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Friday
Mar 26, 1999
Rare books...reproduced as Acrobat files!
to Literature by tregoweth
Thursday
Mar 25, 1999
Anamorphic widescreen, letterbox, pan-and-scan, 1.66:1, 1.33:1 1.78:1. Confused? So was I, until I read the article How Film is Transferred To Video. A must for anyone considering a DVD player. Also, visit the Letterbox and Widescreen Advocacy Page (which will soon be moving to www.widescreen.org.
to Movies by peterb
It's ironic that, while Roberto Begnini has received nothing but acclaim for his film Life is Beautiful, Jerry Lewis's The Day the Clown Cried has never been released and is generally considered to be one of the nadirs of American cinema. Filmed in 1972, and featuring an uncannily similar plotline to Life is Beautiful with lead actors that have uncannily similar comedic styles, one wonders how much longer it'll be before the film's released and we get to see if it's actually any good.
to Movies by crikey
Hello, World, have a cold one.
to Computing by mpc
The Federation of International Robot-Soccer Association inspires robotic competition worldwide.
to Robotics by joshua
The Searchable Online Archive of Recipes contains nearly 50,000 recipies of all kinds. My Cookbook offers a more personalized but also less diverse collection. The Vegan Resource Group, Veggies Unite!, and Vegitarian Pages collectively offer thousands of vegitarian recipies and resources.
to Food by joshua
Who watches the watchers? You do! Listen to police scanners in New York City, Los Angeles, and Dallas from the relative safety of your home or workplace.
to Law by crikey
Reject the jingoism of the US propaganda machine. Find out what's really going on in Serbia from your friends at the Voice of Russia. Requires RealAudio.
to Politics by peterb
Wednesday
Mar 24, 1999
For people who never got over their teddy bears, comes Fur Nation. It contains summer convention and (of course) furry porn.
to Culture by riotnrrd
Okay, the school girls I can definately understand, and maybe even the tentacles. But the Japanese lose me when it comes to the erotic potential of woman shrinking to tiny size.
to Sex by riotnrrd
The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement is (ahem) dead serious about its call for "phasing out the human race" for the good of the Earth's ecology.
to Wackos by riotnrrd
4.8 gigabytes of images and movies of astronomical objects and spacecraft are avialble at this French site.
to Science by riotnrrd
Sneaker Nation is a celebration of all things sneaker. Includes a bulletin board, profiles of "sneaker freaks," and a history of the best sneaker of all time.
to Wearables by crikey
Tuesday
Mar 23, 1999
Sick and tired of those floppy old genitals? Then why not chop them off? Don't miss the cringe-inducing image gallery. Ow.
to Sex by riotnrrd
Sandlot Science is a collection of optical illusions, including breathing squares and plans to build (apparently) impossible objects.
to Games by riotnrrd
Will a monkey armed with a typewriter ever type out the entire works of Shakespeare? I dunno, but this site gives it a shot.
to Web by crikey
The Tool Logic Tool Lite Deluxe contains a light, knife, screwdriver, phillips head screwdriver, nail file, toothpick, tweezer and inch/cm rules in a 1'8" thick thick credit card shape. As seen in Jeff Bezos' pants!
to Gadgets by faisal
Bleem lets you play Sony Playstation games on a pentium-class machine, whereas Connectix's Virtual Game Station requires a G3 Macintosh.
to Games by joshua
Monday
Mar 22, 1999
Tomb "Bazooms" Raider creator Core Design is considering legal action against web sites that display nude images of Lara Croft.
to Sex by riotnrrd
What would happen if an asteroid hit New York City? For starters, Long Island would be blanketed in molten rock and superheated steam, so maybe it's not all bad.
to Science by riotnrrd
Atrocities of the Christian Church really has nothing to do with Christianity, but is instead a collection of pictures and descriptions of medeival torture devices. Similarly, Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs is less about the martyrs than what the pagans did to them.
to Religion by riotnrrd
If you aren't sure what the controversy surrounding Elia Kazan's honorary Oscar at the 1999 Academy Awards ceremony was all about, check out this essay (written in 1980) on the topic of Kazan, the House Unamerican Activities Committee, and "naming names."
to Commentary by crikey
Jorn Barger's Robot Wisdom Weblog has fascinating news stories and links galore, updated daily.
to Web by tregoweth
Sunday
Mar 21, 1999
Oscar, schmoscar -- see who won this year's Razzies.
to Movies by tregoweth
For an organization which holds all the secrets of creation, the Unarius Academy Of Science sure looks like a laundromat that's fallen on hard times.
to Wackos by mpc
Saturday
Mar 20, 1999
Summum might be a religion, might be a philosophy, or might just have trouble getting a date on Saturday Night.
to Wackos by mpc
Slug Pornography T-Shirts, I know this is what I've been looking for all my life.
to Fashion by mpc
S.U.P.E.R.B.A.D., no I don't understand it either.
to Web by mpc
Friday
Mar 19, 1999
No one, not even surrealists, understand The Exquisite Cadaver, but that has failed to stop people from playing that and other games, such as How to Write A Dadaist Poem. And, once the games are exhausted, try for romance with the compliment generator.
to Culture by jacquez
First it was Dancing Hamsters, then it was Dancing Jesus. Now we've made the important transition from the Divine to the Bovine. And continued on to the Asinine.
to Humor by mfp
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