2008

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topherchris: Don’t ever let your ACLU membership lapse. They will send you 13,407 direct mail...

It’s difficult to say which part of this photo I like...

A new look for the condo. Spills should no longer be an...

“It’s easy to play any musical instrument: all you have...”
— J.S. Bach. I thought of this...

sazerac: Wish I could stop here on red instead of diving...

mills: I’ve finally found a use for that second monitor:...

saramcpherson: Oh, man— go, Tel Aviv graffiti.  The best...

Nice algae.

Judge Orders Google to Turn Over YouTube Records As part of Viacom’s copyright suit against Google,...

Believe Me, It's Torture

Daring Fireball mentions an AP article run by OneNewsNow, a...

Michael Phelps set a new world record in the 400m individual...

I hope the system isn’t referring to me.

bauldoff: Scottie Cowan photographed the weirdest thing...

The Economist reports a 16% increase in coca production last...

sydvish: Will came over with 3 diet cokes and started a diet...

matthewb: The very eerie “Untitled (Variant Crowd 2)” by...

(via stumblng) I dig the way this guy does business.

“It’s a win-win situation. For me.”
— Amanda, while discussing the...

I’m going to have a hard time not bringing this up if...

Sabotage Manual from 1944 Advises Acting Like...

“Leave those men alone. They’re talking business.”
— A mother to her small blond...

leeg: Admiral the pug and Eeyore, his trusty sidekick, sit...

It’s Genetic will use your DNA to produce a lovely...

The Ear...

mills: biteofpythias: am I the only one who had nightmares about that ultimate fighter’s...

“Like a life without music, art or literature, a life without...”
— Brian Greene, physicist and...

Japanese woman caught living in man’s closet She managed to live undetected in his closet for...

This Microsoft Surface implementation team learned how to...

“Just as a film is not measured by the quality of its special...”
— From this NYT article praising...

“Me and hamburgers aren’t technically enemies but I’ll still...”
— frankb, at work. I don’t...

“Oh don’t worry, Marge. Her idea of wit is nothing more...”
— From an old episode of The...

sydvish: Ladies and gentlemen, meet Mr. Mapleshade!  I am...

“My head swims. “Um,” I say. “But. Kiss me?...”
— Patrick Smith, in an old...

Economist - Return to the fold Rosetta@home is a distributed...

mills: Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! I was going to come to...

NASA Offers $5000 a Month For You to Lie in Bed Participants...

NYT - Platypus Looks Strange on the Inside, TooApparently a...

vaivoda: Body Hack! Give it a go - I’m doing it right now...

Network Graph of Corporate America This is a map of shared...

Colossal Squid Has Biggest Animal Eyes in World, Scientists...

A Soviet bus stop. It’s from a collection found here.

 NYT - Some Athletes’ Genes Help Outwit Doping Test A Swedish study found false negative doping...

The Economist writes about the modern Vietnamese economy....

“I have killed. From the first day I paid taxes to the United...”
— Ben Metcalf - “Why I pay...

NYT - Senate Passes Genetic Discrimination Bill This bill, which still must be approved by the...

frankb: The long-awaited video for “Smell Yo Dick” is finally here!  Amazing! I didn’t plan...

NYT - Microsoft Reveals a Web-Based Software...

mills: idkwidk: I am glad I can give up my corporate bus...

“San Marino, with a population of about 30,000, is at the end...”
— From this NYT article. I bet...

romeojulietsierra: High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The...

vinh: Mr. Stegs protects my phone from assholes, and...

romeojulietsierra: A time-based Flash animation mapping the...

dhk: I’d like to thank Mills for this photo and brief...

“I wonder if God’s friends are ever like ‘ugh, that’s such a...”
— (Via toxicgreen, via...

“I want a girl who, if we’re at a dance party, will...”
— A guy name Anthony on Blind...

This is old but I thought I would post it anyway. A few more...

Ned Flanders: We want you to teach alternative theories to Darwinian evolution.
Principal Skinner: You mean Lamarckian evolution?

Customer Reviews a Ballpoint Pen Last Christmas, my wife and I were very poor. No electricity, no...

“The server that hosted the joe2006.com Web site failed...”
— From here.  It seems the FBI...

stumblng: here via this is a highly useful web site—“How...

milesbarger: We show that elephants distinguish at least two...

mareen: livejamie: The see-through skin of an inch-long...

From Strange Maps, the hoes of Ludacris by area code....

ashleystar: via

Helvetica

dansaid: The most irritating posts on Tumblr are the ones that mention Helvetica. Like, am I...

