Sunday, July 31, 2005

Planet Ten

A California astronomer has discovered what he believes is the 10th planet in our solar system, a group of NASA-funded researchers said on Friday.

(He's not telling reporters the name he's proposed, does anybody have any guesses or suggestions for the name?)

Sicks Days

Ratings of health websites from Consumer Health WebWatch.

Precognitive Science?

Astral Traveler - provides insight into energy fields, realities, precognitive sciences, healing, and other metaphysical topics and theories.

Villainy 101

Villainism - includes the rules of villainy and plotting.

God Bless America

Celebrity Atheist List - a collection of notable nonbelievers.

How To Guide

So You've Decided to be Evil - a step-by-step guide to joining the forces of darkness.

Saturday, July 30, 2005

Blink Of An Eye

Eye to Eye - see photos from particular storms that Hurricane Hunters have flown in the past few years.

The Elusive... Bison

Big Foot will remain just a tall tale, for a while at least, after DNA hair samples thought to be from the mythic creature turned out to be bison hair.

Mama Mia

The Ridiculously Thorough Guide to Making Your Own Pizza

Keep On Walking

Localhikes - provides information on local hiking opportunities near both large and small metropolitan areas in the United States.

WTF

WhatTheFont - Have an image with text in an unknown font? Upload the image from your computer or elsewhere on the web and it matches the font for you.

Swiped from Pi at Words of Ether

Luck Of The Draw

randomwebsite.com - It is exactly what it says.

Friday, July 29, 2005

Forbes Magazine

The 100 Most Powerful Women

Daisy, Daisy

Kubrick 2001: The space odyssey explained.

Concert In The Park

Live Concerts combined with Google Maps - This great Google Map hack displays locations and gives the times of live concerts.

Pip Pip Cheerio

The British Film Institute's Top 100 British Films

Mysterious Graffiti Underground

Piece by Piece - documentary that takes a journey into San Francisco's mysterious graffiti underground.

Monkey Suit

Pets in clothes - rate pictures of pets wearing clothes, or submit your own pet to be rated.

One Born Every Minute

Circus Museum - vintage circus posters

Movie Magic

Balancing Point - A neat little piece playing with reverse motion shots.

What Would It Take?

The Official United States Order of Succession. Since the Presidential Succession Act only covers 18 people, what would happen if something happened to those 18? We felt it important to continue the list for all Americans as a true contingency plan for Democracy. Here is your chance to join the list, should your country need you.

Thursday, July 28, 2005

Betty Page

The Pin-up Page - a web site devoted to the pin-up girls of the 1940's and 50's.

Swimsuit Issue

Bikini History

Timeless Classics

Time Magazine's Top 100 films

And The Winner Is...

The Bulwer-Lytton Contest celebrates terrible fiction writing with an annual award.

Body Sound Archives

Hiccups Archive - extensive video and audio archive of people hiccuping.

Burps n' Farts - archive of body noises.

(further proof of my contention that you can find ABSOLUTELY everything on the internet)

The Night Sky

Billions and Billions - amateur astrophotographer specializing in deep-sky CCD imaging offers astronomical photograph galleries and provides advice on techniques and equipment.

ElectraWoman and DynaGirl

World of Krofft Online - showcases Krofft collectibles for fans of the classic children's television productions of Sid and Marty Krofft.

Ye Olde Wicipǽdian

Wikipedia in Old English - Someone somewhere has a lot of time on their hands

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Big Foot Or Bison

Canadian lab to test 'sasquatch' hair

Make'm Laugh

The 100 Funniest American Movies

Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Bridging the Bay - The design and politics of six bridges of the Bay Area, including the Golden Gate Bridge.

Stickball

Streetplay - Street games for kids.

Socks & Bonds

The Sock Journal

Hienous Crimes

Catholic rebels with a cause. Two days ago, on a boat on the St. Lawrence River, nine Catholic rebels did something in direct defiance of the Vatican and now face the real prospect of excommunication by the Inquisitor Cardinal formerly known as Ratzinger.

