fastr - a flickr game
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Get A Shovel
101 Dumbest Moments in Business - 2005's shenanigans, skulduggery and just plain stupidity.
Monday, January 30, 2006
Damn Interesting
On October 30, 1961, the most powerful weapon ever constructed by mankind was exploded over the island of Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Sea.
(A damn interesting article from a Damn Interesting site)
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Suave And Debonair
The Most Complete and Most Useless Collection of Pick-Up Lines.
I was never suave and debonair enough to use pick-up lines even before I met Erin, and I wouldn't suggest using these unless you want to be slapped.
Red Carpet Buzz
The Oscar Igloo - Offering recent Oscar buzz, news, rumors, speculation, and predictiosn for the upcoming Academy Awards.
Saturday, January 28, 2006
On The Shoulders Of Giants
Celebrity Height - How tall are you compared to celebrities from Abraham Lincoln to Winona Ryder?
In This Issue
Comic-Covers.com - database of classic comic book covers from the Golden Age to the 1980's.
Friday, January 27, 2006
Through The Eye Of A Needle
For the first time all papal documents, including encyclicals, will be governed by copyright invested in the official Vatican publishing house, the Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
Time After Time
The Movie Timeline - A new site devoted to steadily mapping out the entirety of history according to movies.
Open Your Eyes
Exxpose Exxon - A collaborative effort of 15 of the nation's largest environmental and public interest advocacy organizations to educate and activate Americans about ExxonMobil's efforts to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, prevent action on global warming, and encourage America's oil dependence.
On January 30, 2006, ExxonMobil is expected to announce yet another record-breaking profit -- $32 billion in 2005! Outrageously, despite its enormous profits, ExxonMobil still refuses to invest in developing cleaner, safer energy solutions or to pay the money it owes to fishermen hurt by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Imperial Police
Section 605 of the House's Patriot Act renewal bill is entitled The Uniformed Division, United States Secret Service. The Secret Service has broad authority (included arrest powers without warrants) when it comes to protecting the President. The "uniformed division" (previously the "Executive Protective Service") handles most of the grunt work.
Talkleft has been analyzing this text and has come to the conclusion that the President can, upon passage of this bill, use his "Uniformed Divison" (aka private army) on a whim: (11) An event designated under section 3056(e) of title 18 as a special event of national significance.Section 3056(e)(1) of title 18 reads simply: When directed by the President, the United States Secret Service is authorized to participate, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, in the planning, coordination, and implementation of security operations at special events of national significance, as determined by the President.
Where Are They Now?
Former Teen Idol Garrett Charged With Heroin Possession (this should say,"yet again")
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Bold Steps
I'm going to show my 20,000 daily Iranian readers what Israel really looks like and how people live there - Iranian blogger visits Israel as a citizen journalist.
Tracking The Entire World
Noteable Names Database (NNDB) is an intelligence aggregator that tracks the activities of people we have determined to be noteworthy, both living and dead. Superficially, it seems much like a "Who's Who" where a noted person's curriculum vitae is available (the usual information such as date of birth, a biography, and other essential facts.) Over 16,500 profiles are available.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Monday, January 23, 2006
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Not So A-muse-ing
Foreignword.com and Foreignword.biz are dedicated to the world of languages and translation and more specifically to all the new possibilities brought about in this area by computers and the Internet. On-line dictionaries and glossaries, translation tools, translation memories, machine translation, etc. Our pages address both the professional translator as well as the casual user ready to try the new linguistic technologies which will shape the future of the translation business.
(Muse you mentioned in a comment that you were interested in LIS, which by the way there is a great school in Urbana IL, I'm going into it for more the Information Science part than the Library part.)
Saturday, January 21, 2006
AV Club
Google Video Blog - celebrating creative works from the many contributors to the Google upload program
Coast To Coast
LA to NYC - A time lapse video of a drive across the country from Los Angeles to New York
Friday, January 20, 2006
In An Ideal World
Freegan Info - A Site Dedicated to Revealing Human Over-Consumption and Waste
(it is interesting to me that idealism and practicality can live so far apart)
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Cover Up
This was the biggest scandal in the history of the U.S.A history. The story received some newspaper coverage but there was a TV News Media blackout on the subject. For this reason, most Americans have never heard of it.
