August 29, 2005
In the 1950s, Dr Miner rediscovered a poorly-studied group.
Dr. Miner wrote what might be seen as a typical (albeit brief) ethnography for the time, focusing on rituals and health. This group was revisited in the 1970s by a Mr. Thompson, who focused on the environment.
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Curious George: On The Road
Howdy doo, monkey types. Me and a buddy are coming up with plans to travel round America from Britain next summer. We're both students, so cost is absolutely at a premium. We're thinking of visiting a few of the big cities: New York, LA, San Francisco, Washington, New Orleans (God hoping), etc, etc.
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Monkey sightings on the Simpsons
via memepool
Need I say more.
August 28, 2005
MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER.
Katrina and the Waves had a ditty called "Walking on Sunshine". The current Katrina includes no sunshine in the forecast. This is looking like the fulfillment of the "Doomsday Scenario" for New Orleans. New Orleans' news sites listed here (TV stations include live news video). This is looking like the strongest storm in the recorded history of U.S. weather heading for a major metro area that is mostly below sea level.
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Online Stud
Make real money online, by running a pokerbot.
Andy Griffin is the farmer at Mariquita Farm.
He is also a writer of wonderful essays about sex, food, and lanquage. He also has a weekly radio show. Enjoy some photos while your at it.
Curious George : AMD or Intel
I've done the research, but now look to MoFi for assistance.
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In an effort to understand her students, an anthropology professor performed an ethnography of her students.
While the study was originally published under a pseudonym to protect the author's anonymity (the second link gets into the ethics of undercover research a little), the NY Sun outed her as Cathy Small last week, and CNN has confirmed their story.
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August 27, 2005
<i>When your freight's destroyed</i>,
and it don't look good, who you gonna call? Country & McDaniel! Their business is shipping disasters. Neat gallery of foulups, like the Sealand grounding nightmare, an Iraq missile hit on an Airbus freighter, the worst pothole in the world, and what happens with there's a fire on the fireworks freighter. [Bad web design alert -- their huge menus are top-posted on all the pages and you have to scroll past them to get to the content]
Comfort Pets: An Urn Alternative.
Just wrong.
The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
is not officially on the endangered species lists, but it is at critically low levels for breeding requirements. Whereas in past decades sightings of the tree octopus were common among campers and outdoorsmen, these days you will be lucky if you see one. Something needs to be done, and I think you'll agree that more people need to be made aware of the plight of the tree octopus.
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via metachat,
the "What Do These Things Have In Common Game", with two unsolved and generally ignored puzzles by a shameless selflinker. #5 and #6
previous topics include Muppets (Beaker, Big Bird, Gonzo, Grover, Scooter), Old Comics (Mutt & Jeff, Li'l Abner, Barney Google, Peanuts, B.C., Blondie) and fast food (Taco BELL, KENTUCKY Fried Chicken, LONG JOHN SILVER's Fish & Chips, Pizza HUT).
You like to think of yourself as a bit different, and you are carried by host-specific mammalian ticks.
Results for "which X are you?" type quizzes by flashboy.
You can't say it's a surprise:
Artist Mark Chamberlain proves the rumours true.
via Cruel Site of the Day.
NSFW
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August 26, 2005
Curious George: Obscure Costume Ideas
We're having a "Come as your favorite obscure pop culture reference" Halloween party, and I'm looking for some costume ideas.
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Formerly one of the sacred flowers of local Buddhism in Yunnan
Collection of rare and interesting species from China, Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam and India. The Musella lasiocarpa is of the longest blooming flowers in the world. It's considered a banana plant from Yunnan and the Himalaya.
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