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December 25, 2006
Donut Robot of Love
"Everyone loves doughnuts, but not hundreds of them, much to my dismay. My neighbors are already tired of eating doughnuts, but I have high hopes I can sell delicious doughnuts in DaughterBot's school for fundraising. Making a shopping bag full of doughnuts costs me about $8 (and cheaper if I buy shortening by the block and not by the can), and depending on how much I sell each doughnut for, I could make ONE MILLION DOLLARS. Or I could just eat the doughnuts, that's probably an even better deal to me!” The Donut Robot of Love 2000
Modular pie-cosahedron. constructing a pie with the topology of a sphere from 20 triangular sub-pie modules attached with amazing magnets
Dark Chocolate Dipped Altoids. Only $3/tin
Already Been Chewed Cookie Cutters
Sweetest Day is an observance celebrated primarily in the Great Lakes region and parts of the Northeast United States on the third Saturday in October. It has been referred to as a "concocted promotion" created by the candy industry solely to increase sales of candy. So, “because of public interest, the Hallmark collection of Sweetest Day cards has increased from 48 cards in 2000 to 151 cards in 2006…”
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December 25, 2006 in Food - Desserts | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Prawn Salad
Credit Card Scam. I got nailed by this scam last weekend and it still hurts - Be very careful!
6/15/05 by cartoonist Joe Sayers
This is what happens when you don’t touch things in others homes. Prawn Salad waiting room (YouTube) and 58 other amazing Monty Python sketches
Craigslist personal advertising a "Hot WM Looking 4 Same – 28" was accidentally responded to this Monday by its author, wardrobebuyer Stephen Mallory…
"Relationships are hard. It's like a full-time job, and we should treat it like one. If your boyfriend or girlfriend wants to leave you, they should give you two weeks' notice. There should be severance pay, and before they leave you, they should have to find you a temp."
Re-post: How To Tell When a Relationship is Over Written & Directed by Tony Roche
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December 25, 2006 in Funny | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
From Penguins to IMB
The Famous Scheibe Illusion
From ice cream makers to AK47, the world's most common assault rifle (with demo)
From Penguins to IMB’s old company song at What’s Gay Today. Also, Gay merit badges
José Montilla, star caganer
Re-post: The western art of whip cracking. (Woe, check out those prices!)
The Weather in Hell today
A Machete with the Power of an Axe
2,079,360 possibilities at Uglymaticgram
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December 25, 2006 in Odds & Ends | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
150 great documentaries
I just finished reading Kevin Kelly’s latest book, True Film 2.0, and I am blown away. (I mentioned his experimentation with personal book publishing just a few days ago).
Kelly reviews 150 of his family’s favorite documentaries, educational films, instructional how-to's, and what the British call “factuals”. In short, compelling descriptions he brings those wonderful films alive.
So many great-sounding movies! From the obvious, famous classics to the wondrous & obscure (Chickens and the people who love them). Movies about music & art, nature and history, cruelty, misery, bigotry, human triumph, obsession & loss. Mmmm
Here are a few, random samples from the book:
New York Doll about the unlikely rise, the predictable fall, and the final resurrection of a little-known rock musician
Baraka: “A cinematic poem celebrating the human relation to the eternal. Not a word is spoken, but every person alive in the twenty-four countries this was filmed in would understand it. It’s about Us on Earth Now… The first truly sacred film I’ve seen”
The Cruise: An unforgettable portrait of a truly original human being who happens to give tours of New York City on a double decker bus. The hero is either mentally ill or one of the most profound living poets. Or both. You can't tell. For sure, here is someone who "thinks different"
Hearts of Darkness, about Apocalypse now
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Kelly’s previous book: Asia Grace. One memorable documentary he missed: American Pictures
In the past, I used to see hundreds of movies per year, and many documentaries, but in this millenium, “not so many”… (Maybe I should even get a TV screen again and sign up for Netflix?)
A wonderful read. Buy it online.
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December 25, 2006 in Cinema | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
Camel meat
Veggie Girl by Matsuda Miho
A photo of Sheep Face in Barcelona taken by Lee LeFever
Australian Camel meat for export
Giant BBQ pit. (From Rouseville)
Waiting 4.5 hours for a free head of winter cabbage that costs 4 cents. Cabbage promotion draws a crowd in Beijing. (with slideshow)
Re-post: The Ground Meat Cookbook
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December 25, 2006 in Food - Meat & Vegetables | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
$1M Homes
Floor plans of apartment buildings in New York City at The New York Public Library Website. (From Hanuman)
A triangle house at the top of the Ozarks
Dull Moscow suburb painted bright
How to Buy a $450K Home for $750K
How I Sold It, conversations with real estate agents who sold the highest-priced properties in their area. The interviews are by Jeff Ordonez, editor of Luxury Brokers. See some Featured Listings there and in The Leading Estates of the World. The first site offers an access list to a Billionaires Directory, an online database of over 10,000 Richest Millionaires and 1000 U.S. Wealthiest CEO's ($59.95/mo)
What $1 Million Buys In Homes Around The World. (You have to first “Skip a welcome screen” = “Ignore the ad”)
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December 25, 2006 in Real estate | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
December 24, 2006
Bill Plympton's Dirty Shorts
Upskirt prank. (YouTube)
Since 1914, the Johnson Smith Company has been astounding young and old with its catalogs of novelties, practical jokes, puzzles, magic tricks, and every sort of whacky entertainment item you can imagine. Here is an assortment of goods from the company's 1940 catalog. Why are kids no longer entertained by fake blisters that squirt water at unsuspecting friends?
