard! Two men ran onstage and threw custard pies at conservative columnist Ann Coulter as she was giving a speech at the University of Arizona, hitting her in the shoulder, police said. [more inside]
n00bz 1337!!!111!! This guide is designed to give you a better understanding of what a noob is, how to recognize them, some details about them, and how to avoid or get rid of them. It mostly applies to online forums, which are the main targets of migrating noobs. w00t!!11!!
Cheer me up. I've had a crap day -- a surprise, after last night's Cardinals victory, but true. A really. Crap. Day. I asked Google to "cheer me up." [more inside]
Bush's tax cuts are monumentally unfair... to the rich.
Quite possible the best (something)awful movie review ever. Without question.
It's a few pages, but this had me literally snarfing over my cereal.
Curious George: Anyone connected to Clear Channel?
This MeFi posts suggests...
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Guess whose birthday it is today... [more inside]
Friday Flash! I conducted a search for "Bush" and "brain" in the same thread and, astonishingly, received no results. So here's a short little diversion for you: Give Bush a brain and be rewarded with a display of the U.S. President's amazing intellect!
Circuits discover... each other (May not be safe for work unless you have rubber shoes on)
D'you know what I have? - I got some Gmail invites with me. They are from a place of light. [more inside]
Diebold Voting Machine:
Windows Media or QuickTime
Last election post, I promise.
Religion can be fun. In an era of fundamentalism, martyrs, and most religious folks having no sense of humor whatsoever, this magazine is a breath of fresh air. I especially like the Mystery Worship section where people visit churches and surrepticiously review the services for the website.
A blood-red moon will appear in the USA on 27 October. Or possibly orange. Clearly a portent, anyway.
Political Sim fun
I'm a big fan of the Sims series and was overwhelmed with amusement at this fantastic group of neighbors - enjoy!
Burma's/Myanmar's Prime Minister has been ousted by military hardliner Soe Win. This doesn't look good for Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy movement, since Soe Win takes a hard line against them. The political situation still looks bleak in Burma (Flash.) I wonder if Burma's power play leaves India smiling.
Calendars through the Ages - Myriads of variant calendars have seen use in human civilization since the beginning of our ability to measure time. This site lists some of those in use today, and major ones used in ancient times.
Curious George: Who is John Stewart? OK, I've tried to ignore it all for a few days now, but it just keeps clogging up all my favorite blogs. Who is John Stewart? Who is Tucker Carlson? What is "The Daily Show"? What is "Crossfire"? My curiosity is all these guys fault!
Curious George: Cat Scratch Fever My cats are waging war against my furniture. [more inside]
Curious George - The Vote Van. I'm planning to, on Nov. 2nd, paint my vanagon red white and blue (it's already white), build and mount a barcalounger on the roof, and drive around the city blasting patriotic music with someone on top with a megafone yelling at people to vote. My question is this: I also would like to be able to pick up ballots as we drive along, sort of like the political ice cream van. What is the legality of this?(1) And how could this become a legitimate polling station?(2) [more inside]
A-carving we shall go... [more inside]
Curious George: Vasectomy [TMI] I recently had one.
October 21, 2004
In honor of Wolof's new daughter (sort of), a quick look at Chinese tea. [more inside]
Dana Reeve, widow of Christopher Reeve is endorsing Kerry for his stance on medical research. Since the death of Christopher Reeve on Oct 10th, Dana and her family have been privately grieving. "My inclination would be to remain private for a good long while," she said. "But I came here today in support of John Kerry because this is so important. This is what Chris wanted."
Man run out of his house by rabbits. Critters this cute are also a scourge in Australia. [more inside]
Things to do with chainsaws... How about turning a bunch of them into a motorcycle? Somehow, I don't think I am the only one who wouldn't want a dozen or so chainsaws between my legs.
Silenced by the President---Oregon Police Fire On Bystanders Watching Presidential Motorcade
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Published Oct. 16th in the _Iconoclast_, a story from the previous week week in Jacksonville, Oregon (the police using cayenne-pepper 'paintballs' to get critics off the street before the President drives through town).
I guess he really doesn't hear anyone criticizing him!
Quote:
Trish Bowcock, a resident of Jacksonville and a retired attorney who is formerly of Austin, Texas, was an eyewitness to the disturbance and penned her impressions of the scene from a personal standpoint. She has agreed to allow The Iconoclast to reprint her thoughts.
Mail Tribune staff members confirmed her contention that law enforcement concentrated on anti-Bush protestors, rather than pro-Bush demonstrators, and that the order to stop the protests came from the U.S. Secret Service.
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Fidel Castro broke his knee. Retirement ahead?
The Church of Ed Wood "Ed Wood's films are a vivifying religious energy given to us to teach us how to live our lives. Hidden in his films are messages to us all. To the untrained eye of a philistine Ed Wood hater, his films appear to be nothing more than silly, cheap flops. However, when you accept Ed Wood as your savior, your mind becomes open to the strong political, social, spiritual, religious, and personal messages hidden in his scripts, his films, and his words." [via Rue Morgue Magazine] [more inside]
Some things are better left to the imagination... Kerry and Bush living in simulated sin, until the neighbors move in. Various parts NSFW in any Red state. (Shamelessly stolen via MeFi.)
Consume. and other enviro-ads (via the rabbit blog)
International Man Of Mystery. Truly, this man is my hero. [more inside]
Some
of the few who started this whole big mess we spend so much time lurking in.
Brought to you via The Wayback Machine
AS A REAL MANUFACTURER & EXPORTER OF
5 FINGER TOE SOCKS IN KOREA, WE ARE READY TO COOPERATE WITH YOU.
No word on how many cylinders.
Be sure to check the gallery - Fishermen's Toe Socks leave monkey toe tips accessible for baiting hooks or nit-picking!
Girl Gamers Gone Wild Public access TV show where (obviously ringer chicks) play D&D. They're doing a live show in Cali tonight... Anyone who lives out there can check them out. (via somethingawful.com)
Slap the Candidate!
Friday Thursday Flash fun. Simple & to the point. Enjoy!
Nathaniel Hawthorne is 200 (Flash)
Hot wax
Japanese game show wherein buckets of hot wax get
thrown on your opponent and the only defense is
a small umbrella. Hey! Gets rid of that unsightly body hair!
Worst Toupee in the USA Contest
All of W's mysteries explained!
The timber company, the "internets," the mystery of the bulge, interdimensional portals - it's all finally made clear by cartoonist Ruben Bolling.
(Salon link, day pass, yada yada)
reverse engrish "Dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters (Hanzi or Kanji) in Western culture." Sort of like reverse engrish.
Court says whales and dolphins cannot sue Bush. This is a sad day for the Cetacean Community.
Bush relatives for Kerry. Bush kin are bailing out on him. I don't see the resemblance myself, but any support is good.
Ballotwatch is a comprehensive collection of international, statewide and local initiatives. Ballot initiatives have quietly (or, unnoticed to me, anyway) become a powerful force in American politics. Some interesting ones in the upcoming US elections - In Alaska there is one to decide whether to legalize marijuana outright, and how could I forget the initiatives to ban gay marriage in 11 states this election. [more inside]
They're going all the way...
I'm no sports fan, much less a baseball fan, but I am loving the thrill of watching the Boston Red Sox take the odds by the throat and dragging the New York Yankees into Game 7.
What election?
"Never complain about the quality or brand of a free drink." And 85 other prudent rules for boozing. [via]
Used to be so cool. Formerly the above referenced link worked. What happened here? [more inside]
New Australian party platform: enslave New Zealand. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry hysterically, but either way I'm not washing Nostril's socks.
Curious George: The future of Monkeyfilter? Monkeyfilter is on a growth curve and is picking up 10 users a day. With only linear growth we will hit the 3000 mark by Christmas and 5000 by summer. Can its cozy, eclectic roots be preserved in the face of this onslaught? And how can we keep from locking the door like MeFi did?
Aparthied leaders make "Greatest South African" list.
South African Broadcasting Corporation pulls the plug on the Greatest South African contest when prominent Apartheid leaders make the list**. SABC had planned to air a TV program where the viewers get to listen to debates and then vote for the one they think was the greatest citizen.
It all starts to go horribly wrong when the white population starts voting in large numbers for people like ex-President PW Botha (#87) or convicted murderer Eugene TerreBlanche (#25)
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I'm Gonna Murder My Baby and nine other creepy songs. [more inside]
October 20, 2004
For $5 the wonderful world of MeFi can be yours
Mathowie sez: "I'm going to spend the next couple months of my free time ramping up a ton of stuff on metafilter, including letting people donate five bucks to get a user account."
So, how many Monkeys will pony up the five bucks to join? Myself, I'm quite happy here. The big kids scare me.
A second season of making fiends is underway! And its author SOMETIMES like monkeys. [more inside]
Billionaires in the White Hizzouse Link to Quicktime and Windows Media music video
Curious George: Open your own online pharmacy! A friend called to ask me what he should think of this. They telemarketed him and so my suspicions are high. Looks from the graphic on the home page like it is a MLM scheme, which means STAY AWAY. [more inside]
Retro Coffee Cans - From Japan, whose residents drinks more coffee than you might think.
