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June 30, 2005
Office pranks on the increase
To all office kitchen thieves. “I bring in my own half and half for my coffee because the office is too cheap to supply it any longer, and many of you on several occasions have used mine without asking, without replacing, and almost always putting it back in the fridge empty or near empty. You will now suffer some of my wrath in the following manner”…
Eugene Mirman’s Anti-gay Phone Hassles
Magnetic bumper "sticker" Pranks
Medical Scam Alert. Ladies: Be on the lookout for this breast exam scam. Let me repeat: This is a well done scam, so don't fall for it
Sunnyvale traffic signal prankster on the loose
Unrelated: Nudists on the beach!
Many More Hilarious Pranks And Many More Outrageous jokes Here
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Redrum
Gallery of Female Chess Players. Beth Weissman’s Chess Players
The Virgin Game. We show you pairs of real people, chosen at random from our lists of virgins and non-virgins. You guess who the virgin is. We tell you how you did
Society, The game
Welcome to o.s.Earth, a direct descendant of R. Buckminster Fuller’s famous World Game. This Global Simulation Workshop is a 3-hour interactive game that builds critical skills and teaches its participants about global issues
A highly detailed 3-D recreation of the Overlook Hotel. You play the part of Duke Nukem, U.S. Marines Special Operative, sent in to take care of the "Caretaker." (And The Real Overlook Hotel. From Redrum, The Shining Companion)
Toilets of the video gaming world
Head Games. Carl has totally lost his head
Many More Unusual Games and Toys Here
June 30, 2005 in Games | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
June 29, 2005
Misinformation about the war in Iraq
"The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself"
Media Show Only 'Negative' Side of Iraq War. There’s a "disconnect" between what's really happening in Iraq and what the American public sees and hears in the media:
Interrogation methods from Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago: The Simplest Methods which Break the Will
Breaking news! Bush To Invade Iraq Again. Last night, in an address to the nation, President Bush explained that he would have to "invade Iraq again," because "it's an awful mess over there." He said he was "not sure who was in charge" in Iraq, but that it had again become the "nexus of the axis of evil."
A day with an Iraqi actress. (From BBC’s One Day In Iraq)
Windfalls of War: List of contractors to the military in Iraq & Afghanistan. “Frontline” on private military contractors servicing U.S. military
Iraq War Fatalities is a chart of US and coalition military fatalities that have occurred in the War in Iraq since the onset, mapped across the dimensions of time and space. One thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine as of today June 28, 2005
Guantanamo – The tropical vacation of a lifetime
How to say “Moderate progress within the bounds of the law” in Arabic
Scary Juan Cole: “The launching of a sectarian war in Iraq would mean the outbreak of war in the entire region”
Iraq Occupation: This war can't be won
Renewal in Iraq, a real White House page
$20 billion in Iraq funds to be distributed quickly
Logo above from Crooks and Liars blog. Many More Links About The Upcoming US War on Iran Here
June 29, 2005 in War in Iraq | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack
Eat Your Veggies
Holly eats Hotdogs. Though my eating forays have been random, I seem drawn to hot dogs. One expects there are worse obsessions.
PETA’s fifth annual “World’s Sexiest Vegetarians” poll
Construct a Cheeseburger. (From ”Informiorium”)
Great Apes as Food, chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. (From ”Monkeyfilter”)
Does a Duck Have a Soul? How foie gras became the new fur
How to Win an Argument with a Meat Eater. From “Must We Kill in order to Live?” to “Hindu Religious Leaders on Noninjury”
An Inquiry into the Effects of Preservatives in McDonald's Food, or, What Does the Fungus Know That You Don't?
KonoPizza - The world needs more meat in cones
101 Burger Builders, offered by “Food Services of America”
Many More Unusual Vegetarians and Meat Eaters Here
June 29, 2005 in Food - Meat & Vegetables | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Formal edukation
Most universities typically have basketball and football teams, but if you're an agricultural university then you've also got meat judging and wool judging teams. Photos of past champions & Livestock Judging Teams at The Department of Animal Science, at Texas A&M University. (From ”WebJunkie”)
General expectations from the students at Bob Jones University. A new program at the University of Connecticut offers a master's degree in homeland security
Surreal flickr set by “noqontrol”
2000 frame-per-second digital camera shots of beer Cans and Cantalopes being shot
Crop Anomalies near Phoenix. Dozens of 400' to 600' parallel strips were reported laid down in three barley fields near Phoenix, Arizona in the town of Tolleson. The crop are all aligned North-South and don't appear to cross any of the tramlines. The farm consortium says the field damage is due to irrigation methods that create swollen barley stalk and top heavy pods that subsequently fall over
Ohio Trespassers: Abandoned Insane Asylums, Tuberculosis Hospitals, Reformatories, coal yards and long forgotten railroad tunnels
Dummy houses in the heart of London
Television Test Cards Gallery
Tattoos by Robert Hernandez. "Inked Blog", a blog about Tattoos. (From Negatendo)
Adrian Fisher is internationally recognized as the world's leading Maze Design. Adrian has designed for and creates mazes in the grounds of palaces, castles, stately homes, zoos, amusement parks, children's museums, science centers, universities, schools, city centers and farms. His mazes are made from all types of materials, including Hedges, Fences, Mirrors, Living Crops, Decorative Paving and Tiling, Mosaic, Stained Glass, Wood and Water
10 months in the the life of an abandoned bike on a bridge in Stockholm. (swf)
Show History. An encyclopedia of novelty & variety performers & showfolk
“Torture Chamber unsuitable for Wheelchair Users” (? From Kirt A. Dankmyer)
Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children - A Cotton Candy Autopsy. Written by Dave Louapre, Art by Dan Sweetman
Super Smile, The story of a guy who, despite his best effort, ends up going to work naked from the waist down. By Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries. One of 40 art installations at the Rhizome ArtBase 101
Many More Unusual Oddities and Crazy linkage Here
I need more readers. Please email this blog to all your friends. Thank you.
