Links posted in November 2008
November 29, 2008
Venus, Jupiter and the crescent moon are converging over the next few days. Should be visible at dusk everywhere in the world (except Antarctica).
Sexist Conditioning or Developmental Necessity?
From ACHILLES HEEL. (The radical men's magazine).
Thought provoking and insightful.
"Both mothers and fathers have been conditioned with this fear that if they stay physically and emotionally close with their sons past a certain age, their sons will become homosexual. This is nonsense. "
My autobiography is now illegal
- Ursula Vernon comments on a case the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is helping with, where a comic book collector is being charged with possession of child pornography aka manga comics.
As Neil Gaiman said;
“They found his manga, and found some objectionable panels,” Gaiman said. “He’s been arrested for having some drawings of rude things in manga. I’m sorry, but if you went through my comic collection, you could arrest me if you’re going to start doing that. It’s just wrong.”
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Sick babies denied treatment in DNA row. "Babies with a severe form of epilepsy risk having their diagnosis delayed and their treatment compromised because of a company's patent on a key gene." [Via]
November 28, 2008
Mumbai under attack. [Via MeFi]
Spend! Spend! Spend!
One hundred credit card designs.
*Flash*
50 Strange Buildings of the World. Stolen from da blue.
November 27, 2008
Insider vs Outsider
"The tribal instinct is very strong; if you are a member of my tribe, you can be trusted. If not, you should be viewed with suspicion."
Thoughts?
November 26, 2008
Penguin jumps into boat to escape Killer Whales.
The Slanket A blanket, with sleeves! [more inside]
A One Act Play. By Steve Lawson. *frothes at the mouth*
November 25, 2008
Creative Grooming. Creative is one word for it, certainly. Extreme is another.
Yippee! Sweat & piss make for one heck of a cool drink.
20 things you can put in a USB socket
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And I'll bet we can come up with 150 more you shouldn't.
AmIRite?
November 24, 2008
Saving Buffalo’s Untold Beauty. A nice look at what was once a top ten (by population) US city. Growing up within range of Buffalo TV, I know more about this city than I should, considering I only ever visit to see the Bisons.
John Michael Hayes dead at 89. A frequent collaborator with Hitch, he wrote a fair number of classics, like Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, and Butterfield 8.
My life is ‘The Terminal 2' - Hiroshi Nohara is enjoying his stay in Mexico City, even if he doesn't know what he's doing there.
Pasta, with extra mozzarella! Man pleasures self with pasta sauce. [more inside]
Lookin' good, babe!
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Time to get fit, strong, and beautiful!
November 23, 2008
Raindrop Shaped Treetents by Dré Wapenaar.
November 22, 2008
Curious George: Programming Gods What are the names of some of the ultimate, iconic people in the history of computer programming? [more inside]
Ten last pictures - including one we've seen before.
Apes Helping Apes: Orangutans and Bonobos Make Art for Charity.
November 21, 2008
Curious, George: GOBBLES? So I'm no stranger to a kitchen, but I normally learn by trial and error, and this time I can't afford to do so. You see, I'm in charge of the Thanksgiving turkey this year. [more inside]
How much dus a blue whales clit weigh?
See streaming questions and answers from Britain's 118 118 directory enquiry service.
A soothing mixture of banality and idiocy.
stolen, as is usual on a Friday, from B3TA
Thomas Kinkade's 16 guidelines - for making stuff suck. If you're like me and weren't fully familiar with his body of work, I'm here to help you out.
Makes my smiley faces look pretty sad. Very pretty lunchbag art.
Matt Duffin -- Fine Art. [Via]
Like we did last winter... Let's gift again, like we did last year (not). [more inside]
November 20, 2008
Typealyzer: what type is that blog? Answer.
Curious George: Charity Contest The firm I work for has announced that they will be awarding 5 surprise $25,000 gifts to charitable organizations selected in a company-wide contest. [more inside]
Better Than One
Moggy with two mugs, one suck, doing well.
Not an ohhh but definitely an ahhh.
No, no, don't get up. You've got a personal problem, and you don't know how to find a solution? Here, don't worry, I've got your back.
tiddy bear Y.A.S.L.Y.T. post
It's World Toilet Day
Especially in this International Year of Sanitation, it's important to remember that 2.5 billion people do not have somewhere safe, private or hygienic to go to the toilet.
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November 19, 2008
Yugo sputter and smoke off into the sunset 800K specimens later, they're finally being put out to pasture. "This is driving in its most natural form. You feel every bump, squeak and jolt, and one can enjoy the sweet smell of gasoline and exhaust fumes. No car can replace it." Fiat are going to make Puntos on the production line now.
Monopoly: The Movie. Ridley Scott is set to direct. (Yes, that Sir Ridley Scott.) Enh -- it's been done.
Britney Spears or Tufts freshman, Michael Bendetson?
