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April 22, 2006
Like playing blackjack in Vegas
John Dean on the upcoming October Surprise, based on Barber’s "Active/Negative" analysis of US Presidents. Or, as Mark Morford calls it: The Hail Mary bet
The architects of war: Where are they now?
Can you imagine a speech given by Bush that would convince you that he has had a change of heart and could actually be the president of your dreams?
Approval Ratings for All 100 US Senators
Nixon-Bush graphic above from "The Next Left" blog. Much More About The Impeachment of 2007 Here
April 22, 2006 in Politics | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
The Mystery of Love
The Mystery of flight and of love. By Adam Shecter
Photos of the Aviation Warehouse in El Mirage, California, in November 2005, taken by Todd Lappin, AKA Telstar Logistics, which is scam for parking illegally in loading zones. His other interesting flickr sets
How to build an Airbus A380 in about 7 Mins. (Time lapse video from Screenhead)
Pilot/Blogger Philip Greenspun is looking for a Aviation Summer Intern. Author Stephen J. Dubner is also looking for some help
Public domain ISO symbols at the Airport by Iain Anderson
Pentagon Strike - 9/11 conspiracy trailer
Many More Unusual Flight Links Here
April 22, 2006 in Flight | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack
21 Years Apart
Iowa City got hit by tornado on April 13, 2006. (From Coudal). The twister sculpture was undamaged
Architecture of Richard Meier: The Des Moines Art Center Addition
Oxford Project, an effort to document small-town Iowa life through the images and words of its people. "A lot of people don't like small towns because they're so tight knit," Mr. Stoker said in an interview. "But that's what makes the place so great. You know who's sleeping with whom, but when your mother dies you know there will be 28 people at your door with casseroles."
A Field Of Giant Corn Ears in Dublin, OH
I started adding to the old “Blog Of The Day” category again. Today’s BotD is Guy Kawasaki’s blog Signum sine tinnitu. If you’d like to recommend an excellent, fresh blog for consideration, please email me.
Many More Unusual Links about Iowa Here
April 22, 2006 in Traveling Places - Iowa | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
April 21, 2006
Animated water
A Big Tule Tree in Oaxaca, Mexico
A batch of animated pictures showing the dynamic in water by Ernst Schütz. (Warning: Midi music in background)
Flower arrangement by Ferry Halim
Crabs Take Over An Entire Island: A huge zombie invasion, except with 150,000,000 crustaceans
Africa’s new ocean - A Continent Splits Apart
Close-up photos of insects by Igor Siwanowicz
My place is very quite now, finally. I can’t wait to move into my new house next week… Many More Unusual Mysteries of Nature Here
April 21, 2006 in Nature | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Love thy gay brother
Freedom from Homosexuality through the power of Jesus Christ. Exodus is the largest Christian ministry called to encourage, strengthen, unify and equip Christians to minister the transforming power of the Lord Jesus Christ to those affected by homosexuality. "Sounds lovely"...
Gay Anti-War Immigrant Shoots Friend of Vice President Dick Cheney
Unusual burglary charges: 'intent to litter'. Robert Kent Peterson, 45, waived his right to a preliminary hearing and agreed to undergo a psychological evaluation. Free on $50,000 bail, he is due back in court June 5. (From Little Ray of Sunshine)
David Weiss’s tour of Microsoft's Mac Lab
Odds stories at The Register
I started adding to the old “Blog Of The Day” category again. Today’s BotD is David Byrne’s Journal. If you’d like to recommend an excellent, fresh blog for consideration, please email me.
Many More Unlikely News Stories Here
April 21, 2006 in Current News | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
April 20, 2006
Choose your crime
Explore the life of 18th Century English criminal
Pedophile Less Interested The More He Views 13-Year-Old's MySpace Profile
Supermax and maximum security prisons. Pictures taken in Pelican Bay Prison
Because inmates hide drugs in them, Tennessee prisons now ban large peanut butter jars
Diversion Safes - Hide your stuff in plain sight
Law Enforcement professionals speaking out against the "War on Drugs". (Found on Map Builder)
Early Scams & Anarchy text files from the early days before the web
Fake porn euro notes passed off as real cash
How to Make a Fake. Buy a mid-level Gauguin. Duplicate it. Slap the original papers on the copy. Sell both paintings to gullible collectors, while the art world looks the other way
Real life Chinese Robotcop
A bait car is a generic term used for a vehicle that has been rigged by the police with the intent of capturing car thieves
How to avoid 20 most common diamond buying scams
Crime, Web 2.0 Style. Let's say you wanted to commit a criminal act, but needed a significant amount of money to successfully commit the act. Let's say the commission of the act was the important thing, and that getting caught afterward would be acceptable, if not preferable…
This is another post that I am “co-blogging”, this time with Alex S. who blogs at Neatorama, and who provided most of today’s links. (Previous posts here.) Thank you, Alex! If other bloggers are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details.
