Until I have the time to figure out the best way to present this data, here's every link I've flagged since the beginning of this project.
- Things Younger Than McCain - Silly. On the list: Obama's parents, Alaska/Hawaii and Mount Rushmore.
- Beauty Reel - Video work by Bill Pollock. He makes celebrities look goooood.
- Liquor and Lit - Beautiful short story. [via]
- Modular robot reassembles when kicked apart (video) - The ending is almost as spectacular as the technology. (via)
- Police Make Headway In Baltimore Co. Mystery - Mysterious, deafening, blinding explosions in the middle of the night. Still no answer.
- Bush cameo sinks game show - "Monday's show averaged 10 million viewers, down 27 percent from its season average...tying the show's worst-ever Monday-night performance." Worst part is he joked on air, "I'm thrilled to be anywhere with high ratings these days." *sigh*
- Tim Robbin's talk on broadcasting - Controversy surrounding it. Only six minutes of audio. One of the most raw, honest, impassioned talks I've heard in a long time outside of a church.
- John McCain watches The Hills? - Tougher man than I. I can't stomach that crap. Though it concerns me that at age 70, he might think Heidi Montag is what America's youth are really like...
- 'My Super Sweet 16' Dad Accused Of Defrauding Oil Investors Of Millions- (from the episode) "I love oil. Oil means shoes and cars and purses." This just in: the universe has an awesome sense of humor.
- Thanks, Mr.Hipster Record Store Clerk - Craigslist awesomeness.
- FCC allows DIRECTV and Dish to downconvert broadcast HD - *sigh*
- Full text of Obama's speech on race - I actually got kinda misty-eyed at the end.
- So THAT'S what happens when you press the fire button at a gas station... - Noted.
- Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi is the most hideous thing humans have ever created - "You want to defeat terrorists? Force them to drink Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi. I'm sure it would violate the Geneva Conventions, but they'd immediately tell you anything they knew, then hang themselves. Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi is torture in a 12-oz can."
- Beautiful Losers - Trailer for a documentary on the DIY/punk/genXers
- Apple announces iPhone SDK event - Hooray.
- Harlem rent parties and Fats Waller - Interesting bit on rent parties jazz era (all night parties thrown to raise money when short on rent)
- "GiFi": Short-Range, 5-Gbps Wireless For $10/Chip - About a year away from public release.
- Frances Bean Cobain is cool - 15 and already wise enough to realize, "These people are fascinated by me, but I haven't done anything...People need to wait until I've done something valid with my life."
- John.he.is - A follow-up to Will.i.am's song for Obama. Kinda SNLish.
- The Beard Brigade - Damn straight. But, wait? Now that it's popular, does that mean I have to shave it off to stay cool? Oh. Right. Never cool.
- Exxon shatters all-time profit record - But hey, it wasn't an issue back in 2005 either. Nothing to see here, move along...
- Hype Machine's 2007 50 Best Albums - Raw data crunched. And even though I own 80% of these albums, I'd agree on their "choice" of exactly four among those 50.
- King Lines Trailer - Beautiful cinematography. Insane climbers. What else do you need?
- Laughter = Longer Sentence - Girl gets drunk, drives, kills bicyclist, then laughs and concedes when friend suggests she should get a medal and parade for killing a "'tree hugger, a bicyclist, a Frenchman and a gay guy all in one shot.'"
- The Business of Being Born - You don't say? Money is involved?
- New material pushes the boundary of blackness - Goths rejoice. Finally a way to suck all light out of the universe while still looking br00tal.
- Food Pairing - Wonderful idea. Useful, definitely. [via]
- Inside A 'Batterers Program' for 'Abused' Women - Lengthy but worthwhile read. I used to volunteer at a battered women's shelter, so this touched me.
- Verizon opens up, will support any device, any app on its network - "Any application can run on any device from any developer and will have full access to Verizon spectrum, so long as it can properly connect to the network."
- Researchers Report Stem Cell Breakthrough - If this is as good as it is being described, this is a huge milestone.
- Detroit's woes augur ill for US - "Americans are worried that hard times lie ahead. But in Detroit, Michigan, they have already arrived, with a vengeance."
- Jay-Z as an economic indicator? - In his video for "Blue Magic," Jay flashes stacks of Euros instead of the lowly dollar... [via]
- New Lupe Fiasco video - I cannot wait for this album to drop.
- Google in talks with Verizon - How many years has the gPhone speculation gone one? Let 'er rip, Goog. Help shake up the industry.