Terrified George: The Bogeyman Ranging from ghosts, malevolent faeries, and "monsters" from the pages of history, every culture has a stockpile of night-roaming beasties to scare the children into good behavior. What's your (least) favorite? [more inside]
Craig's List goes global Craig's List: better than puppies
Exponential (shockwave) [more inside]
The Photography of Scott Stulberg. The FLASH intro is worth watching. Warning: the site has music so it may not be SFW! [more inside]
Wanna Play Cards? Dvorak Games is apparently a group of internutters who make up interesting, fun, and sometimes hilarious card games and then distribute them for free on the net. Got a printer, some card stock, and free time? How about a game of All Your Base Are Belong To Us, or a four-handed round of Time Cube: the Game? Add a chess set for Chess Plus. Skads of others. Handy print-at-home page and card customizer included. [more inside]
"And I warned him about this war.
I had deep misgivings about this war, deep misgivings. And I was trying to say, 'Mr. President, you had better prepare the American people for casualties.' "
Robertson said the president then told him, "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties."
Lloyd and Trevor Kriegel's World of Sweaters.
Timmy's gone to Hell [links to Jack Chick] [more inside]
Video of soccer mom's reason for voting Mother in park gives compelling reason why she is choosing to vote for John Kerry this fall.
How to do the Sundance Film Festival on $31: A true story, via EBay "The story you are about to read is true. Every bit of it... except the last line." More proof that EBay has become contemporary society's primary medium for personal narrative. He's selling some shoes, but it's so much better than that.
We cause scenes.
Improv Everywhere is a collective of improvisers who believe that the theatrical event does not have to occur in a theatre. Rather, it might take place in a fountain, for example, on the subway, or in North Carolina.
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Spiderman's passion Reviewing crayons.
Do not jerk off with icy hot!!! Self explanatory!!!
Administration is Suppressing CIA 9/11 Report that Names Names: "The agency directorate is basically sitting on the report until after the election. . ."
Google told me
An Australian journalist was kidnapped last Saturday. He was released on Sunday, when his captors had ascertained to their satisfaction that he wasn't an American agent posing as a reporter.
Try bugmenot/
bugmenot
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L. A. Filming Locations for The Karate Kid
From Ali's house in the hills to Cobra Kai dojo, treat yourself to a romp through the Valley and recapture sweet, sweet memories of being the best...around. Oh, my.
Are they under here? You may remember the March 2004 speech where Bush joked about looking for WMD's under his desk etc. Well the video has been edited to further illustrate the insensitivity and poor taste of this "humour." via boingboing
October 19, 2004
Wasn't this inevitable?
Budget movies put on self-destructing DVDs. Selling for $4.99 at Amazon.com, they become unplayable 48 hours after they are opened.
It's all part of a new, very different, model of movie distribution, in which throw-away DVDs are released on the same day the movie premiers at theaters. A Reuters article, picked up by cnet news.com (see link), tells all (except whether it is going to be a commercial success).
Your mission, Mr. Phelps, is to find the time to watch this cheap movie in the next 48 hours before it self-destructs.
What happened to my posting history? I wanted to find an old link, but my profile doesn't have any old posts. What's up? Were they all deleted?
Bush Receives Endorsement From Iran
From the article:
TEHRAN, Iran - The head of Iran's security council said on Tuesday the re-election of President Bush (news - web sites) was in Tehran's best interests, despite the administration's axis of evil label, accusations that Iran harbors al-Qaida terrorists and threats of sanctions over the country's nuclear ambitions.
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World Beard Championship Do you have what it takes to play with the [more inside]
Curious George: cookie? Why does monkeyfilter hate my cookie? At least once a week I'm told i need to log in again, even though i visit daily and never log out. What's up with that? [more inside]
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.
Q. Why? A. Because a tv that is powered on is like second-hand smoke. Why should you be exposed to tv just because someone else is addicted to it?
via BoingBoing
The war on gays and lesbians continues in Ohio, with the Right suggesting that homosexuals should be executed. Following previous discussion on Monkeyfilter there was debate whether the Right was targeting gay people for violence. If there was any question about the RNC's motives behind enlisting the support of the religious right and the ultimate consequences of that, this Salon article (ad|sub req'd) should address them. [more inside]
curious, eth (ðÐ)?
so someone posted me this as an actual letter eth-- any information, anyone?
it comes up with everything from icelandic to malay, and is so divergent from working on the hebrew q i was researching-- any leads would be helpful as i just need it for a personal project
Starter Jackets Fetish Site (SFW). A nice link for anyone out there looking to stare into the abyss for a few minutes.
Shipping internationally? Never underpay translators!
"Adds the territory mushroom where in nation specific traditional grudge and the clause cancer ingredient (motion handbook) is superior and it is with meat royal tomb sincerity bio traditional grudge which gives a help to healthy increase of the moderns. The addition territory grudge and is not with with grudge of the flag zone is not greasy specially and differently wall hundred it does and and the taste is the superb article."
A cookie? Oh, well, if they're not greasy specially, then ...
Apparently, the NY Times has successfully managed to piss the republicans off...
what, with supporting Kerry n' all.
Oh, they've brought it...who cares that it sounds like "nanner nanner poo poo, the great big middle of America is more powerful than it's coasts, and your puny newspaper IS not reaad there"
(use this: http://www.salon.com/news/cookie.html to get into Salon)
Caption this!
- "If you mess up one more time, this is where I'm going to throw you!"
Your turn.
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John Kerry supports making a joke that only one dude knows is racist
The importance of safety in the workplace has never been better illustrated than in this German video. It takes a bit to get going, but is well worth the wait!
Rescue Rick the Grass Cut Man
Mudrinich, advocate and promoter of grass cut safety and Founder of the Society of Lawn Mower Amputees, is available for your christening or bar mitzvah.
Bush's Church calls him a Criminal
- "We, the undersigned, do hold that George W. Bush, a member of Park Hill United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas, and Dick Cheney (local membership unknown) are undeniably guilty of at least four chargeable offenses [which] are: crime, immorality, disobedience to the Order and Discipline of The UMC..."
And goatfucking.
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High hopes for fridge-free jabs
A new technology developed in the UK could revolutionise vaccine delivery by eliminating the need for refrigeration.
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Curious, George: Which Bollywood Movie Should I See? The Prince Charles Cinema in London is hosting a Bollywood festival. Can any Bollywood-savvy Monkeys recommend which of these films to see? [more inside]
Collaborative fridge letters found on What Do I Know?
Curious George: BugMeNot alternative? During the past month I have not gotten a single successful login from BugMeNot. Just tonight BugMeNot gave me 36 logins for one site, none of which worked, before I gave up. Also the logins I report as "This Did Not Work" are never deleted. I'm fed up with it. Are there any alternatives out there?
An unusual letter from the Vatican says that Kerry has already excommunicated himself because of his opposition to anti-abortion legislation.
Curious, George: What's it all about? I'm sure this has been asked before, but what keeps us monkeys going? Do we (as individuals) have faith (big or little 'f'), or love, or ambition, or what is it? [more inside]
Does the math of the mortgage bubble work? Or are the securities, and the derivatives, and ...
Are all those fancy other 'financial instruments' taking out more profits than the housing stock can be worth?
An attempt to check the math, a government raid and destruction of the tools, and, eight years later, a court vindication.Backtrack from here to the root for more.
This seems a sound few bytes that gets the flavor:
"Hamilton’s Community Wizard enabled it as administrator of the loan sales to see what the real default experience in locales actually was in order to construct a better actuarial model on which to base pricing. ... Given that HUD’s defaulted loan portfolio was worth hundreds of billions of dollars, the difference between a 35% as opposed to a 90% recovery rate to the taxpayer who had funded the original loans in the first place was considerable. You have to wonder: why was a firm that was actually doing what it was contracted to do attacked and put out of business by its employer?
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monster.co.uk ? I'll be moving to the UK soon, and I've been looking around for work in either Dublin or London. Unfortunately, being a stateser, I have absolutely no clue where to look. I know craigslist, monster.com, etc for the US... but for the UK, what are the best resources? I'm a computer programmer, if that's of any help. [more inside]
From Brazil, we have Omolu (also known as omulu and omolou), a god imported by African slaves. Omolu is also known as Obaluaye, and those of you around my age may remember Desi Arnaz singing about him in his hit babalu aye. Interesting that people have renewed their interest in Omolu as a result of AIDS, and are hoping he can help them. [more inside]
Free Tibet, Not. After this statement from the Dalai Lama I don't think the 'Free Tibet' campaign can possibly survive.
On a shelf in a locked basement room underneath the British Museum, are kept 11 wooden tablets; they are covered in purple velvet. And no one among the museum's staff is permitted to enter the room. [more inside]
Un-F**k You! Metrosexuality is out. Asexuality is in. [more inside]
Curious George: To pee or not to pee. What is the proper restroom etiquette regarding the handicapped stall? [more inside]
October 18, 2004
Moose on a wire From the 'Those Four Legged Critters Do The Darndest Things' department: moose found hanging off power line 50 feet in the air. And yes, there is a picture.
Hatebeak If this has already been posted, then I apologize. If not, then check out the heavy metal band with a parrot for a lead singer.
Vladimir Endorses Bush Take that, Kerry! With your 'world leaders' supporting you! George's good friend "Vlad-uh-muhr" comes out in support of the president, and says that if Bush loses, terrorism will spread. Has he been talking to Cheney? [more inside]
New TAS1000 single. Just in time for MP3 Monday. [more inside]
Follow the Money:
How John Kerry busted the terrorists' favorite bank.
