May 31, 2005
Improv Everywhere played a fake U2 concert across Madison Square Garden last week
A few were arrested for the Rooftop Concert - Video Here
More excellent Nuclear Compromise analysis from
KargoKagro XSpecter has lung cancer, and all Brownback wants to do is, "pray for him."
DIY Rocket Launcher (from a Video Game)
taking bits and making them physical with HijackGL, CAD, and CnC machines
Just when you thought Arnold couldn't get any more shameless
Product placement in Political Ads
May 30, 2005
May 27, 2005
Coney Island Parachute Pavilion Competition Winners Announced
The culture of life pledge: "I will not use any medical advancement based upon Stem Cell Research"
Great compromise: we can begin good science, and fundies cannot take medicine derived from such research, thus not breaking their "morals." Sounds Fair to me.
VGMix - New original arrangements of video game music
some really good reinterpretations of video game soundtracks
Russian Doctors claim Chernobyl-damaged kids supposedly smarter, healthier
Exxon believes we are apporaching Peak Oil Capacity, and OPEC has to save us
There are oh so many reasons this isn't going to happen
May 26, 2005
On Universal Healthcare in America
shorter: it ain't gonna happen because the AMA, big Pharma, insurance companies, and GOP ideology
May 25, 2005
Another Way to Think About Secular Humanism and the American Revolution
vetoed a bill that would have given gay couples the right to be treated as a relative in medical situations
You do remember Bolton? The tide continues to turn against him.
Awesome video of a face-off between SMS'rs and Morse coders
guess who won: The Morse Coders kicked ass
May 24, 2005
Some background on why the EU constitution is slated to fail in Holland and France this week
I love you, Interweb! (it's like hot or not, but with kittens)
May 23, 2005
Big Surprise: Grover Norquist isn't graft-free
Oh, and his connection to Jack Abramoff appears to not to have anything to do with defrauding Indian Tribe's. Yup, none at all. Let's play a game: Big Government Conservatism is to Graft...
Cheney's Betrayal: the Vice President’s unconstitutional decision not to follow Senate rules
as I've been saying for awhile, this is the real issue
May 21, 2005
May 20, 2005
They should just use liquid detergent and a blacklight - no one would find out. But I'm sure that defeats their purpose.
Architecture for Humanity has announced the winner for the Siyathemba youth football pitch
A Democratic "No" to bad policy is better than rolling over and taking it
A Contrarian view (that makes sense) on the NYTimes charging for its' online version
May 19, 2005
The Letters of Gary Benchley, Rock Star is coming to an end
one of my favorite authors on The Morning News has a book deal, and is leaving TMN to write. GOod luck, and I can't wait for the book!
not all that exciting, but interesting by itself
Screenshots of Apple's Home Page through the years
I love magnificent obsessions like these
Star Wars EP3 Workprint Leaked Online
curiously, that isn't that bad; I've seen some movies (primarily from screeners) online weeks before the opening
Interesting Article about Marriage, Tradition, Property, and Gay Marriage
to all the guys out there: would you change your last name to your wife's?
May 18, 2005
May 17, 2005
The Secret Way to War: How the Bush Administration decided to invade Iraq before July 23, 2002
Remembering Flash Mobs. Interview with "Bill," creator of the Flash Mob
you do remember flash mobs, right?
Changing the Senate Rules: How the Nuclear Option will erase 200 years of precedent and rule making
May 13, 2005
Outfoxed, Firefox extension to socially annotate the web
yet another reason this is the "Year of Firefox"
Brown v Board of Education versus Originalism
Interesting post about Brown and Originalism, good quote:
It is originalism's stubborn and cocksure inflexibility that makes Brown a problem. If you really take it seriously, the theory becomes so formally rigid that, taken to its logical extreme, all consequences become irrelevant. In fact, everything becomes irrelevant.
White House is Worried About Several More Weeks of Bolton News
May 12, 2005
In other words, ABC thinks that bus-riding runaway bridges, stray airplanes, and Laura Bush horse masturbation stories are more interesting than the War in Iraq
May 11, 2005
BBC Backstage launches in beta
tre cool: "Build what you want using BBC content"
Temporary Space for 191 Countries? For U.N., Maybe It's in Brooklyn
The Disney Muppets: why that just isn't funny
Disney is restarting The Muppet Show, I'm not expecting much
May 10, 2005
Now this is getting interesting: Platypus for Firefox
Modify a Web page from your browser & save those changes as a Greasemonkey script so that everytime you visit the page the edit is persistent
May 9, 2005
NPR Interviews Strong Bad: Strong Bad Walks in Footsteps of Darth, Lex, J.R.
Here's the direct audio link (wma)
Firefox Extension Greasemonkey, will blow up business models (as well as your mind)
Good overview of the Dia's plan's for Meatpacking District museum
Overview of the Kansas (Scopes) Monkey trial
When will people learn that evolution does not discredit God?
May 8, 2005
May 6, 2005
$11.5 Trillion Lost In Bermuda Triangle
Super Rich Hide $11.5 Trillion in Tax Free Havens
Well, I guess it's time to move on...
Combining Google Maps & Yahoo road construction Data
Cool hack, but I see a combined C & D letter on the horizon
On Men's Rights Movement - The Fathers' Rights Advocates
interesting analysis of FRA's and divorce
May 5, 2005
Clublife: Club Bouncer's (an new Mob bouncer) blog
I would think posting about the Mob would be an unwise decision...
God and State - Which God do Evangelicals want to install in US Government?
would they be so chipper if it was Allah?
Remove Forebrain and Serve: Tag Clouds II, or, Tag Clouds Are Killing Me
I'll have more on this later...
You have the freedom to be Methodist, Baptist, Episcopalian, or Jewish
A Wiccan can't recite the invocation because they aren't practicing Judeo-Christian monotheism. How this isn't violation of the Establishment Clause, I don't know.
May 4, 2005
May 3, 2005
Social Security, how art thou an insurance program? Let Yglesias count the ways.
Using Frickin' Laser Beams to get to Mars
(actually, they are Plasma Beams)
PBS: Fair, Balanced, and Funded
the GOP is trying to end the independence at PBS (again)
What's the Matter with Liberals?
On the GOP using class warfare
ABC Accepts Ad From Grand Ayaltollah James Dobson, but rejects one from Christian Church
up is the new down, as they say
NYC Council votes to Rezone my Neighborhood of Williamsburg & Greenpoint
May 2, 2005
Cool interactive map of UK constituencies
shows the current party holder, and the vote totals from the last election
Delightfully Wonky discussion on the Incorporation of the 14th Amendment
the mathowie's are having a baby, and are "moblogging" it
see all of the pretty redesigned webpages
