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| Thursday May 26, 2005 | Vin Diesel thinks in Morse code. to Memetics by yoyology |
| Wednesday May 18, 2005 | Hating that nasty seascape or still-life on the Paris Econolodge wall? If you're lucky, somebody might have left you a gift behind it. to Art by yoyology |
| Thursday Apr 28, 2005 | For anyone who missed it the first time, the list is complete. 100 (approximately) people (mostly) who are wallet-worthy. to Memetics by yoyology |
| Wednesday Apr 27, 2005 | Talk dirty hippie to me. to Politics by yoyology |
| Thursday Feb 24, 2005 | When wealthy plantation owner Julien Poydras died, he left legacies all over Louisiana, including money for a college and an orphanage. Though both of those are gone, he is still remembered for a peculiar endowment to the people of Pointe Coupee Parish. He originally emigrated to Louisiana because of a broken heart. The girl he loved could not marry him because her family had no money for a dowry. Upon his death, he gave a sum of money "[to] be given to all the girls ... who get the chance of being married, and those who are in pitiable circumstances shall always be given the preference." In addition to a recent NPR story, this appears to have inspired at least one film. to History by yoyology |
| Monday Feb 14, 2005 | No Roman numeral is safe! to Games by yoyology |
| Thursday Feb 3, 2005 | So, who do you think qualifies? to Memetics by yoyology |
| Wednesday Feb 2, 2005 | Mix tapes for all occasions. And we do mean all. to Music by yoyology |
| Thursday Jan 27, 2005 | "It is for you, the viewer of the cat lady church art, to determine whether this is a fun little Lego-building hobby, or whether it's gone over the line to full-blown Lego OCD." to Art by yoyology |
| Sunday Jan 23, 2005 | The Faces of Meth - Before and After to Drugs by yoyology |
| Thursday Jan 20, 2005 | There were many ways in which slaves in the pre-Civil War South attempted escape. Henry "Box" Brown accomplished one of the most elegant. With the help of a white shoemaker, Henry simply shipped himself to Philadelphia in a large packing crate. Later, he became a celebrated abolitionist speaker, and published his autobiography. to History by yoyology |
| From toilet seats to coathangers to lightmeters, you can always find something to amuse you at Unusual Museums of the Internet. to Wackos by yoyology |
| Thursday Jan 6, 2005 | S.P. Dinsmoor (not to be confused with Dinsdale) began, at the age of 64, to build a monument that would stand long after he was gone. With 2,273 sacks of cement and countless tons of limestone, he constructed a "log" home and sculpture garden in Lucas, Kansas called the
Garden of Eden. As if the whole place weren't creepy enough, one of the exhibits is Dinsmoor himself, in a homemade glass-topped concrete coffin. to Art by yoyology |
| Wednesday Jan 5, 2005 | Remember. Always practice what you preach. to Transportation by yoyology |
| Tuesday Jan 4, 2005 | huh? is an enclave of new-age e-movers. to Commerce by yoyology |
| Thursday Dec 16, 2004 | Abe and Preston are a match made in Manhattan. to Comics by yoyology |
| Wednesday Dec 1, 2004 | "Gently massaging the rat can help move the fecal matter through the intestines and colon.
This should be soothing to your rat. Discontinue if it causes pain." to Pets by yoyology |
| For the exotic dancer who has trouble getting men's attention, three Rice University Students have developed the GloThong. to Fashion by yoyology |
| Monday Nov 8, 2004 | What does a zoologist and former Peace Corps volunteer do when she has an uncontrollable urge to have a moosehead on the wall or a bearskin on the floor? to Zoology by yoyology |
| Wednesday Oct 27, 2004 | How would a robot act if it was a pre-teen in 1985? to Toys by yoyology |
| Tuesday Oct 12, 2004 | Maus set in feudal Japan? Flash Gordon's heirlooms? Corporate raider wear? Call Jeff De Boer. to Art by yoyology |
| Tuesday Sep 28, 2004 | Some see a metaphor for the strangeness that is the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea in the partially-completed Ryugyong Hotel. to Culture by yoyology |
| Wednesday Sep 15, 2004 | Tough world, tough lock. Tough shit. I've got a pen. to Security by yoyology |
| Tuesday Aug 24, 2004 | Just in case people stop making up words, we can use the Word Gizmo to make them up for us, then create our own definitions. to Linguistics by yoyology |
