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| Monday May 22, 2000 | Are you looking to build something but don't know how to hammer a
nail? Well, Better Homes and
Gardens has a guide
for you. It won't make you a New
Yankee, but you may learn the rules of carpentry and build something to boot!
to Commentary by duff |
| Sunday May 21, 2000 | Were lightsabres inspired by Far Out Space Nuts? Were Imperial Walkers invented by Ralph McQuarrie while George Lucas was still in high school? Star Wars Origins reveals the little-known forerunners for images and ideas in Star Wars. The most interesting feature may be the chart comparing Joseph Campbell's universal myth with both Star Wars and The Matrix, which suggests a Judeo-Christian bias that flawed Campbell's otherwise brilliant reverse-engineering of mythic structure. to Movies by cricket |
| The Georgia Tech International Student Handbook makes pretty fascinating reading. As an American, I was particularly intrigued by the section on aspects of American society that may be new to foreign students. to Culture by peterb |
| Syndicated comics strips are generally so awful I'd begun to despair. Turns out it's the syndication system, not the medium, that's poisoned. People are publishing online in droves, including some of the best comics the world has ever seen. For instance, Christopher Baldwin's Bruno is a joyful, beautifully-drawn and skillfully executed labor of love... basically the embodiment of why I liked comics in the first place (also art in general. and life itself, really). Plus, it gets beaucoup bonus points for being copublished in French. Treat yourself and fulfill your hazy ambitions to make lifekind a teensy bit better at the same time: bolster the quotient of good mojo in the world by ordering Bruno stuff. Magnifique!! to Comics by cricket |
| Saturday May 20, 2000 | A photo comic named "Tards". Featuring Gordon, Floyd, and Nudist Ned, it's both entertaining and frightening! to Comics by succa |
| When geeks finally log off for some R&R in real life, the game of choice is Chess. But why bother with a boring conventional game when you can tweak the board and play an eccentric variation of the classic?The Chess Variants Page offers a links/rules to known Chess permutations, including The 3-D Chess game from Star Trek, Cooley's Hexaganol Chess and the 104-square Omega Chess. Take THAT, Deep Blue! to Games by pjammer |
| Want a intricate, AD&D-inspired web game to occupy your time between the hours between coffee breaks at work? ArchMage is a turn-based interactive simulation casting players as reincarnated magic-users turned loose on the planet of Terra. With one of the most complex rules book in existence, it's already attracted thousands of hardcore RPG geeks from around the world. to Games by pjammer |
| Friday May 19, 2000 | For those of you in the NYC area, Deridian is a
bastion of originality in the live music scene. Select songs are available
here, but they're a grim shadow of the
live shows, the next of which is Monday, May 22 in the downstairs lounge at
Wetlands, 10pm. to Music by caviar |
| It's all about DangerMouse. to Television by caviar |
| Tired of wearing silly glasses to get a headachy 3-D effect? Don't worry, Deep Video Imaging layers a number of LCD displays to provide depth of field. They aren't cheap ($10,000 or so) but they'll be available soon.
to Computing by joshua |
| Move over, Guinness. The World Sexual Records will tell you all the interesting bits the book left out.
to Sex by kier |
| Thursday May 18, 2000 | Nye Thermodynamics is the result of Mark Nye's need to build bigger, faster gas turbines and turbine jet-propelled vehicles. to Transportation by joshua |
| Unorg.com is the creation of Simon Buckinghham, who writes down-to-earth, thought-provoking essays about some of the things you can expect to experience in the changing economic realities of current times, and how to make these experiences work for you instead of you merely working for them. Even though he drops a buzzword or two along the way, the essays are (unlike some other writings about this sort of thing) both refreshingly stimulating and realistic. Unorganization: The Individual Handbook is a good place to start.
to Economics by monde |
| Wednesday May 17, 2000 | Amidst a worldwide backlash against Genetically Modified foods the US government is still resisting consumer demand for mandatory GM labeling. Although some companies are publicly embracing GMs, most are quietly skirting the issue (even when they oppose their use). If the government ever gets their ass in gear, foods can be effectively tested and labeled. to Food by rsf |
| Jessica Bayliss is doing
some fascinating
research with brain-computer interfaces that can help paralyzed people use household
applicances with a mere
thought. to Science by laurel |
| Though the concept of having users creating their own content may seem like a good one, the result is somewhat difficult to navigate, if not chaotic. to Web by wheezer |
| Tuesday May 16, 2000 | Silly me! Of course The Taleban has a website. to Religion by mpc |
| Aside from a select few, most Americans are unaware that the phenomenon known as techno was started in Detroit. Finally the city has decided to honor its heritage with this festival. to Music by wheezer |
| Monday May 15, 2000 | Fielding Travel has an extensive guide of lethal places to visit, whether because of religious fanatics, the collapse of central government or heavily-armed psychotics. They've also got a stomach-churning disease guide, helpful info on bribing officials, and a guide which tells you what to do if you're kidnapped
to Travel by mpc |
| Buzkashi is like polo, only you use a DEAD CALF for a ball.
to Sports by mpc |
| A nice side-effect of the sudden explosion in short films on the Internet is access to imaginative, watchable science fiction. Christian Volckman's Maaz and Meher Gourjian's Plug are both lyrically reminiscent of Terry Gilliam's moody masterpiece Brazil. Gillian Ashurst's Venus Blue gives us an excuse to watch a stunning blond woman in requisite "space babe" outfit as she spreads the contagion of true happiness. Check out Sci-fi.com's well-done short film section for more treats, including Mark Osborne's brilliant claymation More. to Movies by cricket |
| The weekly comic strip The Parking Lot is Full is as funny as it is psychotic. to Comics by joshua |
| One of my favorite board games is The Settlers of Catan, a
simple yet engaging game.
You can play it online via a unix-based client called
Gnocatan, a
windows-based client called NetSet,
and there's also a fairly confusing solitaire/computer player
version for DOS.
to Games by peterb |
| Lab Safety sells everything a careful mad scientist needs, including Hazardous Material suits and scary Biohazard signs. to Science by joshua |
| Adventures in Advertising by Tom DelMundo. to Humor by wheezer |
| The Vectrex gaming system, sold between 1982 and 1984, was one of the only vector-based home-game systems ever released. However, the platform is not completely dead. Download an emulator and some ROM images or perhaps some new games and relive the 80's.
to Games by joshua |
| The Final Curtain is a company that allows creative individual to design their own final resting places. A wacky ideas (which the media jumped all over). Too bad it was a hoax perpetrated by the notorious Joey Skaggs.
to Art by rsf |
| Bag Lady Sue is
my favorite burlesque performer. She must be seen to
be believed. If you hire her, don't let your friends in on the
joke. to Sex by peterb |
| Sunday May 14, 2000 | Vir2L is some serious web designer eye-candy. Oy vey. to Art by succa |
| Can't get enough of WWF style "Professional" Wrestling? Maybe it's time for you to step on to the mat. All Pro Wrestling Boot Camp can help you get started. "You too can live your dream." to Media by faisal |
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