Links posted in March 2006
March 31, 2006
Twenty Five Stories about Rickey Henderson I think even if you don't like sports this is still hilarious.
The most amazing photos of a rainbow. [more inside]
The Underpants of Science - "The Underpants of Science Museum opens on March 31st, 2006 in the lobby of UT-Austin's Physics-Math-Astronomy building. This display of entirely authentic undergarments from the great figures of Math and Science is intended to honor those who have illuminated our understanding of the universe, and has nothing to do with Saturday's date."
March 30, 2006
Prayer Doesn't Help Heart Patients - "Prayers offered by strangers had no effect on the recovery of people who were undergoing heart surgery, a large and long-awaited study has found.
And patients who knew they were being prayed for had a higher rate of post-operative complications like abnormal heart rhythms, perhaps because of the expectations the prayers created, the researchers suggested."
Lonestar Rod & Kustom Roundup -- This Weekend! [more inside]
This man is challenging your ideas of what a penis should look like and how it should function. [NSFW] [more inside]
March 29, 2006
Another Google Maps + Census Data site - provides more data than this one, such as average income, average age, and pop. breakdown by sex and race. [more inside]
Talk about your option paralysis - I don't think even the vaunted Stoker Menu Algorithm is up to the 11-page, Dr. Bronner-esque menu at Shopsin's Eatery in Greenwich Village. [more inside]
Abramoff sentenced!
NEWS ALERT | 1:32 PM ET
Former Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Sentenced to Five Years in Fraud Case
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ITMFA - now in lapel pin form.
March 28, 2006
Inkscape is a really nice free vector graphics (think freehand) program that I started using recently. I suggest you check it out if you need something to draw pictures for theses and whatnot. Here are some screenshots.
Loaded truck into wall Well, SG kinda beat me to it with the motorcyle stuff, but one of my favorite time kills is searching sites like putfile and google video for crashes. This is one of my favorites. [more inside]
March 27, 2006
Ultimate Movie Timeline - everything you need to know concerning relative dates for future robot uprisings or the interleaved chronological peregrinations of Ellen Ripley, Doc Brown, Alexander Hartdegen, and Bill S. Preston, Esq.
March 26, 2006
Not nearly as cool as kiteboarding, ultimate frisbee, or fixed gear bikes, RC helicopters are a great nerdy way to procrastinate (see example). [more inside]
Mini-doll roundup: Grand Theft Auto vs. Ghostface Killah.
Guinness Surger Pretty neat, especially if you feel like there's too few preparation steps involved in enjoying a beer at home.
March 25, 2006
...special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun! If you have yet to be scared off by the documentaries and negative publicism trying to destroy McDonald's, maybe this will do it. This is actually a really funny website, lots of great reads. –Lisa
How to spot a baby conservative Remember the whiny, insecure kid in nursery school, the one who always thought everyone was out to get him, and was always running to the teacher with complaints? Chances are he grew up to be a conservative. [more inside]
Gravitomagnietic London Effect. This is way cool.
March 24, 2006
You know what today's awesome factoid is? It turns out that since South Dakota doesn't have jurisdiction over the Native American land within its borders, it also can't stop them from setting up their own abortion clinics.
Vice Presidential Downtime Requirements - The document, prepared by the vice president's advance team, was obtained by TSG after it was provided to a hotel employee prior to a Cheney visit. When we asked Cheney spokesperson Jenny Mayfield about the document's reference to gifts that hotels might leave in the suite for the vice president, she told us she was unable to address that question since she had not seen the "downtime requirements" rider (she asked for a copy, which we declined to provide in advance of its publication here). At our source's request, we've blacked out the handwritten name and Washington, D.C. phone number of a Cheney staffer.
March 23, 2006
Drawing Restraint 9. It's official. Bjork has gone off her fucking rocker. Or whatever the hell she was on. [more inside]
I...I... don't know what to say. Britney? Pro-Life? Bearskin? (nsfw, i guess?)
Gawker Stalker. Keep tabs on random glitterati in NYC (complete with Google mapping!).
Monster Squad Reunion! For those people that didn't get enough of this classic at ExMFC.
Ikea broke ground in Round Rock yesterday. Hooray!
