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| Wednesday Jun 28, 2000 | It used to be that graffiti artists concentrated their best efforts on subways, but now it seems almost everything is fair game for graffiti, even moose, pigs, and cows. But, yuppies? to Art by rich |
| AskJeeves: Is Jeeves gay? to Web by loothi |
| Tuesday Jun 27, 2000 | I'm sure everyone wants to know where I stand on
the BSD versus Linux argument. to Humor by peterb |
| The annual ACM
SIGGRAPH conference is taking
place next month in lovely
New Orleans. Graphics nerds
such as myself
should take a moment off from their preparations and enjoy some
SIGGRAPH humor.
to Science by riotnrrd |
| When you're looking for mechanical engineering data, sites like iCrank are great at disseminating static knowledge bases, but eFunda is bringing all of that static knowledge along with the interactive Q&A of guru.com into the picture.
to Reference by urog |
| The passion of professional wrestling superfans has always scared me. I've
never understood why grown men enjoy watching other men roll around with each
other in a boxing ring. But, the guys who perform these stunts in their
own backyard are
truly a unique breed. If this sort
of mayhem
interests you, perhaps you can keep up with your local heroes on this
convenient compilation, or
even learn the ropes by taking a class to join a local
federation.
to Sports by rich |
| Cyber Stalking on IRC is a serious crime,
but do we need to be afraid of the Web Gestapo
coming after us because we're all
voyeurs at heart, who're addicted to following a regular person indulge their narcissistic tendencies by
posting every mundane detail of their entire life on the
web for our entertainment (or theirs?)
to Internet by rich |
| All of us remember the late 1960's cult classic cartoon Speed Racer. Sign up for
newsletters from the soon-to-debut official
website. Perhaps you'd like the chance to buy your own fully-functioning Mach 5 race car for only $61,000, or maybe
you'd prefer Racer X's Shooting Star?
to Transportation by rich |
| LodesTone is your one-stop shop
for all things from the world of radio theater, including the likes of
The Firesign Theatre,
The Reduced Shakespeare Company,
the recent production of H.G. Wells'
Alien Voices,
and wonderfully, creepily goofy
ZBS adventure story,
The Fourth Tower of Inverness.
to Media by goboro |
| Douglas Hofstadter
has written all sorts of books
about all sorts of things. Turns out while he was writing them he was
composing as well.
to Music by goboro |
| Monday Jun 26, 2000 | What seperates the merely competent from the genius? Malcolm Gladwell's long but fascinating essay profiling world-class performers at the top of their games sheds some light on how the Wayne Gretzkys, Yo-Yo Mas and Tony Gwynns of the world become what they are.
to Commentary by pjammer |
| Tuvalu is a small island in Oceania, about 26 sq. km. in area, or so the CIA world factbook entry says. Although they have no potable groundwater, no known mineral resources, and only ten thousand people, it has one very modern resource: it's the center of a hotly contested bidding war for the .tv domain
to Internet by urog |
| Give in to your morbid impulses and read some
suicide
notes: the
poignant, the
adolescent
and even, apparently, that of the
creator
of the site.
to Culture by riotnrrd |
| Oh god,
the bugs!
The
bugs! They're crawling
under my skin!
The doctors say
they can't see
them, but
I KNOW THEY'RE
THERE!
to Health by riotnrrd |
| Brian Walker, AKA Rocket Guy, is using the money he has made inventing toys to fulfill his childhood dream of building a rocket and launchpad in his backyard and launching himself 30 miles into space. The launch is scheduled for April, 2001, but until then he has images and a movie of a computer-simulated launch. to Science by kapital |
| It started with a woman who wanted to buy a Honda. Elizabeth Fisher wanted to buy
a Honda Odessey but like other of us fat
folk she was too big for the seat belt. Most other car makers offer seat belt extenders so
that everyone can safely strap in. Some offer them for free, some cost
no more than $30. Elizabeth contacted Honda
who has told her they will not make extenders. Further research found
that while Hyundai and Subaru also do not make extenders, nearly every other car maker
does. Elizabeth is trying to petition the NHTSB to amend a
Federal US regulation that would require car manufacturers to make
seat belts or offer extenders to cover everyone, not just people who
weigh up to 215 lbs, as they do now. Ironically, the National Transportation Safety
Board is big on it's
Buckle Up America program which encourages seatbelt use and offers
statistics showing how many lives are saved!
And while you might not
agree with this or just think this is just a "problem" for fat
people and big sports jocks, you might also think about how this "problem" affects pregnant women.
to Transportation by moose |
| The fine folks over at PunkAssGear have begun selling Memepool teeshirts. Now all we need is a few cute models... Send us pictures of yourself wearing the memepool shirt (or otherwise embossed with the memepool logo) for our gallery.
to Memepool-News by joshua |
| A beautiful, photo-realistic robot is assembled with visual echoes of Japanese anime (like Ghost in The Shell). The robot has Bjork's features (again, photo realistic), which begin singing. Another Bjork-faced gynoid (female android) joins in the duet, they fall in love and tonsil hockey to the instrumental fade-out. Kinky, cybery, beautiful, all wrapped up in the All Is Love video. to Music by cricket |
| Saturday Jun 24, 2000 | Proving once again that the psychochemical cocktail labeled 'sainthood' in ye olden days and 'psychological disorder' today is the 'computer genius' of the future, Brenda's Game Page includes such meticulous, commercial-quality game levels as this Nike Airforce base in Connecticut for Quake 2. Check out the pix comparing the game screens with photographs of the real thing and be ye impressed. to Games by cricket |
| Evil comes to the Flea Market in the form of the dark spectre of Sedition, Drugs and Vintage Jewelry...as chronicled by an individual whose elevator just doesn't go all the way to the top floor. to Wackos by monde |
| Rather not face up to the task of making an indiscreet point? gentlehints.com lets the coward in you send an anonymous letter and helpful gift. to Culture by faisal |
| Before the
first analog
recordings, music was stored in a
digital
format and played back by
steampunk robots.
to Gadgets by riotnrrd |
| Dr. Alexander
Abian, respected Professor of Mathematics and Usenet kook par
excellance,
died a year ago
today. We should mourn his passing by
BLOWING
UP THE MOON AND REBORBITING VENUS TO MAKE A BORN-AGAIN EARTH.
to Wackos by riotnrrd |
| The Budget Traveller's Guide To Sleeping In Airports may be useful if you are on vacation, and very very cheap. to Travel by peterb |
| Friday Jun 23, 2000 | Do you write erotica? Be sure to avoid the lame cliches of alt.sex.stories when writing your masterpiece. to Humor by pjammer |
| Thursday Jun 22, 2000 | I take offense at the recent slamming of jwz for the descriptions of his
self-made furniture. Okay, he's not perfect, but chances are, he's far
cooler than you. If not, he's almost certainly
richer. And he links back here.
Show a little respect.
to Gadgets by caviar |
| GreatBuildings.com is an online database of important architectural works. Great stuff in the modern section like the Tokyo International Forum. to Art by akk |
| What is it about people on the net who want to tell you about their self-designed furniture? Shelves and CD racks seem to be the most popular. If you're feeling lazy you can just buy something industrial-chic from Boltz.com. to Gadgets by akk |
| MySap.com's massive new ad campaign: "You can. It does." promises everything and commits to nothing. Has it occurred to their execs that making brazenly empty promises is tantamount to announcing they can't be trusted? to Commerce by cricket |
| It hasn't been updated any time recently, but the existing adventures of everyone's favorite inept compulsive suicide attempter, Suicide Boy, are enjoyable. to Comics by keith |
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