Many More Unusual Links about Crime and Punishment Here
April 20, 2006 in Co-blogged with, Crime & Punishment | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
April 19, 2006
I am me and Rummy's he, Iraq is free and we are all together
See the world run when Dick shoots his gun, see how I lie
I'm Lying...
Sitting on my own brain, waiting for the end of days
Corporation profits, Bloody oil money
I'm above the law and I'll decide what's right or wrong
I am the egg head, I'm the Commander, I'm the Decider
Koo-Koo-Kachoo
Baghdad city policeman sitting pretty little targets in a row
See how they die when the shrapnel flies see mothers cry
I'm Lying...I'm Ly-ing...I'm Lying...I'm Ly-ing
Yellow cake plutonium, imaginary WMD's
Declassifying facts, exposing secret agents
Tax cuts for the wealthy leaving all the poor behind
Sitting in the White house garden talking to the Lord
My thoughts would be busy busy hatching If I only had a brain
(This is going to be the biggest hit of Huffington Post’s first year – 1059 comments in the first 4 hours – Wow!)
Many More Unusual Links about The Beatles and about The War in Iraq Here
April 19, 2006 in Music - Beatles, War in Iraq | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
”The farmer will take you home”…
Bizarro’s Animal Cartoons. Why is Bizarro vegan? Find out inside
Mr. Meat Man, Tell me what I should buy – Meat Art from John Wolfer
Designer Cow and other weirdo e-cards
Hungarian Meat Center in Manhattan
The slaughter house was in operation between the 1920s and the early 1990s. In most ways it was a good example of how Swedish agricultural policies worked. Other abandoned places in Sweden photographed by Dr. Jan Jörnmark
“You may be wondering…..exactly what a vegetarian is.” Early 1980's documentary on vegetarianism hosted by William Shatner
Carambola Fruit and other photographs from Brazil by Alex Uchoa
Semi-funny Jeff Foxworthy Jerky products
I should be back tomorrow after hosting my sisters around. This post had been pre-blogged for your enjoyment. Many More Unusual Vegetarians and Meat Eaters Here
April 19, 2006 in Food - Meat & Vegetables | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
April 18, 2006
Life Is Strange and So Are You
A new book from Dan Piraro
At a friends house, this was the saddest thing I had ever seen, until she beat her kids for leaving Sponge Bob out in the rain
The term real-life superhero is variously applied to real-world people who dress and/or attempt to act like comic book superheroes. Here’s a list of them
The Peanuts Tattoo Page
Weeks ago, Scott Adams started a search for a new artist for Mike Belkin's (who is quite possibly Scott Adams himself) poorly-drawn syndicated strip Unfit. The search is now over and all eighty entries are online. (From Memepool)
The Mathematical Cartoons of Larry Gonick
Saucy postcards are as much a part of the British seaside holiday as fish and chips, stripy deck chairs and rain
Brian Taylor’s Rustboy
The postcard diaries of Mark Mothersbaugh
Illustrator Lorenzo Mattotti
By the way, Who is your favorite illustrator?
I am away at the moment hosting my sisters around. This post had been pre-blogged for your enjoyment. A giant Collection of Unusual Comics Here
April 18, 2006 in Comics & Cartoons | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack
2nd degree of terrible separation
I was shocked to find out over the weekend that not only did the killer who planned to eat the murdered girl in Oklahoma, linked to Grow-a-brain on his blog, but that I actually linked to his blog over two years ago! Since yesterday I’ve been getting many hits from the surfers who heard about his blog “Strange Things are Afoot at the Circle K.” What an awful, small world. I could do without this proximity…
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Much nicer recent connections:
#1 Single! A wonderful proposition from Tom McMahon: Hanan Levin And Lisa Loeb - America's Next Sweetheart Couple
Colin at The Bog Brush put me "In The Chair" a few weeks ago, and conducted a long web-interview with me about the genesis behind Grow-a-brain. Enjoy.
“The Scoble of real estates bloggers” from Paul Chaney at Radiant Marketing Group who interviewed me for an upcoming book about "Real estate blogging"...
…Grow-a-brain was key to my understanding of how blogging in real estate is best structured to succeed… and the distinction of being the Funniest Real Estate Blog
From the California Association of REALTORS, an article in the California Real Estate Magazine about real estate blogging mentions Grow-a-brain
“People always buy with emotions and justify with reason”… Somebody quoted me but I don’t know who or where… (pdf)
“One of most important blogs from the USA”…? Ha!
“ Grow-a-Brain deserves a daily visit…” Ha!
Here's a Deluxe Brain with Arteries, 9-part
Come out of the shadows - You know what I look like but I don't know what you look like!
