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June 30, 2005

• What happens when the President made Iraq a giant Patronage Factory for fresh-faced AEI hacks

  in a word: chaos

• Delettering the Public Space: Covering up a Street's full of Logos

• Urban asshole notification cards

  Fun passive-aggressive cards which practically guarantee you getting beat up

• Tom Cruise's Dangerous Clown Show

  Simple questions the media should be asking TomKat about their Cult

• Iraq Casualties plotted on Google Maps

• Spanish Parliament becomes fourth country to allow gay marriage

  w00t! Good for Spain!

• Corporation for Public Broadcasting secretly analyzed the political ideology of guests on NPR and PBS

  Big surprise that the consultant was deeply tied to partisan conservative groups

June 29, 2005

• Korean woman let's dog shit in train; doesn't pick it up; rider takes photos & uploads them to the web; uproar ensues

  moral of the story: pick up your dog shit, and the internet feeds on mob behaviour

• GOP Congressman says he has secret information connectiong 9/11 to Saddam

  Funny - everyone from the President to Rumsfeld to the September 11th Commission says otherwise. Maybe he has Nixon's secret plan to get the U.S. out of Vietnam, too.

• Arguing with Bush: "Terrorists" are not a cohesive ideological category like "Communists"

• The Sony Librie as a Gameing Machine

  if you want an idea where portable gaming should go, here are some great ideas

• Canada passes Same-sex marriage legislation

• Exponential Enrons Ahead

  A little-discussed section of the Bush energy bill will drive public utilities out of business, letting oil giants like Halliburton control your electricity.

June 28, 2005

• Excellent recap of what Stonewall means, "Stonewall: Our past and our future"

• The Case Against Andrew Sullivan: Rove's Assistant Propagandist

• Metropolis Mag Interview: Hernan Diaz Alonso’s Critical Architecture

  Looks like I was a bit hasty in my castigation

• Justice Scalia Puts His Cards on the Table

  quote, "If you aren't a monotheist who believes in a personal God, the government may disregard you. You don't count."

• Conquering by Dividing: From Karl Rove to John Bolton, the White House puts its electoral prospects above national security

• 2005 Industrial Design Excellence Awards Photos

• The Truth about Social Software photos

• Slideshow of Cups That Say New York

• A very unpopular President: Bush's approval rating at 45%

June 27, 2005

• Coudal is making a short film - because they can

  that's the best reason I've heard

• The Yellow School Bus is 40 times safer than any other form of transportation

  no mention of the statistics concerning the Short Bus, though

• I wish to have an Adventure - I'd like suggestions

• Congressman Barton (R) is actively harassing scientists researching climate change

• The Feder Guide to Where to Park In Manhattan (and Where Not to Park It!)

  I'm surprised someone hasn't done this already

• Excellent photo series of the D-Day museum and beaches in Caen, France

• 43% of Republicans think that Free Press hurts Democracy

  are these people insane?

• Time-lapse map of disruptions to the London Underground

  notice that the MTA doesn't even provide disruption maps

June 26, 2005

• Riot Grrls and Co-Option: The riot just couldn't be on MTV

  facinating discussion on the Riot Grrl phenom and commercial culture coption

• Street art blows (dot com)

  this poster is all over nyc now

• Cracking the Flag-Burning Amendment

  Real Americans don't take away the freedoms of other Americans

• Photographer Sued for Taking Portrait

  look, if you are in the public sphere, you can and will be photographed

• Klein nailed on falsehoods in Al Franken Show grilling

  awesome work of cutting through the slime machine lies

June 24, 2005

• The Destruction of Medieval Boston

• Google Maps quietly adds international satellite maps

  Check out Rome - it's freaking cool

• How did indie movie Mad Hot Ballroom survive the copyright cartel?

  clearing music rights is insame

• Urban Farming: Vertical Farming

• help me find an apartment in greenpoint brooklyn, ny 11222

• Muppets Statler & Waldorf to review movies

  Will be shown on Movies.com - everything is funnier when said through Muppets.

