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November 30, 2006

• The Dio Padre Misericordioso by Richard Meier has become the Smog Eating Church of Rome:

• Texas residents use Friday night pig races to deter building of mosque
  

  Nothing like using the most unholy animal (according to Islamic teachings) to race on Friday Night, the Islamic holy day

November 29, 2006

• Interactive Periodic Table (via)
  

• Behind Vince Guaraldi's Timeless Holiday Soundtrack

• The Mii Lebowski

  machinima using Wii Sports Bowling for the Nintendo Wii ; brilliant (via waxy)

• Polish Exchange Student in US: My Half-Year of Hell With Christian Fundamentalists
  

  When I got out of the plane in Greensboro in the US state of North Carolina, I would never have expected my host family to welcome me at the airport, wielding a Bible, and saying, 'Child, our Lord sent you half-way around the world to bring you to us.' At that moment I just wanted to turn round and run back to the plane.

• Asteroid's Revenge

  reversal of fortune: destroy ships which have been destroying your "brethren" for ages

November 28, 2006

• Collection of YouTube videos from Iraq

• Best. Overheard in New York. EVAR
  

• Researchers find thinking of three good things that happened to you or you did before going to bed improves general happiness

  here's a list of papers by the authors - Positive Psychology has been getting a lot of press lately

• Buy cheese, fly for free (more from flyer talk)
  

  you would need to buy 50 cheese wheels for an economy flight in the USA for $149.50 (plus tax) - not as good as the pudding scheme

November 27, 2006

• Kevin Smith's iTunes Celebrity Playlist

• Slashdot Questions with The Mythbusters

  old, but good

November 26, 2006

• The New York Times Photos: Ghost Bikes

November 25, 2006

• Pixelnotes: Greyscale post-it notes wall

• The Lonely Planet Guide to Micronations: An Interview with Simon Sellars

November 21, 2006

• The Secret World of Lonelygirl15

• Robert Altman, Iconoclastic Director, Dies at 81

• Funny things often have some truth behind it

November 20, 2006

• On Gracenote and CDDB's Evolution

  Gracenote is less evil than previously thought...

• New York City's Very Weird Five-Year Forecast

  of note: no more Ash trees in Central Park

• Interview with South Park animators on the "Make Love, Not Warcraft." episode

• Chasing Racers: The Amazing Race 10 Map Mashup

• How are you preparing your digital life for posterity?
  

November 15, 2006

• Not just a father but a dad is a great thread about advice from fathers and daughters, aimed at new dads
  

• 2006 NFL TV distribution maps (via)
  

• What If Sports: 1,000 simulations of the Nov 18, 2006 OSU-Michigan football game via comment
  

  don't miss our XBox OSU-Michigan Challenge, which has the Buckeye's up 3-0 (out of 5 games)

November 14, 2006

• Worst Burglar Ever

  except for the racist comments, this is a pretty funny video

• Loading an Airliner Is Rocket Science

• Gothamist: Giuliani Officially Looks at 2008 Presidential Bid

  I'm with Josh on this one: Giuliani has less chance of winning the 2008 GOP nomination than I do (at least I haven't committed adultery); Rudy should just give me the chunk of money he will spend, and let me kick him in the nuts, because after McCain and the machine get done with him, both outcomes will be similar.

• Everything you need to know about the OSU vs Michigan rivalry

  don't miss our OSU-Michigan XBox Challenge: 5 games, 5 days for the ultimate winner

• This should surprise no one: Pakistan Link Seen in Afghan Suicide Attacks

• Evengelical Link Bonanza!!! 100 Best Fundamentalist Christian Quotes, For Evangelicals, Supporting Israel Is ‘God’s Foreign Policy’

  foolishness abounds in all corners...

November 13, 2006

• Surprise of the decade: Installing the Zune... sucked

• Question: What is the minimum viable population needed to repopulate Earth?
  

November 12, 2006

• Movie Short: Kiwi!

November 11, 2006

• Fan's Therapy: 'Today' and Yesterdays

• Fly with rubber band ball, go to jail, forced blood test

  I've noticed that at smaller airports, the "security" is many times more ridiculous than at regular airports

November 8, 2006

• Check out tons of Borat shorts by user Gypsy Catcher
  

  don't know if this is actually from Borat, wouldn't surprise me

• Rumsfeld Will Step Down - Bush will nominate Robert Gates, former CIA Director and member of the Baker Iraq Study Group

  ok, so where will the buck stop? Always thought the buck stops with the President, thought not. Update: Oh, and Bush Admits He Lied About Rumsfeld For Political Purposes

• On bands playing Guitar Hero: When Being a Fake Rock Star Is Better Than the Reality

• Real ‘OC’ Starts Objecting to Its MTV Portrayal

  best line: Anyone out of high school forced to watch more than an hour of Laguna Beach might possibly feel the urge to beat themselves about the head with a large stick.

• Results of Secret Nazi Breeding Program: Ordinary Folks

November 7, 2006

• 2006 Interactive Election Guide (via)
  

• Watch real-time Election Incident Reporting System

  Check out Ohio: already over 250 reported incidents; voting must be quick, easy, and not confusing - or it is broken

• Grand Theft Mario (via)

November 6, 2006

• State Laws Vary on Polling Place Photography

  New York: no photography or video recording can occur within the voting booth - but it looks like only for marked ballots

• Saddam’s Verdict Announced Four Days Early, Court Won’t Finish Writing Decision Until Thursday

  surprising...

November 5, 2006

• GOP Political Phone Messages Illegal In N.H.

  Republicans are running deliberately misleading, and unethical not to mention possibly illegal, phone calls masquerading as from Democratic candidates

• Don't Look Too Hard at the Hussein verdict

  Yglesias: the Bush administration has every reason to seek to undermine international human rights law and the concept of international tribunals

• What is that song in the new Gears of War Ad? It is a cover of Mad World by Gary Jules - watch the original Tears for Fears video

  exactly what YouTube is useful for

• 3 Louis Sullivan buildings in Chicago have burned down in the last 6 months

November 4, 2006

• 2006 is more like 1974, not 1996

• Borat - throw the jew down the well

• Check out this map of the Middle East repartitioned along ethnic/religious lines
  

  Mmmm.... love me some neo-neo-colonialism

November 1, 2006

• All about The peak-end rule

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