Harper's Christian Paradox

How a faithful nation gets Jesus wrong

Personal Darfur

Humanitarian hijinks - 'Sleepless in Sudan' describes herself as an aid worker in Darfur

Stinging Satire

Bill Maher on the Jay Leno show. - Bush has to stop saying, "Osama Bin Laden, you can run but you can't hide. Because he sure can hide, we can't find him anywhere." Bill Maher also talks about Karl Rove, John Roberts, and Bush appointees.

Found on One Good Move

Free Press For Walmart

Here's why you can't buy the Pensecola News Journal at Wal-Mart

What Would You Do?

When Nazi decrees destroyed Arnold Weiss's family, leaving him abandoned, it would have been hard to imagine this powerless child one day returning to Germany to mete out a rough justice of his own

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Entangled Ephemera #8

Hot Asian Rain - "Sexy, Dirty and Everything Flirty. Smart and sexy. It's as simple as that." Quyen Nguyen from Northridge, California blogs about her being a college student, her friends and just about anything that goes on in her life or at her job. She fresh and sassy willing to blog about life, love and sex. Alot of the fun chatter takes place in her comments.

Testing 1 2 3

Microphones. 'Here you can learn about some of the older mic types.'

Blast Off

NASA TV - Watch the space shuttle Discovery launch

High Anxiety

The 100 Most Thrilling American Films

Report Thy Neighbor

Long Island police are asking regular citizens from waiters to landlords to report signs of suspicious activity shown by people they meet.

Found article via Jeff at the Library Chronicles

The Bones Of Millions

Underground Paris - The Empire of the Dead

Frank and Fritzy Show

How would you like to place a wiretap on the phone line of a mob leader and listen in whenever you want? You can't quite do this yourself, but you can listen to many hours of material recorded in 1985-86 from an FBI tap of mobster Federico 'Fritzy' Giovanelli, a Genovese crime family soldier.

Not What The Dr. Ordered

Dr. Pepper Clones

If They Ban Abortion

Gerardo Flores, 19, was convicted of murder this month in Lufkin, Texas, in the death of the 5-month-old fetus of his girlfriend, Erica Basoria. Flores admitted that he had stood on Basoria's stomach several times at her request to induce a miscarriage, but Basoria had told authorities that she had also punched herself in the stomach several times. Under Texas law, killing a fetus is a capital offense, and so Flores automatically received a life sentence, but Basoria could not be charged because of her constitutional right to abortion.

Monday, July 25, 2005

Places For $200 Alex

Geography Games - How well do you know the world?

Situation Darfur

In Darfur, My Camera Was Not Nearly Enough. 'Our helicopter touched down in a cloud of camel-brown sand, dust and plastic debris. As the cloud gradually settled into new layers on the bone-dry desert landscape, we could make out the faces of terrified villagers. "Welcome to Sudan," I murmured to myself, grabbing my pen and waterproof notebook.''A former Marine, I had arrived in Sudan's Darfur region in September 2004 as one of three U.S. military observers for the African Union, armed only with a pen, pad and camera. The mandate for the A.U. force allowed merely for the reporting of violations of a cease-fire that had been declared last April and the protection of observers. The observers sometimes joked morbidly that our mission was to search endlessly for the cease-fire we constantly failed to find. I soon realized that this was no joke.'

Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat

Calvin and Hobbes - Ever think about a specific Calvin and Hobbes cartoon, or a quote from one of the cartoons, but couldn't remember what book it is in? Consider your problem solved!

Spam Killer

Russia's biggest spammer Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen of Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday. He died after suffering repeated blows to the head. Kushnir, 35, headed the English learning centers the Center for American English, the New York English Centre and the Centre for Spoken English, all known to have aggressive Internet advertising policies in which millions of e-mails were sent every day.

Graphitti Wisdom

Pictures of Walls - A gallery of walls with stuff written on them.

Chick Flicks

The 100 Most Romantic American Movies

Dress For Success

Paperdoll Heaven is a online celebrity dress up game for girls (and boys) of all ages.

Sunday, July 24, 2005

Pre Sally Ride

Women in spacesuits

Silver Chariot

Stop the abuse - Shopping Cart Abuse is a watchdog organization that keeps track of the world's deadliest metal mangling masterminds.

Back Pocket Comb

Feathered Back Hair

Get Your Kicks

Jack's Historic Route 66 - links to attractions, events, motels, and restaurants by state, associations and clubs, books and maps, and other resources.

Saturday, July 23, 2005

Le Chevalier de Sainte-Hermine

Unearthed Dumas novel a bestseller 130 years late

Can You Hear Me Now?

commercials i hate

Dosy Doh

Square Dance Conventions and Festivals USA - Browse by state or month to find events.

Logline

Query Letters I Love - Actual, honest to god query letters the author received in Hollywood. Extremely funny, and great comments.

One Thousand Words

Photoshop Galleries

Female Role Models

Girls' Series Books - provides information and links on series with female protagonists, including Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden, Cherry Ames, and Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Poker Face

Tony G Poker - online journal of a professional poker player

Friday, July 22, 2005

It's Friday And I'm In Love

I'm Tom Cruise, and I'm in LOVE!!! This is a blog to show just how much I love Katie, and just how much we both love living life together, and being awesome, and believing in Scientology!

Fastest Pickle Eater

Speedeat.com - news, rankings, and more from the world of competitive eating.

And in case your interested in more (and I know you are)

Association of Independent Competitive Eaters - organization composed of independent competitive eaters who are interested in competitive eating as a sport and entertainment.

Mission Possible

Man on a Mission - A blog dedicated to corporate mission statements.

Big Hoop Earrings

Lost Bands of the New Wave Era - fantastic blog covering obscure bands of the 80's.

How a Leader Does Business

Costco pays its workers 42 percent more on average than its closest rival, Wal-Mart's Sam's Club.

The Sound Of Music

The Top 100 Movie Songs

Increase Value

Money Origami - Leave a special tip on your next restaurant outing

Look Who's Talking

People from the local community have been syndicated. Here are two examples:

Nashville
San Francisco/Oakland

Thursday, July 21, 2005

Bloggers In Common #2

Yahoo! employee blogs

Fake News

Karl Rove dies, Satan's approval rating hits record high

Last Mashup

Here, I give you mashups (about 40 of them to be exact).

Essentials

essential facts - facts, facts and more facts about almost every subject you can think of. Finding this site made me dizzy with excitement.

The Afternoon Paper

FreePaperToys.com - A large collection of links to designs for paper crafts (paper airplanes, animals, origami, cars and motorcycles, and a lot more)

These 'toys' would last about 5 seconds with Ryan.

Preaching The Politics Of Hate

FEC grants Falwell the media exemption

Growing Up On Sesame Street

101 Greatest Kids TV Themes

Predictable News

Prognosticate - Pick your favourite news topic. The current headlines will be displayed. Your chosen news story will be typed up on screen. When it stops, it's up to you to predict the next word. There are 20 missing words in each story. Look out for the hint icons

Summer Reading

Tarot - Online Tarot readings with your choice of different decks, from the classic Rider-Waite to options such as Marseilles Tarot and William Blake Tarot.

I'm sure Lasciate would do a infinitely better reading, but for a bit of online fun, this will probably do.

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Bloggers In Common

Google Employee Blogs

I Just Need More TIME!

James Doohan passes away at 85

Who Is Altria?

Bad Corp - What do multinational corporations do once their dirty record gets around and people start seeing them for what they are? They change their names, of course.

(Altria is Phillip Morris)

Going For A Walk

The Gmap Pedometer is a little hack that uses Google's superb mapping application to help record distances traveled during a running or walking workout.

Where Are They Now?

Whatever happened to... Kenneth Starr

The Eagle Has Landed

Google Moon - Google Maps gets the Lunar treatment, in honor of the first manned moon landing. (Fun Hint! - try the maximum zoom level)

Bubblelicious

The Giant Gum Bubble Web Page - Everything a gum chewer needs to know about blowing gum bubbles, from best brands, correct temperature, to proper technique can be found at this site.

And Then There Were None

78 high-level bio scientists, who (coincidentally) are capable of developing antidotes to new bio-weapons, have been killed, or died mysteriously, around the world. All within the last 24 months.

TomorrowLand

Yesterday's Tomorrows - Past visions of America's future

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Skip To The End

The BOOK Spoiler - Would you like to know how a book turns out but don't actually want to take the time to read?

Here is Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling, tempting isn't it?

Woody

Make a Wood iPod

We'll Always Have Paris

Cafespot is in an independent, user-drive site where people can suggest their favourite deli, restaurant or cafe in many countries. The tool now plots these locations on a Google Maps interface.

Nazi Buildings

Google tracks Hitler to San Diego

Timeless Faces

The 50 Greatest American Screen Legends

Amen

Bill O'Reilly Sucks

Turn Out The Lights

God Bless Americana - Charles Phoenix has been collecting found slides of other Americans' vacations from the 50s and 60s.

Obscure Reference

First launched in June of 2003, Television Obscurities began with only six features and only a few minutes of streaming media. Now, over a year later, we have more than fifty features, encompassing nearly seventy pages, with over 250 media clips, totaling over three full hours of rare audio and video from television's past.

Monday, July 18, 2005

Darfur Crisis History

Why the genocide started, how it is being carried out, and whether it is getting worse. Registration is required, but you can find a userid and password here.

Domo Arigato

Cyber Japan - Japanese pop culture (in English, mostly).

Pedantic

My favorite word. I added my favorite, you can add your own.

Out For The Night

Sittercity.com - Calls itself the Match.com for child care, Sitter City provides an invaluable service at a reasonable rate: $40 gets you access to hundreds if not thousands of potential babysitters in your area (the site has 50,000 registered users in 10 U.S. cities, including New York, Boston and Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore).

The More We Learn

125 Questions: What Don't We Know? - explores 125 big questions that face scientific inquiry over the next quarter-century. Indepth feature from Science Magazine.

Fishy Revenge

Massive Marlin Leaps Into Fishing Boat

Thank you Jessica for the link

Post #1000

In celebration of post number 1,000 I am taking you back to the beginning.

On The Block

Bayraider ferrets out the strangest, freakiest stuff being auctioned on eBay and other auction sites.

Sunday, July 17, 2005

Leviticus

Biblical Scroll Fragments Found in Israel

Cream Of The Crop

TV Cream - a directory of television shows from the UK, US, Europe and beyond from the '60s to the '80s

Whistle Blowin'

Trains USA - index of railroads and railroad-related businesses and information.

On Track

Trains - collection of photographs of trains, train stations, and train tracks.

Stonehenge

One man thinks he knows how they made the monument, and it didn't involve alians!

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Opera Rock

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters has written an opera.

Somebody Is Watching You

eyesoflaura.org - weblog of a security guard at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Visitors of Laura's site can control security cameras from her work.

Chocolypse Now

Chocolypse Now - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory meets Apocalypse Now.

Egghead

How to Poach an Egg

Playing Cards

Card Games: Patience/Solitaire - information and links about one-player card games.

College Cooking

273 Ramen Recipes

Movie Heavan

Hacking Netflix - Netflix news and information, plus details of new releases every Monday.

Shopping Lists UK Edition

Shopping List Compendium - collection of abandoned shopping lists from the U.K.

Unsigned

Overplay - music site for unsigned bands. Includes an industry directory, radio, advice, reviews, and more.

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

A Prayer for the Dying

As a member of the bloggers Coalition for Darfur I recieve a weekly email, this weeks shocked me and is posted in its entirety.

As Mark Leon Goldberg of the American Prospect reported back in April, the Bush administration was leaning heavily on congressional leaders and managed to stall, and probably killed, the Darfur Accountability Act. As Goldberg explained, the bill

[E]stablishes targeted U.S. sanctions against the Sudanese regime, accelerates assistance to expand the size and mandate of the African Union mission in Darfur, expands the United Nations Mission in Sudan to include the protection of civilians in Darfur, establishes a no-fly zone over Darfur, and calls for a presidential envoy to Sudan.

Because of this pressue, the bill appears to be trapped in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Relations, presumably never to be seen again.

So what is Congress going to do now that sanctions, a no-fly zone and civilian protection are off the table? Apparently it has been reduced to "[encouraging] the people of the United States [to pray] for an end to the genocide and crimes against humanity and for lasting peace in Darfur, Sudan."

That's right, the US Congress has been reduced to calling on the American people to pray that somehow this genocide ends.

On July 1st, the US Senate quietly passed S.RES.186
A resolution affirming the importance of a national weekend of prayer for the victims of genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur, Sudan, and expressing the sense of the Senate that July 15 through July 17, 2005, should be designated as a national weekend of prayer and reflection for the people of Darfur.

The House passed a companion resolution (H.RES.333) just yesterday.
The key portion of the resolution reads as follows

Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) supports the goals and ideals of a National Weekend of Prayer and Reflection for Darfur, Sudan;
(2) encourages the people of the United States to observe that weekend by praying for an end to the genocide and crimes against humanity and for lasting peace in Darfur, Sudan; and
(3) urges all churches, synagogues, mosques, and religious institutions in the United States to consider the issue of Darfur in their activities and to observe the National Weekend of Prayer and Reflection with appropriate activities and services.

This resolution appears to be the work of the Save Darfur Coalition, a vital organization that has done a great deal to raise awareness of the genocide—but what does it say about the level of US commitment to address this situation when Congress is unwilling to do anything beyond simply asking the American people to pray for the dying people of Darfur?

If members of Congress are truly concerned about the deaths of nearly 400,000 Darfuris, or the fates of an estimated 3 million more, they are certainly capable of doing more than quietly declaring a "National Weekend of Prayer and Reflection."

Save Darfur deserves credit for getting Congress to even do this much, but this resolution cannot absolve Congress of its pathetic failure to adequately address the situation in Darfur. If anything, it only serves to highlight the government's utter lack of concern.

MoveOn PAC

"Last year, President Bush promised that anyone at the White House involved in the leak would be fired. We believe that the President should stick to his word. That's why we're calling on him to fire Karl Rove."

Sign the petition to Bush right now

With Open Arms

The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs & Body Language Cues

Orwell Today

The Thought Police - A half-century after he wrote of dystopia in “1984,” George Orwell’s themes of control are scary as ever. This site blends fictional horror with contemporary life.

London Response

We'reNotAfraid.com - pictures and images in response to the London transit bombings.

Insider Trading

Article Insider - community where real-life specialists share their knowledge about a wide variety of popular topics.

We're Doomed

The Boom Shelter - obsessive dedication to apocalyptic news.

AstroMech

Astromech.net - official web site of the R2 builders club. Includes FAQs and articles, droid parts lists, a droid registry, and other droid building resources.

Hemochromatosis

Too Much Iron - resource for people with iron overload.

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

NASA

Return to flight

Where Is It?

Can't Find On Google - a list of what people can't find on Google (obvious huh?)

Die Is Cast

Casino Carpet Gallery

Blowin' In The Wind

Hurricane Blog - talks about tropical weather, preparedness, and hurricane topics and allows readers to interact with Palm Beach Post staffers throughout the 2005 season.

Entangled Ephemera #7

Summer is the Shizzle - A page full of sizzling southern style! Finally I clicked through to somebody I know! I've been reading Summers blog for a while, she's a fun, sassy southern girl. She blogs about life, ninja turtles, cosplay, love and sex. She is currently going through a set of darkside astrology posts, so go on over a find out about my evil twin. To quote her about blurb, "I am obsessive-compulsive, smart, not over-rated, and f*cking gorgeous! Oh, and I'm humble also..."

Yada Yada Yada

Seinfeld Scripts

The Living Dead

Dead Zombie - clips and images from some of the most celebrated zombie movies.

Locate Webcams

Google Maps U.S.Web Cam Locator - Search for U.S. webcams by zip code

Water Fight

Super Soaker Central - features water fight information pertaining to Super Soaker modifications, forums, reviews, and steps to building a water gun.

Monday, July 11, 2005

Sleeping With The Enemy

A spyware researcher has found that an update to Microsoft's AntiSpyware program has changed how it flags programs from Claria, an adware developer. Last week, it was rumored that Microsoft was considering purchasing the company for its software technology to deliver personalized ads. Eric Howes at Spyware Warrior discovered the changes during a recent test and found that Dashbar, Gator, PrecisionTime and Weatherscope had all been switched from a "Quarantine" classification to "Ignore."

Neigborhood Resturant

ToEat.com - Uses Google Maps to allow you to search your local area for over 400,000 restaurants in the U.S.

The Rich Even Die Better

Wealthier elders are significantly less likely than poorer ones to suffer pain at the end of their lives, according to a University of Michigan study forthcoming in the August issue of the Journal of Palliative Medicine.

Poetic License

Darwinian Poetry! The goal of this project is to see if non-negotiated collaboration can evolve interesting poetry using (un)natural selection.

Coming Out

Vatican: Benedict XVI - Vatican's official page for Pope Benedict XVI.

It's All Relative

Is It Normal? - ask the world about your situation, friend, habit, or observation today and find out exactly where you stand.

More Mashup

Mash-up: White Stripes + Jay-Z.

Source: Team9 found via Fimoculous

Out Of The Park

Major League Baseball 2005 Home Run Derby - news and facts for the MLB hitting competition. Held July 12, 2005.

Urban Sprawl

America's Fastest-Growing Cities, 2005

The Rove Factor

The e-mails surrendered by Time Inc., which are largely between Cooper and his editors, show that one of Cooper's sources was White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove.

Sunday, July 10, 2005

Hello World

The Hello World Collection - "Hello World" is the first program one usually writes when learning a new programming language. This collection includes 190 Hello World programs in many more-or-less well known programming languages

Kung-fu Fightin'

Rumsfeld Fighting Technique

Bad Girls

Villainous Vamps - dedicated to the evil women of the Batman universe: Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn.

Steppin' Out

Chickens Suit - A new low for pet aphiles

Radio Hour

Underheard.org, bringing you the best of independent and community radio. They are your source for over 120 hours of high quality podcasts and downloads every week, showcasing the best noncommercial radio shows from more than twenty stations in North America.

Saturday, July 09, 2005

Rock You Like A Hurricane

This is not the first Hurricane Dennis. In 1999, another Dennis hit the Carolina coast. How do storms get their names? Here is the answer.

Hurricane Dennis has everyone around the Gulf of Mexico nervous. In the days to come, you will hear a lot about storm surge, one of the big concerns in Category 3 hurricane conditions. The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has a wonderful Web page with animation that explains this danger.

Since three of my readers are in Dennis's path in Louisiana, I'll show a page listing Louisiana's hurricane history.

For The Defence

Brainy Quote: Clarence Darrow - notable quotes from the lawyer.

Relavent Today

NPR: Remembering the Scopes Monkey Trial - 2005 audio report looking back at the Scopes trial, the events that led up to it, and its aftermath.

Cindy & Dennis Sitting In A Tree

Hurricane tracker

Drop Zone

RideAccidents.com: want to be put off ever visiting an amusement park or fairground again?

Mixology

BarBrews.com - Large selection of cocktail and mixed drink recipes in addition to a bar supply shop.

Panoramic London

The London Map tour of London contains over 100 panoramic 360° high quality images of attraction in Central London linked to an interactive map. See major places of interest - Buckingham Palace, the museums, Tower of London, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus and Barnsbury Park.

Friday, July 08, 2005

Barefoot In The Park

Mexican Footprints - details research of 40,000 year-old, fossilized human footprints discovered at Cerro Toluquilla in the Valsequillo Basin in Central Mexico.

Save Greedo

In 1977 Greedo was hired by Jabba the Hut to collect a bounty on Han Solo. He was then brutally gunned down in the Mos Eisley Cantina... but he did not die. What followed has been categorized by some as a vast Jedi conspiracy to cover up this incident, ultimately making it look like Greedo shot first.

Mean Mister Mustard

The condiment collection - The condiment packet museum prides itself on celebrating the design and innovation, as well as the contents of condiments.

Red Ink

Effective Writing Marking Guide, The - providing index of common writing errors with corresponding tutorials on each grammar error.

SF Icon

Rock On Rock On. The rock balancing art of Bill Dan.

Not Long Forgotten

Dan's 20th Century Abandonware - personal collection of now historic application software which was used by businesses, schools, home users, and others from the early 1980s to 2000.

Internet At The Pond

Blog of Henry David Thoreau - postings culled from the author of Walden.

Could It Be?

New drug blocks HIV from entering cells

Thursday, July 07, 2005

Heart Goes Out To London

I reconize that EE is not a source of fast breaking world news, but I would not feel right skipping a post on this:

Brian Paddick of the Metropolitan police said the first blast occurred at 8.51am on a tube train about 100 metres into a tunnel from Liverpool Street station. Seven people died. The second blast, with the highest confirmed death toll so far, came five minutes later on a tube train on the Piccadilly line near King's Cross. Police confirmed 21 deaths.

At 9.15am, a third explosion hit a train in Edgware Road station, blowing a hole through the wall of a second train and possibly affecting a third. The explosion killed five people.

The final blast came half an hour later on a number 30 bus at Tavistock Square, near Russell Square. Mr Paddick said people had been killed in that attack, but did not confirm how many.

My sympathies go out to the people killed and injured, and thier families.

Darfur Drawn

In February of this year, Human Rights Watch workers traveled through the refugee camps clustered along the Sudan-Chad border and interviewed those fleeing the massacres in Sudan's western region of Darfur. When the researchers visited with families, they offered paper and crayons to the children who gathered around. What those little ones drew will terrify you: Pictures of Janjaweed invaders, villages under fire, bombs falling from planes, executions. Most of the images include a brief, harrowing description by the child, such as this 13-year-old describing the rape of women and girls ("They are forcing them to be wife"). Each drawing conveys the horror of Darfur with an immediacy that is heartbreaking. This is "the visual vocabulary of war." Witness it though the eyes of children.

(This is copied directly from Yahoo Picks, it conveyed the sorrow of the site so well.)

Mind Of A Murder

This blog, which was written by Joseph Duncan, who's being held for murder in Idaho.

I wasn't sure if I should have posted this, but I was reading it obsessively with morbid fascination.

Why Knot

"Okay, Why Knot, do your thing," Seth Goldstein says, stepping back with the flamboyance of a magician. We're in his Bethesda basement, lured here by word of a robot who can tie a necktie. It took about five years to design and build, and soon it will be in a Philadelphia museum. We watch.

Spin Off City

Crossovers and Spinoffs Master List - devoted to spinoffs of shows and crossovers between shows that create a shared reality

Say Cheese!

Polaroid-o-nizer - submit an image and text and have it turned into an online Polaroid.

Deep Impact

Deep Impact - Images from the successful probe of a comet, a detailed explanation of the mission, and lots more.

Roll Your Own

Tagyerit: Toilet Paper Museum

A Nation Divided

Nomination Nation - news, views, and gossip about judicial appointments.

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Prison or Boardroom

Is Your Boss a Psychopath?

Go Lance Go

Here's a blog for the Tour de France.

Early Adoptors

100 oldest dot-com domains - Interesting list of 100 oldest domain names in current use; these were all registed in the mid-1980s. From Jottings.com, a blog about domain names.

Close To Home

Iraq Casualties Map. US military casualties from the Iraq war. Each click of the (+) displays 30 more casualties, starting from the beginning of the war. Each soldier is shown in at their home town.


Andrew S. Dang, 20
Lance Corporal
Foster City, California
3/22/2004, Ramadi

American News Coverage

What makes Natalee Holloway more important than, say, Reyna Alvarado-Carerra?

Body Commercial

Chris Pirillo's Rent My Chest photoset on Flickr.

Anticipation

Planet Ketchup - This is a website for all those Ketchup lovers out there.

Doctor Who?

DalekCity - home of the Dalek Builders' Guild

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Thirtysix Year Mystery

When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," statement but followed it up with several remarks to the other astronauts and Mission Control. Just before he re-entered the lander, however, he made the enigmatic remark, "Good luck Mr. Gorsky." Many people at NASA thought it was a remark concerning some rival Soviet Cosmonaut.