- 15 awesome speaker designs - I've seen a few of these in person and they truly are just as impressive. Sadly, I didn't get to hear them, just gawk.
- De Leon + Primmer Architecture - Native Louisvillians move their firm home, redo the Yew Dell Gardens about 1/2 mile from my house. Exciting work. (Thanks Brad)
- Google Docs Mobile - I use Google Docs extensively, and was bemoaning the non-mobile version. Now I've got nothing to complain about. Well, I'm sure I'll find something.
- Apple announces iPhone/iPod Touch SKD in February - Ha! I knew it! Bring it on boys.
- This is the reason my grass is brown, not that I don't have a green thumb - I live in the "extreme drought" zone. Awesome.
- When Good Interviews Go Bad - Sigur Ros gives possibly the WORST interview. Ever. Wow.
- Scotch Maverick Reinvents a Once-Conservative Drink - Inventive blending of Scotches, ticking off the industry, making me thirsty.
- Beer industry homogenizes even further - How do you make a megaswill industry worse? Have two giant conglomerates each control 50% of the market share and sell you horse piss.
- 'Person everybody knows' at XU says bye - Ms. Dorothy, God bless her. She's finally retiring. I hope she goes to hang out with Ms. Edith. That lady was crazy!
- Iran So Far - From the SNL season premier. I can't believe they wrote and shot this in less than a week.
- ...You Too Can Break Free - Suck it people who dye their hair! Grey is where it's at. Ya'll just don't know.
- Pope Benedict Refused Meeting With Condoleezza Rice - El Papa gives Condi the ol' mano fica. Nice work, Benny!
- Envelope follower - When will this stop being acceptable in music? T-Pain I'm looking at you.
- Communication Arts is Out of Touch - "They’re content to pay only fractional attention to the world outside of their strongly liberal, technophobic, old guard, print-centric, myopic cocoon." Well said, sir.
- Volvo ReCharge Plug-In Hybrid Concept Car - Not totally diggin' the design, but loooove the concept.
- The Forgotten Lens - A nice article about the beauty of the 50mm prime lens. I'm smitten with my new one. [via]
- Thwock, Gulp, Kaching! Beer Pong Inspires Inventors - WSJ article on the "rising trend of beer pong." Um, trend? I guess we can count "the sun rising and setting" as a trend now, too? Awesome infographic.
- What's going on in Darfur? - A good infographic/cartoon that explains the terrible, ongoing, unfathomable tragedy.
- If Business Meetings Were Like Internet Comments - NSFW due to language (read: get headphones). Simply awesome.
- Lupe Fiasco interview (video) - Lupe Fiasco has to be one of the most down-to-earth people in the business. Surprisingly interesting interview, despite the journalist's pathetic attempts to be cool.
- The dangerous disconnect between home prices and wages - A very plain-to-see illustration of what could likely turn out to be a very baaaad thing. *gulp*
- Bugatti Veyron Pegaso Edition - Absolutely stunning car. Granted for $1.2m it should be, but still.
- Jake Brown falls 50 feet & walks away - Dude kills the 720 and then has one of the scariest drops I've seen. Watch his shoes fly off.
- Romeo guinea pig causes baby boom - Play on, playa.
- New iMac keyboard? - A fairly drastic stylistic departure. Seeing as how it took me over a year to get used to the current white Apple keyboards, I would imagine that this would have a comfort curve to it as well. Definitely cool looking, though.
- Me and My Mac - John C. Dvorak finally stops bashing the Mac platform. Hell hath frozen right over.
- US States Obesity Map, 1985-2004 - Depressing, sobering but realistic. Watch the obesity rates change through the years.
- McDonald's brings back super-sized drinks - Meet "Hugo." 42oz, 410 calories for as little as .89 cents. Thanks, Ronald, for trying to sneak one by us.
- Fugees reunion canceled - Awww hell. Damnit, Lauryn, get your s**t together.
- Don't even try using a cell phone at a concert - That's as good a reason as any I could think of...
- Superdrag to (kinda) reunite - Six shows only. What, no Louisville?
- House Passes College Cost Reduction Act - Fantastic. It's about time that we start easing the unbelievable cost of higher education.
- Paleontologists honor The Far Side's Gary Larson - They named the spiked tail of the stegosaurus the "thagomizer," after the cartoonist's faux-scientific word.
- If architects had to work like web designers - "Make sure your estimate for this plan is no more than $2000. I have a 15 year old nephew who designs houses and he say he can build it for me for $1000." The entire thing is priceless, and sadly accurate.
- Are you 4Real? - No? Oh, wait. That's the baby's name? I can't imagine why they're not allowed to name it that. You've gotta be Prince or one of the dudes from PM Dawn for that.
- Math through the years - Probably not that far off from truth. The last example is damned near straight from an Integrated Learning math class.
- Presidential wardrobe malfunction - Whoa, really? As in, you purposely picked that outfit out? Nothing screams "Leader of the Free World" like shorts, socks with the presidential seal and Crocs.
- Judge suing dry cleaner cries over pants - "A judge had to leave the courtroom with tears running down his face Tuesday after recalling the lost pair of trousers that led to his $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner." No comment.
- Weirdest grave in America - Or at least I'd vote so. Engaging story behind it as well.
- Google Maps Street View culprit - I'm shocked. I've never seen any of these in Kentucky. Oh...right, It's Kentucky.
- Photosynth (by Microsoft): demo at the TED conference - Massive, multi-scale, high resolution image manipulation and metadata networking. Screw it, watch the short demo and see the coolness. [via]
- Proof that future men are already spineless - Endearing? Yes. But someone teach this kid that he can't bust out the "I'll do anything" line quite so easily. Third date is fine.
- This Video Contains All Of The Reasons Why Our Society Is Doomed- Title says it all.
- Microsoft getting into the multitouch game - Nice Popular Mechanics video explaining some of the (early) applications for multi-touch devices.
- Study of incomes for men in 30s: Dad had it better - My annual raise doesn't even cover the cost of living increase. You know you're jealous.
- Video: Sony's flexible OLED display - I got the word "plastic" from what she was saying. But the video is awe-inspiring.
- The Simpsons explains why Fox News, Fox Network are so different - Oh Lisa.
- Brilliant Parenting 101 - Young girl is a bully. Gets suspended. Mother makes a great punishment fit the crime. With photos!
- Bipolar: Over-diagnosing our children? - Frightening. Putting a 4-year old on that many drugs is just wrong.
- The history of the ironic T-shirt - "If you think about it, the act of wearing a T-shirt is a cry out for validation." Great article, awesome (giant) timeline. So true.
- 8 hours of sleep in 3 hours time - New machine triggers deep sleep cycles, ushers in era dominated by our robot overlords.
- Hedge fund manager earns $1.8b this year. Yes, billion. - I'm sure that somehow, someway, he can justify that he offered up almost 2 billion dollars in service to the citizens of this world. Surely. [via]
- Kryptonite is real! - Haha! Sucks it's not glowing green, though.
- Even Australia has messed up teenagers - Two girls murdered their friend "because it just felt right." Um....
- 7-year old tears up Clapton - This kid shreds. Almost to the point of looking bored. Total badass.
- Contronyms - Words that by definition are simultaneously their own syno- and antonyms. Nerd glory.
- How To Defeat an 8-Year Old - Bookmarked for later use. Much. Later. Use. [via]
- 102-year old woman nails a hole-in-one - Yet one more thing grandma can whip my ass in. Damn.
- "This Is Why I'm Hot" diagrammed and dissected - The number one song, in graphical review. Awesome.
- Chief Beer Officer?! - Bastard! What a lucky SOB... [via]
- Diets = Bad - This article is ridiculous. I'll give them the "diets usually fail" concept, but waiting until the last paragraph to explain that they didn't include any data on regular exercise is a joke. More justification for people to stop trying to be healthy. Boo!
- Cheney hiding in the shrubs - Um, Dick? What the hell are you doing? You weirdo...
- Helvetica Haiku: Honorable Mention - Awesome. I had forgotten that I even wrote a few for submission. Guess it was good enough for an HM :)
- Wireless power? - Um, these people stand to make assloads of money if this proves half as innovative as it sounds. Too bad I'm too stupid to know if it's feasible or not.
- American Idol be damned... - Show me one contestant that feels the music half as much as this homeless guy on Showtime At The Apollo and I'll stop making fun of it. Dude rocked it.
- Seeing eye horses? - If I ever go blind I am SO doing this. Holy smokes that's awesome.
- Study finds that women believe that men find size zero attractive - No. The only people that should be size zero are nine year old boys and Mr. Bones in your anatomy class.
- What's really in a McDonald's chicken nugget? - Wife? Are you reading? You wonder why I'm 5 years free of any fast food...
- Univ. of Nebraska to the RIAA: Pay us. - RIAA scolds the university for not retaining IP records over a month. School says "shut up and pay us, you're wasting our time." Sweet.
- The Collective Wisdom of Children - From The New Yorker. Hilarious rendition of conversations as how we perceive they should be or have been.
- Woman wakes after six years, speaks, goes comatose again - A concurrently sad and uplifting news snippet about a Colorado woman. Wow.
- The aye-aye to go bye-bye? - If I had received this in an email, I would have thought it was a joke. That thing is effed up looking.
- The Beauty Function - A group of Israeli computer scientists create software to make your mug more beautiful. All about the proportions and ratios. (article) [via]
- Clocky: the alarm clock that runs away from you - Absolutely brilliant. If only it displayed facial expressions while doing so...[via]
- Congress to FCC: You've got some splainin' to do - Hells yes! I'm especially interested in them getting their ass whipped over the broadband issue.
- Does your significant other ignore you? Read this, then go back to yelling. - I really hope The Wife sees this.
- Things to do at home when you're bored - Jonas is SO going to be The Squirrel before the week is out. [via]
- Mother supplies gun to teen for revenge kill - This makes me so sad. This can't be serious. Can it?
- Sonic Bomb Alarm Clock - 113db with shaking. I know quite a few people that could use one of these *cough, RAYMOND, cough* Though technically I think for best practice you'd want to strap the shaking mechanism to your face, just to be sure.
- Top 50 occupations in the coming years - Interesting...I don't see web designer on there. F&$#!
- Staggering book statistics - 80% of families did not buy or read a book last year?! Holy sh*t, we're screwed.
- VW Phaeton commercial with hand puppets? - This commerical rules. I have books about hand puppetry somewhere. Maybe at my parents house? Awesome. [via kottke]
- Ed Helms (of The Office) is a normal guy - Cool little story.
- Will Ferrell on dog training - Sadly, this is ineffective with Jonas. Apparently his sense of irony is too highly developed.
- Rage Against the Machine reunion?!? - Could it be? The Wu-Tang/RATM concert I saw in Detroit in '97 was indubitably one of the bestest shows ever. This would make my year!
- Subliminal McDonald's ads - Seriously guys, has it come to this? *This* is how you're going to peddle your crack cakes now?
- Scary 3D morphing - Whoa. Um, Hollywood might want to watch out, our robot overlords are coming!
- Colbert explains the AT&T/Cingular merger - Well that should clear it up quite nicely, Steven.
- Beautiful Chicago skyline photo - Mega mega pixels. How it was done. [via]
- World Freehand Circle Drawing Champion - Canadians! But ooh-ahh this guy draws a mean circle. Yikes. [via]
- Top 10 ridiculous things for babies - Whoa. Freaky. Though some are indeed hilarious.
- Apple iPhone - The rumors were true. And it's even better than I imagined. Never have I wanted a phone more than I do now...
- Plutoed: Word of 2006? - As voted by the American Dialect Society. It means to devalue or demote someone or something. Poor Pluto.
- Power-washing Suffolk St. - This is just how damned dirty NYC is...
- Water boiling in space - Huh, now that's interesting. Not what I would have pictured.
- The sex of your brain - Mine couldn't have been more ambiguous, scoring a 0 between the two genders. Next time I'm stabbing you with a q-tip, brain!
- This goalie is a scorpion - And that's not a reference to the '80s band, either (soccer video).
- The new iPhone perhaps? - I've resisted believing all the other mockups and fanboy hyping. But this looks completely on-brand and feasible. An iPod with phone capabilities...mmmm...
- Rachel Ray makes it into the dictionary - Few people's personalities annoy me as much as this Food Network personality. And her obnoxious over-use of "EVOO, that's extra-virgin olive oil..." is one of the main reasons why. Guess she's won this battle. Next time, Ray. Next time.
- Goldman Sachs is definitely in the black - $16.5 billion set aside for salaries, bonuses, etc. That's over $600,000 per employee! A bonus?! I'm in the wrong damn field...
- LCD price fixing - Awesome. As if paying $5k for a TV wasn't enough of a profit for them. Way to go, greedy bastards.
- Testosterone = competitiveness? - I thought this was a no-brainer. But apparently this study confirms that men with less testosterone are more likely to give up after failure.
- Moltov cocktail of health! - Not sure about taking a shot of vodka in the morning, but sounds (in theory) like this would be healthy.
- Wicked hockey goal - Are you kidding me? That...that is impressive.
