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September 14, 2005
Print On Demand
Lulu - Print On Demand services, where writers and producers of other media can publish their digital works, and sell them one copy at a time
Hand Bookbindings, at The Princeton University Library
Harriet Klausner's Book Reviews
Digital Dada Library. This page provides links to some books, pamphlets, and periodicals of the major Dada-era publications in the International Dada Archive
Lesser-known editing and proofreading marks
Mark Twain in New Hampshire, 1905. (I couldn’t find the photograph taken right after that with the cute little blurry kitten at his foot)
Autopsicografia by Fernando Pessoa: 13+ ways of looking at a poem. The House of Fernando Pessoa
”Hunger's Brides'' is the debut novel of Paul Anderson, a Canadian who spent 12 years writing it. The book is 4 pounds, 9 ounces and is 2 1/2 inches thick. At 1,360 pages, it's not the longest novel around - the Modern Library edition of "War and Peace"' is 1,424 pages. But you may want to have someone spot you while you're reading it...
Tales of the Weird by Ralph Steadman
A short story from “365 tomorrows”: The Nine Billion Names Of God
The Winged Girl, a novel in progress by Tom Kealey of “The Daily Pick”
Many More Unusual Literary Links Here
Grab a graphic to link to Grow-a-brain
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September 13, 2005
Just like Paris, Texas, only weirder….
David Lynch’s new movie, titled “Inland Empire”… Just like Paris, Texas. Going to be weird…
Neglected graves at the old Evergreen Cemetery on 14th St. Locally-famous Politicians buried there
Why we are always late: The 60/91/215 Interchange, currently under construction. Traffic map of local freeways
The big San Bernardino Fires of 2003
Impossible Synthesis. William Amos Haines' Early California Residential Panoramas
Local Riverside artist Jeff Soto
We sell many apartment buildings in the High Desert. Here’s an interesting (typical?) personal ad from Apple Valley there
San Bernardino as seen in Space. (From Google GlobeTrotting)
Of interest only to local builders/developers: Riverside County Economic Development Agency
Riverside Census date, for the curious
Some local blogs: Jane Loves Tarzan, Bipolar, an ex-smoker & ex-addict, there's always a bump in the day, Life of Robert from Redlands, Geekthug and The Sound Booth
Breaking news! Halliburton Gets Contract To Pry Gold Fillings From New Orleans Corpses' Teeth
Many More Unusual Stories About Riverside And San Bernardino Counties and about Orange County Here
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I didn’t make it to Burningman last week, again -
and for no good reason either. But I WILL take the time next year… Maybe gather a troupe of Grow-a-brain readers and party for a week?...
Half-buried Head and Rows of shoes. Among the many Photos by Rand - Burningman 2005
Mirzu's bamboo fish car, by photographer Mr. Fang
A silhouette by Ryan Hayes
Faces of Burning Man from The San Francisco Gate coverage
Photo Galleries from PBase, on flickr, on Smugmug, from Patrick Roddie, from Blue Dream.
Burningman was much better last year, again
Zipcode Man Guinness World Record holder for most consecutive zip codes identified at random, participant
A Brief Guide for First Timers, from The Civilized Explorer/ 2004
Google Maps Slideshow of Black Rock City
Five things I’ll be doing while you’re at Burning Man
Image Evant photos from 2002, 2003, 2004. (From Wikipedia Burningman page)
The alternative Burning Shithead Festival
Burningman in 3D - Nine years of stereoscopic photographs (“Unfortunately my main camera was stolen at the beginning of the 2005 event, so I didn't get all the shots I wanted”)
And of course, How to Get Laid at Burning Man
Other parties: No swimswim witem ol crocodile
PRD3 - The third annual Paul Reubens’ Day, July 23rd, 2005 in San Francisco
Also there, San Francisco Gay pride Parade 2005
Many More Unusual Festivals From Around The World Here
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September 12, 2005
"I realized I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a goat..."
- Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?
“Thanks. I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer. “
- Mac?
“No, the name's Lou.”
- Your computer?
“I don't own a computer. I want to buy one. “
- Mac?
“I told you, my name's Lou”
- What about Windows?