“Marie Bonaparte, who was the great-grand-niece of Napoleon...”
— From here.

“Kenton Stufflebeam, a fifth-grader from Allegan, Mich.,...”
— All Things Considered

mills: Big shot executives enjoy flexing their...

Netflix Says They're Sorry

from remiel (via Daring Fireball): I (and many others) received this email from Netflix today,...

dhk: From here.

stumblng: “Tank man” reproduced in Lego from here (where...

Experts Now Recommend Hands-Only CPR This will not affect my long-standing plan to, given the...

Tumblr API

topherchris: The Tumblr API is great. It’s really straightforward and, if you hadn’t noticed, has...

jakoblodwick: dihard: Says GMU econ professor regarding...

Asking a Judge to Save the World, and Maybe a Whole Lot...

“Everyone is wondering what they are for. But if they were...”
— A quote from this article,...

For some reason, I doubt this is an ironic name.

Economist - Hemmed in at Heathrow It seems Heathrow will likely struggle to accommodate the increase...

Ars Technica posted a favorable review of Safari 3.1 for...

mills: From frankb. I have to see these all the time; I...

More evidence of a forgotten past. 

“They’re dying in situ and do not have the ability to arouse...”
— NYT - Bats Perish, and No One...

Fall of Six-Ton Support Caused Crane to Topple The crane...

A New Tool From Google Alarms Sites There’s some concern...

stumblng: yesterday, the Stumblng Tumblr posted an item...

sydvish: Ok, ok…one more.  My friend picked these up for me...

“The relationship between Han and Tibetan is irreconcilable....”
— From an interview quoted...

mills: Did you know that Billy Dalto, in a manner that...

“The main problem guys have with flirting is that they relate...”
—  The Art Of Flirting (via...

sydvish: The Ills, George, Lacie, and Raven at chelseas,...

I’m not big on sweets but my Luscious Lemon Poppyseed cookie...

Study Quantifies the Frustrations of ParkingI was drawn to this article because it has ‘quantifies’...

YouTube in Higher Resolution: &fmt=18

mills: From my friend KB (who sent me the Ravel below, too); Vimeo’s still better, but this is...

mills: stumblng: that’s a surprising thing for them to...

“She came down the steps at a bent angle, her torso twisted...”
—  The Pleasure of My Company, a...

“Larry [Ellison] gets blamed for everything. Last year it was...”
— FSJ, on this NYT article which...

fantastic: abteen: Dear Political Graffiti Artist

Music and Memory and Graceland

mills: I was in love and purchased my first CD, Paul Simon’s Graceland.  Ever since then, my music...

katydid: The picture above is taken at the window of the...

“To even consider Billy Crystal as one of the men who rode...”
— The Onion - Teacher’s...

szymon: The end of the Mississippi River Delta - the...

NYT - More Expensive Placebos Bring More Relief This small but interesting study of placebos serves...

Women shit at math?

“Cat’s Pajamas-Something considered to be outstanding. The...”
—  This website.  Your source...

This is the Pilates room in the new Bally Total Fitness...

NYT - And the Doula Makes Four This article discusses the increasing numbers of doulas and lactation...

(via topherchris) This reminds me of recent lunchtime...

sydvish: 5.5 8 counts of Ugg-a-Wugg down (only 30 to go)!...

“I was walking back to my car and I came across this skeevy...”
— FSJ: I faith-healed a guy last...

(via marco) In response to this.

“You two should go have a jerk-off!”
—  The...

dailymeh: Who eats who[m], by David Maitland, from the...

NYT - Living With Danger, and Wondering How to Live Without...

mills: Finding ways to sexually harass BillyDalto at the...

NYT - Ford Is Pushing Buyout to Workers Being offered a...

mills: “Unhappy Balloon” lives in the trashcan and scares...

Woman dies of bird flu in southern China According to this...

Plane lands on, takes off from highway

Develop a taste for pests!

Another lazy day for Isa.

NYT - Revealed: Secrets of the Camouflage Masters This is an...

mkg: I can relate to this comic because too often I waste...

Seoul’s Namdaemun as its wooden structure burned. More...

ashleystar: jimray: Movement Map: 1hr in Front of the TV. I...

Bullshit Businessspeak Term of the Day

mills: In a meeting today, a marketing guy repeatedly sought to stun us by referring to the...

“Shuttle landing on wed shoot down of satellite not before...”
— A stream of consciousness text...

In Nicaragua, it appears the New England Patriots did beat...