April 2009
34 posts
Video →
Shared by mac Coming to a rap video near you…
Apr 1st
Khmer Rouge Figure Accepts Responsibility for... →
Shared by mac Hun Sen can fuck off. Three decades after Cambodia’s murderous Khmer Rouge was flushed from power,a former top official on Tuesday publicly accepted responsibility and apologized for…
Apr 1st
March 2009
140 posts
Culture Shock →
Culture Shock: What happened when one conservative Web site ventured outside the movement bubble.
Mar 31st
Best Thing I Saw Today #44: The Seed →
Johnny Kelly’s short animation, The Seed, mixes motion graphics and papercraft to chart the life cycle of an apple seed. From being torn from the womb of a piece of fruit down through a…
Mar 31st
Bite right →
Sea urchins have teeth so powerful they can munch through limestone. These teeth are composed of calcite, a form of calcium carbonate, which happens to be the same material in the limestone…
Mar 31st
371 - Charting the Cherry Blossom Front →
“The man of breeding never appears to abandon himself completely to his pleasures; even his manner of enjoyment is detached. It is the rustic boors who take all their pleasures grossly….
Mar 31st
Great Rugby Hits →
Rugby hits always make pro football look like touch football.
Mar 31st
Twitter: ‘Replies Are Now Mentions’ →
Twitter now identifies your @username anywhere in a tweet, not just at the beginning.  ★ 
Mar 31st
Number eighty →
Shared by mac Good rules. 80. Wear a sportcoat when traveling by plane. It has easily accessible pockets. 1001 Rules For My Unborn Son is a poignant idea that’s well-executed. Tags: lists…
Mar 30th
Stargazing →
Shared by mac Seems like a smart guy, this Galileo. An excerpt from one of Galileo Galilei’s letters to Don Virginio Cesarini: Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind…
Mar 30th
1.4's almost done →
I’m sorry for such a long delay — this is just such a major release (new features, about 75% new code, tons of improvements) that I want to make sure it’s impeccable for release, and there are still…
Mar 30th
369 - Best Beer Map of America →
Despite the quip about American beer being like making love in a canoe, the US produces a multitude and a variety of brews that belie the homogenised tastes of the most popular brands. At…
Mar 29th
Freedom Tower renamed back to 1 World Trade Center →
Freedom Tower renamed back to 1 World Trade Center: (thanks, jstn) I don’t particularly like calling it “1 World Trade Center” — seems disrespectful, at least — but I’m very happy to see that…
Mar 28th
YouTube - Lebron's Incredible Shot →
Shared by mac Oh, did that just go in?
Mar 28th
"It’s nice to see that the kids are pulling up... →
“It’s nice to see that the kids are pulling up their pants again.” - Dalton Rooney
Mar 27th
Lula: Blame whitey →
Shared by mac Sorry about that guys! My bad. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says white people are to blame for the financial crisis, specifically blue-eyed ones: “This crisis…
Mar 27th
"Thank You, Vocoder" →
Shared by mac Counterpoint: Daft Punk. Next. “Vocoders are an instantly recognizable synthesizer sound, having been used in popular music since the 1960s. They allow you to ‘talk like a robot’,…
Mar 27th
Monsters vs. Aliens: Has Dreamworks finally... →
Shared by mac I’m normally not fond of Dreamworks, or animated movies that seem to rest on the star power of their voice talent, but I can’t resist having Will Arnett, Hugh Laurie, Paul Rudd,…
Mar 27th
"June, I can just see it: Apple launches 2 new... →
“June, I can just see it: Apple launches 2 new OS’s, a new phone, and Steve returns. Headlines: ‘NO TABLET. WORST KEYNOTE EVER.’” - Neven Mrgan (via 43folders) But how will Apple survive if…
Mar 27th
Announcing Wikirank: Tracking what’s popular on... →
Shared by mac OmniGroup is still my dream job. I’ve applied there twice, now. Maybe when I get some actual job skills they’ll consider me. Announcing Wikirank: Tracking what’s popular on…
Mar 26th
Budvar Slaps Down InBud →
The ever-more-steroidal American Beligian Budweiser just can’t take down the mighty mouse in Budweis, Czech Republic: LUXEMBOURG, March 25 (Reuters) - A European Union court on Wednesday…
Mar 26th
Apple - Movie Trailers - Where the Wild Things Are →
Shared by mac I know where I’ll be on Oct. 16. Look at that cast! And Spike Jonze! Maurice Sendak’s classic book Where the Wild Things Are comes to the big screen in an adventure tale for every…
Mar 26th
Student Paints 60-Foot Willy on Roof of Parents’... →
I love how he’s described as “cheeky”.  ★ 
Mar 26th
Sabbath Mode →
Some appliances are sold with a Sabbath Mode for those who observe the Jewish day of rest. Here are the notes for a Sub-Zero refrigerator: - The door can be opened/closed at any time without…
Mar 25th
Tournament of meat →
Bracket featuring the tournament of meat. The winner, hailing from the Beef Region, is deserved but bacon fans aren’t going to like it. (thx, liz) Tags: food 
Mar 24th
Modern food mythology →