| Thursday Jul 29, 2004 | Breathe a creepy new life into your View-Master with Vladmasters. to Toys by yoyology |
| Monday Jul 26, 2004 | Oh, the horror! The sweet, sweet horror! to History by yoyology |
| Monday Jul 19, 2004 | No More Fairy Tales! Librarians Against Bush. to Libraries by yoyology |
| Tuesday Jul 13, 2004 | Everybody loves Raiders of the Lost Ark, but how many people loved it enough to set themselves on fire? to Movies by yoyology |
| Tuesday Jun 29, 2004 | Dog Toy or Marital Aid? to Humor by yoyology |
| Friday Jun 11, 2004 | Andrew Clay Silverstein called himself the "Diceman", but he wasn't the original. That honor belongs to George Cockcroft who, under the pseudonym Luke Rhinehart, wrote the 1970 novel The Dice Man. It's a fictional account of the life of a New York psychiatrist, also named Luke Rhinehart, who suddenly chooses to shake up his staid, prosaic life by giving over all his decisions to the literal roll of the die. The book was based on the author's real experiences of living randomly beginning in his teenage years, and it sparked a movement that continues today in various serious and not-so-serious forms. to Culture by yoyology |
| Chiff & Fipple: your gateway to tinwhistle greatness. to Music by yoyology |
| Thursday May 27, 2004 | Hulk Hogan, He-Man, and Mr. T team up to fight Voltron and George W. Bush in BushGame! "A fun and fact-filled adventure about the most appalling presidency in the history of the United States." to Flash by yoyology |
| Friday May 21, 2004 | "Use your mouse to help Captain Underpants dodge the boogers." to Literature by yoyology |
| Thursday May 20, 2004 | Okay, so Spring Break is over, but there's still the whole summer of potential vacations ahead of us. Florida, Hawai'i, SoCal, Lubbock.... Man, the possibilities are endless! to Travel by yoyology |
| Friday May 7, 2004 | If Charlie Brown grew up playing D&D and got a soul-sucking job, Sally and Lucy teamed up to torture him on a regular basis, Linus was gay, and Charles Schultz drank a lot, Peanuts might have turned into Something Positive. That would make Monette Peppermint Patty, Jason Schroeder, Mike Pigpen, Choo-Choo Snoopy, and Pepito Woodstock. to Comics by yoyology |
| Thursday May 6, 2004 | 19 reasons why 10.5 was full of shit. to Television by yoyology |
| Monday Apr 26, 2004 | I think that we can all agree that "Nut Poppers" is a spectacularly bad choice of name for a snack food. to Food by yoyology |
| Thursday Apr 15, 2004 | "Hams should be seen as well as heard." to Television by yoyology |
| Tuesday Apr 13, 2004 | A snippet of memepath: ...Elkins, Long Story, Short Pier, David Chess, Caterina,icontemplate.... to Memetics by yoyology |
| Wednesday Apr 7, 2004 | When a nice Jewish boy and a nice Chinese girl get together, and they both love food, you get Soy Vay! It's kosher, parve, organic, and has no MSG, GMOs, or peanuts.
to Art by yoyology |
| Wednesday Mar 24, 2004 | When you give the Salvation Army the shirt off your back, where does it go? Track it and find out. to Society by yoyology |
| Saturday Mar 6, 2004 | Across Russia with Kawasaki and dosimeter. to Travel by yoyology |
| Thursday Mar 4, 2004 | "Those of you familiar with the Wraeththu world will be acquainted with the dangers and beauty of that world and its newly-evolved inhabitants. For those of you yet to share the pleasure, perhaps this glimpse into the domain of Wraeththu will fire your desire for more. If it does, there are a couple of ways you can still obtain the trilogy." to Literature by yoyology |
| Wednesday Feb 25, 2004 | Test your decay recognition skills with Tandskadememory! Starta spelet! to Games by yoyology |
| Wednesday Jan 28, 2004 | Hey! Nice Tits! to Outdoors by yoyology |
| Monday Jan 26, 2004 | So, do you suppose that Bert tracks Bernice using the Hawkeye Loft Management System or the more cosmopolitan Pigeon Loft Organiser
? to Pets by yoyology |
| Wednesday Jan 21, 2004 | "There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will." Hamlet, V,ii,10 to Games by yoyology |
| Monday Jan 12, 2004 | You've got a lot of moxie! Look in your Webster's, or better yet, go out and play with a yo-yo or a pogo stick. All this talk about lapsed trademarks has me wanting a cola, an aspirin, or maybe even a little heroin. How do you like that, Mr. Cellophane?
