Hurricane Animation
Awesome hurricane animation demonstrating the effects of storms ranging from category one to category five. Excellent. Thanks again, Rich!
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Awesome hurricane animation demonstrating the effects of storms ranging from category one to category five. Excellent. Thanks again, Rich!
The end of network neutrality? Susan forwarded this article to me. It's an interesting disucssion on the future of the internet, a future being decided by Congress right now.
Upon First Meeting is a great portrait project conducted via craigslist [thanks, rich!]
The official Nintendo Wii site is up. Yes, I still have money saved to buy one of these this fall...
Cat in a bottle — you have to see it to believe it [via frykitty]
Flickr fools rip a photographic masterpiece — this is worth a main weblog entry...must fight the urge...
"The concluding pages of the final Harry Potter book are liable to be stained with muggle tears, it emerged yesterday, as JK Rowling dropped her broadest hint yet that the eponymous boy wizard might be killed off in the seventh book in the series."
Awesome article on train surfing in South Africa
I've been taking some heat in comic book forums because I think the first Superman film (from 1978) is awful. (I just rewatched it on Sunday.) Pauline Kael's review says a lot of what I wanted to say, only better.
What if great photographers were on the internet? Funny stuff.
Part of an AskMe derail: lemon sticks sound intriguing, but they're a Baltimore-only thing...
Ten things every reader wants from a writer — an awesome guide for writers who want to be read
I find this fascinating: an inside view from a Google employee
Where the hell is Matt? This short video really makes me want to travel.
The internet keeps getting better and better: Top of the Pops on YouTube
Sarah McLachlan's World on Fire (lyrics)
Yo, Proffitt-Smiths! Is psychology a science?
Chilling prescience: Why We Fight — this is in our Netflix queue...
Best weblog ever: Hitler Cats
What's the latest craze in toddler birthday parties? How about the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. I love the interview: "Are you afraid your son's going to grow up to be a huge dork?" [via waxy]
Fahrni gets a new Mac: "My daughters' MacBook arrived earlier in the week. It worked as I'd expect it to work. In fact I knew it had arrived when I received a call asking for the password to our wireless. I didn't have to come home and mess with it, it just worked." When dyed-in-the-wool PC users are beginning to switch, maybe it's a revolution.
Historical sounds in mp3 format [via rich, again]
John Clute's review of Cloud Atlas
Jack the cat chases black bear up tree. Simon has a reputation for charging and scaring off dogs much larger than himself, but I don't know if he'd charge a bear. [via frykitty]
Crows have human-like intelligence. Surprise, surprise. [via Nicole, the champion of bunnies)
For Sparky: Xybots
Amazing! Sir David Attenborough, naturalist and pioneer of the nature documentary, turned 80 last month. To mark the occasion, Britons were asked to choose their favorite Attenborough moment and of all the memorable scenes, his recording of the lyrebird came out on top. In this clip the bird mimics neighboring birds, several cameras, car alarms, and perhaps most impressively, loggers with chainsaws. (wmv, qt) [via mefi by way of frykitty]
I mentioned social bookmarking in the blog the other day. Who filters the filters? looks at the social bookmarking, and includes a table comparing the major sites. Here's popurls, my favorite link aggregator aggregator.
How to get traffic to your blog — I'm almost ashamed to be posting this, but it's good, sensible information.
I need a new flotch category: J.D.'s Big Dream. This article on the top ten questions investors asked us (when we were pitching our new company) has lots of interesting points for any business start-up. Or book project.
Getting Real: an interview with Jason Fried — I find this guy's story inspirational. It's similar to what I plan to do with some of my stuff.
Frykitty, the source of many good cat stories, points to the tale of Micro-Kitty, an abandoned newborn premature kitten adopted by a different mother. I love cats.
This site is awesome: What's that bug? For all of your bug-identification needs.
Alan posts a wonderful blog entry: Cedar Waxwings
Most amazing hole-in-one ever!
Something good did come of that whole Digg Affair: I found a list of cartoons on YouTube and a lost of TV shows on YouTube.
Roger Ebert's review of An Inconvenient Truth
For Jeff: Super-mower cranks up the RPMs, self-esteem [via Dave]
The Oops List — movies and images of crashes
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kindgom nostalgia page