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| Thursday Feb 28, 2002 | When you mix grassroots organizing with professional baseball, you just might end up buying the Expos. to Sports by engelbot |
| The Enron scandal has become the world's most famous cautionary tale of what can happen when well-meaning CEOs like Kenneth Lay (Bush's leading financial patron and, completely coincidentally, co-author of Bush's energy policy (which regulates Enron)) are "duped" into doing horribly evil things without realizing it by just about everyone they've ever hired, done business with or met for the past sixteen years. ("Aw... Lay issums a poor wittle bumblingly-innocent bunny!") Happily there's a silver lining: the sudden widespread approval of corporate whistle-blowing is blossoming into one of the healthiest political trends in twenty years (law offices are reportedly swamped). And even non the non-Internet-savvy are catching on that it's an imprudent and needless gamble to invest in, partner with or accept a position at a company without first peeking through their dirty laundry. to Society by cricket |
| Wednesday Feb 27, 2002 | Muffin Films has some awesome movies about muffins ranging from the tragic to the downright silly. to Flash by lucky |
| Aye, the Farce
is wit' ye, yiz bastads! to Humor by fatherdan |
| FATMOUSE
IS COMING to Pets by avi |
| Tuesday Feb 26, 2002 | The grammarians among us may note that the apostrophe in Women's Studies is possessive. While this is grammatically correct, the egalitarians among us may wonder if it is ethical to imply possession of academic discourse through punctuation.
to Politics by fool |
| It seems there exists a niche for one whose life's calling is gleaning data by studying a lot of old crap and taking notes about it. to Science by monde |
| Enough of the "squeezably soft" and the pictures of baby chicks, baby dolls and fluffy bunnies. I want a toilet paper that gives me the sense I'm getting a product that will do exactly what I'm buying it for. to Humor by monde |
| Monday Feb 25, 2002 | Old maps can be fascinating but, by their very nature as historical
artifacts, can also contain
feature
names that are offensive to our modern sensibilities.
A cursory
place name search
of modern USGS quads will unveil several
"Negro Lakes"and "Japanese Creeks"that didn't always have these (comparatively) pleasant names. Some offensive names have been overlooked altogether, and remain on current additions of USGS maps. See if you can spot the racist place names on some of the maps that were posted earlier.
to Cartography by cadastral |
| He's an all-American sweet-toothed filmmaker who hides his scarred face behind a mask. She's a transdimensional foul-mouthed advertising executive from a secret island of warrior women. They fight crime! to Web by kade |
| For people with an interest in historical maps or the northeastern United States, University of New Hampshire has a historical USGS map collection online.
You'll also want to learn about standard symbols used on old maps. to Cartography by shadow |
| Why spend $10/month and half your life levelling up in one of those complex online
multi-player
games when you can streamline the experience with
Progress Quest? to Games by nelson |
| Phony Pony tire swings are much cooler than your average tire swing. Not only are they cute but they make use of old tires, promoting recycling. (Hubcaps not included.)
to Toys by lucky |
| Saturday Feb 23, 2002 | Global Double Crossing -- "Under the Chapter 11 filing, all shareholders will be bent over and anal screwed without the use of vasaline[sic]."
to Business by kade |
| For a limited time, The Comics Journal is presenting MP3 excerpts from an interview with Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. to Comics by tregoweth |
| The Stripper-FAQ provides information on how to work as an exotic dancer succesfully. The tools of the trade section gives some info on basics such as care of your body and shoes that are good for dancing in. The Auditioning/Dancing section gives some way cool advice like, 'Go to the Ultimate Strip Club List and look for clubs in your area. The reviews will give you a very good idea of whether it's a place you want to work. i.e. If the guy says, "Wow, it was great. This girl let me feel her up" It's obviously not a place you want to work.' Most important is the safety section that gives some good advice for protecting yourself.
to Sex by lucky |
| Friday Feb 22, 2002 | Enter the beat loop and well worded world of
Joe Frank, courtesy of
KCRW (
RealPlayer
required). to Media by goboro |
| Clan Mortal Teamwork asks you kindly to bang your head until you stutter. to Music by wheezer |
| Eat bunny! Bunny Corp offers many tasty selections for all bunny connoisseurs. Check out the full menu. I highly recommend the Fried Bunny. to Humor by lucky |
| The Kitten Burger Electronic Latin Jazz Keyboard is controlled by your own computer keyboard providing hours of fun! Well, minutes...
to Flash by lucky |
| Thursday Feb 21, 2002 | Ever hear of the game Chess? Reviewer Greg Kasavin
hates the first edition but loves the second,
realtime strategy version. Reviews elsewhere
have been mixed. The whole controversy reminds
me how much I agree with game designer
Bob Abbott's
assertion that
video games suck.
to Games by tinfoil |
| Here's an awesome model of the
Terre Haute Union Station, which served the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois as well as a line which would eventually become past of the vast, past Pennsylvania Railroad,
after much battling in the background. to Toys by shadow |
| Wednesday Feb 20, 2002 | Y Tu Mama Tambien might just be the best title for a movie in recent memory. It looks like it's got some of the folks from Amores Perros to boot.
to Movies by fool |
| The US Geological Survey, for some reason, runs a fabulous bird identification center that is better than any other I've found on the net. Very useful for confirming that what you saw in your backyard really was a red-tailed hawk or a great blue heron. to Outdoors by peterb |
| Tuesday Feb 19, 2002 | While everyone is getting their panties in a knot about the fact that
google is allowing sponsored ad rankings.
I find it much more interesting that you can now do your searching
in any number of nonexistent and dead languages such as
Klingon,
Latin,
Pig Latin,
and of course 1337 5p34k.
If by some chance there is no google interface in your language,
then you can volunteer to help them translate.
I wonder how much longer it will be until lojban and elvish show up.
to Linguistics by brainwave |
| Margaret Sanger,
feminist
icon
and the founder of Planned Parenthood is usually accorded
unquestioned respect and praise.
However, she was also a crypto-racist supporter of
eugenics
who
championed sweeping sterilization laws.
Naturally, these views have been
downplayed by abortion supporters and
exaggerated by abortion
foes, but should be
kept in mind
before handing out
awards in her name.
to History by riotnrrd |
The Bulletman Suit
allows you to deal head-punching, groin-kicking
violence to your opponent without leaving a mark. Just try not to think you're
being attacked by the Great
Gazoo.
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| For the TV addict in all of us, TV Episode Lists By Menu! Now I can prove that I didn't hallucinate Mel Brook's short-lived TV show When Things Were Rotten (unfortunately not available on DVD). On another note, I both love and hate the internet for taking over my mind with the theme song.
to Television by peterb |
| Monday Feb 18, 2002 | Prepare for your career as an annoying urban attention seeker with dubé
juggling equipment. The knives
are pretty damned cool-looking though.
to Entertainment by fatherdan |
| Hotels
have been built out of
ice.
Everyone from the
ancient Balinese
to
Frank Lloyd Wright
has built on
water.
But the NY architects
Diller+Scofidio
are the only ones wacko enough to try
creating
a building out of water vapor
(or so it will
seem).
Visit at
Swiss Expo '02,
assuming it
works.
to Art by belford |
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