to Law by yoyology |
| Tuesday Jan 6, 2004 | Peter started it. Then Nat got into the act, followed by Tiny and tangognat. Now that Blake bought the URL, anybody can get into the act, even Don. to Libraries by yoyology |
| Friday Dec 19, 2003 | Die Screaming with Sharp Things in your Head. There's really not much else to say. to Art by yoyology |
| Wednesday Dec 17, 2003 | From the brick artist who built Han Solo in Carbonite and the Legoville Slugger, we humbly present: Achewood fanbrick. to Art by yoyology |
| Tuesday Dec 16, 2003 | CycleBeads - the rhythm method for those who have trouble keeping the beat. to Health by yoyology |
| Saturday Dec 13, 2003 | God-fearing superheroes aren't limited to Bibleman and Larryboy. Get into the grimmer, grittier side of faith with Power Mark and Archangels comix.
to Religion by yoyology |
| Thursday Dec 4, 2003 | It's about that time of year again. Remember, sixfold radial symmetry, and never make two alike. If you work hard, you can get pretty damn elaborate. to Art by yoyology |
| Friday Nov 28, 2003 | How about something different at an upcoming holiday meal? to Food by yoyology |
| Wednesday Nov 19, 2003 | Footwear of the Middle Ages: Tools, Terms, Styles, and Shaping. to History by yoyology |
| Wednesday Nov 12, 2003 | There's Big Tobacco, Big Diamonds, and, perhaps the most insidious, Big Death. Practices in the funeral industry have been derided as questionable for years. It seems it's very easy to put on the hard sell when loved ones are at their most vulnerable. Fight back by planning ahead or joining the Funeral Consumers Alliance, complete with nifty Edward Gorey T-shirts! to Business by yoyology |
| Saturday Nov 8, 2003 | Aunt Nell! I alamo that fantabulosa gylrig down at the bevvy. I could really charver that molly bono!
to Linguistics by yoyology |
| Tuesday Oct 28, 2003 | It's difficult
to provide links to book titles that don't use Amazon or some other commercial or commercial-affiliated site. Until the integration of OCLC WorldCat records with Google becomes a reality, the best option might be RedLightGreen. This union catalog brings together over 120 million records describing over 42 million unique titles from library and museum holdings worldwide. A search will give you a list of materials, suggested subject headings, and other miscellanea. You can then check holdings at your local library, and it will even generate citations in various common formats.
to Libraries by yoyology |
| Monday Oct 27, 2003 | With divorce on the rise and cohabitation increasingly replacing marriage,
what will Big Diamonds do to replace this lost revenue? One option: The
Right-Hand Ring. to Conspiracy by yoyology |
| Friday Oct 24, 2003 | "White Rabbit"
@,
"Moon over Bourbon Street"
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"Veteran of the Psychic Wars"
@,
"The Battle of Evermore"
@,
"One"
@,
"Whiter Shade of Pale"
@....
Songs Inspired by Literature.
@ to Books by yoyology |
| Monday Oct 20, 2003 | Some (e.g. Ted Nugent) advocate hunting for food. Others cite the necessity of culling the herd for population control. Both groups lose sight of what the "Red Mist" hunting subculture embraces, the sheer joy of vaporizing small animals with high-powered rifles. to Wackos by yoyology |
| Tuesday Oct 7, 2003 | Remember that hearse from that other movie? to Movies by yoyology |
| Tuesday Sep 30, 2003 | Andy Goldsworthy's art is not so much "outsider" as it is "out-of-doors." He works almost entirely in nature, using the materials at hand to create pieces of extraordinary, ephemeral beauty and monumental presence. On occasion, he does create installations, and he stunned London on Midsummer Day 2000 by allowing 13 enormous snowballs to melt on the city streets. to Art by yoyology |
| Thursday Sep 25, 2003 | The traditional "Hawaiian" nose flute (actually played in a number of other places) is a true woodwind, with finger holes, a fixed-note scale, and a proud history. The other version, often sold as a novelty, is microtonal, like a kazoo or slide whistle, and uses the slightly open mouth as a resonating chamber for pitch changes. The Vancouver Noseflute Ensemble performs on the latter type, and has one of the lowest thresholds of entry of any musical group around. to Music by yoyology |
| Tuesday Sep 16, 2003 | The
debate
rages
on.