June 22, 2005

• Manccessory.com - Toys for Boys

  ever needed a nice tie and didn't know where to get it...?

• Flickr banned by United Arab Emirates-owned ISP

  saw this coming - here is some background. Basically UAE is a huge sub-group of Flickr, and they are quite isolated from any other group (via contacts) and were trying to isolate themselves from nude photos

• Scientists are opting out of public debates on evolution vs. creationism or intelligent design

  They shouldn't engage in debate about the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus, either

June 21, 2005

• Fruity Juice Brand Attacks Union Square!

  Giant Snapple popsicle stunt goes terribly, terribly awry

• How the Starbucks Siren Became Less Naughty

• Anti-gay Bigots using the same language as Anti-Semites

  Please read Richard Sennett's book, Flesh and Stone: The Body and the City in Western Civilization Chapter 7: Fear of Touching, for background

• Dear Leader's Paper Moon

  Washington Times owner supports and does business with North Korea

June 20, 2005

• Ill-conceived LA Times "wikitorials" closes

  Looks like LAT wasn't prepared to handle the abuse which wikis tend to enable

• Free Katie dot Net

  "Don't turn away. Your indifference makes you part of the problem."

• Desert Island Fonts - Round 1

  what 5 fonts would you take on a deserted island?

June 19, 2005

• Corporation for Public Broadcasting stooge Tomlinson Sent Data to White House

  The CPB was set up precisely so that politics wouldn't interfere with Public Broadcasting

• Triumph the Insult Comic Dog vs the Michael Jackson Supporters

  it is a wonder that Smigel didn't get beat up

June 17, 2005

• American's censored Nagasaki A-bomb report unearthed after 60 years

• Video: Surprise

  So awesome - via waxy.

• Tom Cruise engaged to actress Katie Holmes

  What the...? This is just all too much to take in.

• A Cappella Nintendo Medley

• Terry Moran vs. Scott McClellan on 'Last Throes' of Insurgency in Iraq

• Making comics: the technical stuff

• Quotes from Republicans concerning Terry Schiavo

  let the historical record stand...

• A press coverup: Leave it to the Beltway herd, with their special brand of arrogance, to insist that the Downing Street memo wasn't news

June 16, 2005

• Number of surveillance cameras in Chelsea
  more than doubles since September 11th

• Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist lies about Terry Schiavo

  You sir, are an asshat

• In 2007 over $1 trillion of mortgage debt in Adjustable Rate Mortgages will switch from their initial fixed rate to the current rate

  In other words: this might be the margin-call trigger before the bubble burst - all right before the 2008 election

• So, You Want To Start a Film Festival - Don't

• Close friends (not family) make longer life more likely

  interesting...

• Peggy Noonan: I'm a Hack, but let's get rid of PBS

  Conservatives are zeroing out PBS and NPR because they are an actual alternative to corporate media. Just another attack on dissent.

• Map Porn: Piecing together the Forma Urbis Romae

  Using computer imaging to piece together a giant marble map of Rome

June 15, 2005

• Lucas vs. Spielberg - The worst best friends in Hollywood

  great analysis of two polar opposites in the film world

• Middle schoolers told science project involving BB gun too dangerous

  After completing a science project about the dangers of BB guns, their project is 86'd because it's "too dangerous." Huh?

• Tom Cruise's Medical Forum

  Tom Cruise on the Universal Efficacy of Vitamins in Treating Every Medical Problem Known to Man

June 14, 2005

• Video: Real-Life Tetris

  Guy dresses up in a L-shape Tetris block and walks around. Hilarious.

June 13, 2005

• EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers

• Meet the Other Albert Speer

• Official Family Guy Blog

June 10, 2005

• Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars ever

• Republicans decide to kill Big Bird

  Zeroing out the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is one way to neuter dissent

• Braniff International Historic Site

  Love those colors! (via Adam Greenfield who's back from blogging hiatus)

• Downing Street Memo Coverage

  How bad is it? There are more stories about the Drunk Pilots than Bush's Lies about Iraq.

• Adrian Shaughnessy Decodes Coldplay’s X&Y Album Cover

• Police Raid Video Store in East Village in Piracy Case

  RIAA said the "illegal" mix-tapes were largely "urban in nature" - copyright in our country is so beyond messed up

• This Week in Bush Administration Scandals

  So far: 5 Scandals. And we aren't even to the Friday Night "Take out the Trash" document dump

June 9, 2005

• Howard Dean Will Fuck Your Shit Up (Redux)

  Awesomely vitriolic reaction to Dean nay-sayers

• Which Camera Does This Pro Use? It Depends on the Shot

• Excellent Comment to my "Logos of the World, Unite!" Article

  From someone who actually designs logos/branding

• Mirrors to Take Battery Park City (um) Park Out of Darkness

June 8, 2005

• Former Oil Executive, and present Bush Aid, removed links Greenhouse Gas Links to Global Warming from Government reports

  Ladies and Gentlemen: This is Bushism at its' peak.

• Study: iTunes more popular than many P2P sites

  Funny that - make a low-cost alternative to piracy, and people will flock to it.

• Celebrities Playing Table Tennis

• Los Angeles: Grand Theft Reality

• The Web is San Francisco circa 2001, writ large

  an excellent article article by Matt Webb

• The "Star Wars" Worlds: More Science Than Fiction?

• In Tokyo, a Ghetto of Geeks take over Electric Town

June 7, 2005

• George W. Bush’s approval rating is now a full twenty points lower than Bill Clinton’s was on the day he was impeached

• Big Surprise: Swift Vets for Crap were abject liars

  Well, no shit. Their leader was a Nixon henchman

• Selling Washington: How the GOP "K Street Project" is Selling out America

  "There are no restraints now; business groups and lobbyists are going crazy -- they're in every room on Capitol Hill writing the legislation. You can't move on the Hill without giving money."

• China orders bloggers to register with government

• Plunk Biggio

  Dedicated to Craig Biggio and his (probably unintentional) Quest to break the all time major league career record for getting hit by pitches. via

• Wal-Mart won't print photos that look "professional"

June 6, 2005

• No approval for West Side stadium

  Good result, but how one can see a victory in this via old-time "Tammany Boss" politics is besides me. Can we now take the ugly Union Square Sign down now?

• Olympic Panel Praises Paris and London; Notes Doubt on N.Y.

  Read the Full Report (pdf)

• Richest Are Leaving Even the Rich Far Behind

  Big surprise that Bush is raiding the Hen House

• Nixon's henchmen lecture us on ethics

  Who in their right mind would give Colson and Liddy airtime? Why don't we give all convicts national airtime, also? (seems fair...)

• Watergate: For The Record

  Nixon just didn't lie - he actually wanted to Firebomb some Lefty organizations

June 4, 2005

• It's Friday night. Must be time to release some bad news!

  DoD: US Soldiers mishandled the Koran. Big surprise this came out on a Friday night

June 3, 2005

• Robert A George: Mark Felt put America first

• Excerpted from The Washingtonienne: A Novel

  This would be a mediocre blog entry, but somehow she got a book deal

June 2, 2005

• Notable Words - a champion for good writing

• The Scavenger's Guide to the Galaxy

  Living on a Ferry Boat in San Francisco

• President Bush Promotes Religious Discrimination

  The Snowflake baby adoption plan he touted only allows straight conservative Christians to adopt. Insane!

• Free Lunch Republicans

  Twisting the Budget in Order to Privitize Social Security

• How to Build a Catapult

  See also the excellent PBS show: NOVA Builds a Trebuchet

June 1, 2005

• Who Knew that FedEx had a State Recognized 10-man Police Force?

  How FedEx is on the frontline on the War Against Terra

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