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| Sunday Jul 8, 2001 | Am I in Pi? See if your birthday (MMDDYY) appears anywhere in mathematical number Pi. Not geeky enough for you? Then try the Pi quiz. to Web by skallas |
| Saturday Jul 7, 2001 | Trading cards based on more or less regular people are finally here! Submit yourself today and start promoting the cards in your neighborhood. to Culture by skallas |
| Friday Jul 6, 2001 | Ladies and gentlemen, one of the leading (male) impersonators of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark! to Media by tregoweth |
| Naked News...Scripting News...Naked Scripting News! to Web by tregoweth |
| Want to memorize the digits of pi? Mike Keith makes it easy -- or at least entertaining -- with Cadaeic Cadenza, a mnemonic short story that encodes over 3,000 digits.
to Literature by sylvar |
| Some people take what they see on The Sopranos and go a bit too far. Others star in The Sopranos and go even farther. to Television by dnm |
| The Feds (well, the Centers for Disease Control) have really been doing their job. Look at state-by-state leading causes of death. . Similarly, try to find your favorite Sexually Transmitted Disease in the state of your choice (click on "anonymous user" to search by state). It takes a little while to construct the queries, but it still makes you wonder why "Homicide and Legal intervention" is so popular in Texas (81% of those homicides -- 1,570 between 1995 and 1998 -- are firearm-related deaths) when George W. Bush was Governor, and suicide is a favorite in Minnesota as Jesse Ventura takes charge. (These last few links are direct database queries and may take a full minute or two). To see a glorious selection of interesting disease- and death-related queries, go to the CDC WONDER selection page. Select "anonymous user," then go nuts. to Government by keiths |
| Thursday Jul 5, 2001 | Haven't kept up on the X-Files?
Here's an eBook which makes sense of the mythology, clearly and concisely.
to Television by shadow |
| Some folks who care enough to devote themselves to paradise-engineering. For all sentient life -- and the whole family! Life in dopaminergic overdrive with quite a list of (largely) psychoactive substances. to Drugs by keiths |
| Forget X-Band Radar. The only way George Dubya's National Missile Defence is going to detect incoming missiles is by relying on the technology of the Armageddon Bra.
to Fashion by saucy |
| Looking for a decent UFO cult to join? Though most preach universal love and harmony through various techniques only the Raelian Movement is shaking things up with the promise of cloning a human in a year and building a 20 million dollar UFO embassy in the middle east. Let's not forget their auto racing team. Hey, they may be cultists but they like to have fun.
to Religion by skallas |
| If you're like me, there are some days you just can't get enough
tentacle porn.
So take a moment and let
Shokushu
teach you how to
create your
own.
to Art by riotnrrd |
| Were you disappointed with the weak third movie in the ALIENS series?
Read
William Gibson's
original script for it, and imagine
what
could have been.
to Movies by riotnrrd |
| Wednesday Jul 4, 2001 | Ever have to call customer service at some large company? Learn to turbo. to Commerce by jcs |
| What do you do with to Computing by jcs |
| Barbie porn I can understand, but LEGO porn? What's next - G.I. Joe porn?
to Sex by nucleus |
| Lesbians, have you no taste? Janet Reno, of all people, is hot? to Sex by wheezer |
| "I would like to report an offensive personalized license plate (it is from Wisconsin). The plate says 'COPUL8'. That translates into 'copulate'. According to the dictionary, that means sexual intercourse.' to Transportation by succa |
| The LAPD carries an extensive list of stolen art on their website. LA natives might want to keep an eye out for a Dali, a first edition of James Joyce's Ulysses, a Rembrandt, or a box of Tide with some doodles on it.
to Art by skallas |
| Tuesday Jul 3, 2001 | The religious community of the Shakers (no, not the Quakers), commendable in many ways, and creators of practical and influential (i.e. oft-ripped-off) objects (and a few good tunes -- also used by others) was reduced in number largely by doctrine. One Shaker
down, six to go. Makes you wonder about contemporary utopian communities that haven't lasted so long, some of which should watch out for dysentery during the July 4 week. (Hint: Boil your water. It's not a new idea.) to Religion by keiths |
| Giant sized "marital aids" are destroying Cambodia's culture, not to mention their women. to Sex by skallas |
| Cartoon characters with speech impediments are nothing new but that didn't stop me from spending hours laughing at Homestar Runner.
to Humor by mrnonrespondo |
| The single best-known eating contest (spawning odds-making, protests and flash poetry) is Nathan's Hot Dog eating Contest. Other gustatory challenges include crawfish, cheese curd, crepes, onion rings, conch fritters, fasolatha, kolacky, durian, corn dogs, pawpaws, rope, lutefisk, long-running french toast and miscellaneous contests and on and on and on -- sometimes leading to death or precious Saudi memories. With competition like this, thank God for the guiding hand of the International Federation of Competitive Eating.
to Food by keiths |
| Into the controversial and diverse industry of nude housecleaning comes a new contender: 'Only in Ann Arbor- Hot Maids Without Pants.' to Commerce by fuzzeli |
| A look at what's wrong with copy protection reveals some of the logistical problems, legal loopholes and probable long-term technological and cultural effects of the collusion between the music, movie and computer industries, which has developed with the intent of "protecting content providers". to Commentary by monde |
| God bless American car culture. We've created the ultimate gothmobile. to Transportation by fringehead |
| Monday Jul 2, 2001 | On the most northerly populated island of the British Isles is a rather special bus shelter. Not only does it boast flowers, a sofa, computer and a "hot snacks counter", but this summer you may be able to enjoy a a mini festival with live fiddle music, burgers, sweets and snacks. to Travel by loothi |
| Why wait until you're old enough to buy booze? Make your own, Viking style! to Beer by lampbane |
| The smoothest operatin' 404 of all time.
to Web by fatherdan |
| Sunday Jul 1, 2001 | There are plenty of psycho stories in the news today. But is anything from the past century more freakish than the story of Otto Sanhuber , the Bat Man, who lived 10 years in the attic of his mistress -- in two cities (Milwaukee and Los Angeles) --then killed her husband?
to Culture by keiths |
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