Do
Chihuahuas
cure
asthma? to Pets by yoyology |
| Sunday Sep 14, 2003 | Oddly beautiful, in an incredibly ugly way. Revered by the people of New Guinea, but responsible for more human deaths than polar bears, it's the flightless, water-loving, second-largest ratite in the world! to Science by yoyology |
| Wednesday Sep 3, 2003 | Beavers vs. Otters. They share habitat. They are equal in the eyes of wildlife management, (and fly about the same, apparently) but completely different in the eyes of behavioral psychologists. Mr. Garrison hates beavers. Linkfilter hates otters. Perhaps our only hope for peace is Tim Matheson. "Otter" of Animal House fame, he also appeared in two episodes of Leave it to Beaver. to Commentary by yoyology |
| Monday Aug 18, 2003 | No way, mensch. You gotta kick it kibbutz with Two Live Jews, the work of the great (?) Jonny Coz. to Music by yoyology |
| Wednesday Jul 30, 2003 | We all know that Wile E. Coyote ordered everything from Acme, but have you seen the catalog? to Entertainment by yoyology |
| Tuesday Jul 15, 2003 | Kozo has the moves to rock your world. to Entertainment by yoyology |
| Recently, Seattle-based catalog retailer Archie McPhee has drawn attention from the library community. The catalog has always catered to a very powerful force within us: junk nostalgia. Now they are planning to sell a "Shushing Librarian" doll modeled after local librarian iconoclast Nancy Pearl. to Libraries by yoyology |
| Saturday Jul 5, 2003 | NaDa does nothing for everybody.
to Computing by yoyology |
| Friday Jun 27, 2003 | Hey, Charlotte, this is your web on mescaline, LSD, pot, caffeine, speed, and sleeping pills. Any questions? to Drugs by yoyology |
| Monday Jun 23, 2003 | Finally, the complete guide to illegally burning copies of protected CD-ROMs. Don't tell the cops, d00d. to Computing by yoyology |
| Thursday Jun 19, 2003 | After learning about Chrissy's Caviar, I was tempted to make a cheap joke about Roe v. Wade, but I'm much too big for that. to Art by yoyology |
| Monday Jun 9, 2003 | Apparently, I will end up as a garbage collector living in an apartment in Bayonne, New Jersey. Jeri Ryan and I will have 1 kid, and I'll drive a brown Porsche. to Games by yoyology |
| Tuesday Jun 3, 2003 | Freezing water makes ice. Sometimes snow, sometimes hail, but basically the same old stuff. However, freezing a 14% solution of sawdust and water makes something entirely different. to Science by yoyology |
| Monday Jun 2, 2003 | Film websites often seem obsessed with avoiding "spoilers", facts about the plot that may ruin the movie for those who haven't seen it yet. Moviepoopers doesn't have this problem. to Movies by yoyology |
| Thursday May 29, 2003 | In the SCO/Linux battle, SCO is in "Hot Pursuit!!!" to Computing by yoyology |
| Wednesday May 28, 2003 | In celebration of the big anniversary, folks are going all-out. TV specials, charity events, extreme sports, even multi-anniversary combinations. But why bother to climb the big rock when you can see the view online? to History by yoyology |
| Thursday May 22, 2003 | "Amanda is a motherly professional photographer who is convinced the intelligence of the world is dropping but still remains optimistic. Monica is the diminutive yet busty museum curator [she once released the Aztec god of alcohol] that has yet to realize how cute she is . Jaquline, Shelly, and Owen are the members of the punk band Fermented Banana and good friends of Monica and Amanda." Don't forget Darin the bartender and Dietzel the strangely intelligent dog. This is Wapsi Square. to Comics by yoyology |
| Wednesday May 21, 2003 | Sequels, prequels, spinoffs, remakes, adaptations. Can't Hollywood come up with anything original any more? to Movies by yoyology |
| Tuesday May 20, 2003 | The Great Debate: What is the philosophy behind The Matrix? Is it Gnosticism? Buddhism? Islam? Is the correct psychological interpretation Jungian, or should one look to Lacan? Does the film promote Christianity, or is it, like Star Wars, anti-Christian? What would Joseph Campbell think? Even the official site has its own set of opinions.
to Philosophy by yoyology |
| AC power cords aren't just for power anymore. to Computing by yoyology |
| Wednesday May 14, 2003 | Well, it's interesting to note that Slave One is larger than most Federation shuttles, but smaller than an Earth Alliance Atmospheric Shuttle, and that all three are smaller than a 747. Drag them around and check. Also, Cloud City would fit into Mars' satellite Phobos, if it were hollow. Comparatively, the second Death Star looks enormous, but when you look at it next to the Moon, it's not really that big a deal. Just for fun, you can put a chart on your wall. to Entertainment by yoyology |
| Friday May 9, 2003 | Yes, you can get an MP3 player made from a Kalashnikov ammo clip, but apparently you can only use it if you look really good in a camo bikini. to Gadgets by yoyology |
| Monday May 5, 2003 | Until I moved to Oklahoma, I'd never heard of Diane Rehm. Of course, now I can't listen to "As it Happens" or "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" like I did in Minnesota, and Walt Bodine is only available in Kansas City. Luckily, PublicRadioFan and a fast 'Net connection gets me my fix. to Media by yoyology |
| Sunday May 4, 2003 | The Pacer Page is dedicated to the adulation of the car immortalized in Wayne's World as "the mirth-mobile". Audio/Video clips include classic AMC commercials, and don't forget the Pacer collectibles and other goodies. to Transportation by yoyology |
| Saturday Apr 26, 2003 | "Once again we observed behavior in Peeps similar to that exhibited by college students in the library."
