December 31, 2006
A Legal Travesty: For Guantanamo Review Boards, Limits Abound
If you really want your Saddam Hanging Porn, Defense Tech has them - as does BoingBoing
sometimes the web isn't so great...
While You Were at War - The Bush Administration's 7-year-old's soccer syndrome
December 30, 2006
Addictive game of the day: Grow Cube
my favorite is
One of Those Sneaky Bastards That Looks Like a Rock
December 29, 2006
an exhaustive 10-part story about a chocolatier overcharging upwards of $2,080 per pound for chocolate which costs $11-12 per pound
Daniela Edburg’s Drop Dead Gorgeous are a series of photographs remixing famous paintings/movie stills with a twist
The Sublet Experiment is written up in the Times: 'The Sublet Experiment' Puts a Different Spin on Home Theater
December 28, 2006
Matthew Yglesias on The Pardon: national reconciliation
East German Design from the book, Ddr Design, 1949-1989 (via)
Diagrams: 15K people per hour, by transport mode
Two articles on how the Taiwan 7.1 Earthquake disrupted Internet and communication in the region: Asian Quake Disrupts Data Traffic and The Day the Pixels Froze: When a Digital World Was Stopped by a Natural Disaster
December 27, 2006
December 24, 2006
Why do interns and residents work around the clock at hospitals?
Homestar Runner: Decemberween Shorts
Question: Why don't fighter planes have backwards pointing guns?
December 23, 2006
This is the 40th Anniversary for the WPIX 11 Christmas Yule Log - more info
Mark Halperin should just go away
US judge rules: no links to webcast if copyright owner objects
this does not bode well
December 22, 2006
The Decemberists Vs. Stephen Colbert: Countdown To Guitarmageddon
This is the Year of Colbert: Henry Kissinger, Eliot Spitzer, Rick Neilsen (Cheap Trick), Robert Schneider, and Peter Frampton, all appeared in the year-end show
December 21, 2006
December 20, 2006
December 19, 2006
New South, same as the Old South (more info)
everytime I think about moving to the South, or that the South has changed, reminders of why that hasn't happen bubble up
December 18, 2006
American Apparel to Be Sold to Investment Firm for $382.5 million
Kottke has posted his Celebrity Mii Contest results
Zach Braff by Dave Curry is the winner
On the privatization of America's Interstate System: The Highwaymen
Please Let It Be Whale Vomit, Not Just Sea Junk - the photo is worth 1000 words
December 17, 2006
Justin Timberlake: Special Present, A Dick in a Box
December 16, 2006
Best response to idiocy about the G Line: Except my home, bitch
December 15, 2006
On a Muslim Woman's life as a soldier: From Head Scarf to Army Cap, Making a New Life
Hermaphroditic deer with seven legs ‘tasty’
via sweetchuck via email
December 14, 2006
Interesting case: Lawsuit dismissed because the plaintiff, a Muslim woman, would not remove her veil
nothing like responding with criticism with a below the belt attack
How long in the freezer to chill a Coke from 89F to 35F?
Check out who answered the question - I (heart) AskMe
More from the NY Times on NY State Justice Courts: Small-Town Judge’s Personal Justice Stirs Concern an ongoing series, which began with the article, In Tiny Courts of N.Y., Abuses of Law and Power
December 13, 2006
Overgrown Down Under: Five Swaggering Condos Come of Age in Dumbo and Vinegar Hill and what could have been
Fascinating and Scary: A review of the distribution of the United States' nuclear arsenal & 40% of the US nuclear arsenal is 20miles outside downtown Seattle
check out the comments also for excellent analysis
Humping Dog Memory stick, is a plastic dog which humps your computer when plugged in - watch the video
December 12, 2006
On the wisdom of the Internets: So This Manatee Walks Into the Internet, see Honry Manatee.com
Bill would allow the blind to hunt in Texas (via jeff via email)
São Paulo outlaws all public advertising and tightens signage guidelines
Water Bills Are So Flawed City Can’t Collect Millions - see the accompanying graphic map
NYC still bills for antiquated services such as filling steamboats, sidewalk horse troughs and milk depots
Via Design Observer: On the love of the Letterpress
also see my Hatch Show Print photos from my Nashville trips
December 11, 2006
December 10, 2006
December 9, 2006
Strange Wikipedia list of the day: List of famous tall women
Forgot to link to this: Open-Source Spying
Looks like other people are having the same problem I am having with iTunes 7 & Gapless Playback: freezing their computers. Check out MacOSXhints forum on Disabling iTunes Gapless Playback
What Happens To Your Body If You Drink A Coke Right Now?
but... it tastes so good!!!
December 8, 2006
2 Fatal Blazes Renew Focus on Fraternities’ Lack of Sprinklers
why frat and sorority houses are not treated as multiple dwellings across the nation is beyond me - especially the death traps all frat houses are
Top 50 Music Videos Of 2006 with inline YouTube videos (via waxy)
December 7, 2006
Three Concrete Proposals for New York City Traffic Relief
congestion pricing could work, but will be a tough sell
He made war on his family like most men make war on enemies.
December 6, 2006
Recreating ‘A Christmas Story’ for Tourists in Cleveland
The Christmas Story House is in a really industrial section of the city, right next to the biggest ball of twine
Slide Show: The USS Intrepid's Hudson River Run (after getting stuck in the mud (via)
Kottke is having a Celebrity Mii contest using the built in Nintendo Wii character editor
can't wait until Spore comes out to do the same with creatures
Moving video of the day: Octogenarians sing 'Fix You' by Coldplay
Boo Hoo: House of Representatives will work 5 days a week, instead of the old two days
Guess who is whining now: Republicans. What: can't work a full week like the rest of us?
Conjectural Transcript of the Upcoming Negotiations Between Apple and Universal Music
How about you take one of those white Zunes and you turn it into a brown one
? Heh.
December 5, 2006
NY Sun: Large Share of Property Taxes Borne by rental and commercial buildings
perhaps this is the case because rental and commercial property have a higher yearly stream of income, where single family houses, do not; good jub Sun
December 4, 2006
December 3, 2006
I know that the stereotypical New Yorker scoffs at LA, and the associated pretensions, but I can't help thinking this collection of articles cry out, "Look over here! We matter! Really!"
Identify the countries of the world in a big Flash World Map Game
I got a score of 48, it is hard to keep those African and SE Asian countires straight
December 2, 2006
Strange Reebok ad: Lose the beer belly
where else where you see a giant belly riding a motorized tricycle?
December 1, 2006
Extensively detailed Back to the Future timeline
Threadless decided to produce their own T-Shirts from a private label manufacturer, ending their relationship with Fruit of the Loom and American Apparel, citing better fit than Fruit and thicker cotton than AA