- Lexus parking assist video - First thought before watching the video: Crap feature for lazy people. Second thought after watching said video: Gimme.
- Greatest high school sports comeback ever? - Whoa. (warning: annoying Texan announcers)
- Monks run 2 marathons a day for 100 days - Uh, no? What in the hell...!?
- 5'9 Nate Robinson blocks 7'6 Yao Ming - Short people of the world unite! Rise up against your oppressive, taller foes.
- Ben Folds pranks NYC - Improv Anywhere teams up with Ben to fool two New York City shows recently. Gotta love the guy's sense of humor.
- Teen Goes Nuclear - Kid achieves nuclear fusion in parent's basement. I say it's actually a disguised bong.
- Ready to give up sleep? - Could be a distinct possibility. Sooner than later?
- Splitting photons, going back in time? - Um, I'm not sure I feel so good about the possibility of this...
- Drug Doubles Endurance - Huh. So you're saying if I drink a lot of red wine I can run twice as far? I'm confused...
- DIY Flash Snoot - Awesome lighting DIY project from Photojojo. These guys continue to impress me.
- Interactive sketching - MIT video demonstration illustrating the power of live educational sketching. Makes my brain go wheeee!
- Free Hugs Campaign - [video] Pretty neat, touchy-feely video about a guy trying to break down social walls.
- LogoPond - Identity inspiration. There are some really great marks on the site. Hell, even the site's own is nothing to balk at.
- Insults of years gone by - They don't make them like they used to. Great quotes from some seemingly pissed off famous folks.
- Composite beauty - Article in Seed about what the ideal female face is based on composite data. Good to know beauty is so alarmingly normal.
- Tracy McGrady scores 13 points in 33 seconds - What an incredible comeback! Now that is an upset.
- Ben Folds covers "Such Great "Heights" - Solid, per usual. Best part is the totally random objects that are played in the studio as instruments.
- The 4 movie trailer guys in a limo (video) - Interesting to see what they all look like, and equally surprising the subtle differences in their voices.
- The kid who graduated college in one year - Wha...?!? He took 37 hours one semester. I thought I was going to off myself with 18.
- Five Years of Consequence - Beautiful information design by Ben Schott. Some staggering comparisons here (including gas going from ~$24/b to ~$74). [via]
- How many lightbulbs does it take to change the world? - Fast Company article about the new and improved CFL (swirly) bulbs that make quite a difference. The one on my back porch is astoundingly bright.
- House number design - An often overlooked but quite important aspect of home design/decor. Some beautiful examples here.
- Coming soon: Wireless HDMI - Great. Now even more time I should wait before buying a new TV.
- Iran's president challenges Bush to debate - He wants it to be unfiltered. How very schoolyard. Hell yes I'd watch.
- Electronic paper display - Unroll the screen on your cell/PDA! Interesting that Phillips chose this as the first implementation of the technology [video]
- Brazil's contribution to the drink world - Sounds sweet, but intriguing nonetheless. Hooray for limes!
- Touchscreen (multipoint) demo video - Exceptional potential to change our interactions with computing. Brilliant idea, execution.
- Very punk photo set (Defiance, Ohio) - Acousit-punk group (no longer from Ohio) in a prototypical basement-style show. Oi.
- Open Letter to Jon Stewart - Well articulated. And I agree. C'mon Jon, you're better than that.
- 30 Rock trailer - YouTube video promo for a new NBC show starring a bunch of SNL cast members. Looks hilarious.
- Baby Rock Records - Um, I don't think I want my newborn listening to Tool. Ever. Even if in lullabye format.
- Travis Pastrana nails the first double-backflip - Talk about stepping it up. He sticks it and then apologizes (to his wife?) for doing it.
- IQ & Income Correlation - NYT article about how children from families with lower income have lower IQs and vice versa [via]
- Sidewalks: Paying By The Stroll - A nicely written piece likening Net Neutrality to homeownership and other basic citizen freedoms
- Electric roadster! - Introducing the Tesla roadster. Hope this is serious...
- Life cycle of a party girl - From Best Week Ever's site. Actually, yea, they did. They nailed it.
- NYC apartment gets rooftop porch - Couple installs rooftop porch and gardens, complete with swing. Both awesome and kinda weird all at the same time. [via]
- Cell phone chargers to be standardized by 2010 - It's about damn time.
- Remaking Seurat's painting - 'Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' is one of the world's more famous paintings. A group of Flickr enthusiasts set out to recreate it via a photograph. [via]
- Photo of how Velcro works - Man they must have had to keep that camera really still...
- New Outkast songs preview - Once again proving they are perhaps one of the few left standing that understand what "pushing hip hop forward" means. Two songs to stream.
- The Swiss Valley - Breathtaking photo by Cameron Moll, web design master. And apparently he can add "talented photographer" to his conference introduction roll as well.
- The amazing lyrebird - Video of an unbelievable jungle bird that imitates 20 species of bird songs, chainsaws, camera shutters and car alarms. Yea well my dog can shake 20% of the time.
- Automatic braking by Volvo - Video and explanation of new autobraking technology from Volvo. Neat!
- US government pays $268 billion for photo of dead guy - If this is true, Canada here I come.
- Jupiter's Red Storm and Red Jr. could collide - The famous spot (storm) could slam into a smaller storm soon. I wonder what would happen...
- Sheep who thinks she's a dog - "'She comes in (the house) dead on time every day and knocks the door with her head if I've forgotten'."
- McDonald's "World Burger" - 40% larger (almost 700kcal) than existing menu burgers. Just what the world needs, Ronald. And just how does this celebrate the World Cup?
- Breathtaking Northern Lights photo taken from a 747 - One thing I'd love to see in person before I die. In or outside of a 747.
- Programmable Tattoos - Don't want to be stuck with just one for life? Program it nano style! (sheesh)
- Inaudible cell phone ringtones for teens - Can't be heard by most adults due to age-related hearing loss. +3 for resourcefulness.
- Wife 1.0 - Oh man, nerd humor. Classic.
- Pretty much the coolest dormroom ever - Kuhlman Sixth Floor would have gone bananas for this. Thank you MIT.
- BMW Night Vision - Using FIR cameras, the new 7 series shows realtime night vision. Creepy. Practical?
- Bad alcoholic monkey! - Study finds that monkeys, like humans, stumble and trip when inhebriated. They also drink more when stressed out from work. The picture alone makes the link worth it.
- Money Changes Everything - NYT article about how the gap between friends' economic/class situations is awkwardly expanding.
- Infrared NBA Photos - Awesome technique. I would have never thought of applying infrared to action shots. Some beautiful work.
- Steve Don't Eat It! - Maybe it's 'cuz it's Friday, but I thought this was hilarious. Language and humor alert. Thanks Andy.
- Incredible rainbow photographs - Yes, sounds lame by the title, but these are some incredible shots. Weird, we have the same camera yet his shots are better? Mine must just be broken...
- Woman has the Black Plague - Only in California. But I guess if you're going to have a life-terminating disease, that would be a uber retro choice.
- The Easter Bunny hates you - Hilarious video. One of the top 100 on Google Video. The taunting dance is priceless.
- Lazer Cats - Another SNL digital short.
- Ben Folds cab driver as concert special guest - Awesome. Not too many rock stars who would pull something off like that (or trust a complete stranger not to screw up a show).
- Great soccer goal compilation video - All lob shots. Makes me tingly.
- Next Prius to close on 100mpg mark - With 57% of Americans now claiming they would entertain the thought of a hybrid, this is a great thing. Now just make the batteries cheaper you bastards.
- Pharm companies making up diseases - Oh. Gee. Is anyone suprised that they're plundering for money by exploiting people?
- Take this quick test, smarty - Not as easy as you think.
- Hubble's view of the Orion Nebula - Normally not a space geek, but this is a beautiful image.
- Simpson's movie trailer! - This I'd see in the theater. And maybe even splurge for the $6 box of Junior Mints.
- Audi R8 prototype photos - Hot new pics of what looks to be a stylish new ride. That I'll never afford.
- New type of glass cuts LCD costs? - Good for the environment. Good for the consumer. Will it happen?
- True in-car PC (awesomeness) - Video of a demo of VWs tech lab prototypes. I rub my hands together maniacally here.
- FCC chief endorses extortion - Jerkoff Kevin Martin gave a speech that basically declares that telcos can charge/tier bandwidth for whatever they want. Bye bye Internet.
- How the Game Genie for your old S/NES worked - Neat look at the tech thinking behind the Game Genie. You know you used it to get 99 lives on Street Fighter 'cuz you couldn't beat it normally.
- VW and Google Earth (first pics) - First glimpse at what VW and Google have been working on. Looks slick.
- Create your own plastic molds - A nifty, low-temperature polymer that you can use to mold and shape your own parts, for whatever project you're working on.