to Libraries by yoyology |
| Tuesday Apr 22, 2003 | Calling a payphone is always an opportunity to make someone's day a little more surreal. Thanks to the Payphone Project, you can now screw with people in Paris, Antarctica, or the Vatican. to Communication by yoyology |
| Sunday Apr 20, 2003 | Brenda and Marcie are putting on a brave face, but Debra can't stop giggling behind Laurie's back. They love her to death, but how could she have put them in these awful bridesmaid dresses? Reality check, ladies. It could have been much, much worse. to Fashion by yoyology |
| The Museum of Unworkable Devices has a collection of perpetual motion machines, as one might expect. -But there's so much more! A physics primer, in-depth profiles of optical illusions both 2-D and 3-D, a bio of master charlatan John Worrell Keely, and a patent collection. They even have plans to expand into a new annex. If that isn't enough, one can even read it all in Portuguese! to Gadgets by yoyology |
| Wednesday Apr 16, 2003 | While you're tooling around in your little tanks, watch out for minefields, especially if they're self-healing. to Warfare by yoyology |
| Monday Apr 14, 2003 | Iraqi Information Minister Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf's goofy pronouncements have earned him his own fan club.
to Wackos by yoyology |
| Out of the complete collection of 2,300 Japanese Historical Maps now held at UC Berkeley's East Asian Library, just over 100 are available online. 29 of those have been integrated with current GIS data for Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto. to History by yoyology |
| Did last year's movie Drumline get you all hyped up? Join the Drummin' Men.
to Music by yoyology |
| Tuesday Apr 8, 2003 | If the Scots had a big international holiday like St. Patrick's Day, this is the kind of thing we might see. to Culture by yoyology |
| If you can't get your song played on a Clear Channel station or seen on MTV, post it on Protest Records. to Music by yoyology |
| First, a Police song, then a Nicholas Sparks novel and film. Now, it's an online service! to Communication by yoyology |
| As April 15 looms on the horizon, you might as well have a good laugh. to Government by yoyology |
| A toast to the greatest invention in food preparation history! to Food by yoyology |
| Saturday Apr 5, 2003 | How's your local environment?
to Health by yoyology |
| Friday Apr 4, 2003 | Time now has a complete archive of their covers online, from first to last. Popular searches include historical figures, popular icons, and controversial topics, but since it's online, we know what people will really be looking for. to Art by yoyology |
| Thursday Mar 27, 2003 | Ah, the traditional toys of childhood. They will never be improved upon. to Toys by yoyology |
| Just to show that there's nothing new under the sun, Samuel Pepys is republishing his 17th Century diary as a weblog. to History by yoyology |
| Okay, everyone, time to work on our pronunciations. Slowly, now. Say it with me... SHAKE mo-HAH-mehd bihn moo-BAH-rahk al kah-LEE-fah. to Media by yoyology |
| Wednesday Mar 19, 2003 | blather is hyperlinked communal poetry madness. to Poetry by yoyology |
| itha allah khalana taibeen. We'll see you tomorrow if good keeps us alive. to Warfare by yoyology |
| Friday Mar 14, 2003 | "This book is one of the lasting monuments of the library underground, though the contributors surely never imagined this kind of respectful archiving. Thirty years on, its mixture of wild-eyed idealism and bleary-eyed realism is still a testament of solidarity with the enthusiastic, disgruntled or just plain bolshy librarian..." to Libraries by yoyology |
| Thursday Mar 13, 2003 | One interesting way to mindread the zeitgeist is to pay attention to newly coined words. to Memetics by yoyology |
| They say it's good to buy local. Foodroutes.org can help, showing you where to buy popcorn in Pennsylvania, cantaloupes in Colorado, and daikon in the District of Columbia.