June 29, 2005 in Odds & Ends | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack
June 28, 2005
Mister Breakfast
Rap Snacks, chips of rappers, for rappers and by rappers
David B. Fankhauser’s Cheese Making Page
125 Ways To Enjoy Toast
Michael Barrish’s Experience Machine. The first episode – Oatmeal. Warning: Includes him dancing in his bathrobe
The cover of Duane Keiser’s Painting-a-day: PB&J sandwich
Obachan’s food blog. "Obachan" means a "middle-aged woman" or "aunt" in Japanese. Here's a woman who enjoys being a non-stereotypical Obachan in a comfortably underpopulated rural area in Japan
Making a 30,000 calorie sandwich
The physiology of taste, or Transcendental gastronomy.Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents. By Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Photo above from Clare Crespo’s book. Many More Unusual Recipes and Meals Here
June 28, 2005 in Food | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Goodbye San Francisco
Dear 'Frisco,
It's taken me a good year and a half to get the courage to write this letter to you. We've been together for so long and experienced so much since I came here to you from wherever the hell I came from before.
I was so young and naive and you opened your arms to me. How I adored you the moment our eyes met. You were so hip, so cool, so exciting! Everything I wanted to be but was not...
Also, You Know You're From San Francisco When...
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David Best Hayes Green Temple, in the spirit of the Temples they have constructed at Burning Man. Project Sketch and Site Plan
Another building of a temple
Burrito Eeater. It was inevitable. Some nutcase would eventually create a comprehensive online directory of San Francisco taquerias
Comparing Baghdad by the Bay to Baghdad
Five annoyed San Franciscans you’ll meet in heaven. No 2: Bald, fifty-something massage therapist on recumbent bike
280 – Northbound. This is my commute home. It usually takes me 30-40 minutes to get home. It is very pretty for a freeway. (From “The Brady Bunch in the land of the clones”)
Crown Guides: Unique Places in San Francisco
Maps, we got maps: San Francisco Transit Map, San Francisco Bike map, SF Districts and Neighborhoods Map
San Francisco Bay Region 3D Image Tours
Companies headquartered in San Francisco
Many More Unusual Links About San Francisco and About Los Angeles Here
June 28, 2005 in San Francisco | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Weird Showers
Today, walking around Grand Central I was reminded once again that the late Victorians had a different attitude towards light bulbs than we do today. To them an exposed light bulb looked stylish and modern, to us it’s a symbol of decrepitude and poorness. We hide light bulbs behind shades and diffusers. The Victorians liked to show them off
Welcome to Weird Gardens
FedExFurniture is furniture put together by empty FedEx Boxes, and held together by fedex packaging supplies. All of the furniture seen here is 100% functional. The couch is standing/sleeping approved, I sleep on the bed every night, I eat at the dining table, and I work at the desk almost 20 hours a day. (From ”J-Walk”)
Chromatherapy - Electronic Light Showers
Chopsticks Eco-Art. (From ”Presurfer”)
Johnny Swing and his Obsessive Furniture line
Netsukes from Zen Again
Many More Unusual Design Concepts Here
June 28, 2005 in Home Decor | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
June 27, 2005
Lost shopping carts
”Apple” Store in Kuwait by “Miskan”
Derelict, drifting shopping carts. Does every neighborhood in the United States have shopping cart problems? I see carts all over the place in Seattle. Sometimes I'll see a clean, empty wheelchair and know there is a sad or sinister story behind it. With shopping carts I'm less sure how they came to their resting place
The proliferation of choice - Are 724 kinds of produce at Ralph too many or just right? (From ”The Nonist”)
The Wooferang, a boomerang for dogs
Top sellers at The Archie McPhee & Company
Happening Links: Surprising Expiration Dates. A handy, who-knew guide for 77 foods, beauty products, and household goods
Malls of America. Vintage photos of old Shopping Malls of the '60s & '70s
(Wow, I can't believe the enormous amount of "blogging" i did this weekend! 15 long postings!) Many More Unusual Things To Buy Here
June 27, 2005 in Shopping | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Bird Technology
The trailer of the new film March of the penguins, narrated by Morgan Freeman.