- Hi-res government docs images - Get up close and historic with the national archives release of high resolution scans of the Declaration and other US documents.
- Biggest battery technology breakthrough in 200 years? - Lord knows we need some advancement in this field. My laptop now gets 45 minutes tops w/o being plugged in. Gah.
- Amazing photos of China - Beautiful. Very saturated, but beautiful.
- The $200 Billion Broadband Scandal - No suprise here. Big companies cheat the end user to fatten their wallets.
- Bill Gates too rich for IRS - Well, their normal computers, that is. Billionaire gets his data on a seperate box since he's so stinkin' rich. Yea I have that problem too.
- Broadband subscribers nailed by The Man - Toledo, OH residents (23 people) had their possessions seized, houses raided and face fifth degree felony charges for simply uncapping their BB modems. Overreact much?
- Badass drum solo - Dorky looking outfit, but the kids got chops. There's some beat in the middle that is incredibly familiar, but I can't grab it...
- Banned XBox 360 Ad - Exceedingly well done commercial. Too bad it was deemed too violent, as it's one of the more creative spots in years I think.
- A history of the "amen break" - One of the most popular breaks, used in multiple styles of music (a history and commentary on sampling law)
- Canon Rock on Google Video - This kid rocks the hell out to Canon in D, on electric guiter. Nerdy, but the kid has chops.
- Stores Hack GoogleMaps - Stores (like Target in the photo) are learning to get advertising out of GoogleMaps by painting their roofs. Smart AND helpful!
- Clerks II Trailer
Awesome. Looks pretty good (even though I only saw the entire Clerks only recently).
- Track your packages visually
UPS/FedEx/USPS packages can all be tracked, with data plotted to a Google Map.
- 21,000 University of Alabama students dropped at once
Error in email system notifies all students of invalid prerequisites. Hilarious.
- I'm really f'ing tired of girls who like baby sh*t
- How to order wine without looking like an asshole
- It's A Wonderful Internet
- Chronic-les of Narnia SNL skit
- Hack a talking Santa! [be sure to catch the videos]
- Last statements of death row inmates
- Make a snowflake!
- America's Next Muppet
- Proof of the "internal alarm clock?"
- Teen dies from peanut allergy/kiss
- Video of Bush's failed fleeing of press conference
- How to get rid of hiccups
- Pixar's digital pen
- "Hot In Here" as done by an 8-bit Nintendo chip (MP3)
- Every Playboy centerfold 88-97, averaged (art)
- The probability that your real estate agent is cheating you
- Freeline skating
- The best paper airplane in the world
- Did Apple sabotage the ROKKR?
- Dialect map of the US
- Real life VS the internet
- TCP/IP Speakers
- Recording industry gets greedier
- Anxiety disorders proven by blood tests?
- Wallace and Grommit studio burns down
- ASIMO robot running at 3 km/hr
- Awesome Guiness Ad
- Office weapons
- Napoleon Dynamite ads for the Utah State Fair
- $10b Treasure Found
- Office slang
- HS Band plays DJ Shadow
- The world's first photograph
- Birth of the iPod Nano
- Bushy asks to go potty
- Sony robot dog dancing to Daft Punk
- Single concept neurons
- Lies Verizon DSL support has told me
- 850gb DVDs. Sweet.
- The ultimate office rubberband gun
- This makes my head hurt
- Engineering with pennies
- The Jetson's technology is here
- Driving on the left side?
- Cream reunites!
- Moss graffiti
- Self-cleaning glass
- Dutch pass iPod tax
- Waiting for fares
- Turn a coin into a ring
- Google Maps puts London tube stops online
- From graffiti to sculpture
- The Simpson's get new blood
- Rethinking high oil prices
- Finally, a good use for TV
- CR House Pricing Data
- How to cut stuff correctly
- Steak based initiatives
- Confusing the UPS drivers
- The art of free throw shot distraction
- The man who saved the world
- Oregon Trail t-shirt
- How to fold a t-shirt
- Busted for plagarism
- Art gallery takeover
- Human skin networking
- History of yelling 'Freebird!'
- Firefox commercial
- Pixar animators' studios
- New web typefaces!
- 25 years of skateboarding
- Color WWII photos
- I'm not much for tennis...
- Google calendar?
- Evolution of Mario
- Korn guitarist finds God
- Kottke goes full-time
- No Pants 2k5
- The Gates from satellite
- Glowing tablecloth
- Toyota staying green
- Collection of webcams
- 100 things we know this year
- That's not a Jeep, that's a dune buggy
- Lessons in communication
- Cartoon skeletal systems
- New York changing
- 2.5 gigapixel photo
- The design of The Incredibles
- Brita + cheap vodka =
- Making rock stars
- How many cookies in there, eh?