Shared by mac Well, if fruit juice is bad, I don’t wanna be good. Several food experts share their favorite misconceptions about what and how we eat. One big myth is that fruit juice is a…
Mar 24th
I have $1,000,000 I want to send to your bank... →
Boing Boing reports a refreshingly honest IM session between a 419 scammer and his mark: Mr Robert Dutu: Am Robert Dutu. I have very important business proposition for your consideration. Can we…
Mar 24th
Where's "sudo make me a sandwich"? →
Command-Line-Fu is an archive of the “best UNIX commands on the Web”. The “sort by votes” page is a trove of what the community there thinks are the best commands. (via paul) Tags: unix 
Mar 24th
50th Anniversary of ‘Strunk and White’ →
Shared by mac Do not affect a breezy manner. The best book of writing advice I’ve ever read. I read it cover-to-cover about once a year. I think what makes it special is that it’s so…
Mar 24th
Starbucks is coming to town →
Shared by mac To be honest, I never had any decent coffee in Cambodia. I suppose I’ll actually look for it next time. Jinja sees that The Place is advertising “Starbucks Coffee: Coming Soon,”…
Mar 24th
Mahatma Gandhi →
Shared by mac Gandhi be pimping, yo. Mahatma Gandhi (Desicolours.com)
Mar 24th
The Makers of Things →
In the late 1800s, the Brooklyn Bridge was built with no power tools, no heavy machinery, and only a basic, evolving understanding of how to make steel. It’s not these facts, but the…
Mar 23rd
Panoramio - Photo of China spratly islands are of... →
Shared by mac While googling for pictures of the ridiculous tiny army outposts in the Spratly Islands, I ran across this heated debate in the comments here. I’d personally come down against China,…
Mar 23rd
magnetbox : “Jello shots for autism” →
magnetbox : “Jello shots for autism”
Mar 23rd
Metal Gear not exactly solid on iPhone →
Shared by mac I was interested, but not $8 interested. It was only a matter of time before we got a Metal Gear Solid game on the iPhone. Given the quality surrounding Kojima’s…
Mar 21st
West Seattle snow aftermath: Mayor requests ethics... →
Shared by mac I live a few blocks away from Nickels. If my part of WS got preferential treatment, I’d hate to see what the rest of Seattle looked like. (WSB photo taken in Admiral…
Mar 21st
Friday Photo: Mexico fights car theft, Sarah... →
A Mexican police sharpshooter stands on the skid of a chopper overflying Mexico City’s streets and avenues in search of car thieves March 19, 2009. This special operation against car theft…
Mar 21st
THE NON REALITY-BASED COALITION WILL PLEASE COME... →
Shared by mac I am loving these bizarre old book posts from Gibson’s buddy Womack. [Guest-blogged by Jack Womack] Agreed: that the earth is hollow and that we live on the outside.
Mar 21st
Guinea pigs for China, courtesy of Peru →
 I’ll start with the bad news for anyone with a pet guinea pig: this blog post is not about pets. It’s about food staples — the guinea pig being a major one for Peru, with 65 million of the…
Mar 20th
* Girl With the Triforce Earring art print →
Mar 20th
Facebook vs Twitter | Moving Pixels | PopMatters →
A good breakdown of Facebook and Twitter’s strengths and weaknesses, especially in light of Facebook’s new more Twitter-esque interface.
Mar 20th
Angkor what? →
Shared by mac Venus on Earth was terrible. I hate to say it, but their music sounds worse compared to the oldies they imitate. Hopefully they find a unique identity with this album. Writing…
Mar 20th
Scenes from 30,000 meters above →
Shared by mac SCIENCE! On February 28th, a team of four teenage students and their instructor from IES La Bisbal school in Catalonia launched a weather probe they designed and built themselves….
Mar 20th
Gordon Brown can't even watch his DVDs →
You know what sucks? Flying all the way to Washington for a high-profile meeting with the U.S. president only to get the cold shoulder. You know what’s worse? Getting him a rare and thoughtful…
Mar 20th
Michael Kontopoulos →
From artist Michael Kontopoulos, a video of machines that almost fall over. A system of sculptures that is constantly on the brink of collapse. My intention was to capture and sustain…
Mar 20th
via gordonshumway Yes! It does exist! →
Shared by mac This one’s for John. via gordonshumway Yes! It does exist!
Mar 20th
Using the sniper rifle in Killzone 2: A photo... →
Here’s a handy, step-by-step guide to using the sniper rifle in the smash-hit PlayStation 3 shooter, Killzone 2. 1. Press L2 to take cover 2. Push upward on the left…
Mar 20th
Merlin Mann on SXSW →
Merlin Mann: Not a list of peoples’ jokey internet names, not a moldy hillock of kinda-funny-once “memes,” not a series of asynchronous “@” responses, and not a goddamned drama about who follows…
Mar 20th
Space Shuttle take off - Photos by Twitter users -... →
Twitter members post their Space Shuttle photos
Mar 20th
Noted for Future Reference →
Shared by mac $500 more? We all don’t get the MS discount, Steve. And believe me, as somebody who’s wrist deep in PCs every day, it’s not the same hardware at all. PCs be cheapass yo. Durable…
Mar 20th