"As the presidential campaign enters its final stretch, Kerry's BCCI experience...reveals [his] foresight in fighting terrorism that is critical for any president in this age of asymmetrical threats. As The Washington Post noted, 'years before money laundering became a centerpiece of antiterrorist efforts...Kerry crusaded for controls on global money laundering in the name of national security.'"
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U.S. Election Simulators
"Playing as Kerry in one round of Political Machine, I won the popular vote but lost the election. The game didn't offer me a recount."
Uh oh...
Youll just have to scrub yourself clean with grilled cheese or a fudgy brownie because, sadly for monkeys, the nanner currently is unavailable.
Dubious George...I have a secret vice: I love reading advertising flyers. I'm actually all happy to see a bunch in my mailbox.
What's yours?
What the hell am I doing here? Lovely little flash animation for Radiohead's Creep. It really... grows on you. [more inside]
Didn't Know I Was Unamerican (flash)
How a lego brick is made
- all explained vividly by tiny weeny little isometric toons with hover-over mini movies to show details of various stages, executed in FLASH, and supplied with a gameboy-like electronic soundtrack.
No Danish Elves were harmed in the making of this entry, although many Danish robots were broken and smashed.
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Letterboxing with Mark and Sue
, including a trip to Dartmoor, where letterboxing first started in 1854.
Thus I glimpsed into the intriguing World of Letterboxing.
When theories collide...
The theoretical physics community is having a disagreement. That, of course, is not unusual. What is interesting is that they're doing it in blogspace, so we get to cheer them on, take sides, and make abusive gestures as appropriate.
The problem is String Theory. Specifically, a rather complex thing known as the String theory landscape.
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Redneck Theology. Includes some excelent pictures of modern rednecks.
Blue 78's, I was disapointed to learn, were in none of the new links on the front page. A short google search later I came across this resource where I found much more than my blues page.
Spin the shellac!
Honking Duck organizes hundreds of online recordings of 78s in several ways.
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CS nerd extraordinaire. "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders." -- Hal Abelson, MIT professor, important computer science author and 78 RPM record collector.
Moldie-Oldie Monkey Monday Music Mania An (almost) hundred-year-old recording of one of the legends of piping: PM Willie Ross. Isn't it freaky that you can hear the living hands of someone who's been dead and gone for so long? And what hands they were... [more inside]
Pulp Politicians Quentin's famous flick has been remade- this time with an all new cast. Flash, sound required [more inside]
Pierre Salinger did a little of everything in his life in his 79 years.
Most people under 30 know him from ABC Evening News, but he had been President Kennedy's press secretary during the Cuban missile crisis; he served as senator from California for about 4 months after the death of the incumbant, he was even in a movie. In 1996 he publicly embarassed himself after claiming TWA Flight 800 had been accidentally been shot down by the US military. And of course, there are the eyebrows.
[Telegraph article, reg required: I didn't try these so I can't guarantee they'll work (fuckprofiling@spamsucks.com, spamsucks)]
October 17, 2004
I eat books - a fascinating personal blog of reading, from Weird Tales to Vanity Fair.
Keep Your Jesus Off My Penis A hummable (no pun intended) little diddy from Eric Schwartz. Needless to say, NSFW. Quicktime link.
Having a nap? Don't fall on any cocks! It sounds suspicious to me, but there's a FAQ on the Internet, and an atricle on the BBC, so it must be true!
Frowning Apothecary -
Smiling Rhino.
If you are an endangered species (or a randy raver) you may have an unlikely friend: Pfizer
Farscape Returns Tonight!! (If you are in the US, that is. I'm not sure about international airdates). After an incredible ammount of fan support, Farscape returns to the Sci-Fi channel tonight for part one of a two part mini-series. Be sure to watch and if you have never seen Farscape before, fans have created the website, Far What? to get you up to speed. [more inside]
NY Times endorses Kerry. I'm not sure if this is a big deal or not, but the New York Times has endorsed Kerry in a a very well-written editorial (login required). It certainly caught my eye.
Found in an old article on California's energy crisis: Why the US should invade Iran -- as of April 2001
Before 9/11, several documents made the argument to the Administration for taking over Iraq and its oil -- based on the spectre of the California energy crisis, and more to come, as explained by Enron's Kenneth Lay to the Administration -- all due to lack of control of foreign oil.
Justifications were written and presented to the President for taking Iraq, to protect the US oil supply. April 2001.
Read the footnotes -- this is amazing stuff, buried.
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Curious (fasting) George. I frequent a cafe in my neighborhood where the majority of the employees are Algerian. This weekend is the beginning of Ramadan, and most of the guys at the cafe are currently observing the month long fasting. I see these guys everyday (often 2 or 3 times a day) and count them among my friends -- they play with my 7mo old son, we talk about current events and gossip in the neighborhood, make fun of the tourists, etc. Which brings me to my question...what does one say to someone who is observing the fast? "Happy Ramadan?", "Good Luck?", "Keep it up?"
Marshall McLuhan, the Man and his Message Canada's CBC presents several archival radio and television clips of Marshall McLuhan and discussions about the man and his ideas. [Clips are embedded Windows Media] [more inside]
Monty Python and the Holy Grail to become the musical "Spamalot". This info is months old and I can't believe it got past me.
Please dial one, the area code, and then the number. Long a feature on the back cover of 2600, a "Hacker" magazine, has been pictures of payphones from around the world. It is pretty interesting when you realize that the US has some of the most low-tech payphones compared to other countries. Even more interesting is that it is illegal to take pictures of payphones in places like Egypt. [more inside]
Become a millionaire in space! No, really! Silly looking space craft, interesting products to buy and sell.., takes some of the mystery out of playing the market. [more inside]
October 16, 2004
Serious George...I often take cabs for my work, as I don't drive, and usually talk with a lot of cabbies if they're the talkative sort.
Here's my question; when someone tells you they are from a country pretty much going up in flames at the moment, how does one respond?
For example, a cabbie remarked that he was from Sudan, when the news of the crisis in Darfur was all over the news. I think I just said, "ah" as in "ah, I see", and the conversation moved on.
I wondered what was better form; responding neutrally as I did, which may have given the impression I either didn't know about the situation in Sudan, or, worse, that I thought it unimportant; or if I should have said something along the lines of, "I'm sorry about what's happening there", and moved on.
This happens relatively often, and the awkward pause after someone's announced they're from somewhere you see on the news every night is something I'm interested in hearing how other people handle.
Hey you damn kids, get off my polling data! I think we all heard the thing about a month back, about how the election pollsters are missing the 5% of the population who have only cellphones and no land line (myself included) But what's shocking in this article is that the pollsters seem to blame the young people for not showing up in their data [more inside]
Freeway Blogger
Via DailyKos: the anonymous Freeway Blogger has recruited over 1,000 foot soldiers in 48 states to create low-tech, high-visibilty freeway signs to broadcast political protest against the junta- I mean, the administration. A whole slew of blisteringly clever ones reached commuters all over the United States for the hitherto unknown occassion of "National Freeway Free Speech Day" on October 13.
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The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers Some wonderful flash cartoons, apparently commissioned by the BBC.
Whistling records Some truly fine pieces of whistling here. Try a couple.
Curious George: T-shirt aging. I am wondering why my T-shirts always start out soft and fashionable, then after a few months they are tough, prone to wrinkles, and embarrassing to be out in. My wife thinks it is a fabric softener / high pH washwater problem, but I've often used softeners. I think it's all the fine fibers being gradually being eroded out in the dryer (thus all the lint). Any idea what is going on, and how to improve a shirt's lifespan (or restore an old shirt)?
Gary Busey, George Bush, and a box of ferrets
Light verse Just because it's poetry doesn't mean it has to be serious... [more inside]
Worry us, flurry us, new monkeys: New Monkeys, especially: How did you get here? What attracted you? What do you hope to get out of being here? What do you like about monkeyfilter? What sucks? How can we fix it? Do let it all hang out! Be inventive, raise hell, don't be shy! Tell us who you are and why we old cretins are all WET!
Curious, George - who are we? Before we lost our history, we had several threads where people told us about themselves - a/s/l, what jobs or pets they had, etc. Maybe it's time to update that. [more inside]
This damn hp ad always freaks the hell out of me (the one on the left)
Curious, Punk? Bring out your DEADboys:
okay, define punk.
jon stewart is a punk
ralph nader is a punk [and was stunning on Letterman last night, scared Dave]
bjork is a punk
xena is a punk rocker
buffy had punk thrust upon her
Jon Stewart on tonight's CNN "Crossfire" (96.5 AVI) This video seems to be in demand so I thought I'd host it here for a bit. Definately worth watching.
US Government sends mixed messages about flu vaccine. President Bush wasn't properly briefed on the flu vaccines issue before the third debate, both getting the facts wrong and trying to take credit for something the US didn't do. [more inside]
October 15, 2004
Mississippi Reservists in Iraq Arrested for Refusal of Suicide Mission _ All related from Google News. "When my husband refuses to follow an order, it has to be something major." <via MeFi discussion> [more inside]
Count the Stars (flash, sound) Make mistake by 1 star and you dont get points, but you also dont lose anything. You can count the stars completely wrong 3 times, then the game ends. - 223 for me before I needed a cigarette. I'm sure some visually acute Monkeys can beat that.
Revolution:USA. "We, The People of the Rest of the World, will not get an official say in the appointment of the next Lunatic Representative of Special Interests in the coming US presidential election. And so UK audiovisual pioneers Coldcut have imagined their own way for the multifariously disenchanted American and diasporic publics to take part. Our trusted audiovisual duo are picking up right where they left off with their heroic “Re:volution” single, this time inviting the whole dissenting planet into the mix."