Also, “I’m lying on the snow with emperor pinguins all around me. Once you get used to the sight, the sounds and then smell are probably the most noticeable things…”
Miniature cameras help scientists learn about the flight of Golden eagles like never before
C-130 versus bald eagle, C-130 wins. [warning, graphic]. The U.S. Air Force C-130 was flying near Tacoma, Washington when it collided with an bald eagle. The pilot got splattered with blood. The C-130 and eagle landed together, but only the C-130 was still alive. From "Cellar Image of the Day"
Toilet Train Your Cat to use your toilet
The Austin Airdogz, dogs catching Frisbees
365 days of stuffed animals
On August 21, 1999, Hua Mei, the first baby panda to be born in the western hemisphere since 1990, was born at the San Diego Zoo. The parents are on loan to the San Diego Zoo from the Chinese government. The public was able to watch Hua Mei's development over the internet on the Zoo's Pandacam. From "Cellar Image of the Day"
Welcome to the Psychic cow - Touch my udders, please
Fish Pals (and layer eyes from “Magic Robot”. Thank you, Michael)
The Fly. (May take a while to load. Other videos by Bum Lee)
Many More Unusual Animal Stories Here
June 27, 2005 in Animals | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Crocheted Nudes
Yves Klein’s Leap into The Void
The Selling of Jeff Koons - $5.6 million for “Michael Jackson and Bubbles” porcelain doll?!
The Sculptural Knitting and Crochet at Eleven Eleven Sculpture Space are being censored
The Storker Project is a species propagation movement by STORKER seeking to incite select individuals from the public at large, perhaps you. If while passing by one you feel strange sensations in your nipples or fingertips, adopt the infant, breast feed, and give it plenty of TLC. It will gradually mature to a full size Tape Man or Woman to co-habitate with you and eventually take you to the Glazed Paradise (or possibly oust you from your home)
Box cutters - Another notion of possibility and Silver Pills from Tobias Wong (who also did the "Bent Pencil" above)
Many More Unusual Contemporary Artists Here
June 27, 2005 in Modern Art | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
House of Books
Tasty bookends from patisserie chef Scott Clark Woolley
Contemporary bookshelves by Berkeley artist Jim Rosenau
Haunted bookshelves. (Make sure to check out the animation)
Old books and bookends by Thomas Allen. (From ”MetaChat”)
More Unusual Bookends Here
June 27, 2005 in Bookends | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
June 26, 2005
Smilie Dictionary
The Salma Hayek versus Friedrich Hayek Scorecard. So, you're an intellectual who appreciates the subjectivist economic theory and classical liberal political theory of Friedrich Hayek. And you're also a moviegoer who appreciates the exotic allure of Mexican screen goddess Salma Hayek. But who would win, if they went head to head? Lucky for you, I'm keeping score
The Unlearning Annex. (From ”Informiorium”)
If you're dumb, surround yourself with smart people. If you're smart, surround yourself with smart people who diagree with you. More quotes from The Greenbelt
How to create Smilies. The Unofficial Smilie Dictionary
A comprehensive list of cognitive biases. Cognitive bias is distortion in the way we perceive reality
Anyone with an appreciation of a good math problem should find something they like here, with problems ranging from basic math to differential equations. Each problem also comes with a difficulty rating from one to four stars. (Thank you, Tom. I lost your URL, so please email it to me for a propert link-back!)
Snopes investigates: Student mistakes examples of unsolvable math problems for homework assignment and solves them – True or false?
Philosophy since the Enlightenment
Many More Intelligent Links and Brainier Links Here
June 26, 2005 in Brainy | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
The man behind the curtain
The Milestone motel by Highway 101, the very first motel - 1925
The first Academy Award (Oscar) winners - 1929
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer was the first electronic digital computer, built in 1937-1942 at Iowa State University
Noughts And Crosses - The oldest graphical computer game - 1952. From the previously-blogged Pong Story
First Starbucks Coffee store opens for business in the Pike Place Market - 1971. (Ooops - This is a re-post)
The Trojan Room coffee pot - 1991, the inspiration for the world's first webcam
Craig Silverstein, Google employee No. 1, the Man behind the curtain - 1998
The British Armed Forces has officially recognized Naval technician Chris Cranmer, 24, its first registered Satanist - 2004
Many More Unusual ‘First Ever’ Stories Here
June 26, 2005 in First Ever | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Mistakes Writers Make
The Illustrated List Robert A. Heinlein’s Fiction
Winnie-the-Pooh Is My Co-worker: Maureen brought the new guy around who's going to be working in our group. After the Jason fiasco, we really could use someone with a little bit of a brain who can keep up on things. This guy's named Winnie and, I don't know, I just have a bad feeling…
A selection of original Bloomsday Cards by T. E. Kennelly - 1976-2002
The Illuminated Middle Ages database presents several hundred recently digitized illuminated texts from French national library collections
10 Mistakes Writers Don't See: Repeats / Flat writing / Empty adverbs / Phony dialogue / 5 more
The blogging of Franz Kafka’s Diaries
How to write a James Bond movie, a flowchart
The Amazing Adventures of Lethem and Chabon
70 of Chekhov’s stories
Many More Unusual Literary Links Here
June 26, 2005 in Books & Literature | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack