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Why birds sing in harmony [via bb]
The Ultimate Showdown [via Mac]
Study shows Republicans more likely to be racist. Shocking! [via Dave]
Advice on importing audiobooks into iTunes [via lee]
An amazing MeFi post on the history of the space shuttle. This is a must-read.
MT-Approval is intended to reduce comment spam [via Jeremy]
Not for the weak of heart. Perhaps not even for the strong of heart: car crash videos
For Antonio: Railway photography from around the world
The Girl Scout cookie equivalency chart helps one find cookies all year-round! [via mefi]
Book publishing FAQ [via ml]
I don't know much about modern pop music, but I like the video for Pink's new song, Stupid Girl — it's a condemnation of the return to traditional sex roles and the vapidity of modern role-models for girls: "What happened to the dream of a girl President?" (And Kris would want me to ask: why, once again, are we calling these women girls?)
ODD & SID: Tammy's fascinating post on her daugher's psychological testing
A food critic goes undercover in My Week as a Waiter (NYT login required)
The secret life of a letter to the editor is a fascinating look at the sort-of-controversy behind the recent New Yorker article on P.L. Travers [via kottke]
The champagne chair contest features lots of little model chairs made from champagne corks. The winner is a model of elegance and simplicity. [via Lisa]
Sayings and phrases, meanings and origins — for example, the whole nine yards or, my favorite, minced oaths
An atlas of cyberspaces, topology maps of various networks — kind of cool [via Paul, or maybe AJ]
StepMania, a free dance simulation game for PC, Mac, and Linux. I've never played one of these games, but they look fun and are very popular. I'm thinking it might do the trick to get me to exercise.
Joel Stein: "I don't support our troops." The conservatives are irate, of course, but praise his honesty. That doesn't stop them from sending hate mail. [via Kris, of all people]
Insect candy — okay, I'm not that adventurous...
Ben's LEGO creations, the LEGO knitting machine, the LEGO harpsichord, and LEGO from the sixties and seventies (which are the pieces I remember playing with as a kid) [all via seehere]
Must see! This is just about the coolest thing ever: Mario Unleashed: the Super Mario theme played on Marimba at a high school talent show. Apparently the three marimba players practiced this all year during marching band. [via everywhere — this is another one that's been floating around for weeks]
The Nocturnes, a night photography web site [via lookit]
A fascinating short history of rock and roll [via ml]
Top-selling comics and graphic novels of 2005. I only purchased two of the top-selling comics (All-Star Batman #1 and All-Star Superman #1: I was unimpressed with each), but I purchased (or already owned) mumble of the top-selling graphic novels (where mumble is 21), and I plan to purchase several more. [via airbag]
Wow! I love The Numbers, which is apparently a weblog devoted to detailed numbers regarding the film industry.
Photography: birds in nature
A monkey and a cat, friends: We must learn to live together as brothers or perish as fools
Alas, one of Kris' favorites is coming to an end: The West Wing had been cancelled. Meanwhile, The Office just got picked up for a third season.
Hell yeah! Amanda Palmer, part of a duo called The Dresden Dolls (one of my favorite bands), keeps a weblog.
AskMe: tips for peak mental performance. Also: taking notes on big books and what should I learn next? AskMetafilter is one of my all-time favorite web sites, no question.
Also haha: the devil welcomes you to hell (a short Rowan Atkinson routine, file hosted locally)
Haha! Body spray for sick cats, a short Family Guy clip
Holy shit. Feds after google data. This is a Bad, Bad Thing. [via Dave, of course]
Ten movies every photographer should see (I've seen half of them)
Top 65 music videos of 2005 (including links to downloads) [via waxy]
Forget your competitors — this brief piece argues that one ought not worry what the competition does. Instead, focus more on making your company the best it can be. [via airbag]
Dating: Positive Thinking &mash; this woman "[spent] one year responding positively to all flirting and saying yes to literally anyone who asked her out. The ensuing 150 dates included a homeless man, several non-English speakers, 10 taxi drivers, two lesbians and a mime." [via kottke]
Yes, I know this meme is a month old, and yes I know that most of you have probably already seen it. Nevertheless, here is Lazy Sunday, the Chronicles of Narnia rap from Saturday Night Live. This really didn't hook me at first, but I've seen it so many times now that the song haunts me in my sleep. Seriously. This is a 6mb WMV download hosted locally. You may prefer the 2.2mb mp3 of the song. Enjoy! (More: wikipedia entry!, Andy Baio's neice and nephew perform the song, and Slate deconstructs Lazy Sunday as a rap song)
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TED, automatic torrent downloader
Be careful what you say around talking animals: Mouthy Parrot Reveals Sex Secret
Manufacturing Reality: The Omarosa Experiment is a fascinating article on reality show contestants [via kottke]
The Walrus, a mammoth military blimp in the planning stages [via Dave]
Invisibilia features photographs that have been digitally altered so that one figure is "traced", as if sketched with ink. It's an interesting effect.
For the ladies: Make You Happy Tonight [via bb]
A handy reference for people like me: Memory Master
Bilbo's home — Bag End — meticulously crafted as a doll house. Amazing.
Consumer Reports: when buying organic pays and doesn't, a brief guide [via kottke]
The latest Doctor Who series from BBC (which aired last spring) is coming to the SciFi Channel this March. I've watched most of the thirteen episodes and find them remarkably good while still remaining true to the older material. Check it out. [via aicn]
Scientists believe that early humans were hunted by birds. Scary!
A brief guide to Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dashiell Hammett's parable of the falling beam (from a Sam Spade story) is fascinating [via ml]