Aronose
Doesn't this thing remind you of that device Steve Martin's character in The Jerk invented?
What would you use this for?
BBS Baby! Gather 'round kids . . . Let me tell you about a magical time . . a time before the Internet . . when g33kz gathered in each other's homes remotely via a Bulletin Board System . . . [more inside]
Rapper KRS-One lauds felling of WTC and declares his allegiance withAl-Qaeda.
"the hip-hop anarchist has declared his solidarity with Al Qaeda by asserting that he and other African-Americans 'cheered when 9-11 happened,' "
Yeah sure. Sounds like a washed up performer trying to generate some hype for his next album.
Llamas Friday Furry Foolishness. Could llamas be the next badgers? via B3ta
Software Outsourcing is much ado about nothing.
"They are peddling nonsense about the future of the North American software industry these days. You have probably heard the conventional wisdom: It isn't pretty. The North American software industry is in trouble. Indian software developers making US$20,000 a year are poised to drop-kick their overpaid North American rivals out of the stadium. It's the hollowing out of the service sector. It's globalization.
It's also flapdoodle."
Sabbatum bridges the gap between the metal monster and the Latin-spouting geek in you. A must-have for your next party.
L.A. Meetup.
Any monkeys interested?
We talked about this once before and what with the server death, the old post is gone. Should we give it another try?
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Curious Regional Habits George The neighborhoods posts got me thinking about how various regions/cities/neighborhoods have changed my perceptions and behaviors. [more inside] [more inside]
"Welcome, Mr. Ambassador! If you would just go ahead and sign that check..." Continuing presidential tradition, Bush appoints big contributors to plum ambassadorships. [more inside]
Music Plasma enter your favorite band/musician - get a visual representation of influences & related musicians. Cool S^#%!
Hentai Dictionary:
- Yes a post about SEX! A directory of Japanese perversions, fetishes & AV slang.
"Japanese porn consumers are so utterly perverted that the industry can't invent new kinks fast enough.." claims this site, so the webmaster compiled what may be the first internet dictionary of Japanese Porn Terminology.
There are no dirty pictures, but the content is probably NSFW, and the site links to some rather naughty stuff, so thusly you have been warned.
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How's your fantastic movie memory? Some questions are easy, some are quite specific. A good score is 7 out of 10 correct.
Photography contest. Don't quite know what's going on here (it being in Chinese and all) but there are some fine looking pictures. And some shockers. [more inside]
“What I’m here to do today is to recruit you to be warriors of God’s kingdom.”
Pointer is to an article within the Yurica Report website; I've quoted only a brief excerpt.
Seymour Hersh commented in a radio interview recently that footnotes are one of the marks of the liberal position. There are upwards of 160 footnotes for this article. You judge ...
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Punk'd!
The birthplace of punk, like the early rock and roll that it directly referenced, was in rebellion. The danger of black music, or the embrace of violence and nihilism, played a large part in both the sound and the attitude.
Most sub-cultures are like this, defining themselves in opposition to the status quo.
So why then are there conservative punks?
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Your one stop science shop:
We've got dreaming dinos, disappearing amphibians, malaria vaccines, and Ig Nobel Awards.
And don't forget to sample the latest images from Saturn. They're ringadingalicious.
Splif Peanut Butter: Warning May Contain Drugs. Items seized by the DEA that were used for drug trafficing from peanut butter jars to car transmissions. [more inside]
They will not like you...
(obnoxious registration required - try bugmenot) A 10-country survey by Canada's La Presse has found that world attitudes towards the United States and particularly the incumbent President, George W. Bush, have soured significantly.
How do USian monkeys feel about this? Do you mind, or even care?
Self-inflicted amputation:My question, is how could anybody make this type of mistake? [more inside]
October 14, 2004
Man ordered to pay $1,000 for hurtful comment. Time to dig through the high school yearbook and make with the litigating.
Howard Dean Yahoo!s - Good to see he's a good sport about it.
Curious Jorge: I might have strep throat but I'm not sure yet, as I just found out the throat culture I took yesterday won't be coming back until tomorrow sometime. Now, my question to you is this: what can I do in the meantime given that I am weak, largely bedridden and have trouble eating? Please give me a list of diversions, online and off which can help pass the time.
Desktop Google Search
Monkeys, what we all have been waiting for: Google in the desktop, although privacy advocates are already in arms, because of the hazy concepts that the privacy policy mention. More of that "don't be evil" soft stuff.
The current beta edition is actually very limited, focusing on MSFT products and platform. Not word yet on Eudora, for example, or whether we are going to be able to see a history of pages visited with Mozilla.
If you live in a Windows environment, and like to experiment with the contents of your hard drive, you might want to give it a go. It only needs either Windows XP or 200, and half a Giga in your drive. No bananas, though.
It's up to EVERY american to elect president....but not really.
hmmm....the Electoral College, their case in the 2000 race (Gore vs. Bush) and why oh why this time around their vote may count more than ever...
A page devoted to the intangible allure of smokers in film.
Say it with bleach . My artistic daughters are going to go nuts over this. [more inside]
NaNoMoWriMoNoMoJoJoJo Whatever it's called, it's that time of the year again (hence this double post). [more inside]
Curious, George: conspiracy theories?
and how convoluted do people have to get before losing the point (and the audience) in the "chase"? examples?
let's leave the old saws alone unless they've been sharpened: what new "theories" are good/interesting, at least to bring on the funny if not feeding inquiring minds?
tell me a story
lie to me well
don't waste our time
in this mutual hell
A hella long time ago, the first version of Mosaic Netscape was unleashed onto the world. You can still check for compatibility with older releases, read bombastic news releases, check where the pioneers are at. You can also remember the first browser war or help win the second.
Barney breaks it down West Side style
Drugs in Baghdad "...was asking me whether it was true or not that people in Iraq were becoming addicted to valium and whether valium was easily available over the counter." Wed, Oct 13, 2004 entry.
Curious George: hair dye... I want to dye my hair for a short period of time (probably up to 48 hours max) but all of the one-wash temporary dyes I've been seeing rub off very easily or run out whenever you sweat (which I can say, having firsthand experience, is disgusting). My friend says I should just use a semipermanent dye and then go at it with bar soap and heavy-duty shampoo for a while to get it out; is that even possible, especially with darker colors? Is there a way, whether it be a specific brand or general method, to avoid all this?
Curious George: The "good" side of town? Moneyjane's question about the bad side of town got me to thinking: is there any such thing as a "good" side of town anymore? [more inside]
The Lucky Pierre SwearLine
Fabulous Audio but NSFW (surprise!).
The Transcripts are hysterical too.
Devoter - support this new blog. A politics oriented community weblog. [more inside]
I Wonder If He Asked Her to Touch His "No-Spin Zone" [via] The Bill O'Reilly sex scandal. Here's a news article about it. I have no idea whether any of it is true, but it sure makes for good reading.
The 3rd and Final Debate Once again, I guess I will be the one to post this. Let's post the running commentaries here.
October 13, 2004
Dangerous George...Why does it seem that the east side of town is the bad side of town? It's like that here in Vancouver (East Van, Downtown Eastside) and I can think of New York's Lower East Side, London's East End, East L.A., Montreal's East End, I can think of a few southerly bad parts; South Philly, and the Southside of Chicago (is it still bad?) but am drawing a blank on north and west. Now that I think of it, west seems to be the posh part in a lot of places - London, Manhattan, and Vancouver.
What's the bad part of your town, and what side of town is it on?
Good Books! Curious GeorgeL Good Books!For the first time in a long while I've found myself with the opportunity to catch up on some reading. I am tackling the large and nebulous field of 'good books I really should have read by now but haven't.' So…suggestions? [more inside]
Stagolee killed Billy Lyons over a Stetson hat. 100 years of narrative, legend, and myth.
Bush, Kerry and Nader respond
to questions posed by youth voters, as part of the Presidential Youth Debate hosted by The New Voters Project. Rebuttals coming soon on October 17.
via Slashdot
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What's it like, Dubya? [embedded .mpg]
Juris my diction crap A new US Treasury ruling states that US citizens cannot consume Cuban goods anywhere in the world. Full stop. Travel abroad and smoke them there, and you’ll still go to prison.
US to rate its allies on their treatment of Jews. A special office within the State Department will publicly issue a report each year on how foreign governments treat Jews in their countries. State Dept officials feel it will lead to charges of favoritism and ultimately erode the credibility of their other human rights mnitoring. [Telegraph registration]
Painting with light. A small collection of the works of great stained glass artists. [more inside]
Curious George: Book name I have been trying to find a book I read a while back for years. It's about this woman who is schizophrenic and it's written in her point of view. She goes through the stages of the illness (from childhood) and she even becomes a doctor. I vaguely remember that her symptoms were finally lessened through the use of kindey dialysis. I also remember that one of her recurring symptoms was hallucinating about helicopters. I don't remember if it was a true story, but it was very convincing.
Interactive cartoons: Explore the universe of the surreal with Mr. Furd, help the Beetleboy in his epic pursuit of an albino roly-poly, witness the pathos of the Monoliths of Sog, and dream your xylene dreams. Shockwave and either broadband or load-time-patience required. [more inside]
Semantic Simian Savannah Sharpen your sense of the surreal and strangle strange sentence structures simultaneously!
