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This may be a repeat, but it's worth it: Scary Squirrel World!, your source for all things squirrel
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This may be a repeat, but it's worth it: Scary Squirrel World!, your source for all things squirrel
1980 Games — old online video and arcade games for free
Letter to Northwest Airlines: a tale of holiday hell
The Great Tree of Avalon — a terrible fantasy novel, ripped to shreds bit-by-bit
Brickquest: fantasy boardgaming with Legos!
Bizarre rant about how the government is planting holograms on this guy's face. This reminds me of the ad Kris and I clipped in college: an inmate was infuriated that he was forced to play basketball at the mental hospital.
How big are things? Maybe you need a sense of scale.
Awesome! The TEAC Nostalgia Stereo System features a built-in turntable (which will even play 78s!) from which one may record to CD. This is like a dream device for me.
Open-source Mac — great, free software for the Macintosh
Video: political bloopers: "Fool me once, shame no you, fool me twice, won't get fooled again!"
Let them sing it for you is a site where you enter text and the words are then sung via song snippets. Minutes of fun.
Stange units of measurement, such as the lawyer or the warhol
Golden age cartoons features all sorts of juicy cartoon information
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning is a popular Finnish Star Trek parody. What's not to love? (A trailer is available.)
Interesting AskMe thread: How far does a parent's responsibility go when they have their kid at someone else's house (who has no kids)? Is it the responsibility of the hosts to kid-proof their house? From the discussion: "I've found it useful to divide my acquaintances with children into two camps: those for whom the word 'no' means 'no', and those for whom it does not." This is a keen insight.
For the parents in the audience: The Reading Well features used rare and out-of-print children's books
The Prisoner is set to return to television. I've never seen the original, which is a crime. What kind of geek am I?
I've come to love New York Times Magazine every Sunday. The articles are fantastic. This week featured The Prodigy Puzzle, about child geniuses. A couple weeks ago there was an article about medical treatment for Amish and Mennonite children. Great stuff.
Bad Vibes: the hunt for the worst sound in the world (a dog barking? I hate that)
The cylinder digitization and preservation project seeks to archive early sound recordings
The Hidden Door Company — I've never seen an actual secret door, but the entire concept fascinates me
Everything you wanted to know about curry but were afraid to ask. I love curry. Kris does not. That's all I need to know. :(
Handy reference: Flowchart for determining when U.S. copyrights expire. General rules of thumb: 1. Anything published in 1922 or before is in public domain. 2. Nothing else will enter public domain until 2018. 3. There are a very few odd exceptions.
Ants eat away woman's eye in hospital. GROSS! [via Alan]
strongbrains.com is a sort of syllabus for "Objectivist home-schooling and self-education" — basically, these are books that the Ayn Randians approve (which is amusing, of course, but does not change the fact that the recommendations are good ones)
Live Simple: radical tactics to reduce the complexity, cost, and clutter of your life.
Packing tips for wrinkle free travel — not that I travel much
What it feels like to be an atheist. I haven't read the entire article yet, but what I've read seems spot-on.
This guy uses craigslist to trade computer repairs for sex. And he has plenty of work. Amazing.
Conspiracy theories: 9/11 Pentagon attack and Hurricane Katrina [via Jeff]
Haha. BabyCage, infant confinement specialists since 2001.
Care for some smoked salmon soda? I thought not. [via Tiff]
More for my own future reference than anything else: the indispensible comic strips reprint library
Pandora, created by the Music Genome Project, is a fascinating web-based service that recommends new music based on the songs and artists you tell it you prefer.
The Carnival of the Cats is a weekly roundup of cat-related posts on weblogs. Its purpose is to provide a non-political respite from the vehement echo chamber that the Blogopshere spins itself into during the week, demonstrating that even the mightiest and meekest of pundits have a love of cats in common.
Pet a kitten: the adorable Fenno the kitten (and here, too)
Live with this, a chilling weblog entry about the US torturing of prisoners
!!! Another instance of science fiction becoming reality: print your own organs [via Dave]
Proust's Way?, a fantastic review of the new translation of Swann's Way. The article features a fascinating comparative review of various translations, and discusses the difficulties in translating an author like Proust. I was transfixed by the entire piece.
Can you believe it? La Temps de Proust is a weblog about Proust (though one could wish it were updated more often) [via frykitty and dennoma]
The erotic coloring book — NSFW, obviously
Fun flash game (near the bottom of the list): Oh my god! The bugs are coming!
Video: Harry Potter and the Hogwarts dance team — I have no response to this...