Wish You Were Here
Top 10 Sources - A directory of sites that aggregates for you fresh and relevant content from the Web.
Gossip Polls
Riffs - Social recommendation and review site. Vote for or against people, technology, products, movies, and just about anything else.
The Ties That Bind
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, Assistant Senate Democratic Leader Richard Durbin, Senate Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Charles Schumer and Senate Democratic Conference Secretary Debbie Stabenow, wrote President Bush asking him to explain the White House’s numerous connections to indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and to disclose further un-known ties so that the American people can be assured that the White House is not for sale.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Public Announcement
Fighting fires may sound taxing, chasing criminals demanding, but a new study says that being a librarian is the most stressful job of all.
I have been accepted into a Masters of Library and Information Science program, I will be starting at the end of January and working my full-time job. I don't know what kind of posting schedule I will be able to maintain. I do love this blog and Pedantic Pundit, so I will be trying hard to post as much as possible. I would also like to take this opportunity to ask everybody to leave a comment, even if you've been a quiet lurker (and yes, I know I've got a few silent types) or found this blog via a one-time search.
(Yes, I am rolling this post to the top, probably until Monday. So please do leave a comment, it may be a little while before I can concentrate on things here, even if I can continue posting regularly.)
Biblical Makeover
Vatican moves to clear reviled disciple’s name Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus with a kiss, is to be given a makeover by Vatican scholars.
Flame War
The leaders of the main rebel movement in Sudan's Darfur region were once brothers in arms. But last year, the two powerful men had a falling out, and each proclaimed he was the rightful president of the Sudanese Liberation Army. Things got ugly.
Don't Try This At Home
How to make a nuclear bomb. Includes recipe for both plutonium and uranium bombs.
Monday, January 16, 2006
Leave My Child Alone!
Leave My Child Alone! - A Family Privacy Project to Protect Students from Unwanted Military Recruiting. Buried deep within the No Child Left Behind Act is a provision that requires public high schools to hand over private student information to military recruiters.The purpose of this invasion of family privacy is to allow minor students to be recruited at home by telephone calls, mail and personal visits. If a school does not comply, it risks losing vital federal education funds.
The only way to keep your children’s contact information from military recruiters is to submit an "opt-out" letter in writing to your school district’s superintendent.
Look, Up In The Sky
The entire viewing schedule for 2006 from the "What's Up this Week" column in Universe Today is available as a free, 400+ page downloadable ebook.
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Reference Shelf
WordIQ.com - reference resource that includes an encyclopedia, dictionary, almanac, thesaurus, and dream interpretation database as well as a general search engine.
HTML Puzzle
Frvade - 408,250 people have tried to solve the puzzle since April 2005. 0 have succeeded.
Friday, January 13, 2006
Foretelling #2
Long Bets - users make and bet on predictions, and the proceeds are donated to designated charities.
Foretelling #1
Alex Barnett Blog: Several Predictions for 2006 - a collection of predictions from around the Web.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
DeLay-ed Justice
Representative Tom DeLay is in the toughest re-election campaign of his 11-term House career, a battle that might be decided not only by his legal problems, but also by the Congressional redistricting plan he spearheaded in 2003.
The redistricting led to the loss of six Democratic seats in Texas in 2004, but it also shifted thousands of Democratic voters to strong Republican districts. Among those, Mr. DeLay's 22nd District added several Democratic-leaning parts of Galveston County; several political analysts estimate they may have raised the district's Democratic vote around 5 percent.
Welcome to Circadia
Circadian Rhythms - provides charts, definitions, and examples of the circadian clock in fungi, plants, invertebrates, and mammals.
Leftover Lears
Airplanes for sale world wide - Airplane Trader is the plane enthusiast’s choice when searching online.
Token Service #2
UrbanRail.Net - offers descriptions of all metro systems in the world and includes a map showing all stations.
Token Service #1
Subway Resources - includes many photos and details about subway systems in the United States and worldwide, in addition to New York City.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Do Me A Favor
Favorville is a social networking tool which provides members with the opportunity to help and be helped by others. With Favorville, members can post help requests or offer help.
Scientific Elegance
Robert Crease, a member of the philosophy department at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the historian at Brookhaven National Laboratory, recently asked physicists to nominate the most beautiful experiment of all time.
Here's a list of the 10 winners of this polling and the short explanations of the physical experiments with computer animations.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
By Any Other Name
Author Pseudonyms (a.k.a.) - Full of author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames, working names, legalized names, pen names, noms de plume, maiden names.
Fan Mail
FanMail.biz - Find contact information for your favorite actor, actress, director, model, singer, sports player, or music group.
The "What If" Files
Shining Trailer
It's all in the editing... What if the Shining had been presented in the trailer as a romantic drama/comedy?
Monday, January 09, 2006
And Now The News
The BBC has launched a free news archive of video clips dating back 50 years. Download historical footage of the Berlin Wall falling, the release of Nelson Mandela and more.
Frequently Asked Questions
WikiFAQ - The place for free and informative FAQs on all imaginable topics.
Is It Hot In Here?
... Or Is It Just Me?
Climate Change Chronicles - News and information about climate change, alternative and renewable energy, and global warming
The Kessel Run
Could scientist use ideas by a German scientist from the 50's build a hyperdrive engine?
Sunday, January 08, 2006
When Is Dinner?
The Food Timeline - Places both foods and recipes on a timeline based on print evidence and historic context.
Solid Sun, Fixed Earth And Alien Implants, Oh My!
Crank Dot Net - Devoted to presenting Web sites by and about cranks, crackpots, kooks, and loons. All cranks, all the time.
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Curls and Locks
The Hair Archives - The main feature of this site is a collection of hairdos from the 1920s through the 1970s, some with styling instructions.
Friday, January 06, 2006
The Great Escape
The universe is destined to end. Before it does, could an advanced civilisation escape via a "wormhole" into a parallel universe? The idea seems like science fiction, but it is consistent with the laws of physics and biology. Here's how to do it.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Above The Law
Bush could bypass new torture ban. When President Bush last week signed the bill outlawing the torture of detainees, he quietly reserved the right to bypass the law under his powers as commander in chief.
#1 Reason To Watch Letterman
“I Have The Feeling About 60% Of What You Say Is Crap.” said David Letterman, the usually apolitical host who's generally much more concerned with making his guests look good, as he loses it when guest Bill O'Reilly takes Cindy Sheehan to task on his show.
My Secret Passion
I love reading conspiracy theories, and of course my favorite is the Kennedy Assassination. I have read virtually every book on the topic, including the original Warren Report which sits on my bookshelf.
There's a stabilized version of the Zapruder film, the legendary 26-second 8mm record of John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination. There are many people who believe that some of the images in the film are impossible, an accompanying documentary explores the film in detail.
There's a stabilized version of the Zapruder film, the legendary 26-second 8mm record of John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination. There are many people who believe that some of the images in the film are impossible, an accompanying documentary explores the film in detail.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Lights Out
Defunct Amusement Parks - consolidates as much information about defunct amusement parks and rides as possible, providing information on parks that are gone.
Sitting Around The Radio
The Digital Deli - The Golden Age of Radio, radio history, nostalgia and social changes surrounding the enduring popularity of the period of the 1930's through the 1970's.
Good Old Boys Network
U.S. President George W. Bush calls indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff "an equal money dispenser" who helped politicians of both parties.
Between 2001 and 2004, Abramoff gave more than $127,000 to Republican candidates and committees and nothing to Democrats, federal records show. At the same time, his Indian clients were the only ones among the top 10 tribal donors in the U.S. to donate more money to Republicans than Democrats
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Buzz Kill
Buzzwords, so many people seemed to exhibit a certain disdain towards them but had no place to properly vent their frustrations. So, Bryan thought up a simple way for people to express these feelings - send the buzzwords to hell.
Uphill Battle
Videos of some guy bicycling up all the really, really steep hills in San Francisco.
Via
Appointed Rounds
PostalWatch - A non-partisan not-for-profit organization which has been formed to protect individuals and the private sector business community from intrusive and burdensome United States Postal Service actions and regulations.
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