More YouTube: Invisible Clean Glass Prank
Re-post: I’m afraid we have to fire Bob….
The ThinkGeek Annoy-a-tron
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December 24, 2006 in Pranks | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
December 23, 2006
Big in Japan
Wired photo-essay on Japan's "love hotels"
Visiting a Japanese House Game
Japanese emperor date. The traditional Japanese calendar consists of eras based on the reigning emperors. The imperial date format is required for some government documents and applications. For example, until Jan 1, 2002, the Japanese patent office used emperor dates
Big in Japan: The Tarako Cupie Girls, the popular spokesgirls for a Japanese company which sells salted cod roe spaghetti sauce. The Tarako Fighter game (and many other flash thingies)
How to use Furoshiki (Wrapping cloth)
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December 23, 2006 in Japan | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Bong hits 4 Jesus
Toby Keith & Scott Emerik‘s I'll Never Smoke Weed With Willie Again
“How about a little drag of love-weed?” Marijuana: Sex-Crazing Drug Menace, from February 1937. (Scroll down)
Demonstrators pretend to smoke fake marijuana cigarettes
The LSD Effect
Menu & prices at The Los Angeles Cannabis Club
On Being Stoned - A Psychological Study of Marijuana Intoxication
Canadian troops fighting Taliban Afghanistan stumbles across 10-foot-tall marijuana plants
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December 23, 2006 in Drugs - "Save the Roaches, Arnie" | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
R. F. Outcault
Richard Felton Outcault created Hogan’s Alley, which is considered the first commercially successful newspaper comic strip. It featured Mickey Dugan, better known as the Yellow Kid, and Outcault drew this character for the New York World from May 5, 1895 to October 4, 1896
How many of these Super crotches can you identify?
2 from Neatorama: Jared M. Gordon impersonates the voices of 100 cartoon characters in less than 5 minutes. Also, a guy who plays Bohemian Rhapsody entirely with his hands
Re-post: Welcome to the world of Glen Baxter
Moebius’ The Long Tomorrow
Every other Friday, a group of illustrators and cartoonists draw their own version of a chosen fictional character at Drawer geek
A Metafilter thread about Ub Iwerks
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December 23, 2006 in Comics & Cartoons | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
How Italians tell time
Stephen Fry-voiced alarm clock
Aluna, the world’s first tidal powered moon clock. (From Activity Book)
Clock composed of Flickr photos at flickr Time
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December 23, 2006 in Clocks & Watches | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Philip K. Dick – The early years
Luigi Serafini - Codex Seraphinianus (1983, US edition) on flickr
Philip K. Dick's typewriter and favorite mug
A Guide to Literary Accessories
Kevin Kelly’s experiment in new publishing involves 5 6 different ways to get his book True Films 2.0. You can buy a black and white softcover version from Lulu.com, where it is the cheapest, or for a bit more from Amazon, where it is the easiest to order. Or you can buy a luxurious 156-page full color softcover version from Lulu. Or you can buy a dirt cheap color version as a PDF download, and get it instantly. Also, In a few weeks you'll be able to get versions for e-book readers and PDAs. There is also a free website version
Umberto Eco's 'The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana'
The Pearl, A Magazine of Facetiae and Volupous Reading, 1879-1880. (Very NSFW)
The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2006
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December 23, 2006 in Books & Literature | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
December 22, 2006
Manga biography of Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett: An Illustrated Biography of the World’s Most Successful Investor. (From Journalista)
…During WW2 the federal government stamped Hawaiian dollars in case the Japanese ever occupied the state
Naked shorts: The possible loss is theoretically UNLIMITED
Ten Reasons Why You Should Never Accept a Diamond Ring from Anyone, Under Any Circumstances, Even If They Really Want to Give You One. (From Field Guide to the U.S. Economy)
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December 22, 2006 in Money & Finances | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Nudi-branch-show
A fantastic Nudibranch slide show on flickr by Erwin Kodiat of Bali. (Slide the speed handle on top to 1.5 seconds, if you wish. From Bouphonia). Previously blogged Nudibranch: here, here, here and here
Some Psychedelic Caves south of Nahal-Soreq and east of Bet- Shemesh in the Jordan Valley. (Israeli site in Russian)
Song Sleuth is a new birding device that lets you identify birdsongs in the field in real time. Just power-up and aim Song Sleuth in the direction of a birdsong. In seconds, the software analyzes, identifies and displays the results. (From Dvorak)
Trees by Julia Beynon
The Ultimate Tree House exhibit at the Dallas Arboretum
Pooktre Tree shapers
Glasswing Butterfly is a brush-footed butterfly whose wings are transparent. The tissue between the veins of its wings looks like glass
All cactus, all the time. A large variety, collected images from two years in Arizona. From Plep)
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December 22, 2006 in Nature | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
December 21, 2006
More dead bloggers
I just learned that John Mudd, one of the very first real estate bloggers, died a few months ago as a result of complications from juvenile diabetes. John Mudd was a pioneer, who started his Tampa Bay’s Inside Real Estate Journal in 2003 when there were literally only a couple of such blogs. Since then he had been actively involved with issues of real estate blogging, lecturing, publishing articles and promoting the concept. He will be missed.
Another young blogger who passed away last week is Star of Sarcasmo’s Corner. RIP
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In other real estate blogging: Peek into the mind of America's most opinionated mortgage broker, Brian Brady
Jonathan Greene’s new commercial Viva La Real Estate (reminds me of the secrets from Riven)
From San Mateo, CA: Owen Gets Real
The Hungry Peanut
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December 21, 2006 in Real estate Blogs | Permalink | Comments (8) | TrackBack