March 22, 2006
Wherever You Are, Whatever You Do, Look Around You. [more inside]
The Economist tackles the tough questions - like what can I expect from a simple safety razor? hmm - maybe 14 blades or Moore's Law for shaving? [more inside]
March 21, 2006
The Monster Engine Dave Devries takes drawings of monsters and superheroes from kids brings them to life by adding color, depth, and background. [more inside]
March 20, 2006
What's it like to spend 12 hours a day playing World of Warcraft so your employer can sell the (virtual) goods on the open market to earn your salary? A new documentary out of UCSD visits the Gold Farmers of China. (more discussion here)
Do you tend to read in public, perhaps on a bus or in a library? Are you looking for a way to get hot chicks to notice you? Finally, you don't have to ditch your fancy literary habits to impress girls or guys thanks to Flapart.ca. The Internet's first provider of salacious alternative book jacket covers can help you appear to be reading How to Murder a Complete Stranger and Get Away With It, Laser Eye Surgery At Home, or How to Make your Mother a Porn Star.
March 19, 2006
The Root of All Evil? - "The God Delusion" (Episode 1), divided into three chapters. [more inside]
I got this link on the relative successes of men and women at attaining tenure from an out of department friend. [more inside]
March 18, 2006
March 17, 2006
From invasionart.com:
NEWSFLASH
Attention all units and all ships at sea...
Our allies at home and abroad are taking notice of our efforts. See this communique in the Austin American-Statesman, whose observers were present to document mission launch bravo: Invasion Art Takes to the Sky. Look to the skies, but keep your ear to the ground... That is all.
This video contains cameos by many familiar faces.
Monkey Sex - Immature of me, possibly. NSFW, definitely. Funny, I can't even begin to describe why I laughed so loud.
Since I'm always trashing on other people's shit, perhaps you'd like to point out how lame the sports and interests I'm into are... [more inside]
March 16, 2006
Do you ride a track bike? Are you tough as nails [NSFW pix]? If so, then get yourself down to the SXSW Alleycat. [more inside]
Behold, man made dna structures (no, it has nothing to do with pearl necklaces). [more inside]
March 15, 2006
For the love of God - listen to the "Eephing Tutorial" from an NPR story on 'eephing' - a dying art of mouth music.
9/11 conspiracy documentary. An 80 minute video proposing that the government orchestrated the 9/11 attacks. Interesting if you have the time/ are in an immobilization splint. [more inside]
It's sad that this girl got hit by a train but WTF is a deaf girl doing walking on railroad tracks?! I thought that would be the first thing you learn in schoool right after sign language, stay off the railroad tracks! Hell, I'm afraid of walking on railroad tracks and I can hear the train.
Maybe I've just seen one too many made for TV dramas...
March 14, 2006
Machines as art. Tina sent me this link a while back and I can't remember if anyone posted it. I love the design of these machines which do nothing more than create art.
March 13, 2006
Truck Turner (a Scientologist) decided that the Scientology/Trapped in the Closet episode of South Park went over the line, so he's quitting South Park after 9 years. As Matt Stone points out, he had a lot less trouble with jokes at the Judeo-Christian tradition's expense.
Orgasmic Childbirth - by Laura Shanley
The Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Characters - This page focuses on fictional comic book characters -- mostly from Marvel and DC -- who are adherents of real-world (not purely fictional) religions. We want this page to be as accurate as possible, backed up by objective, published information and not based on conjecture. We do not want this listing to be slanted toward any particular denominational or religious viewpoint. It is intended to accurately report the composition of comic book character religiosity.
Alkaline Madness - are you interested in asserting the least-compelling bragging rights in the history of bragging? If so, click here to enter your march madness picks. [more inside]
Madvillain (MF Doom and Danger Mouse) are playing this Friday night. RSVP for the show at 9pm at Fader Levi's Trading Post. [more inside]
U.S. Army intelligence has produced a handbook [PDF] that is intended "to provide soldiers with a basic overview of Arab culture." [more inside]
March 11, 2006
Chuck Norris Facts as read by Chuck Norris [more inside]
March 10, 2006
The $39 Experiment - I was sitting around one day, skimming through a pile of bills that I needed to pay. I looked over at a new, unopened roll of stamps that I had sitting in front of me, and I thought to myself, "$39... for a roll of stamps? Geez... You can't get much for $39 nowadays. Or can you...?"
HALCALI - Japanese hip-hop duo featuring 春香 and 由香里.
Time was, if you wanted to ingest just one meal that would instantly freeze your heart and clog your arteries tighter than my bathroom drain, you had to do it in the privacy of your own home. Oh, the castigation! The scornful looks from others! The undercooked patties at the bottom!