to Food by yoyology |
| No matter what you are throwing away, somebody will find it endlessly fascinating. Witness Bill Keaggy, who loves other people's grocery lists. He also collects rocks shaped like shoes and litter. to Wackos by yoyology |
Talkin' 'bout my generation My generation! My generation, baby. to Entertainment by yoyology |
| Wednesday Mar 5, 2003 | Everybody is familiar with corn oil, corn syrup, and corn liquor, but what about batteries, tires, or diapers? to Commerce by yoyology |
| Monday Mar 3, 2003 | Duct Tape is the new black! At least, according to Duct Tape Fashion. Unfortunately, nearly everything on the site is on backorder as a result of a huge Christmas rush. Damn you, Dave Barry! to Fashion by yoyology |
| Research maven Tara Calishain is about to publish a new O'Reilly book entitled Google Hacks. It will feature recommendations on search terminology, but also point to many third-party applications that use the Google API, like Googlert, GooPoetry, and GooCookin'. to Internet by yoyology |
| Everyone knows that there are continual debates about the infield fly rule and designated hitter, but where do you go to settle whether the object of Red Light/Green Light is to touch the caller or reach the other side of the field? Games Kids Play, of course. to Sports by yoyology |
| Duke University's Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture has a collection of books for girls from the late nineteenth through mid-twentieth century, including titles both admirable and cringeworthy. Meanwhile, San Francisco Public Library has brought together an interesting archive of Lesbian Pulp Fiction from the same era. Though these groups seem dedicated to study and preservation, Ex Libris Anonymous likes to use just the covers to create amusing bound journals. They are fond of other cover images, too. to Books by yoyology |
| Tuesday Feb 25, 2003 | How does one evaluate intimate shaving devices before purchasing? By reading reviews, of course. Should you buy her the MidasTouch or the Femini? to Sex by yoyology |
| Lego. Tarot. Lego Tarot. to Entertainment by yoyology |
| Monday Feb 24, 2003 | So, here we have the Flash Mind Reader, creepy e-mail forward of the month.
And here we have the big mean party-pooper spoiler.
to Games by yoyology |
| What do shopping carts, parking meters, highly secret carbon nanotube manufacturing processes, and disposable suppository applicators have in common? They were all invented by Oklahomans! to Gadgets by yoyology |
| Why bother fighting Iraq when we can just as well attack someone we know we can beat? Pourquoi prenez la peine de combattre l'Irak quand nous pouvons aussi bien attaquer quelqu'un nous nous connaissons pouvons battre? to History by yoyology |
| Friday Feb 21, 2003 | On the heels of McSweeney's "Library Science Jargon That Sounds Dirty" comes a list of pick-up lines to be used on librarians. to Libraries by yoyology |
| Wednesday Feb 19, 2003 | The Borowitz Report: Your Source for Dated, Topical Humor.
to Commentary by yoyology |
| Monday Feb 17, 2003 | Steve has an interesting idea with Lonely Socks, a kind of unmatched-stocking dating service. Unfortunately, it looks like he's badly in need of interested footwear. to Fashion by yoyology |
| Friday Feb 14, 2003 | Bug Bytes not only collects insect sounds, it organizes them into meaningful categories like "Stored product insect movement and feeding sounds" and "Defensive stridulation by soil insects (dung beetles)" to Science by yoyology |
| "Ticket stubs are everywhere, one of the many receipts in our daily lives - but we all save some from time to time. The Ticketstub project is a place where you can upload scanned images of your saved stubs, and tell a story about that night, that concert, that movie, what happened on that date; basically, ask youself why you saved the stub as a reminder." to Entertainment by yoyology |
| Annoyances.org is a collection of, well, all the things that people find annoying about Windows. This includes that stupid arrow that bounces off the Start button, the ugly shutdown screen, and any number of other annoyances in between. to Computing by yoyology |
| Professional animator and illustrator Eric Wight is about to be published in print for the first time, but he has an interesting resume of work for television, including characters for Batman Beyond and concepts for possible animated Buffy and Austin Powers series. to Comics by yoyology |
| Wednesday Feb 12, 2003 | Gay Stamp Collecting does not necessarily mean that the philatelists are gay, only that the subjects on the stamps are. to History by yoyology |
| If you are having trouble finding a parking space, perhaps you need a smaller car. Dean and Eve love their Mini. to Photography by yoyology |
| Friday Feb 7, 2003 | Last year's passage of H.R. 3162, a.k.a. the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001," has civil libertarians up in arms, but one portion of the bill specifically targets libraries. Recent false alarms notwithstanding, it's clear that the FBI is using the act to obtain information on library employees and patrons. to Libraries by yoyology |
| Thursday Feb 6, 2003 | Traditionally, landspeed is measured in miles per hour, but I've always liked the more iconoclastic furlongs per fortnight. Wind velocity is plotted on the Beaufort scale, unless it's a tornado, which is then assigned a Fujita number. And did you know that an ounce (oz t) of gold weighs more than an ounce (oz av) of grain? Or don't you have any scruples at all?
