April 17, 2004

Talking Cock , home of the The Coxford Singlish Dictionary, is a comprehensive and very local guide to all things Singlish.
See your name in nudes! Lights? Feh! What could be more appealing than one's name spelled out by the limber and scantily clad? [NSFW, obviously]
University of Toronto CS lecture slides describing various fractals. The very first image really grabbed my attention. Scroll down to the very bottom for "A tonne more examples". more inside
Sophie Crumb Is As Crazy As Her Father. (Thank God!)
The World's First Crossword. Also check out crosswords in Italian, Russian, Arabic, Norwegian, and even Latin. more inside

April 16, 2004

The only immortality you and I may share It turns out Vladimir Nabokov may have stolen elements of his most famous novel from a 1916 short story in called "Lolita". To make matters worse, the pseudonymous author of the story, Heinz von Lichberg, later became a Nazi journalist. The Nabokov family has rejected claims of plagiarism, but the literary world is abuzz with debate over the muddled distinctions beteen reference, intertextuality, borrowing, and theft.
My Garden Kicks Ass. Postcards by Anne Taintor. more inside
Fashion a ninja mask out of a T-shirt. Your boss will never know what hit him. more inside
Curious, George: Sex and Music The question to my fellow music lovin' monkeys: If you were to create a sexy mix for your SO what kind of songs would you include? What would you like to hear in an hour of sexy sexy primate bliss?
Absolute Craziness I'm shamelessly swiping this from linkfilter.net but it was so awesome, i wanted to post it here. Click on the cake and then type in "oompaloompa" more inside
Oops! Best. Prank call. Ever. more inside
Beating the file-sharers at their own game Recently, bands releasing new albums have been making use of the internet to promote their music, rather than attempting to shut it down. Bands such as The Liars, Wilco and Tortoise have been streaming their whole albums onto the internet. more inside
Stop the flinging! Start pooping for peace. Starting from the hideous connotations of the page's background color, this seems to elicit instant hate/curiosity reactions. At least the featured page of the site isn't that explicit, but venture into the rest at your own risk. Well, at least something to ponder while 'doing it' instead of reading. Yeah, yeah, we know...
Contiki isn't just any multitasking operating system. The good old Commodore 64 was the target platform for the first port. It comes complete with multitasking, a basic Windows-like GUI, Internet connectivity, and best of all, a web browser and server. Here are some screenshots. Open source.
Own A Piece Of The Concorde! Inedible pucks of Beef Wellington, plastic silverware, and Por-Shun-Pak coffee creamers not included...
The inevitable "I'm Rick James, BITCH!" soundboard. Those of you without cable or any clue what all the fuss has been about can catch the (realplayer) video here.
The Shame of the Cities by Lincoln Steffens, the introduction, and an excerpt from Upton Sinclair, The Great American Fraud. more inside
The man who knew. PBS is rebroadcasting their fascinating look at FBI agent John O'Neill, one of the few who really understood the threat of al Qaeda before 9/11, when he himself was killed. more inside
Toilet stall poetry: just a little farkian.
Love is like a snowmobile racing across the tundra; It flips and pins you to the ground. At night the ice weasels come. more inside

April 15, 2004

Should we clone our pets? from metafilter Have you guys seen this already? Seems like a great idea, unless you do any animal volunteer work. There's a HUGE domestic animal overpopulation problem, with millions of cats and dogs being put to sleep every year for no other reason than there aren't enough homes for them all. Now people are going to pay $50,000 to make a replica of their pet that will be "rather like" the original? That money could save countless lives, and still cover adopting a cat or two from a rescue organization. more inside
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