My Fellow Non-Americans....
This US election is important to the world, not just the US, and we non-Americans have to sit in absolute frustrated impotence and cross our fingers that there are enough sane, decent Americans to oust the war criminal. Right?
Well... this isn't much, but it's something. So attempt to persuade a voter in Ohio!
The "45 minutes" claim was false Well, not a big surprise or anything, I guess. But it did have some rather large ramifications at the time. [more inside]
Kiwious Jorge: what to get the new citizen? Since there are so many Kiwi monkeys, I have a question for yez. A Colombian friend has finally been awarded permanent NZ residence. What iconic welcome present would you give him?
a monster a day... is good.
Posting and You... (a great Flash™ movie that should be mandatory viewing for each newly-approved Monkey and a few of the others). [more inside]
Curious frustrated George Ok guys, I have a problem, with FireFox, I can't seem to figure out... [more inside]
Exposing the fraud of ADHD. According to Dr. Fred Baughman, "ADHD is fraudulent--a creation of the psychiatric-pharmaceutical cartel, without which they would have nothing to prescribe their dangerous, addictive, Schedule II, stimulants for..."
Supersize Me: The Debate
McDonalds gets a bit testy when it gets prodded.
The Acid Age of San Francisco Rock The photography of Herb Greene. A little heavy on the Grateful Dead, but whaddaya expect?
Curious George I have a Powerpoint file I need to open, but I don't have Powerpoint on my computer. Is there any way to open the file w/out Powerpoint?
October 12, 2004
Curious Anonymous George:
So mefi has a sort of stop-gap measure for asking those embarrassing questions. But what I want to know is how do they get answered?
I asked but they deleted me.
6 years ago, Matthew Sheppard was brutally beaten to death. His father, Dennis, gave one of the most compelling speeches I've ever read.
I'm sorry, this is my second post today, but I feel this post necessary...
Let's not forget, this type of thing still happens.
Box Nasty Hall of Shame.
Slow afternoon here at MoFi, so here's my paltry contribution. If you ever are flying on a U.S. Air Force plane, and if you ever get hungry on that flight, well, this guide may come in handy. White blood cells a bit low? Try the Pope Air Force Base meal.
Apocalypse: Now. Tonight is game one in a best-of-seven set between the fiercest rivals in baseball, if not all of American sports: The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. [more inside]
Who's got the dirtiest air in the planet? looks like China forgot to pay their cleaning bill.
Curious George: Can we make a difference? [American Election] Ok, the general feeling is that there's going to be an October Surprise, or maybe several. The purpose of the October Surprise, for those who haven't been paying attention, is to present the country with information that is damaging to the other candidate (or helpful to the presenting candidate) without giving enough time for the other candidate to respond adequately. The question is, does that have to hold true any more? [more inside]
"Tell them we're busy." France to permit cell phone jamming in public spaces like concert halls and movie theaters. Think of is as a way of saying
Who Your Favorite Novelists Are Voting For. Okay, maybe not your favorite novelists, but some well-known ones, anyway. Not hard to guess how most of them lean, but it's far from a wash, surprisingly. [more inside]
London Meetup - The Sequel Sequel Are we still meeting up on Thursday? Is it still the Chandos?
Tan's Barbers - Okay, who wants a NATO haircut?
Previously monitored nuclear material goes walkies [more inside]
iBrotha is the story of a Malcom-X-style zealot (played by The Matrix's Neil Rayment), who is dedicated to overthrowing the tyranny of Microsoft by any means necessary. A preview of the movie is available--in Quicktime and not Windows media, of course. [more inside]
Photos from the Toaster Collector's Association
I especially liked (read: covet) the Fiesta toaster.
I'll confess that I have a thing for toast.
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Tabula Peutingeriana - a Map of the Roman World - Ever wonder what form maps took in Imperial Roman times? Probably something like this one. [more inside]
Curious George: The tow-truck/property owner conspiracy- does it exist? [more inside] [more inside]
Unicorns Against Bush! How bad a leader do you have to be to have magikal beasts coming out of the Enchanted Forest to denounce you? [more inside]
Four word film reviews provide some good laughs. [via bifurcated rivets]
Curious George: The Wrong War
I'd like to make a brief loop of the (at least) three times that Bush has said "The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time" to play on a radio show (though it would be nice to have the video too).
Does anyone know where I would find (free) video editing software for a mac running os9.1? And I'd assume that the videos of the debates are online somewhere, right?
If you were confused by Bush's reference to "Dred Scott" (a 148 yr. old Supreme Court decision)... when he was asked about his criteria for Supreme Court nominees in the last debate, you will be interested to know (as I was) that it is Religious Right code for "Roe v Wade". <Explanation via Slate>
The Dictionary of the History of Ideas
is now on line. Apparently this, the only previous edition, was published in 1973-74, although a new edition is in the planning stages.
Sadly, the individual pages seem to be broken under FireFox 1.0, although they work under IE. Also, the server is very slow right now.
via Crooked Timber
The List I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but I have trouble making my case against Bushco to someone without treading thin lines and quoting less-than-credible sources. How would monkeys feel about a thread full of reputable links with strong cases that people can use as a resource? [more inside]
October 11, 2004
Thomas Ades is a young composer from the UK who might just be the best composer to come along in a very long time. Although composers such as John Adams, John Corigliano and Harrison Birtwistle et. al at various times have been dubbed standard bearers of contemporary classical music, I ,along with many others, feel that Ades may eclipse them all. His acceptance is not quite complete as some claim "emperor's new clothes staus" for him, but I beg to differ. [more inside]
Courteous George...I'm wondering about the correct form for linking to another's blog.
Does one email first and ask? Or just go ahead and link?
Sims Abuse One very twisted Sims player decided to drive her Sims mad, mad, MAD I tell you! (via BoingBoing)
"I don't see how you can lead this country
in a time of war, in a time of uncertainty, if you change your mind because of politics."
"..."
"Well, okay, on second thought, maybe I can."
People Are Human-Bacteria Hybrids.
The Goodwill Diary Need to procrastinate? Here's your answer.
62 TV Stations in Swing States will air Anti-Kerry Film Sinclair Media (the ones who pre-empted the Nightline tribute to the soldiers who died in Iraq because it was a "political statement") are pre-empting local programming to air "Stolen Honor", the anti-Kerry swift-boatish documentary. Remember when we used to demand fairness from our news sources? [more inside]
Speaking of high gas prices...how does 70MPG sound?
I'd say it sounds pretty damn good...and on top of that, you get a car that everyone will want to hug AND on top of THAT you can chage colors to fit your moods, park anywhere, and be able to go onto hover mode to fly over traffic (ok, not really) but it seems pretty cool!
I'm so getting me one.
Curious George-Gas Prices Does it seem to you as it does to me that gas prices aren't as high as they should be? Are they being kept artificially low for political purposes? [more inside]
Gallery of misused "quotation marks". Kinda like that "K" for "Kountry" flair, quotes for emphasis has been one of my pet peeves, probably ever since I got a recipe from my sister titled Grandma's "Brownies". Sometimes I wonder how people can be so blinded to their double-entendres. Evan Davies' site is not that new and has been around the block, but the humorous examples still ring true.
Hey, nice package!
- The American Package Museum.
Packaging, wrapping, containers, the box, the packet. Dig?
Superman is dead Breaking news filter, but it's just been announced that Christopher Reeve has died.
Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb? From the This Can't Possibly Be True But One Can Hope Against Hope, Can't One? department: Pink Floyd to reunite and tour, says British magazine. [more inside]
Some people see the news spatially. Here's another newsmap based on Google News, while this one graphs the most emailed photos from Yahoo News.
Lyrical, George: Monkey Music Monday Madness! Grime (Warning! 2x large mp3s), a groundswell of tech-savvy, "urban" music producers, centered in East London (where it's called Grime) and South London (Dubstep). Since the release of Dizzee Rascal's Boy In Da Corner Grime blew up worldwide throughout 2003, with its blend of heavy square-wave basslines, hardcore drums, mobile phone ringtones, and manic mc'ing. [more inside]
ROLL KATAMARI, ROLL!
It's been said before by those with more knowledge and power than me; but I gotta tell you:
Katamari Damacy is the hardest to find, weirdest and coolest movie link game I've played in years.
On top of that, the music is WONDERFUL!
Still don't get it? Try the comic.
If you see a copy, snag it. You won't be disappointed.
Shakeskin is a gallery of shaken faces.
Pearl Jam perform "Masters of War" (originally written and recorded by Bob Dylan in 1963) on "The Late Show" with David Letterman (32MB .mov file). File hosted by Michael Moore, of course.
October 10, 2004
The Genome in Black and White (and Gray) Is there a genetic basis for race? A recent MetaFilter discussion seemed adamant that the answer is no. But this NYT article takes an evenhanded approach, demonstrating multiple examples of the reality and usefulness of the reflections of racial ancestry in genes but emphasizing that it is far from a complete science. [more inside]
The Matrix! Vision! Reality! FERRETS.
Recently, a University of Rochester scientist sat a bunch of ferrets down in front of a TV and had them watch “The Matrix.” He discovered that their visual cortexes worked like crazy even in the total absence of visual stimulus. (He observed this as the ferrets were watching Keanu Reeves emote. Wait, no, they were in a dark room.) Here’s the implication:
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Psychotronic Sex Crystals! Stamina Ball! And don't forgot your handy Sacral Chakra-Tuned Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl™!! YES!! I'm on the shining path to hyperpotency! (All links SFW.)
