April 26, 2004
Are you counting down the days until the final "Friends" episode? Or perhaps you loathe the ubiquitous American sitcom. Whether you
The Toronto Subway Song
As Toronto celebrates the 50th anniversary of the TTC, which includes Canada's first subway system, sit back and enjoy this little ditty courtesy of the excellent CBC archives
For many Torontonians the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) is a part of our daily lives; taking the streetcar, bus or subway is second nature. Although the Toronto subway may not be the world's oldest nor the largest we definitely have something to be proud of: its seems to be the only one with a song...
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28 hours a day,
six days a week.
Dreampets Are Here.
Resistance Is Futile.
The Vandenbergh Carver
is essentially an aircraft cockpit on wheels - of which there are three, one at the front and two at the back, Reliant-Robin style.
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It takes ten D cel batteries.
They're making a big comeback
But they can be quite dangerous.
And man oh man do I want one
"Famous" LiveJournals.
Apparently, there's a whole mini-culture of people keeping LiveJournals, playing the parts of celebrities. Welcome to a strange world where Celine Dion complains that "it's actually pathetic when Mariah updates more than I do", and celebrities as varied as Tom Cruise ("if you haven't seen my new look for my new movie, let me warn you, it involves a grayish flat top and a little more bulk than I normally carry") and Fiona Apple ("ok ladies of Lilith, Sarah, Alanis and i have JUST finished creating the must_be_lilith community") list each other as friends.
A little creepy, but not enough to cover up the somewhat perverse entertainment value drawn from watching someone so involved in another person.
More Woow & Wooo!
In 3-D of course. This is an index of past years, lots of pics. Some NSFW due to, well you know..........the heat. via [linkfilter].
April 25, 2004
The EPA: Making the world safer.
The EPA have been working on cleaner engines. For ICBMs.
"Thus, if the Minuteman III ICBMs have to be used in some future nuclear war, their rocket motors will not pollute the atmosphere. EPA regulations do not apply in foreign countries, so no changes are being made to reduce the harmful environmental effects of the nuclear warheads."
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Some 3-D fun photos.
Links of some older photos of landmarks and nature stuff. Wowww, Whooo! via [presurfer]
Dustbowl Photographs.
Some amazing images. Via Plep.
Stand Up and Holla!!
An uber-essay contest! Share your entry in the comments.
Forgent sues 31 companies over use of JPEG.
Like the spectre of the GIF/Unisys monster that would not die, Forgent Networks is rising up to haunt the industry. It filed lawsuits Friday against Dell, Adobe, Apple, Agfa, IBM, Xerox, Macromedia, JVC, Panasonic, Creative Labs, and dozens of other companies for violating patents on their compression algorithms which are allegedly used in the JPEG format. The company talked licensing fees back in 2002 but the community balked or turned a deaf ear. Legit suit or a quick buck? (Also on Slashdot)
A Duck Amok.
Donald makes a career move.
Things That Go Off Whoosh (Or More Often Bang)
from neilgaiman.com, who has a really fun post up today.
Hardboiled Slanguage of the '30s and '40s
Tough Guys and Deadly Dames
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RIAAMix.
The Remix is Dead. Long Live the Remix.
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April 24, 2004
Reverend Billy
and the Church of Stop Shopping. The "God-that-is-Not-A-Product" works in mysterious ways.
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