Copying a great idea from Robert Gale at “A Welsh View”, I’d like to ask the readers of Grow-a-brain who dare to do so, to post a picture of themselves in the comments below
Here is the complete list of what people were saying about Grow-a-Brain
April 18, 2006 in People are Talking about Grow-a-Brain | Permalink | Comments (12) | TrackBack
April 17, 2006
Un-happy 100th anniversary
1906 Aerial Photographs by George R. Lawrence
Recreating Lawrence's pictures in 2006. A modern day team sets out to recreate Lawrence's panoramic camera and take new photos of San Francisco on the 100th anniversary of the earthquake. More about Lawrence
Foe sale 2006: Pre-earthquake house, 3 bedroom/ 2 bath. Asking $1,695,000. (From Curbed SF)
From yesterday’s sixth annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel race down Lombard St.
Various San Francisco murals
Golden Gate Sunsets. This map helps you find spots from which you can see the sun set right in the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge. Viewed from the Bay Area, the direction of the sunset varies from 240.2° at the Winter Solstice to 300.7° at the Summer Solstice. These bearings are measured in degrees east of true north; in the winter, the sun sets more towards the south, and in the summer it sets more towards the north. (From Doc Searls)
Gigapix of the Oakland Bay Bridge from Treasure Island
Many More Unusual Links About San Francisco and About Los Angeles Here
April 17, 2006 in San Francisco | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
I hear those Rumors on the Internets
I hear those Rumors on the Internets… More rumors: “Someone may be spilling the beans at the White House”
Timeline of Apple Macintosh models
The Loneliest Wikipedia Category: Bulgarian sumo wrestlers. (From Head wide open)
Phrases typed into search engines that ultimately led folks to The West Virginia Surf Report site
Do you remember when the Worm of 1988 shut down the Internet?
Case mods or computer case modifications are the ultimate display of geek chic, creativity and hardware prowess! Many of them are pieces of art, whereas others are just plain weird. Here’s Neatorama’s ultimate list of case mods
More To Life On The Internet Here
April 17, 2006 in Internet | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Member memory
“MetaFilter, known as MeFi to its members, is a community weblog whose purpose is to share and discuss interesting links…”
"The Skull, the Dream and the Dancer" – One of those famous AskMe questions: Several years ago I saw a poem in a magazine…
Some other famous Q&A: "Could a typical young man, armed only with a knife, (say, six or eight inches long) be trained to consistently "win" fights with a grizzly bear? Assume no element of surprise." Or: "You're in the middle of an arena. You're being attacked by 5 year olds who will stop at nothing to kill you. How many can you take on before they overcome you?"
Should I quit my job and move 1800 miles to be with my dying grandmother?
Suppose you killed somebody... How would you dispose of the body without getting caught? Would you dump it somewhere? Bury it in the backyard or basement? Dissolve it in lime? What? What would your master plan be that would allow you to get away with it?
What is the most romantic marriage proposal you have ever heard of?
My 6-year-old daughter sees things...
Some other interesting musical discussions on AskMe, per Patrick Crosley. Also there, MetaFilter has jumped the shark
Eponysterical MeFi posts and comments are ones which are funny in light of the poster's user name. (A list is maintained by Scarabic)
“Sense of Community Motivates You to Work for Free”, a PBS piece about online moderators
Montreal Expo 1967, through the eyes of Lillian Seymour - One of the "Top ten most voted on projects", for the month of April
Josh Millard’s hastily-composed ditty matthewchen is spamming [mp3] in response to some member’s self-link
Right now there are 35,070 members in MetaFilter. Many members have their own unique personal sites. Which are your favorite less-known ones?
Metafilter pool on flickr
Remixed - A Metafilter-Filter
I am still hosting my sisters around. This post had been pre-blogged for your enjoyment. More of The Best of Metafilter Here
April 17, 2006 in Best of Metafilter | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
April 16, 2006
Topiary Art
Emoticons color cushions. The six-piece set of emoticons designed as different color cushions is good for all children
Magnetic Refrigerator Lights. Turn your fridge into a canvas for LED art
A plate to eat a slice of pizza by Atypyk
Topiary Art by Topiary Joe
Oil lamp shadow projectors
Anderson Township Zoning Dispute
Many More Unusual Design Concepts Here
April 16, 2006 in Home Decor | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Start today
The 'You're In Control' system uses an array of piezoelectric sensors mounted to the back of a urinal to detect the position of a stream of water, allowing a person to play a video game while peeing. A video monitor is mounted above the urinal, and position on the back of the urinal corresponds to position on the screen. (From Mira y Calla)
Animated gifs from Dan Wade
This is the long story of our battle with the state of North Dakota over the recycling of scrap tires into fences here at Tired-Out Ranch
The creative products of Sean Michael Ragan
Sit’n’Shave. Also, Shaving Private Ryan for grown ups only…
Put up some Mario question blocks in public places
Starts Today by cartoonist Dan Piraro (Known as Bizarro)
Diet book hucksters are in a similar category to get-rich-quick schemers. There's always going to be a baseline level of gullibility in the population
Portion control bowls. (From Swiss Miss)
I am away at the moment hosting my sisters around. This post had been pre-blogged for your enjoyment. Many More Unusual Things To Do With Your Life Here
April 16, 2006 in Do Something with your Life | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack