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March 17, 2007

Todd Rundgren is one of us. When he set about releasing a video for his beautiful song Change Myself, back in the early nineties, he pulled out his Amiga (Ten Amigas actually) and made the video himself. Modelling, animating, on his big bed of Commodore Amigas.
Portraits of Violence: The Gangs of Port Moresby and Suicide Bombers in Gaza. Essay.

March 16, 2007

MacQuarium. Macquarium. MacQuarium. MacQuarium. MacQuarium. MacQuarium. MacQuarium. MacQuariums.
Rumspringa When she turned 17, she started her rumspringa -- the Amish rite of passage in which young adults are allowed to dabble in the indiscretions of our world before officially joining the church. "It just means you can do whatever Yanks do," Tina says. "Not everyone drinks alcohol. Some people just drink Coke and play volleyball." . . . She quickly grew a tiny collection of T-shirts and eye shadow, learning to drink by the six-pack until dawn and memorizing Eminem's entire discography. She even bought a cell phone, which her parents still don't know about. more inside
Rediculous
"Rooney Shoots, Jesus Saves" No British churchyard is complete without a """witty""" advertising slogan with some punning word play encouraging non-believers to step inside ... Finally the 'Church Poster of the Year competition' has been launched to celebrate this quaint high-street art form. C'mon Monkeys what's the best one you've seen?
Chickenhawks. Know your enemy.
Photo walkthroughs of wicked NYC pads. Plus scads of other domestic goodness for the snarfling, like sake sets for $5, fritata recipes, spin-around electrical outlets, and where to find adhesive hippie flower bathtub-floor deslipifiers.
A new species of leopard has been discovered in Borneo, the latest of more than 400 species discovered since 1996. A very handsome animal it is too. more inside

March 15, 2007

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Protecting Splenda Johnson & Johnson and Tate & Lyle, developers of sucralose, or as it's known commercially, Splenda, have spent a bunch of money and effort buying up any domain name that might possibly show their product in a negative light including www.splendakills.com, .org, .biz and .info. Apparently this is some sort of preemptive strike for when publicity eventually turns against them? via.
Which microlender makes best use of my $20?
The convoluted politics of zombie cinema. Yet another discussion of what being a walking cannabalistic corpse in today's modern age all means. Erudite and nerdy!

March 14, 2007

Life-Sized Blue Whale. more inside
Control Panel Get your g33k on.
Hollywood Bizarro: Notstarring.com chronicles the roles that actors either didn't get or turned down: Christopher Lee as Grand Moff Tarkin! Chevy Chase as Forrest Gump! Russel Crowe as Aragorn!
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Sonnet Central features lots of sonnets in English, and a fair few translations. You may also enjoy having some read to you (real audio), or the monthly battle of the sonnets. more inside
Gotta lub them 404s Get your froggy 404 here. You like 'em adult, amusing, creepy, geeky, interactive, or shocking? The Research Lab has 'em all.
What's so funny? Laughter, a topic that stymied philosophers for 2,000 years, is finally yielding to science. Researchers have scanned brains and tickled babies, chimpanzees and rats. They’ve traced the evolution of laughter back to what looks like the primal joke — or, to be precise, the first stand-up routine to kill with an audience of primates. more inside
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