- How Bush won
- 10 Things China does better
- My peace tshirt for sale
- Pay what you feel
- Studying how people listen to music
- HDTV is like the Web
- Dave Chappelle reunites Fugees
- Lincoln photographic discussion
- Australian collaborative street art project
- Bears on bikes
- If Simpsons' characters mated
- Cool manhole and drain covers
- Fight Club star's home address
- Jaws will eat you.
- The alphabet via 117 5 year old's with cameras
- Muscular baby
- NYC commute photos
- Stealth wallpaper?
- iPods and Bimmers
- Visual MIDI search engine
- 3D graphical GPS routes
- Build a 1.2 terrabyte RAID fileserver for $1600
- The new Batmobile
- Sand mandala
- Nickleback recycles?
- The Village People's cowboy goes solo
- Bike graffiti
- Crouching Rumsfeld
- Glass concrete
- Chuck D and sampling
- Soccer and tornados
- Microsoft's art collector
- The truth about cicadas
- Volkswagen Phaeton
- Ice T + David Hasselhoff = Bad
- World's largest crossword puzzle
- The Payphone Project
- PJ Loughran illustrations
- The RIAA lies (duh)
- MP3.com redesign
- Comcast fires TechTV staff
- Doug & Co. redesign blogger
- Digital skin
- Critiquing kids' art
- 'Real World' blogs
- Robert Smith looks not so good
- Fred Durst's blog
- Paperclip sculptures
- Great photo
- Breathtaking
- The science of Lance Armstrong
- From the Word programmer
- The new 50
- Largest US cities
- Icon design (mozilla email client)
- Nice english paper, bro
- Baggy pants hurt no one
- 80's Rap Videos
- Yahoo's Soul Search engine
- Luke Chueh illustrations
- Non-wet liquid
- The music industry uncovered
- The RIAA is dumb
- Doesn't this hurt?
- NYC 2012 Olympic bid logo
- America's height: Not stacking up
- Speak & Spell simulator
- 10 things i never learned in design school
- Exactly what I've been feeling...
- Incredible view of Paris
- Again with Back to the Future
- Retractable Cables!
- Cheaper the better
- 120 Minutes playlist archive
- Etch Your CDRs
- Type set to music
- No more supersizing
- Microwave those new 20's!
- Friends or enemies?
- Calvin & Hobbes comic search
- Stunning Creative Commons movie
- No ability to feel pain
- History of telephone greetings
- Great piano rendition of Mario Theme
- First good Flash ani I've seen
- Back to the Future Tour
- Photos of NYC in the 70s
- I feel great.
- I haven't smiled this much in years.
- Whoa. I'd love a Phaeton, but i think it's a bit out of my price range.
- Hours of entertainment...
- Watch things explode slowly.
- ...the first horseman saddles up.
- That's a lot of *ahem* round spherical objects.
- Pretty neat.
- So much cooler...now if it would only minimize...
- I wish i had this in my meetings.
- Allow six to eight weeks for delivery.
- This registers high on the "stoopid" scale.
- My favorite is "Pre-Teen Hussies."
- The clothes still suck...but Annie L.'s photos rock!
- Whoa. Scary.
- Now all I have to do is find someone to pay for this...
- Whoa. There goes working today...
- What'll those crazy cats think of next...
- It's about time someone with a leg-up in the industry used their fame for something like this.
- Every kid's dream...pre-nintendo.
- ...and no, not all of us are thank you.
- Try it! It works great!
- How many shows have I been to, and thought this same exact thing?
- What is this "internet" that you speak of?
- when you were born?
- Pretty cool, eh?
- I want them all.
- This thing rips!
- ...please, no.
- Would he really?
- and....why?
- I love how Legos are growing up right along with our generation.
- crazy web designers...
- Tyler and Matt should be proud. (Thanks Andy)
- Sing it from the mountaintops
- I miss the days of yooth.
- I love the Mirror Project
- join the revolution.
- Some good ideas about the future of the music industry
- Do you know what 'uptarding' or 'manscaping' is?
- Because watching it just isn't enough...
- Who doesn't want ice cream in 30-seconds?
- What's your Wu-Tang name?
- I wish i had a dog
- Enjoy good reading
- Oh the digital culture