NOOOO!!!! Arrested Development has been cancelled
Fantastic advice: How to live without the music industry — methods of legally obtaining music without buying into the whole mass media empire
MIT to stage Star Wars musical — this sounds hilarious...I wonder if there's any way to get footage of a performance
I must have died and gone to heaven: Labyrinthus Latinus is a MUD in Latin. In Latin! It doesn't get any geekier, folks.
Via Dave: opy protection problems come home to roost — viruses exploit Sony CD copy-protection. This is worth a longer weblog enry; I just wrote a ranting e-mail to Dave about this.
Information about shaving: How to get that perfect shave, ShaveBlog (a shaving weblog!), The art of shaving (a shaving store), and an AskMe thread about shaving
A one-dollar compound microscope that you build yourself
The wooden library at Alnarp is a xylothek. Fascinating.
Merde en France: background on the riots
Teaser trailer for The Fountain, the latest from Darren Aronofsky (of Pi and Requiem for a Dream fame)
At least I'm not the geekiest guy alive: What Tolkien officially said about elf sex. Also: LotR slashart (generally NSFW or for homophobes).
The ultimate ungulate page: your guide to the world's hoofed mammals. (But where are the tauren?!?)
Amazing video: 2005 yo-yo world champion
city-data.com: stats about all US cities
Carter rips Bush's policies. I wanted to write an entire weblog entry on this, but I don't have the mental stamina to deal with politics right now. Suffice it to say that Carter is spot on. Excerpt: "I don't have any doubt that he is very sincere about his Christian faith," Carter said of Bush. "There are some differences in interpretation. ... I have a commitment to worship the Prince of Peace, not the prince of pre-emptive war." Amen.
A Flickr photoset: Mom's Recipes — These are scans of all of the recipes in my mom's recipe collection. (This is awesome!)
For Kris: Goats help boy cope with ADHD. Goats are the miracle pet!
Anti-evolution is one thing, but anti-science? Kansas school board rewrites the definition of science, so that it is no longer limited to the search for natural explanations of phenomena. Don't like what science teaches you? Change the meaning of science! Frickin' idiots.
Serotonin and depression: a disconnect between the advertisements and the scientific literature. This is an interesting read for those of us with depression-related issues.
Small budget photography is a fantastic article on how to produce fabulous photographs on a limited budget. (Note, though, that "limited budget" still requires a hefty investment.)
Surreal Japanese television: giant lizard vs. humans in meat hats (more about this from boingboing)
The book of insect records. Which insect is the fastest flier? Which has the longest life cycle? Which has the greatest bioluminescence? And more!
This discussion of nerds and tact filters explains some of who I am today.
A history of the Iraq war told entirely in lies. All text is verbatim from senior Bush Administration officials and advisers.
Apparently there's a MMORPG called EVE in which players are starship pilots in a vast galaxy. In a bold stroke, a fleet of pirates recently assaulted an Alliance fleet and stole a Dreadnought, an enormous capital ship. This boggles my mind.
Notes on making art contains excellent advice for anyone involved in creative endeavors.
The dish on the Bushes. I found this NYT Magazine feature amusing.
Great AskMe discussion: Should I stop being vegetarian?
Republicans want to end birthright citizenship as a means to quell illegal immigration. [via Dave]
What happens when a mountain lion chases housecat up utility pole. A "sad day for felinity" happens, that's what.
Why do you have so much junk? I've watched Pam and Andrew purge stuff from their lives, and have even tried to do it myself. Maybe I can try again.
Schwarzenegger Street: "These are the people in my neighborhood..."
AskMe: What sort of neat things and convenience features would you design into your dream home? There are some great ideas here.
Write effectively for the web. I could take some of this advice to heart, especially that about brevity.
Why is marijuana illegal? A brief history of the criminalization of cannabis.
Unbelievable: man makes and eats 30,000 calorie sandwich. I am in awe.
Recently updated entry: best gingerbread cookies ever
Should you buy a TV from a PC maker? [via Sabino, of all people]
AskMe: coming to terms with your own mortality. I, too, have experienced many sleepless nights fretting about my eventual death.
One mess begat another: confusion reigns supreme in the latest DC Comics debacle. (Yes, this is only for comics geeks.)
Video: totally relaxed cat. Funny!
Missing U.S. cat found in France. I wonder how we can convince Toto to take a long boat ride.
Subliminal harassment HOWTO — this stuff is just evil.
Fascinating: two stories of Digital Rights Management run amok. Sony, rootkits, and DRM gone too far. Also, DRM-crippled CD: a bizarre tale in four parts. Both are longish and technical, but simply vital reading.
Photography Links: digital photography composition tips and John Coston's free online photography course
ChinaVista's recipe corner — as if I need another source for Asian recipes