"Why? Will it get stuffy in here?"
- Do you want a computer with Windows?
"I don't know. What will I see when I look at the windows?"
- Wallpaper.
"Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software."
- Software for Windows?...
The Italian man who went to Malta (Actually, it's a re-post... Can't remember all the stuff buried here any more...)
Jeremy says to his friend David: "Cohen and Levy were on their way to..."
Suddenly David butts in: "You're always telling Jewish jokes. Why not pick on some other minority for a change!"
Jeremy thinks for a moment then says: "Fine... Paddy and Murphy were on their way to their nephew's barmitzvah." More Jewish Jokes of the Day
The aristocrats by Jeremy Banx
About G. Legman’s The Rationale of the Dirty Joke
Headline above from The Sun’s Best comedy festival gags. Panel above from PBF. Many More Hilarious Jokes and other Funny Stuffs Here. I am not a serious person.
September 12, 2005 in Jokes | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
George of the Bungle
An incredible Bill Maher’s rant suggesting that instead of impeaching Bush, we should do a "California-style" recall. The last 4 minutes of this speech (Starting at 4:25) are destined to be replayed in Universities of the future again & again: “…Seriously Mister President. This job can’t be fun for you anymore. There is no more money to spend, you used up all of that. You can’t start another war, because you’ve also used up the army… Now it’s time to do what you’ve always done best. Lose interest and walk away… Time to move on…”
(It's as if this monologe was written by Sir George Carlin himself...)
Clip in Real Media
Update: Here's the full text from the HBO site
Who can forget the California Recall Election?
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Heckuva job
Bye bye Blackboard - From Einstein and others. Blackboards were wiped after use: they were meant for immediate communication, not for record. Even as they were being used, their messages were continuously revised, erased and renewed. But when Einstein came to Oxford in 1931, he was already an international celebrity. After one of his lectures a blackboard was preserved and has become a kind of relic. It is the most famous object in this Museum.
Polygamous Families Looking For Wives
Do not set yourself on fire!” Pictograms by Travis Doggett
Postcards of the French Foreign Legion. Many other topics of Vintage Postcards here. Other vintage postcards of fatness
1337 Pictures. (From the Hungarian site Szanalmas)
Design above from Giavasan. Many More Unusual Oddities and Crazy linkage Here
September 12, 2005 in Odds & Ends | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
September 11, 2005
FSM
1042 Blinkies! (May take a while to load)
Side by side comparison of Google and Yahoo home page layout, 1996-2005. (From Matthew M. Boedicker)
What is your IP address? showip.org will show your internet IP address
The complete & final history of the Numa Numa meme
Microsoft tries to recruit Mike Walters Eric Raymond. His answer: On the day I go to work for Microsoft, faint oinking sounds will be heard from far overhead, the moon will not merely turn blue but develop polkadots, and hell will freeze over so solid the brimstone will go superconductive… (Thanks Brick for the correction)
A map of two weeks of Internet traffic. (From ”Joho the Blog”)
165 University Avenue, Palo Alto - A good address for your start-up company
Ben's Incredible Big List of Initialisms and Acronyms (BIBLIA)
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Hilarious Domain Name Mispronouncings. Sometimes a domain name phrase is intended to be pronounced in one way, but if you look at it differently, it can be pronounced in a another, often hilarious, way – PenIsland.net, anyone?
More To Life On The Internet Here
September 11, 2005 in Internet | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
Free Fallers
The Naturist Society's "Dos and Don'ts of Nude Etiquette"
The Art of Hand Cooing. Hand cooing is whistling using your hands. If you get good at it you can even whistle songs. The concept is quite simple. You put both hands together in the shape of a ball, with your thumbs positioned close together, so that you can blow into your hands with your lips
Forget your abacus? Lose your calculator? Every geek should know how to use binary to Count to 31 on One Hand
Some Survival Tips for Unplanned Freefall
Identity. "Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery." (By Russell Higgs)
Why Quit? - The smoker’s body
Walk Sydney Streets. Alan, 91, walks every street in Sydney, Australia
(The “No Smoking Ashtray” from ”Book of Joe”.) Many More Unusual Things To Do With Your Life Here
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The insanity is over
Standin' On The Corner in Winslow, Arizona
A great Andy Rooney eulogy to New Orleans
Photography by Christa Renee
A Most Merry and Illustrated History of the Hippies
Texas Bird’s-Eye Views, over 300 nineteenth- and early twentieth-century “bird’s-eye views”. (From ”Just Orb”)
The annual Re-post of "Our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over" - Now more than ever, even more eerily accurate. Read & weep
Junk Train by Troy Paiva
Smalltown, USA. Photographs by Michael Jang
Photograph above from Crazy Canadian girl. Many More Unusual Stories about America Here
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September 10, 2005
Eskimo Recipes
The following recipes were taken from an Eskimo Cook Book of Shishmaref, Alaska. It was compiled by the students of the Shishmaref Day School in 1952. F.ex.: “Take the feathers off the ptarmigan. Cut the meat and wash so they won't have dirt or feathers on. Put in a pot with water and salt. Sometimes people make soup of it”
On the other side of the world: Bush Tucker aboriginal food. (From ”MetaChat”)
Would you like to hear "the sizzle of a real Viennese Schnitzel? And how to prepare a Viennese Schnitzel
Baba Tkaczyk's Perogies, recipe for the perfect perogy. Also, How to bake a potato, step by step with pictures
What are the steps for making shisha (or flavored tobacco) used for smoking out of a hookah?
The Bagel Test, as described in Steven D. Levitt’s Freakonomics
Top 25 food hacks: From “How to avoid crying when chopping onions” to “How to make your own marshmallows”
Vieux-Boulogne (also known as Sablé du Boulonnais) was picked as the smelliest cheese in the world
Printed Pringles Chips - Yuck!
The Best (Worst) Foods. Another list that is making the rounds: 29 Healthiest Foods on the Planet
Many More Unusual Recipes and Meals Here
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MIT Gallery of Hacks
Sports yakker John Dennis obviously never heard the old adage: Don't write when you can speak, don't speak when you can nod. And never, EVER leave a threatening missive on a radio rival's voice mail because they'll just replay it for their pals. (From ”Cruel Site of the Day”)
The first entry on the Hurricane Katrina survivor list is none other then Mr. Jablome
Car on the Great Dome (1994). From The MIT Gallery of Hacks
Cruiseship Bible Marketing: “To quench your thirst for righteousness, Celebrity Cruises is pleased to provide this copy of the Holy Bible. Please note that, for your convenience, we will automatically bill $19.95 plus 15% gratuity to your Celebrity Sea Pass, should you choose to open or read this book. Thank you. Celebrity Cruises”
The Ultimate List of Practical Jokes. From “The Chinese Fire Drill” to “The Vaseline Between Toes”. Also, Wikipedia’s List of Essentially Pain-Inducing School Pranks
“A rotten trick” - Update, regarding post from yesterday: 'Fruit salad' tree hoax exposed
Ever wonder how to hack an elevator?
Fool your co-worker with “mischievous” computer gags. Bluescreen screensaver
Go Signs. (From ”Altered Books”)
Re-post: 1030’s Initiation Pranks from The Masonic Museum
Many More Hilarious Pranks And Many More Outrageous jokes Here
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September 09, 2005
What is a Fruit Salad Tree?
A fruit salad tree, developed by the West Family in New South Wales, Australia, bears up to eight different fruits of the same family on the one plant. All fruits retain their own individuality, with staggered ripening times. (From Milk and Cookies)
For The Chubby Vegan - The Triple Tofu Tower. Wash it down with the “Big Green gulp”
A Day in the Life of a Passive-Aggressive Vegan Grocery Cashier: “11:15 a.m. Lunch break. Eat bagel with peanut butter sprinkled with texturized vegetable protein. Brandi sits nearby, eating turkey sandwich. Stomach turns. She asks if she should eat elsewhere. I say, "No, I just won't breathe through my nose." After meal, go to loading dock and smoke cigarette to clear air of turkey smell”
Caramel Flassies, cooked wieners in caramel – on a stick. Nothing satisfies the soul like sweet, nutty, meaty snacks conveniently prepared on a stick
The Number One Pig Consortium - Get your own pig
Vegetarian roommate matching service
How to make a Smoker from a Trash Can
The Bacon Off: Everybody brings 8 1lb packages of bacon, a skillet and a good attitude… Bacon is eaten in rounds… Each round is one package of bacon…You puke, you lose
You’d be hard-pressed to name too many recipes in which daylight is an essential ingredient. Sun-dried tomatoes, sun tea, California raisins. Add steak to the list. Cecina is a traditional cut of beef in Mexico, sliced thin, salted, and then laid out over “beds,” to soak in the rays of the bright central Mexican sun.
Also from “Cooking Fire”; The Pitaya, the perfect Aztec fruit, and the chicozapote
20 best burgers in America- Hamburgers You Must Eat Before You Die
The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council
Another world’s record watermelon in Hope, Arkansas
Can you help me find songs about meat?
Many More Unusual Vegetarians and Meat Eaters Here
September 9, 2005 in Food - Meat & Vegetables | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
When cities do things right
The Frank Gehry 'Rasin Building,' in Prague
“Maximilian's Schell”, a new vortex-shaped, outdoor installation in Silver Lake
Recycling rack, when cities do things right
The ‘Urban Hookah’ addresses these issues by providing smokers with a designated place, replete with protection from the elements and heat for chilly days. (From ”Lancerlord”)
The fish camp is a simple 12' x 24' structure with a 12' x 24' wood deck. It is intended for recreational use, such as camping, barbecuing, and relaxing in a beautiful landscape. It is essentially an adult's version of a tree-house, a place where one can comfortably connect with nature
Please support Katrina charities, by purchasing a Trent Lott's house bumber sticker
Many More Unusual architectural Links Here
September 9, 2005 in Architecture | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
September 08, 2005
My Struggle
150 Panoramas of World War 2 Landmarks, a collaborative virtual visit project. (Thanks to photographer Hans Nyberg of Panoramas fame)
Swastika in a German forest and ”I’m Not a Nazi” Swastika Gallery
A Kompanie of a German Army's elite Panzer Grenadier Division Großdeutschland. “Our members strive to accurately portray the life and times of the German soldier in World War II”
Color pictures from World War 2
Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler became the first two people to successfully escape from Auschwitz, after Vrba's two years of imprisonment, in April of 1944. Their Vrba-Wetzler Report reached the governments of the Allies before the end of June, 1944 and alerted political and Jewish leaders for the first time to the true nature of the Nazi death camps. The Vrba-Wetzler Report II attempted to rationally estimate the scale of mass murder at Auschwitz, as well as the methodology. As such, it's one of the most important documents of the 20th century
Listen to the Nazi Propaganda Radio of British turncoat Lord Haw-Haw
In The Future, Everyone Will Be Hitler For Fifteen Minutes. (Godwin's law was originated by Mike Godwin in 1990. The law states that: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1. A message from The American Library Association )
Many More Unusual Links about the Holocaust Here
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September 07, 2005
"The Miniature Earth" - (Re-post)
If we could turn the population of the earth into a small community of 100 people, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would be something like this:
61 Asians
12 Europeans
14 Americans (from North and South America)
13 Africans
01 Australian (Oceania)
50 women
50 men
67 are not Christian
33 are Christian (Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox)
6 people own 59% of the entire wealth of the community
13 are hungry or malnourished
14 can't read
only 7 are educated at a secondary level
Of the village's total annual expenditures of just over US$ 3,000,000 per year:
US$ 181,000 is spent on weapons and warfare...
US$ 159,000 is spent on education...
US$ 132,000 is spent on health care.
If you keep your food in a refrigerator
And your clothes in a closet
You are richer than 75% of the entire world population.
If you have a bank account
You're one of the 30 wealthiest people in the world.
25 struggle to live on US$ 1.00 per day or less...
47 struggle to live on US$ 2.00 per day or less.
Work with passion
Love without needing to be loved
Appreciate what you have
And do your best for a better world.
This is a Re-post from 2003. (Thank you, A., for suggesting a full post for this link.) Many More Unusual Links About The People in the World Here
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