Cost of America's Education Sytem

Ontario workers are well-trained. That simple explanation was cited as a main reason why Toyota turned its back on hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies offered from several American states in favour of building a second Ontario plant.

Think Inside The Box

Inside TV - covers the stars, the styles, and the shows.

The Pusher Man

Who pays Africa's bribes? - Dominic Nutt from Christian Aid on the links between corruption in Africa and the G8 countries.

Dialectic

Dialectizer: translate sites into Redneck, Elmer Fuddese, Swedish Chef and others.

Pedal Power

CyclingtoSydney.com - travel dairy of two sisters on a 25,000 kilometer bike ride from London to Sydney.

Stinkers

Bad Movie Hall of Fame

Caveat Emptor

Consumer World - A free guide to more than 2,000 handy consumer resources.

No Left Turn

Traffic Stuff - traffic signs and information

Monday, July 04, 2005

It's Not Flattery

FindSame.Com - Watch out students, this is a plagiarism finder!

Don't Cry For Me, Numenoria

What would "The Lord of the Rings" sound like if it had been written by someone else?

Not Sun Tzu

The Art of War - exhibit from The National Archives (U.K.) of war illustration, propaganda, and artists.

Every Hollywood Waiter

Drew's Script-O-Rama - collected hundreds of scripts from Hollywood films and TV shows.

Fireworks

Happy Fourth!

Cherry Bomb

State Laws for Fireworks - can you buy firecrackers in Florida or sparklers in Spokane? Get the answers from the National Council on Fireworks Safety.

Sunday, July 03, 2005

By The Watercooler

AintItCool.com: This gossipy site has become one of the most popular movie stops online. Find out in advance what's going on at movie sets and what the buzz is.

Pop Rocks!

Popwatch - Entertainment Weekly's pop culture blog.

Strategic, Economic, Ideological

U.S. Foreign Policy in the Periphery: A 50-Year Retrospective.

Bacon Bits

Oracle of Bacon - Based on the "six degrees of Kevin Bacon" game (trying to link a Hollywood actor to Bacon in the shortest number of movies), the Star Links game allows you to connect any two actors or actresses to each other.

Big Bang Bash

4th of July Fun - directory of major U.S. cities offering special events for the holiday.

Friday, July 01, 2005

Fatal Error

Atom Smasher's Error Message Gallery found via Alan at A Season of Mist

(Unique) Road food

Going on a road trip? Tired of stopping at chain restaurants and want to find some local flavour?

Check out Roadfood

"Great regional meals along highways, in small towns and in city neighborhoods. It is sleeves-up food made by cooks, bakers, pitmasters, and sandwich-makers who are America’s culinary folk artists. Roadfood is almost always informal and inexpensive; and the best Roadfood restaurants are colorful places enjoyed by locals (and savvy travelers) for their character as well as their menu."

Eh, Canada

Happy Birthday, Canada! Today marks the 138th birthday of the Great White North.

Culture.ca - provides an in-depth look at everything related to Canadian culture.

New Lows

A Utah woman has become the latest asset in online gambling outfit GoldenPalace.com's eBay preposterous purchase portfolio after accepting $15,000 dollars to have the casino's name permanently tattooed on her forehead.

Beaned

Craig Biggio broke the modern record for getting hit by pitches on Wednesday when Colorado's Byung-Hyun Kim plunked him on the left elbow in Houston's 7-1 victory over the Rockies. It was the 268th time Biggio has been hit, moving him one past Don Baylor's post-1900 record.

Great Eye of Sauron













Hubble spies lord of the stellar rings

Dereliction Of Duty

Abandoned - a photogallery of abandoned and unfinished buildings and industrial sites in the former Soviet Union

Airline Hassle

Make your very own Hoff aeroplane. Via Linkbunnies

Abridged Bible

XXX-Rated Bible - all the hot parts, none of the salvation.

In The Dead Of Night

Vampire Moon - community of vampires, goths, and Wiccans/Pagans offering information on real vampirism and HLV's (human living vampires), vampire myths and legends, and discussion forum.

Armchair Treasure Hunter

Quest4Treasure - community created for armchair treasure hunters and puzzlers.