to Reference by yoyology |
| A combination of taking prescription cough medicine for bronchitis and staying up late to finish a great book has me looking up evidence that I should be allowed to nap at work.
to Health by yoyology |
| Saturday Feb 1, 2003 | Like chess, yo-yo, and tangrams, the practice of change ringing (a subspecialization of campanology) is an ancient art that holds a singular fascination for modern mathematicians. to Music by yoyology |
| Thursday Jan 30, 2003 | Whether you sing lead, tenor, baritone, or bass, you can quickly get together with three other guys and form a Barbershop Quartet. Don't know what one is? SPEBSQSA is the source for everything you need, including sheet music, contest rules, tchotchkes, etc. Of course, for the ladies, there's the Sweet Adelines. to Music by yoyology |
| Wednesday Jan 29, 2003 | Most any children's librarian will tell you that Shel Silverstein is the most beloved writer of poems for children. Music buffs know him as the writer of great novelty songs for the likes of Johnny Cash and Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. Carol, on the other hand, prefers to celebrate him as a well-rounded writer of all kinds of material for adults, much of which is unquestionably unsuitable for minors.
to Literature by yoyology |
| Sunday Jan 26, 2003 | Man, these guys who get all stressed about creating Lego movies really just need to mellow out. And hey, can I get a light? to Drugs by yoyology |
| "Everyday I wake up and look around and see things that would be good for humping." to Wackos by yoyology |
| Thursday Jan 23, 2003 | Since the RIAA attacked Napster and its ilk, a number of individuals (Joey Harrison of Toledo), organizations, and public figures have drawn a comparison between peer-to-peer file sharing and libraries. to Books by yoyology |
| Wednesday Jan 22, 2003 | Surfers interested in libraries who don't have the time or inclination to read more than 90 blogs and hundreds of listservs can get a quick fix at John Hubbard's Library Link of the Day. Today's link: LibraryLookup. to Reference by yoyology |
| Friday Jan 17, 2003 | Finally, Dubya Shrub tells us the real truth. to Politics by yoyology |
| For people who don't smoke, but carry a lighter anyway just because they like fire, zippotricks has some ideas of what to do with it. WARNING! Not for the timid! to Toys by yoyology |
| Wednesday Jan 15, 2003 | This Is The Age Of The Yoyology. /
That's Handy, Harry! Stick It In The Yoyology. /
Nothing Sucks Like A Yoyology. /
Create your own at the Sloganizer.
to Web by yoyology |
| Monday Jan 13, 2003 | If I can peck out an approximation of the tune that's stuck in my head (In German, "der Ohrwurm"), Ryuichi "Richie" Iwamura has a tool to help me out. On the visual side, if I can draw three views of an object, the Princeton Shape Retrieval and Analysis Group can help me find a 3D model of it. Now all I need is an online version of the Cyranose 320. to Gadgets by yoyology |
| Instead of counting on the seller's discretion to alert you to weird stuff being sold on eBay, why not make Who Would Buy That? your one-stop source?
to Commerce by yoyology |
| Monday Jan 6, 2003 | With Sebastian Bach running around playing Jesus, some people are wondering about his former Skid Row bandmates. It seems they've been playing their hearts out on the State Fair circuit. I wonder what it's like standing on stage screaming "We are the YOUTH GONE WILD!" when you're pushing 40. to Music by yoyology |
| Monday Dec 9, 2002 | Ever Been Caught Wankin' while thinking about The Girls of Porn or Darling Nikki? Got any Pictures of Lily you use for Turning Japanese? You could be a Jizzlobber or even an Orgasm Addict. Check a list to find out for sure. to Music by yoyology |
| Monday Dec 2, 2002 | One of the more beautiful applications to draw on Project Gutenberg for source material, TextArc gives the reader a visual representation of the interrelationships of texts as it reads through, for example, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
TextArc's developer is offering a
special deal on microprinted Alice posters for loyal memepool readers. Enter "memepool.com" in the promotional code field on the purchase page for a $10 price break.