Curious George Michael Drosnin made a fortune selling books that essentially just grepped the Bible for funny patterns. Is there any software - for Mac preferably, but Windows at a push - that enables one to do similarly for English texts? Why, you ask, would I want to do this? Simple. So I can throw Project Gutenberg at it to find rude words hidden in big books.
GOP oversight: Somehow, an oversight at Republican headquarters in West Virginia results in the GOP calling up registered Democrats and attempting to convince these registered voters that they're not allowed to vote this election. Despite the fact that this is an obvious accident, the local authorities over-react by giving the culprit a stern lecture.
The Observer Magazine has a lengthy article about MoFi's favourite bonkers dictator. [more inside]
...to protect and advocate for sex-trade workers. A much-needed guild that many labour leaders and sex-trade workers have been working toward for some time. The health care and safety benefits alone are worth it -- best of luck to all who have a direct stake in this.
Jacques Derrida dead. Does anybody have the faintest idea what he was on about? Was it all rubbish?
October 09, 2004
Curious George: Vector maps? Are there any sources for free vector form (Adobe Illustrator, Postscript, etc) maps that I can use for quick personal projects? I have been looking through Google and can only find companies selling the files at ridiculous prices. Am I screwed?
Mike's Amazing Cakes Check out the galleries. Cakes shaped like Austin Powers, a knight in armor, a luxury cruise liner, an Italian villa, paint cans, a violin, and more. Just astonishingly well done. My favorite is the cake made to look like a slab of steak for a vegetarian's birthday. [via] [more inside]
In Asia, elephants are losing out against man. Some people are trying to help them, though. I think it would be nice if we could offer some elephants a new home in North America.
Curious George Actually, I'm not to certain if it was a crash or monkeybashi just switched servers, hosting accounts or what, but when I do a search for stuff posted before this week I come up empty. Did we lose if for good, or is that precious treasure which is mofi past coming back?
Jacques Derrida, RIP The biggest intellectual fraud of the 20th century has died of cancer.
Joey the Midwife: An Adversising Agency Featuring innovative branding strategies such as "Space noises." Find Joey's work for Nissan at my new fighting technique is unstoppable.
Why am I not happy? Artificial Intelligence really made a progress, the last couple of years.
Good Flag, Bad Flag Principles of designing a great flag.
The counting has started I'm sitting here with all fingers and toes crossed hoping that the electorate will kick the Rodent out on his shiny arse, but it's vewy vewy tight. Expect a result in the next few hours, unless we get a hung parliament. They count 'em pretty quick these days.
Canadafilter: minority government - So with the opening of Parliament, and the reading of the Throne Speech (realplayer), apparently there may be a threat to the minority Liberal government, but I can't find any news as to whether the non-confidence vote is going forward or not. [more inside]
2000!
2000 members!
Fantastic! Well done us!
Curious George: What job could you never expect to hold because you'd hate it so much that inside of a week, you'd have killed everyone within a three kilometre radius? [more inside]
the debate Who's gonna watch. If her highness monkeybashi doesn't mind, let's post the running comentaries here.
October 08, 2004
End of the road for St. Bernards? Another service displaced by modern technology.
Curious George: True Stories of the Supernatural and Scary! I realize Halloween is not as big a deal in NZ or UK as it is in America, but it's far and away my favorite holiday, the last real pagan celebration we have. So in the spirit of Halloween, I wanted to invite the monkeys to share their true-life experiences with ghosts, goblins, sasquatches, witches, and things that go bump in the night. (NSFParty Poopers) [more inside]
TV shows that never were Where do you put TV that's too good for TV? [more inside]
Intelligent Design - ID challenges so-called "unexplainables" in evolution, and is making some headway in Ohio schools. But is it valid science?
Caligula The Movie: How could a film written by Gore Vidal , starring Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole and Sir John Gielgud, have degenerated into a universally reviled steaming pile of dreck frequently cited as one of the worst movies ever to hit the screen? [more inside]
Afrotech: Ghetto Hardware Mods Make your own computer from a paint bucket! Make your own Microsoft natural keyboard! Cool the RAM on your overclocked video card with pennies! How to simulate being outdoors!
Vote in Fear. A quicktime movie of condensed GOP convention speeches showing the thrust of the event - be very afraid. And vote Bush. George Lakoff theorizes that conservatives are motivated by fear, and this would certainly play to that. [more inside]
Scavanger Monkey Does anybody know where I can find an audio file of the music to Hitchhikers Guide? [more inside]
News photographer snaps picture of a bloody face in a mirror
Problem: there was no one near him to make the reflection, in fact no one in the building of that description at all.
The photo of a mirror in the UK town of Avebury's Red Lion pub shows the disquieting reflection of a bald man, his face streaked with blood. The building is said to be haunted. Is this the face of a ghost?
With picture.
[more inside]
Curious George: Sleep disorders. Do any monkeys here have any weird sleep syndromes? Not counting the more common things like insomnia. [more inside]
Do you know this man?
Waxy is offering Fifty bucks if you can identify "afroninja".
Stem cells pump out healing molecules. Some birth defects might be prevented by injecting mothers with stem cells. There have been some promising findings in stem cell research lately, but this is something new.
October 07, 2004
Curious, George: The GRANDEST of parents... I've always felt that the names we use to refer to our grandparents are heartbreakingly humanizing, a level of tenderness we allow one another without rebuke. I think there's nothing sweeter than an adult referring to a beloved ancestor by their personal, private (and often rather infantile) nickname. meredithea just told us about the swell chap she calls Paw Paw. I was fortunate enough to know and love Nana and Pop Pop (maternal), and Baby and Grand Dad (paternal)...Go ahead, monkeys...break my heart this evening...What names do/did your grandparents have?
What to get for a bedridden coworker A coworker will be bedridden for 6 weeks after having a couple of vertebrae fused. We are putting together a package of things to help her spend her time. I'm at a bit of a loss. Anybody been there or have suggestions? TIA
All the ash from Mount St. Helens could help Bigfoot researchers. I wonder how the Sasquatch Militia feels about this.
Meet an Honourary Monkey.. all he needs now is a banana I know, it's bad taste, and possibly old news, but I still felt strangely compelled to post it...
Clubbing - Norwegian style.
Curious George: online journalism I like the concept of Ohmynews.com. What programs are out there for creating a site like that?
China erects monument for SARS monkeys. Sixteen tons of granite monkey love.
George Bush's Resumé, with sources By a guy who says he supported him in 2000. His explanation for writing the resumé is here: The Forward and also a print version [more inside]
Leave it to George! Ep. 1 [flash, via screenhead]
Curious George: Computer help. I need to transfer emails from Eudora on a PC to a Mac. I have no clue how to do this. Please hope me! [more inside]
A wonderful gift
..or perhaps an heirloom for your descendants.
As Christmas draws near, a friend has drawn my attention to this charming item.
(I notice that someone has zippitied in ahead of me in another place, but you can't have too much culture, can you?)
In my day, Mr Potato Head came in kit form and you had to supply your own real potato. Now that was art.
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The "Global Test". Members of an international panel appointed by Kofi to study the United Nations' operations say the group hopes to lay down clear rules declaring when it is legal for a nation to use pre-emptive military force in its own defense [more inside]
What's in a year? Curious George: I notice we're up to 1980 monkeys. Will we get to 2000 by the 1 year anniversary? Do you care? [more inside]
Read here for details. MonkeyFilter experienced about six hours of downtime today which can be read about in my blog. We've reset MoFi with the most recent forty posts and two thousand comments. This is not an excuse for double posts, monkeys! Let me know if anything's broken. Have a nice day.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE WON'T HAVE BANANAS IN 10 YEARS??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHAT WILL I PUT IN MY MOUTH>?!!?!? [more inside]
Obnoxious George! What is your most obnoxious public habit? By that I mean, something the public is going to see. And what is your most Awwwwwww! inspiring trait? Something cute, but that other people secretly think you are a nutjob for doing.
1. Yelling out my window at people doing dumb stuff. All I'm missing is the creaky front porch, rocking chair, and gnarled walking stick to shake.
2. Pick up and move to safety virtually any critter in danger of getting squashed on the sidewalk, including slugs. I draw the line at babies.
The days of saying "the check won't be cashed until thursday, which gives me time to deposit money in the account on wed." are over...
there's a new rule that'll cut that whole 3 day process to just about 1!
This sux the Nth power...particularly since that's the only reason why I use checks at all...to get that 3 day buffer, and scrape up some money.
does this affect anyone else? or is it just me, the broken, the poor, the college student?
October 06, 2004
Bush suckers cable news into carrying a campaign speech. The White House described it as a significant speech on terrorism and the economy. It wasn't - it was a campaign speech carried in full on the 24-hour cable news networks. [more inside]
Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974 - Mein Gott im himmel! These are repugnant! Perhaps the idea was aversion therapy? There are such horrors as the chilled celery log, the fish "tacos" (made using toast - tortillas hadn't made it across the border in 1974), the liver pãté en bukkake, and the ever popular Eraserhead roast chicken. Eeeeeviiiiil!!! [more inside]
The CIA finally admitted that although Saddam had intentions to build them (WMD's) -- big surprise here -- He had no economical means to do so.
If I recall correctly, it was just a little over a year ago that the ppl atop were swearing up and down that there WERE indeed WMD's and that we were all gonna die.
I don't care how aloof Bush is, or how hard-faced Cheney can get, this WILL hurt. (at least someone has the silver bullet now..USE IT)
Let's see how quickly this report gets buried by the media.
Geek Test - I scored a 1481. I wonder how all of you Monkeys would score.
e-petitions Is anyone else's inbox being bombarded with e-petitions like this? I get them all the time and wonder if they ever accomplish anything. Furthermore, when they ask you to send every 10th signature to president@whitehouse.gov, who actually reads it?
Clueless They're at it is again. First it was the Olympics, now it is a new, unheard of search engine. [more inside]
Dog of the Day! Bookmark it. Enjoy life each day for at least 30 seconds.
We've all heard of Watson and Crick. Who knew about this guy? DNA pioneer Maurice Wilkins died yesterday at the age of 88. One of three Nobel laureates for his work in helping discover the helical structure of DNA, Wilkins is probably the least known of the four people who were most responsible for describing DNA as we know it. [more inside]
The 'smoking louse'. A study at the University of Utah shows that only one of the two lice species on current Homo Sapiens evolved on us. This proves contact with earlier human species - perhaps Homo Erectus. [more inside]
Show us your papers. Yet another national ID proposal, but it looks like this one has wings. Employers would be required to check for an id card approved by Homeland Security or face up to five years in jail. [egregiously stolen from the ever-excellent Macintouch [more inside]
Vice Presidential debate. Anyone watch it? What's your take? And do you think it will affect the vote? [more inside]
Carl Lewis: Oh dear.
We all have moments of poor judgement in our life; why highlight yours on your website?
Furious George: how to destroy A&E? I really enjoyed the BBC miniseries about "Charles II: the power and the passion", called "The Last King" (inaccurate title) in North America, and so when I saw the DVD at my local store, I got it (hey, when you feel like an Exclusion Crisis, you need an Exclusion Crisis). Only when I got home, I realised that the number of minutes sounded low. [more inside]
Kinsey a perv? Saw this over at That Other Place and knew it would make its way here sooner or later. So, sooner. [more inside]
Rodney Dangerfield. Goodnight, funny man.
Is Bush using an earpiece? (via boing boing). And I'll take this one step further... [more inside]
October 05, 2004
Grossed Out George
Sorry, this is my second post of the day, but something really strange just happened to me. I had just pulled some laundry out of my dryer and put in in a pile on my living room carpet. After about a half an hour I came back and was in the process of folding it when underneath it I found small white worms, more or less the size of fly maggots. I had had my carpet recently cleaned, and it is only a year old, but I do live in an old apartment building in Hollywod from the 1920. It has a crawl space underneath the wooden floors. I haven't smelled anything rank, but could these little creatures be coming up from something festering below? Could they be termite larva? The building has had termite infestations before, but I never knew of termite larva erupting from carpet. Sorry if this is run on and rambling, but it really creeped me out.
No jokes about my underwear please. And yes Nostrildamus, I had socks in my laundry.
Christ washed up via Gullibility isn't in the dictionary
William Shatner: Has Been (WARNING: web site plays sound) A new album by William Shatner? Easy to take pot shots, but I enjoyed what I heard here. [more inside]
Curious George: Shatner Priceline.com ads. What happened to those old William Shatner ads (We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, etc)? Priceline.com yanked them from their website and only has the new ones. The old ads were weirder and goofier. Can they be downloaded anymore?
Fontanaverse Using crossovers and sly references, Tom Fontana has connected his own and more than 100 other TV shows, past and present. [more inside]
My Miserable Life.com - Schadenfreude Gold. (Link is SFW, outgoing links at the bottom of the page are not) Examples inside [more inside]
Curious, George: Need some swing-voter help I'm looking for a webpage I can show several swing-voter friends that has a simple comparison of the two presidential candidates. [more inside]
Hello Kitty's A to Z of the Subgenius Faith
Possibly the best soft footware-related flash on the web. I feel I will never suffer sock-related anxiety again.
Castaways: Have you been Lost? [more inside]
I'm hungry! Arf! Staff at Battersea Dogs Home were mystified when they arrived at work one morning to find that the kitchen had been raided for an animal version of a midnight feast.
Banana art ... Many people think modern art is bananas. Well now it is!
Curious George: Why does LA make me stink? Well, not me, really... My clothes. [more inside]
There Must Be Some Way Out Of Here "We just saw it from a different point of view..."
The Grateful, and Sexy Dead
The photos in the news of the recently departed (RIP) Janet Leigh in the shower sequence of Psycho with her lips so slightly parted, made me think of incredibly sexy she was in her prime.
This brings me to my question. Of all the dead movie stars and celebrities, who stirs your loins? I will also admit to having a "thang" for Ingrid Bergman and Clara Bow among several others.
Come on, tell the truth.
Photoshopping the Debate Those zany members of Fark had some fun with photoshop images of the debate between George W. Bush (who we can all agree easily won the debate) and John (French looking guy) Kerry.
TrekEarth - a community travel photo site. Explore the world in from as many perspectives as there are community members. The photo quality is embarassingly high (for me as an amateur photographer). I enjoyed Kiev, Budapest, and Romania.
Martha Colburn (qt), see also her bio/filmography, some photos, 6 page .pdf zine interview from cineMad, an interview, Baltimore city paper article, bio/video for sale, and yet another bio.
4 Squares Puzzle Your goal is to reposition two -- and only two -- sticks, so that you end up with four squares of equal size and no sticks left over.
October 04, 2004
How gay can you be? Rancho Calamari is 46% gay! Isn't that just fabulous?!?!
Disney announces partnership with Chinese Communist Youth League
In an interesting "Capitalism meets Communism" moment, Disney Corp. will join forces with the Communist Youth League (aka the Junior Woodchucks' Chinese chapter) to bring the Gospel of Walt to the children of China. I wonder what Uncle Scrooge would make of that...
On the other hand, I guess that Disney will need all the help it can get, considering the competing entertainment available to those children.
Don't Forget Poland! Long Live Poland! [more inside]
Google oddity;
We all know that Google calculator can do silly things.
But what is this about?
[more inside]
SpaceShipOne wins the X-Prize. For the first time, a commercial space ship has made it repeatedly into space and returned within a short period of time. As a consequence, aside from making history, they win the $10,000,000 X-Prize to get their company going on the dream of space travel for tourism and industry. [more inside]
Curious George: Dying peacefully? Seeing the story on Janet Leigh's death it was written that she "died peacefully at home". This reminds me of concepts like dying of old age, and how old people in tribal cultures would go off to die. It got me to wondering: is it physiologically possible to "die peacefully"? Do the primal survival instincts just get turned off like a switch? Or can we pretty much count on a gasping struggle in those last seconds if we're not mercifully knocked out with anesthetics?
Americans--surprise--do abysmally in geography. But thankfully, Canadians and British students aren't much better. Take the test. I got 100%! The test was administered by National Geographic. Here's the main story.
Free short fiction on the web. [more inside]
What would we like Microsoft to do for us?..."have Bill Gates send me a check for all the aggravation I've suffered" is one way of dealing with it. "Naked Microsoft" is a more unorthodox way. Geeks around the world weight in on this most interesting subject...o yah, what would you do Monkeys?
Better than the Italian Job: Now this is a nefarious heist that appeals to my criminal sensibilities.
The Noise & The City
- I'm sitting at home listening to The Noise & The City and it's really great (think Autechre, The Future Sound Of London & the mellower, more musical side of Aphex Twin and you'll be heading in the right direction).
[more inside]
Gmail Invites I've just received some, and as everyone was so helpful with my problem yesterday... [more inside]
The Upsidedown Map Page. There're a few to ogle (though the resolution could be better), help on where to purchase them and a heap of cartographical kinks and links
Saddam Hussein's
lawyer has told a Danish newspaper that the ousted dictator will run in Iraq's general elections with a view to becoming president again.
Yee-haw!
bugger@mailinator.com
bugger
Vibrating Trousers Treat (wait for it, wait for it)... Angina
I can't believe no one has posted this yet. Wherefore art thou, 'tool?
Curious George: Back to the 80's. Our homecoming is coming up soon, and the theme is the 1980's. My date and my date and I need costume ideas! I know the monkeys can help us. [more inside]
Curious, George: Help me find a program I need help finding a specific program and Google has failed me. [more inside]
The guns of The Matrix. What are all those things they're firing?
TNR shows that despite all of his talk, GW isn't much of a churchgoer
For (four) years we've discussed how much Christianity is supposed to influence GW Bush's policy... witness the "faith based initiatives" and the "valley of peace" references. As someone who grew up in the evangelical tradition, I fully recognize that GW's speed is chock-full of evangelical language and codewords("wonder working power"). But, what amazed me, is that GW doesn't even regularly attend church...
Talk amongst yourselves...
Curious George: Monday MoFi Music Mix Musings
What would you put on a music mix dedicated to us MoFi monkeys? I think I'd suggest this.
Turkmenbashi is a Garlic-Eating Space Monkey with a Battle Rating of 7.9.
Unleash your own Food-Eating Battle Monkey. [via littlefluffy]
National Novel Writing Month.
If you ever wanted to write a crappy novel, here's your chance.
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Behold the fabulousness of the puffling!
"...the idea is to cock your arm like a quarterback and throw the bird like a football..."
Bob Dylan Pimps His New autobiography
Curious, George: Coconuts. How does one get the flesh out of an opened coconut?