Finally, minor league baseball has stepped in to fill the gap (literally) with the bacon cheeseburger on Krispy Kreme donut buns. I can only think of two questions: (1) was it invented by Luther Vandross or Granddad from The Boondocks and (2) Where can I get one?
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A Bad Day at Work Sometimes, technical difficulties mean that your coworkers ask you to ptich in unexpectedly. Sometimes, microphones are on when you don't think they are. Sometimes, people are there to recored the whole thing. (NSFW Audio at end).
March 09, 2006
You thought the right to choose was the only thing South Dakota was taking away... There are actually women in jail,in the US, charged with 1st degree murder, for having a still born child. Imagin loosing your child and then being arrested for it. It truly makes me scared for pregnant women. I think I might want to adopt.
Another robot post - this one climbs trees and walls! (Be sure to check out the video link.)
March 08, 2006
Daily Show and Colbert Report now available via iTunes video. Just another reason for me not to have cable.
SxSW 2006 is right around the corner. Like last year, they've released a gigantic torrent file with full mp3 samples from almost every band playing the festival (actually two torrents this year). That's a combined 942 mp3s of music.
One more reason why Houston sucks. You know you're living in a shithole when a douchenozzle like delay can win the primary even though he was indicted on felony charges...
March 07, 2006
You know what makes me effin puddle right now? The effin Yaris, that's what. [more inside]
Colbert predicts the Oscar winners using The Da Colbert Code and later celebrates after going 5 for 5.
Funny Roadsigns Thanks to WI and PA. [more inside]
March 06, 2006
Anyone know where I can get a copy of V++? It's an imaging program that will actually work with my ancient CCD camera. New, it costs $2,500. I ain't cool with that.
March 05, 2006
Red vines + Young Chuck Norris = Crazy Natalie Portman The latest SNL digital short.
Hey, even astronauts get horny sometimes. Seen any interesing hills and valleys...indeed.
(sort of nsfw, but it is the nasa.gov website...)
March 04, 2006
Intellectual Whore Homepage - Later I realized what had been happening. I was being used for their amusement and entertainment while they were busy fucking outlaw bikers. Of course they weren't interested in me sexually; they were too busy with guys with forearm tattoos. But apparently they still needed some intellectual stimulation. That's when they would call me with an opening line like "Tell me something interesting." or some other not-to-subtle line. I recalled the term intellectual whore and applied it to this situation. These women had made me into their intellectual whore. Since then I have dedicated a large part of my life to avoiding this trap, and the various bitches that try to put you in it. [more inside]
The Simpsons - Live action opening.
Did you all know that Eudora has a morality filter? Well, I received a 4 chili rating my friends and was told by my e-mail client that my message to my friend needed to be washed out with soap. [more inside]
March 03, 2006
The Sims 2
1. Go to website.
2. After site has finished loading, you will notice a series of squares. On the top row, two squares from the middle there is one where there is a Sims' character with long blonde hair and a white shirt with orange dots.
3. Click on that box (made by Jamie Taylor from Syracuse, NY).
March 02, 2006
Ask the Fruitcake Lady And here's another one.
The fine peoples over at the Austinist have a nice little write-up about dining at Mekong River Restaurant on 6th Street. [more inside]
Penn and Teller's Smoke and Mirrors, an unreleased game for the SegaCD, has found a new life as a bootleg on the internet. If you look at the screenshots or listen to the attached MP3, you'll see that this was no Sonic clone or even a Night Trap ripoff. Mini-games you could play included Desert Bus in which you drive from Tucson to Vegas in real time (8 hours!) and for which you earn one point. You can't just prop up the controller because the bus veered subtly to the right so you had to keep correcting it the entire time. There were also several multiplayer games that (as Penn gleefully describes in his podcast) had cheats that only the game owner would know so that their controller would always win by a tantalizingly small amount. If asked to switch controllers, you could hit a panic button that would make the other controller win.
They say you can just burn a copy to any disc (no copy protection!) and play it on the original machine but unfortunately my SegaCD died on one of my many moves around the city so I can't try it as it was meant to be played.
Happy Texas Independence Day - Who Knew?
Adam West stars in "Lookwell," a pilot written by Robert Smigel and Conan O'Brien sometime between 1989 and 1992. Really funny if you have time to watch a pilot.
March 01, 2006
It's the Tits! (Show Us Your Tits Mardi Gras edition) (link is SFW and yet NSFW) - What have you been reading, watching, listening to and generally digging on since last we spoke?