WSJ: Rich Cut Back on Payments to Mistresses. According to a new survey by Prince & Assoc., more than 80% of multimillionaires who had extra-marital lovers planned to cut back on their gifts and allowances. Still, only 12% of the multimillionaire cheaters said they plan to give up on their lovers altogether for financial reasons.
British Nazi National Party membership posted online.
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Web Maintenance Expels Failure out of your Business Do you own a website that is extremely attractive visually and draws good website traffic? Then surely you would like to continue this trend for the coming years too! But how? Simple and most obvious answer is ‘website maintenance’. Most common problems faced during site maintenance are broken links, misspelled words, absent page titles, unattended customer queries, missing images, etc.
Silver bullets -
not as easy to make as you might think.
...Tonto didn't cast these over a campfire.
Victory in Vomit: Mirror's Edge as proprioception hack.
Bunge Bunny Jumping
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Look at those little hoppers go!!
Stolen from Metafilter--check out the rest of this great post
Eggs Bacon Chips and Beans A typical cheap British brekkie, reviewed.
November 18, 2008
No it's not what you think. It's a Christmas decoration. Really. [more inside]
Video Games Pirated by, um... pirates.
The New Star Trek Trailer
in HD
You will need Quicktime or alternative.
Planning a naval bombardment of Australia? Now's your chance. Navy takes two months off for Christmas!
Winners and others of the 2008 Bioscape Contest. Using light microscopy to extraordinary effect.
Sentence: to be drawn upon a hurdle to the place of execution on the Monday following, and executed; after which to be dissected and anatomized. Almost 200,000 criminal proceedings at the Old Bailey transcribed online, dating as far back as 1674.
At a time when most kids are still thinking about becoming a fireman or astronaut, David Fishman has decided he wants to be a Food Critic. And he's already well on his way.
November 17, 2008
Spam Haiku
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You say you can't write poetry, but have you taken the Spam test yet?
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Preserved Onion: In a hidden corner of The Onion's site is an "archival" issue from 1783: eight pages of pseudo-historic goodness, fully searchable by page and topic! Of interest: Alexander Hamilton Challenges Nation to a Duel; Thomas Paine on women; Satan Afflicts Townsfolk With Series Of Ploughing Mishaps; Opera Lyrics Blamed In Spate of Regicides. [more inside]
QWOP Olympics it's a running game/physics simulator. It is possible to run like a normal human. [more inside]
Five years later and the site is full of weirdos lovely people.
Why buy the cow? 27 popular websites that became books. [more inside]
November 16, 2008
Without further ado...the gullet mullet.
November 15, 2008
Hmmm - perhaps they should try offering imported orbweavers?(link mildly NSF arachnophobes*). [more inside]
The Stupidest Exercise Machine You'll Ever See. [Via]
Fourth century greek humour. A strange flash edition of an even stranger fourth century Greek joke book called Philogelos: The Laugh Addict. [more inside]
November 14, 2008
Man mails himself out of prison
Second Life affair ends in divorce. Because it's Friday and I'm bored and I'm trying to run down the clock. [Stolen from teh Wonk.]
The Gehry-renovated AGO opens today. The Art Gallery of Ontario is set to show off its new expansion and renovation today, a very restrained work by Frank Gehry. Reviews so far have been positive. [Vid] [360 scrolly-thingy] [more inside]
Curious George: Hip Business Name? I need help coming up with a new name for my handcrafted jewelry business. It needs to be hip, and Monkeys are the hippest people I know. [more inside]
November 13, 2008
Welcome to SecureOurDream.com -- the wesbite of Joe the Plumber. You'd think that a plumber could get a series of tubes workin', but whatcha gonna do?
Is your cat plotting to kill you?
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Take the quiz. Just don't let the c-a-t see you doing it.
stolen from The Blue
Mitch Mitchell has died. [more inside]
bath time kitteh [YouTube link]
November 12, 2008
Google Earth Ancient Rome [more inside]
Moon Wish (lovely small flash game)
Celebrity Apes. Both crap and scary at the same time.
Note to self: open random suitcases. In addition they have been known to yield small sums of gold, a handful of gems, a magic scroll or the occasional rocket propelled exploding kobold to the face...
November 11, 2008
A Doctor, a Mutation and a Potential Cure for AIDS. "A Bone Marrow Transplant to Treat a Leukemia Patient Also Gives Him Virus-Resistant Cells; Many Thanks, Sample 61." [Via]
Rebuild the Party:
Use this forum to post your ideas about how we can rebuild the party. The best ones as voted by the community may be incorporated in the plan we deliver to candidates for RNC Chairman.
How would you rebuild the party?
Curious George Goes Back to School.
I need a book recommendation.
I need to read and review a book about nonfiction writing. My instructor is one of those types who won't give you any kind of guidance about this sort of thing because she's lazy she's flaky she wants students to make their own choices, which of course always turn out to be wrong. It's a real stab in the dark, which is what I'm tempted to give her instead of a review.
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November 10, 2008
Joe's house raffle. Want a house outside of Detroit? Buy a ticket, try your luck! Hunnerd bucks! Access to the lake, and an adjoining buildable lot. Good luck!
Curious Squinty George We seem to be a short-sighted lot at MoFi, don't we? I need some advice about a minor problem - when I'm biking long distances, or mountain biking, my eyes start to sting and tear up after about half an hour - maybe more if it's cold or windy. Is this normal? I wear glasses all the time but I don't think I have particularly sensitive eyes. Suggestions? This last happened yesterday, on a cloudy day in a forest, not much dust, so I think it's the wind and/or cool air that's the problem.
November 09, 2008
November 08, 2008
Studying psychopaths . Most researchers agree that anyone who scores thirty or higher on the PCL-R is considered to be a psychopath. Kiehl says, “Someone who scores a thirty-five, a thirty-six, they are just different. You say to yourself, ‘Aha, here you are. You are why I do this.’ ”
Animals Speak Color. "A new exhibition reveals how they acquire the language and use it." [Via]
A suggestion box for the Obama administration has just been put up at the new change.gov. The rest of the site is pretty much just PR outlining what they have so far, but I like to think that this could become a way for us american monkeys to interact directly with leadership on an issue-by-issue basis, a theoretical message board for the executive branch. [more inside]
November 07, 2008
Raiders make off with bull semen [more inside]
In 1980, Michael Palin traveled by train from London to the Kyle of Lochalsh. His trip was recorded for the BBC television series Great Railway Journeys of the World. [more inside]
Spoofing Shepard Fairey's Obama "Hope" Posters
TED: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Great thinkers from around the world gather once a year and present their ideas to a small audience. Their presentations are on video at this website. I've been enjoying this amusing speech by Sir Ken Robinson, but there are dozens more to explore.
Fake Mad Scientists Arrested Under Anti-Terrorism Law.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm, SPAM!!
A tribute to Spam, the Meat
Get the Straight Dope, the real facts--Does it really taste like chicken?
Let's jump into the SpamMobile and go visit the Spam Museum!
It's nutritious, delicious, historic, and more popular than ever!
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November 06, 2008
Ben-Hur Live! A stage production of the epic Charlton Heston film Ben-Hur is to open next year in London's O2 Arena. Ooooookaaaaay. [more inside]
111oneone!!
11111MEMBERS111ONEONE!!
The front page says 11111 members today. This is one of those threads where the lurkers are supposed to come out of the woodwork and say hi. Hi Lurkers! Who is user# 11111? I think they should be required to always post in all-caps.
Curious George and his Christmas Lights. Silly survey question: yesterday, I took advantage of the balmy weather and an early end to the workday to hang my Christmas lights on the eavestroughs with care, since I was up on the ladder anyway cleaning out the leaves and guck. So the lights are up. When should I turn them on? Now, since Hallowe'en's over? Nov. 25th? December 1st?
Illuminated music manuscripts beautiful as they are, are a source of frustration. I came across this site that has a whole bunch of illuminated music and I don't know what it sounds like. I like the way it looks very much but I'd like to hear it. Can any of you help me out and play and upload it so that I can hear it (just a snippet or a link to an existing mp3 would do), or a pointer to a commercial download would be appreciated too.
November 05, 2008
The Jake Thackray website. With a biography, reviews, discography, lyrics, and guitar tabs for many of his songs. [more inside]
Evidence for the decay of dark matter?
The Tevatron particle accelerator at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois, has produced particles that the team was unable to explain by the known laws of physics: far more muons were created than were predicted from the collision of protons and anti-protons. More crucially, some of these muons seem to have been created OUTSIDE of the horizon of the metal beam pipe: leaving no trace inside.
As a possible explanation, Weiner and Nima Arkani-Hamed of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and colleagues have developed a theory of dark matter that posits dark matter particles that interact among themselves by exchanging "force-carrying" particles with a mass of about 1 gigaelectronvolts. Moreover, the new CDF muons appear to have come from the decay of a particle with a mass of about 1 GeV. So was this a particle of dark matter?
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OBAMA WON YAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!
November 04, 2008
BOX FULL OF PUPPIES BOX FULL OF PUPPIES LIVE WEBCAM OF A BOX FULL OF PUPPIES OH EM GEEEEEEEEEEE
Unofficial Official America 2008 Election Wrap-Up. In a few hours, this interminable election will be over, and we can all go back to our regular lives, with late-nite talk show hosts joking only about Paris Hilton, SNL returning to its natural state of suck, and peace restored to the land. Or, in the alternative, whitey’s gonna steal the election and there’ll be all these race riots and stuff. Either way. Whatever. We need a place to discuss our last-minute wild predictions and baseless paranoid accusations, and this might as well be it. Happy Election Day, everybody! What a long, strange trip it's been, so far.
November 03, 2008
Yma Sumac, the "Peruvian Songbird" and "Nightingale of the Andes", is dead at 86.
Roll Up! Roll Up! See The Human Marvels! A surprisingly humane site looking at all manner of human shapes and sizes... [more inside]
