July 31, 2007

July 26, 2007

A doctor explains blood doping
Things have been quite around here for a bit since I've been working on a newer website: Smogr.com, an urban website of sorts
It is so web 2.doh it has an "r" at the end!
the internets 1: politics 0
The debate last night was supposedly GOATSE'd - but I think this is fake (no video or screen caps).
Vinokourov fails Tour doping test
OK, I've had about enough of this nonsense
Coming Soon: Wii Bowling Leagues

If you, like myself, have never read a single Potter book and was wondering what exactly happens at the end, read Wikipedia's article, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and you can short-circuit 7 volumes of questionable literature
Hypothetical questions they should ask at the presidential debates
As you are flying home from Moscow—having told the world you will never deal with terrorists—hijackers, posing as reporters, seize Air Force One.... I'll start with Senator Obama. Do you negotiate with the hijackers in the hope of saving lives, or do you flee into the bowels of the craft, then pick them off, one by one, with makeshift shanks and your bare hands?

Machinist: Tech Blog find complete final Harry Potter book leaked online, doesn't post any spoilers, or link to the website or to the book, and the
Potter fans freak out
I'm waiting for the Snape killed Dumbledore prank to happen again
TSA and electronics: My Encounter with the TSA
Even when I take something as simple as a microphone through security, I get a dirty look. And some guy singing, Microphone check, One, Two.. Every. Time.
The Bicycling Paradox: Fit Doesn’t Have to Mean Thin

The 10 Best Moments from 30 Rock
Mind Grapes makes the cut, but what about She's so smooth!?

On a lighter note, check out this insane view of the YouTube - 1990 Match Sprint World Championships:

I can barely ride straight half the time, and these guys bring their fixies to a standstill and hold it. Impressive.
Rationing health care: How I almost died waiting for treatment in the USA
People can STFU about rationing this, or market that. Insurance companies are inherently evil places created to do only one thing: minimize paying for procedures in order to maximize profit.
Calling all cars - Escaped Elephant: Dispatch, the one outstanding elephant ... is just eating somebody's tree
The Canadian accents make this great...
Washington City Paper, Members Only: Late Night Shots is herding the next generation of assholes through Georgetown bars. And you're not invited., or as Yglesias notes, ...a DC social club for young conservative assholes.
BigMediaMatt on the irony of weather-dependent walkable cities

Rep. Brodsky Represents NYC's Wealthiest Car Commuters
Manhattan-bound drive-to-work constituents in Brodsky's Westchester district earn on average $176,231 annually—the highest of any New York county in the metropolitan area - surprising...
We Love to Fly and It Shows: Inside the World of Mileage Running
The FlyerTalk crowd is insane, but in a very geeky way
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: A Letter to Optimus Prime From His GEICO Auto Insurance Agent.
Your policy with GEICO only reimburses you for accidents that occur while you are engaged in the reasonable use of your truck and trailer. As I told you when you originally purchased the policy, GEICO does not offer Megatron coverage, Starscream coverage, Soundwave coverage, Decepticon coverage, or Energon-blast coverage. Those are just not the types of damages we would expect from reasonable use.

Mark Simonson’s Frutiger Talk
Plans for Moynihan Station Revived
includes moving Madison Square Garden to the west, and erecting two skyscrapers, one being as tall as the Empire State Building

Marty Peretz: Still Insane - JMM has more
I shit you not: National Healthcare: Breeding Ground for Terrorism
guess which news station aired this?
James Fallows, reports that according to Gary Hart and Lee Hamilton, Lynn Cheney wanted to start a war with China back in the pre-9/11 era because There was actually a deliberate search for an enemy because they felt that the Republican Party didn't do as well according to Francis Fukuyama
Remember the April, 2001 China-U.S. Aircraft Collision Incident (pdf)? I don't mean to suggest that this incident was planned, but it could have very well gone up Kahn's Escalation Ladder. These people are insane.
Fred Thompson was a mole for Nixon during Watergate
surprise, surprise
Ugly Airline Math: Planes Late, Fliers Even Later
I do a lot of flying, and have noticed in the last 6 months that flights are more delayed and at full capacity (and more expensive)
Inversion by sculptors Dan Havel and Dean Ruck