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| 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 |
| Thursday Nov 28, 2002 | The current energy hype focuses on hybrid engines and fuel cells, but neglects the efficient and safe external combustion engine. Robert Stirling's hot air engine was invented in 1816, before the science of thermodynamics. A large number of Stirling Engine models and kits are available, some beautiful, some precise, some simple, and some functional. The best, though, is the Stirling engine powered clock. While the technology may be a little difficult to understand, you can still make your own from test tubes or Coke cans and AOL CDs. Of course, they not as fun to say aloud as Wankel Rotary Engine.
to Science by enigma |
| Yes, Virginia, the bird IS named after the country. Various sources seem to agree. Now go back to your holiday dinner.
to Culture by isosceles |
| Wednesday Nov 27, 2002 | Settling down for a good creep-out courtesy of H.P. Lovecraft, but lacking sufficiently haunting and bizarre avant-garde chamber music to properly set the mood? Check out Yuggoth Records, which boasts darkly malevolent and unthinkably alien song samples and paintings. Also featuring the ten-year Yuggoth Set Project, which has to date worked its way to Azathoth. to Music by cricket |
| "Ha ha! The Information Awareness Office's logo -- despite
its incorporation of that spooky
pyramidclops from the Great
Seal of the United States -- doesn't scare me at all. Nope, not one bit,"
the conspiracy hound said to his desk lamp, while sweat poured down
his face. "Why should
it?"
to Conspiracy by fatherdan |
| From bull attacks to freak chainsaw accidents, it's doubtful prettyboy clothing labels Tommy Hilfiger and J. Crew get the same hardassed customer testimonials that the C. C. Filson clothing company receives.
to Fashion by fatherdan |
| What is the
meaning of the
mysterious
giant letters on the sides of mountains
and hills?
to Art by joshua |
| Tuesday Nov 26, 2002 | Some people might find a lexicon helpful while reading the Harry Potter books, but then there are those who really need help. to Literature by engelbot |
| So the Online Etymological Dictionary, among other sites, will tell you all you need to know about the origin of words. But how come it can't tell you why "Good" and "Wood" rhyme in both English and Farsi? to Linguistics by isosceles |
| Whatever happened to comic books? In the 1940s millions of Americans read comics not only for Superhero stories, but Romance, Cowboys, War, History, Literary Adaptations and more. Readers were lured away whenever another medium provided their "fix" cheaper, easier or better, beginning with television in the '50s. By the early '80s the only genre still dominated by comics was Superheroes, and 1989's hugely profitable Batman signaled the beginning of the superheroic exodus from comics to film. Since then comicbook sales have plummeted, from $850 million in 1993 to $275 million in 2000 and still falling fast. Leading publishers Marvel and DC Comics both now treat comics solely as Research and Development: they lose millions printing the comics, but earn far more selling licenses for movies, cartoons and toys. Comics' core audience, traditionally pre-teens, is now 18-30 and getting older every year. Is this the death of comics? Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics, plays Gandalf to an unofficial fellowship out to save comics by migrating to the Internet! Join the revolution with Justine Shaw's Nowhere Girl, Patrick Farley's Electric Sheep, Tristan Farnon's Leisure Town, Derek Kirk's Small Stories, Jenn Manley Lee's Dicebox, Cat Garza's Magic Inkwell and more!
to Comics by cricket |
| The art of webcamming has progressed to the point where people will broadcast their own posthumous decomposition.
to Wackos by isosceles |
| Show Me Your Wound is a
twisted little commmunity dedicated to sharing and discussing
stories and images of
scrapes,
cuts,
burns
and
worse.
to Art by joshua |
| Are you a big fan of Microsoft Office? Do you love Mac OS X? Why not combine these loves with ... a beauty pageant!? Vote for your favorite "Ms. M.o.X.i.e" in what appears to be an official (albeit strange) Microsoft competition. Hurry, voting ends Friday!
to Sex by crikey |
| Monday Nov 25, 2002 | The worlds of Tolkien fans, sock puppets, and blogs meet at the Middle Earth Sock Puppet Theatre.
to Culture by fringehead |
| The Institute of Druidic Technology: proving that Druids used computers to play video games and program things.
to Wackos by caspian |
| Guilloche patterns are the intricate sinusoidal forms created by a Rose Machine and are found in ornamental metal such as watches and are frequently used as anti-counterfeiting security devices in money and other financial paperwork .
to Art by joshua |
| Sunday Nov 24, 2002 | Prangstgrüp are a bunch of folks from Columbia University who go out in public and do funny things, like performing musical theater in the middle of a library. to Entertainment by crikey |
| Saturday Nov 23, 2002 | Despite or perhaps because of its ghetto status, the 40 ounce bottle of malt liquor now has its own fan site, portal, and reviews. to Drugs by fringehead |
| Thursday Nov 21, 2002 | Who would have thought that your paint-by-number that you toiled over as an 8 year old would be of any value to anyone other than your mom? From nudes to portraits of Jesus, paint-by-numbers are taking America by storm... again! But wait, there's more, now you can even have your very own customized picture to paint! to Art by mrnonrespondo |
| Wednesday Nov 20, 2002 | Figure designer Mike Fosella has come under fire for reproducing Hitler and an equally repugnant Third Reich Doktor as dolls. In Fosella's defense, other action figure versions of Herr Schicklgruber (as well as his sadistic sidekicks) have already turned up here and there. Somehow these aren't as amusing as other Nazi dollies. Hoooogannnnnn!!!
to Toys by fatherdan |
| 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 |
| Alice and Bob
may be computer science's most famous couple (even if they are
fictional).
They sure do get
around, though, and their
musical career
seems to be set to take off!
to Science by caspian |
| Monday Nov 18, 2002 | Poet Piet loves using multicoloured text and very colourful expressions - so colourful that it all blends together in such a way as to become completely incomprehensible. Recurring theme seems to be the notion that the world needs to shuffle its rocks around...or does Piet just have rocks in his head? to Wackos by monde |
| 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 |
| Dr. Michael Kelly wants to teach you the secrets of dim mak or the "death touch" (i.e. using the martial arts to attack pressure points to cause severe injuries, illness, or even death. Yep, the way the more far-out conspiracy freaks say Bruce Lee was whacked). If you aren't interested in immediately buying his books or videos, perhaps a demonstration is in order. Uh, so is that guy dead now?
to Warfare by fatherdan |
| What will the well-dressed Shriner be wearing this year? Let these fine merchants dress you from head to toe.
to Fashion by fatherdan |
| Belleville Rendez-vous fuses an interesting variety of styles, some bits of Tim Burton and some bits of Steamboat Willy.
to Movies by fool |
| Saturday Nov 16, 2002 | Even the wholesome world of Kikkoman Soy Sauce has its dark -- and very strange -- underbelly.
to Food by fatherdan |
| Here's a sure sign that the Doom Generation is old and rich: they have their own aerobics now. to Health by fringehead |
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