October 03, 2004
The Heritage of the Great War is dedicated to the events and consequences of World War One. We put some emphasis on unorthodox and thought-provoking points of view. We are averse to historicism and military fetishism. And we show people rather than strategic plans or statistics. To this end this website features one of the most extensive and explicit WW-1 photo collections on the Internet. [nsfw]
Curious George: I'm running iChat on OSX. For some reason, it automatically adds to my buddy list anyone who IMs me. This is really irritating. How do I fix it?
Meet Marla Olmstead, painter.
Her work has been compared Pollack and Kandinsky; she has sold $40,000 worth of paintings and has only been at it for three years. Did I mention she's four years old?
Click here to see some of her work. Here's her home page. Makes me think of that kid with MS who wrote all that bogus shitty poetry and made his parents wealthier.
Curious George Calling all football fans among the monkeys: Did this call really happen? [more inside]
GNUmobile Somebody finally made a car that runs on Linux. [more inside]
Curious, George: Psst - wanna Gmail?
Step right up, get your gmail invites.
Get 'em while they're hot!
[more inside]
Greene Centenary Saturday, October 2nd, marked the 100th anniversary of Graham Greene's birth. I have been wanting to post about Greene for a while, but I am afraid that I couldn't do better than Matteo's excellent, excellent post on metafilter. Please do check it out. [more inside]
Curious George - Gmail problem Please help [more inside]
Curious George - Monkeys in Space Does anyone remember writing to Baker, one of the monkeynauts from a 1959 Jupiter mission? [more inside]
Terry Pratchett archive - this show is now closed, but this is at least a little taste of what was there. Now I just have to think of some spurious yet essential research to give me an excuse to go play in the new Colin Smythe - Terry Pratchett archive.
Try Google H4x0r Also available: Elmer Fudd, Esperanto, Klingon, Pig Latin, and bork, bork, bork!,
Darwin's Autobiography cover picture ...is of Alfred Russell Wallace. [more inside]
October 02, 2004
Clever enough
to work for Google? Here's the aptitude test...
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The Ejaculator (SFW) I don't know what more to say except "Touchdown!!!"
Australia has some of the best politicians money can buy. Actually, I don't know what changed hands. But read it and weep. Registration may be required though, so I've grabbed a few of the choicer lines, see below the fold. [more inside]
"As god as my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly"
[wav]
The infamous words of Arthur Carlson, station manager of WKRP in Cincinnati.
Possibly the best comedy ever to be put on the small screen, never having jumped the shark. It is available on VHS however the original music used in the episodes, which was current hit songs at the time, was removed and replaced with muzzak in order to avoid the huge licensing fees.
The results are some very mangled episodes.
Scott Muni, New York radio legend, died this week at the age of 74. I comtemplated whether I should post this because I'm not clear as to how many monkeys are familiar with him. Scott Muni was a very popular AM disc jockey in the 50s and 60s in New York. In 1967 he made a successful leap to FM radio, devoting himself to free form radio, which became AOR ("album oriented rock", today known more or less as "classic rock"). In those days, radio stations relied more on disc jockeys to create their playlists, and a popular jock could make or break a performer. Scott was one of those jocks. In January of this year he had a major stroke, which put him out of commission. [more inside]
CAM WHORE. Canada, home of the biggest cam whore on Earth
Curious George
a monkey tale ... this is a massive coincidence (or I'm missing something really obvious).
Via metafilter
Viewropa
- a new blog for views on Europe. Insprired by this askmeta thread, and going on with this wiki, some of the Euro (and Euro watching) mefites and lurkers have thought to create a new 'filter for European politics and culture.
(The look is still just the first mock-up - snazzy design's by mefi's taz are being voted on right now, and will appear soon.)
100 piece Toy Soldier sets!
- Made of DURABLE PLASTIC - each with its own base - packed in this (pasteboard) FOOTLOCKER storage box! Only $1.25!
Jesus H. tapdancing Christ on a hot plate, kids!!! Hundreds of plastic army men!! You gotta get these!! Weeeooooo! Wow! Meow!!! BANG!! /head explodes
Stolen shamelessly from Exclamation Mark
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The story of Diego Garcia is shocking, almost incredible.
Diego Garcia is one of the biggest American bases in the world. It was not always so. During the 1960s, in high secrecy, the Labour government of Harold Wilson conspired with two American administrations to "sweep" and "sanitise" the islands of 2,000 inhabitants using a combination of fictions, lies and intimidation.
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Psychogeography "Glowlab is a Brooklyn-based arts lab exploring the nature of urban public space. We produce, document and present multi-media work in psychogeography and public-space arts."
Zep-plans. The Airship Heritage Trust website has the best collection of online airship plan and view drawings I have seen online. Zeppelin Museum Tønder comes a close second with these nerd-tastic stats pages, including our old friend the L30! [more inside]
Conceal partial baldness! Why have I not heard of US patent no. 4,022, 227 earlier? I'm looking at you, Mr Smart-Aleck Internet! Pictures here.
"I enclose two small deposits , selected with great care from my cats litter tray, as an expression of my utter and complete contempt for both you, and your pointless company. I sincerely hope that they have not become dessicated during transit - they were satisfyingly moist at the time of posting, and I would feel considerable disappointment if you did not experience both their rich aroma and delicate texture."
Curious George: Yellow ribbon stickers. In recent weeks I've seen an explosion of yellow ribbon vehicle stickers that look exactly like the sample on the left. The funny thing is that they're not on sedans -- 98% of the ones I see here in Austin are on big pickups and SUVs (many of them with GW04 decals). No sedans are sporting them. What's the story behind this sticker? Is this purely an impulse item at Wal-Mart? Or is it being mailed out to GOP supporters to help sway the vote?
Serious George. Some advice for me, for my cousin. He's 15, immature, and suffers from serious self-confidence and self-esteem issues. To make up for it he lies constantly, exaggerates everything to make him seem 'cool', and is an all-around shit. But now he took a loaded gun to school, got expelled, and my uncle and aunt are about to send him off to a teen boot camp. How can I help him? [more inside]
Why Can't We Be Friends?
With all the talk about North Korea's nuclear program on last nights debate, some might be wondering what they can do to ease the tension between nations.
Solution:
Why not become a member of the Korean Friendship Association. I mean with such a snazzy hymn[Flash] and super fun activities, their must be at least a cool t-shirt in it for you...
The a priori presumption of the continuity of a motorcycle from second to second
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig. Ever read it? Brilliant novel, structurally & otherwise. I was wondering the other day, has anyone attempted to make a screenplay based on it? That would be impossible, I mused, beginning to sketch a treatment on my trusty legal pad. I gave up shortly thereafter.
Quite by chance, I discovered these photos from Pirsig's 1968 road trip that inspired the novel.
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October 01, 2004
And now, an annoucement from the urinal...
yep, you heard that right. Some dude with *i think* too much time in his hands, has just come up with a brand new way to disturb men's already semi-traumatic pissing in Urinals experience.
(Viagra is gonna have a Ball with this)
What is greater than God, more evil than the devil...etc. Test your mental fortitude with these Riddles of varying degrees of difficulty. [more inside]
Cybersecurity chief resigns after one year. [more inside]
The Third Annual Blogger Boobie-Thon
kicks off today, so here's your chance to flash those monkey funbags! Remember, it's not porn if you do it for money charity. Ahem. The main link is safe for work but this one sure ain't.
Curious George: Microphones I'm in the market for a microphone and I don't have a whole lot of cash to spend. [more inside]
Justice Scalia:
"I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged."
All Monkeys in the Hot Tub!
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As Seen on TV Your one stop for all the junk you see advertized on TV. So much crap in one place, it boggles the mind!
Gilligan Mania! Gilligan is everywhere these days. On DVD. Complaining about the new reality show. In trendy economic theories. As a model of the Kerry presidential campaign. And now some Hollywood-style buzz: Hurricane Ivan may have delayed production of the new show and there is speculation about the identity of the movie star. You can also play Gilligan games. Enjoy, Little Buddies!
If Florida even thinks about going Bush this election, be prepared for some Divine Retribution.
Retro Remakes 2004. Unofficial remakes and updates of old games.
Taco Bell Customers Share Their Saucy Wisdoms with America. Back in May, we had a post about Taco Bell's contest to find witticisms for sauce packets -- kind of taco fortune cookies. Here are the, um, "winners."
Possible Homer Sexual
The creators of the Simpsons set off a flurry of speculation when they announced that one of the denizens of Springfield would be coming out of the closet. 365Gay thinks they know who it is, and it isn’t Smithers .
[NSFPeople who don't like gay stuff]
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The Blimp Painter. In 1994, to promote a tour, Pink Floyd sponsored a pair of artblimps, one in Europe, one in the U.S. Burton Dodge painted the now-lost U.S. ship, and has many more under his belt as well. Apparently, the blimps made an impression.
Hilarious and Yet Discerning Live Blog of The Debate A gripping recount of the debates in a live-blog. Much better than any other debate blog I've seen and much less known (until monkey filter finds out). Worth several chortles and a few gaffaws and, unfortunately, a few teary-eyed moments where you realize thats its for real.
Google? Anyone having difficulty accessing Google?
To The Person Who Found My Camera No doubt, you're wondering why the memory card contains 17 close-ups of a cat's ass.
Spreading Scandinavian Genes. I, for one, salute our masturbating Viking overlords.
