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| Thursday Oct 28, 1999 | House Republicans are prepared for alien attack.
to Politics by faisal |
| Some people think Martians are little green men, but some people think that they are something even more sinister. to Conspiracy by keith |
| Hundreds of fun and useful links in this hippy dippy web directory. They could even help you find Utopia. to Reference by rsf |
| Lookin' for something fun to do in the Bay Area? Don't check out the PIX Page unless you what to know what bands were playing back in February of 1998. |
| My favorite trade magazine has good to be Prepared Foods. All you foodies can stay ahead of the curve with their New Products Showcase. It's recommended to those who want to really know what goes into their food with articles on
biotechnology, new legislation,
candy consumption, and food trends.
to Food by rsf |
| Contrary to accusations, I do think
Sarah Dyer is a cartoonist.
In fact, I have every issue of
"Action Girl"
ever published, and am a big fan of
her writing
for
Space Ghost: Coast
to Coast to boot.
to Comics by riotnrrd |
| I was a little skeptical about a list of
The 100 Greatest Comic Books of 20th Century (a work in progress),
but the author thereof has good, well reasoned explanations of each selection. And although most of the comic books are chosen more for significance than raw quality, he includes Watchmen, Maus,
Cerebus, and Sandman, so I can't complain too much.
to Comics by keith |
| I'd like to thank the MBA's over at the US Department of Justice for whipping up this little page, to help brainwash our youth while they are still prime. Not to mention, we need to make sure they know the rules of the road. to Law by imploded |
| Wednesday Oct 27, 1999 | What scares me the most about this animal testicular implant company is the name... to Pets by succa |
| If you thought mountain biking was dangerous, wait till you check out mountain unicycling. to Sports by rsf |
| If you really want to recycle paper, as
Beakman and Jax suggest, you're going to run into the problem that your paper, which starts out grey, gets even darker if you try to recycle it again, and then darker still. That's why, in the real world, there is deinking. However, that requires certain enzymes and cannot be done at home in your kitchen, but rather in large
industrial plants. to Science by keith |
| Lesser known than
Clara
Bow - the "It girl" - is
Louise Brooks, another great
actress from the 20's and 30's. She epitomized the flapper, not
only in
appearance
but in her
defiant,
racy lifestyle as well.
to Movies by riotnrrd |
| While looking for the text of H.R. 3028 - the House bill to ban "cybersquatting" - I found the House of Representatives roll call.
Find out what your representatives did yesterday. You can even find out who abstained. Called in sick, maybe? Or maybe they just don’t like 4-H Clubs .
to Politics by birgitte |
| Although several of my favorite cartoonists
(Dan
Clowes
and
Adrian Tomine
to name two)
have no web presence, others do.
Check out
Jim Woodring's website,
which just doesn't do justice to his
creepy dreamlike art, or
Evan Dorkin and
Sarah Dyer's
House of Fun.
to Comics by riotnrrd |
| Reduce,
reuse, and
recycle.
to Culture by riotnrrd |
| Tuesday Oct 26, 1999 | Live in your own grounded and refitted
airplane.
This guy
is preparing his now. to Gadgets by keith |
| Why is it that natural languages like English or Italian, imperfect as they
are, seem to work so much better than artificially constructed languages
like Esperanto? Check out Umberto Eco’s lecture on the subject. to Linguistics by birgitte |
| typographic is an old
(in net years) and
beautifully
designed site devoted to the
history and
current practice of typography.
to Art by riotnrrd |
| My all-consuming toy fetish right now is
wind-up robots.
Especially
ones from Japan
from the 50s.
I have to settle for
reproductions,
however, since the originals can cost
thousands
of dollars.
to Robotics by riotnrrd |
| So your atavistic desire to procreate with beautiful women was thwarted by constant rejection? Take heart! You can still bid for their eggs at Ron's Angels. Then again, if you have 50 grand to burn (the opening bid to make babies with Model 99) and still can't land a date - perhaps you shouldn't be in the gene pool after all. to Sex by pjammer |
| Monday Oct 25, 1999 | Gourd Music is an independant music label specializing in acoustic music. In addition to offering
select acoustic music from other labels, they offer
sound recordings of Shaker Music,
Americana,
Celtic Music, and even strains from Holiday Seasons Long Past. to Music by goboro |
| Edgar Meyer, oft lauded as the best bassist living (and equally at home in both classical and folk camps) has an extensive catalog of offerings. His latest effort (teaming up with
classical violinist
Joshua Bell and bluegrass virtuosos
Sam Bush and
Mike Marshall) combines classical and folk into a dizzying, wonderful
collusion that simply doesn't last long as it ought to. I cannot recommend it enough. to Music by goboro |
| This guy takes photographs with the most amazing colors. to Art by mpc |
| Team ABL, an Air Force,
Boeing, TRW, and Lockheed-Martin consortium, has completed ground testing
of a
multi-hundred
kilowatt laser system
intended to be mounted on a 747 for
theater missile
defense.
This big stuff is fine and dandy, but when do we get our personal
ray guns, dammit?
to Warfare by riotnrrd |
| If you (like myself) still haven't recovered from the end of Bloom County, you'll be happy to hear that the animated Christmas special A Wish For Wings That Work is coming to video on November 9. If you don't feel like plunking down the ten bucks, tho, clips are available online. to Comics by jon |
| Michael Lewis, who may be best known for injecting the phrase Big Swinging Dick into the lexicon of business journalism through Liar's Poker (a sardonic report on the rise and fall of Salomon Brothers), has a new book out. The New New Thing is a biographical account of uber-geek Jim Clark and his rocky quest in building SGI, Netscape and Healtheon en route to being the biggest swinging dick in Silicon Valley. to Books by pjammer |
| No, it's not a torture device, just one of the many unusual patents found at Wacky Patent of the Month. to Gadgets by rsf |
| You think your favorite on-line comic has an archive?
Doonesbury has an
on-line archive which goes back to October 26, 1970. It's a great way to learn the past three decades of American political and social history. to Comics by keith |
| John McPhee
has written books about enviornmentalists, oranges,
birch bark canoes, the Swiss Militia,
and he just won the Pulitzer
for his latest
( a table of contents, and a bit of Chapter One). to Books by goboro |
| Possible new trend: Resurrecting defunct brands for online use.
First sighting: the return of S&H Green Stamps as
"S&H Greenpoints."
to Commerce by tregoweth |
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