to Literature by yoyology |
| Friday Nov 29, 2002 | When I was a kid, our next-door neighbor had a male dog who always tried to mount Charlie, our English Sheepdog, so recent announcements of research on gay sheep weren't much of a surprise to me. It turns out that there is a lot of good information about homosexuality in animals, including primates, penguins, vultures, and possibly turtles. Of course, like anyone else, gay animals have their champions and detractors. to Sex by yoyology |
| Wednesday Nov 20, 2002 | Implosion World has everything you need to know about controlled building demolition. Hotels, complexes, bridges, steel mills (note the coal pile catching fire) and other odds and ends. Look, the whole stadium is doing the Wave! [RealPlayer required] to Technology by yoyology |
| Tuesday Nov 19, 2002 | Coming soon to a food court near you: Boba Tea (or Bubble Tea) is the new coffee! to Beverages by yoyology |
| Monday Nov 18, 2002 | People who throw toys for fun should all know the Everluminescent Doctor Popular: Juggler, yoyo guru, musician, fashion plate, hair model, pimp. to Wackos by yoyology |
| Thursday Nov 14, 2002 | Most of the time, sex toys are hidden away, but Phallix makes blown glass erotica almost pretty enough to display on your coffee table.
to Sex by yoyology |
| Classmates.com and Alumni.net are great if you actually had friends in high school. If, on the other hand, you communicated at 2400 baud with other text-only geeks, you want BBSMates.com. Track down your pals from ISCA or Heinous [login as "bbs"], or find a new crew.
to Internet by yoyology |
| Wednesday Nov 6, 2002 | Wonder Woman, though she has faded in the comics, is still the original superheroine archetype. Her spiritual children are legion, including pop culture icons like Buffy and Xena, and many a deviant fantasy can be traced back to her, but there are more obscure people out there fighting the good fight. to Culture by yoyology |
| Monday Nov 4, 2002 | Russell Wattenberg started The Book Thing as a personal project to distribute used books when he was a bartender. Not every project combining books and bars is quite so noble.
to Books by yoyology |
| Saturday Nov 2, 2002 | Dumb Warnings (brought to you by the friendly folks at the Dumb Network) collects warnings of all kinds: infamous, bizarre, and humorous. Though some could easily be written off as translation errors, others approach the sublime. to Humor by yoyology |
| Monday Oct 28, 2002 | Login Lore answers the age-old question, "What the heck does that mean?" It covers logins belonging to members of the Santa Cruz / Bay Area geek social scene, ranging from mundane to disturbing to oddly moving. to Internet by yoyology |
| Friday Oct 25, 2002 | "Mommy! Daddy ran over my Big Wheel, so I need a new tricycle. Can I get a Merlin Roadster this time?" to Transportation by yoyology |
| Wednesday Oct 23, 2002 | For back-to-basics hobbies, it's hard to get more basic than flintknapping. All you really need are tools, stones, and patience. But, of course, no prehistoric hobby is really complete without instructional videos, online auctions, and an article in Wired.
to Culture by yoyology |
| October 31st is celebrated by some as Reformation Day. On that day in 1517 Martin Luther posted 95 Theses on the door of the church of Wittenberg, intending to reform the hopelessly corrupt Catholic Church. His intention was never to create a new religion, but his actions sparked the Protestant Reformation that shattered Christianity into fragments. Even the church that bears his name still can't keep it together.
to Religion by yoyology |
| Tuesday Oct 15, 2002 | Although the general public often seems surprised when librarians don't fit their pre-conceived image, the profession has celebrated its own differences for years. Librarians are funny, irreverent, interesting, and often radical people. Though popular culture includes considerable library material, it often ignores those on the fringe.
to Culture by yoyology |
| Thursday Oct 10, 2002 | The kind of fringe Christianity displayed at The Cutting Edge can be pretty scary. Paranoid diatribes against Clintons, Freemasons, Catholics, and pretty much the rest of organized Christianity abound. Even more disturbing, though, are the accompanying images by artist Gerry Warner. His work is fascinating in its complexity and imagery even when employed on less inflammatory subject matter. to Religion by yoyology |
| Tuesday Oct 8, 2002 | The phrase "race riot" may bring up images of
Watts,
Los Angeles,
Cincinnati, or a host of
other places, but most people would not think of
Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1921, Tulsa's prosperous Greenwood neighborhood was called
"The Black Wall Street". In June of that year, black residents rose up to
resist an imminent lynching, and white Tulsans responded by
burning
Greenwood to the
ground. Though many in Tulsa would like to forget, the
repercussions are
still being felt. to History by yoyology |
| Tuesday Oct 1, 2002 | Best known for his system, Melvil Dewey (or Dui) essentially created the profession of librarianship, giving us an association, a publication, and an education. However, he does have his detractors. to History by yoyology |
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