Robot fall down. Me sad :(
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Robots
Spore from Will Wright of Sims fame is going to be the most amazing video game ever! You evolve a species from a single celled organism all the way through interstellar travel!
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Innovation
The history of Honda's Humanoid Robot program.
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Robots
Do you have Hipsters?
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Culture
You know you live in an after party house when it starts getting reviews on Yelp.
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Places
San Francisco in Jello (again) THIS FRIDAY at The Exploritorium in San Francisco!!!
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Art
BALLS!
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Munich is going to be the shiznit! David Edelstein agrees.
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Film
The new Wolf Parade album is so good I want to cry.
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Music
If indie rock had a Halloween All Star Team, it would look something like this.
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Music
What if The Shining was redone as an uplifting family comedy. Oh no Jack, there will be none of that.
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Film
This weekend in San Jose. Resistance is futile.
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Robots
These songs are perfectly content to get up every morning, go to work, come home, eat dinner, watch the news, have 10-minute missionary-position sex, and then fall asleep.
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Music
When I read reviews like this of the latest album from the Black Eyed Peas - arguably the worst band that has ever walked the earth, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
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Music
Best...pizza cutters...ever!
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Design
The World's Ugliest Car kind of reminds me of Homer's attempt to build the perfect vehicle. The results of both endeavors were similar.
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Design
They are finally going to make Sin City into a movie!! I cannot contain my excitement! Now if I could only convince someone in Hollywood to have David Fincher direct a movie adaptation of Arkham Asylum.
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Art
Mobile PC recently released the Top 100 Gadgets of all time.
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Design
Huhcorp. We Do Stuff
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The Web
In the emerging genre of ironic indie covers, Nina Gordon’s cover of Straight Outta Compton pretty much takes the fucking cake.
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Music
The latest weapon in the war on terror: The Gay Bomb! Gives a new meaning to the term rear echelon.
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War
This just in from MacWorld: Apple introduces iProduct!
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Products, via gizmodo
At long last: The Vice Guide to Everything!
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Culture
Did you know that you can view the lecture notes from hundreds of MIT classes for free online? It’s true. With MIT’s Open Courseware you can finally take that class on Investigating the Neural Substrates of Remote Memory using fMRI.
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The Web
The Dead Hensons are a rock band that play classic Jim Henson hits and can, in the span of a single live show, make one forget about man’s inhumanity to man.
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Music
So I got bored at work the other day and decided to listen to the Supreme Court oral arguments from Lawrence v Texas – the recent case that overturned a Texas sodomy law. The thing that I found truly amazing is how completely useless Charles A. Rosenthal, the lawyer representing Texas is and how Justice Scalia has to walk him through his argument. Maybe it’s true. People from Texas are dumb. Anyway, the opinion of the court was that sodomy rules!
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Culture
Biohybrid limbs for amputees?!? Can the T-101 be far behind.
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Robots, Via Gizmodo
Still mired in post-election depression? This might make you feel better –Dubya, The Movie starring Don Knotts.
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Humor, Via The Yeti
I think Maureen Dowd should win the award for sexiest left-wing pundit. She’s so feisty!
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People
The Postal Service meets The Postal Service. Hilarity ensues and a compromise is reached.
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Music
The full text of Osama’s speech last week in which he outlines the new “bleed-until-bankruptcy plan.” Hey, it's working! I wonder why the American media didn't pick up more of the text of this speech before the election.
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War
I finally got around to seeing Control Room. It was an eye opening look at objectivity and the media. I found an interview on Fresh Air with one of the main characters in the film Former Marine Capt. Josh Rushing. I wish that the understanding he gained about the critical importance of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict to those in the Muslim world could be fully understood by all Americans.
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War
Attention all pinko-commie liberals: Now you can watch Fahrenheit 911 for free online. Sure the resolution is crappy, but it’s free and if you are at work, you can listen to it in the background which beats the hell out of the cubicle chatter.
By CNE, Archived in
Politics
The Arcade Fire have a new album out called Funeral. It is friggin’ awesome! – so says The Fork so it shall be. Their olde tyme flash website kinda reminds me of Monte Python.
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Music
Check out the gams on those dames!
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People
In case you wanted to know what Bush was scrawling on that notepad during the first debate....
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Politics
Related to the previous post, The Debate Spotter lets you search the debates for catchphrases. Try typing in Terror, and Health Care to see where the priorities of the two candidates lie. Is it time to add a Politics Category to Itchy Robot? Hmmmm.
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Politics, Via TMN
I didn’t think it was possible for me to feel pity for our commander in chief, but this video composed of edited clips from the last debate makes me want to pat him on his little head, make him a nice hot cup of cocoa, and tell him the bad man won’t hurt him anymore.
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Politics
The Burgh is underwater!
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Places, Via Maggie O and her cousin Molly.
A poster with graphic design so inspiring it could change your mind about which team can best fight the war on terror. The Stencil typeface makes me horny.
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Design, Via Wonkette
Lt. Gen. Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47, announced today that he will be launching his own line of Vodka. I hope they go with the slogan "Nothing tears through you like a Kalashnikov!" Time will tell if the Vodka will be as successful as the rifle that bears his name. The AK is an engineering marvel of simplicity and ease of use. The instantly recognizable design has imprinted itself on the global consciousness as a symbol of the guerilla fighter and in many countries you can pick one up for about 40 bucks!
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Products, War, War
In order to promote robot-centric-blog unity, I present for your approval Music for Robots – one of the best MP3 Blogs on this here internet.
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Music, Robots, The Web
The Yeti has a very funny simulated press conference between the president and {air quotes} average everyday Americans.
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The Web
Ever wonder about the real names of your favorite hip hop stars? Now you know why Dante Terrell "Beze" Smith opted for the much improved moniker, Mos Def and why Chali 2na of J5 shed his accountant name, Charles Stewart.
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Music
Big Daddy Kane taught us that Pimpin Ain’t Easy, but it may be easier if you start them young.
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Miscellaneous
Krugman vs. OReilly – Battle of the Pundits
Video (with commentary)
Transcript
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People
This combo has been only used in 1 water battle, which got me a glorious victory in every sense of the word. … With 16 Litres, 40X soakage, more power than the MonsterXL and an Ultimate intimidation factor, THIS CPS 3200 COMBO makes you UNBEATABLE in EVERY WAY!
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Miscellaneous
This is a great post on how to be more creative. It was written by a guy who draws cartoons on the backs of business cards no less. I read it and was instantly inspired to stop surfing the web and to get back to work - creatively.
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Innovation, Via BB
A comprehensive explanation of the puzzling and counter-intuitive Monty Hall problem. Also a simulation. Related: The Sleeping Beauty Paradox.
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Miscellaneous, Via Metafilter
Stratford on Guy, a Liz Phair fansite has a rather haunting MP3 of Liz’s Fuck and Run from her early Girlysound demo.
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Music
Hipsters, hipsters, everywhere!! Target opens in Brooklyn.
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Culture
ThinkGeek is not responsible should any customers who purchase this Lightsaber turn to the dark side. Nor are we responsible should you not contain sufficient Mitochlorians in your blood system to engage the force without reckless abandon.
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Film
Diddy don’t take no shit when it comes to democracy. Vote or Die!
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People, Via Wonkette.
Heeeeeeerre we go again!!!
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People
This just in: Satan is a mole and not at all responsible for the Axis of Evil.
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Miscellaneous
The Secret Machines are the next big thing out of New York and unlike Julian and the rest of his pretty boy silver spoon cronies, they can attribute their success to working hard and playing gigs. The Machines have a well-received new album, a really cool website, and the drummer even let me crash on his couch.
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Music
Epitonic has more free downloadable indie MP3s than you can shake a stick at. It’s all very well organized and if you click on a band you like they will provide a list of bands you may also enjoy. Neat!
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Music
Moore is a genuine populist, but what he can’t deal with is the unpleasant possibility that Bush… has made a shrewd assessment of the lack of virtue and curiosity in the American public. A lot of Americans still admire the ignorant, smirking, chest-out, crotch-forward triumphalism. Michael Moore has become a sensational entertainer of the already converted, but his enduring problem as a political artist is that he has never known how to change anyone’s politics. - The New Yorker review of Fahrenheit 9/11.
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Film, Via TMN
Did you know Amazon.com has a free music download page?
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Music
The 50 coolest song parts of all time – complete with MP3s. Don those headphones, people! My favorites include: #5 , #9 , #18, and scientific studies have proven that when you’re driving around in a car drunk with a bunch of friends it is physiologically impossible to not sing along to #22 at the top of your motherfucking lungs.
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Music
Jon Stewart's Commencement Address at William and Mary is the best I have read in a very long time.
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People
A video game with neoconservatives, Voltron, Hulk Hogan, and Mr. T. My mind is fucking blown! Ladies and gentlemen I give you Bushgame. Also available: Emogame 1, 1.5, and 2 starring all your favorite emo stars.
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Culture, Miscellaneous, Music, The Web
Computer programmer or serial killer … You make the call.
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Miscellaneous, People, People, Technology
Metric, an indie-pop outfit from north of the border, have a really good album out called Old World Underground Where Are you Now. Even Pitchfork says the album doesn’t suck. The single, Combat Baby is a standout track that has gotten itself stuck in my head. Oh yeah, and the lead singer is pretty cute too.
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Music
Though somewhat of a simplification, The Fellowship of the Ring of Free Trade explains the left wing struggle against capitalism by way of the classic Toliken tale. Perhaps it is too late.
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Culture
Finally some web banners for us pinko-commie-traitor-liberals.
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The Web, Via wonkette
Like a Rolling Stone is a blog about the NY indie music scene. They have new downloadable MP3s pretty much every day and since the links are all from the band’s sites you don’t have to worry about bandwidth. I have compiled many a dope mix CD from the files contained therein.
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Music
Disney will likely block the release of Michael Moore’s new film, Fahrenheit 911. Mike is understandably upset.
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Film
50 great moments in pop history (as viewed by the Brits)
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Music, Via TMN
The Create Your Own Thomas Friedman Op-Ed Column is so right on it’s scary.
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People
And the award for URL which best sums up my political position goes to: http://www.johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com/
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People
The article A Portrait in Red and Blue from The Economist is the most insightful explanation of the political division in America today. It explains the political divide in terms of the districts of the two leaders of The House of Representatives - Nancy Pelosi (D) from California’s 8th District and Dennis Hastert (R) from Illinois 14th.
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Culture
According to Michael Moore’s latest E-mail, he is working on a new movie called Fahrenheit 911. I suspect it’s going to be controversial, scathing, and brilliant.
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Film, Related: A picture of Dubya composed of all the fallen soldiers.
I just discovered the joy that is Urban Dictionary an evolving online slang dictionary with definitions posted by users. Now I understand what brings all the boys to the yard. Of course for a more comprehensive list of urban slang, you could always put on Ebonics by Big L.
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Culture
The Advantage, an indie rock band on KRS, do one bitchin cover of the mine shaft music from Ninja Gaiden - the NES classic.
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Music
Looks like Bruce Willis and his band of deep core drillers are going on the government payroll. I feel safer already.
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Miscellaneous
Imagine if this robocop busted your ass in Morocco. It kind of looks like Masamune Shirow's Briareos from Appleseed.
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Robots
Where have all the acid-eaters gone?
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Culture
108,920 hp @ 102 rpm! Holy crap! It consumes 1,660 gallons of heavy fuel oil per hour. On the other end of the fuel consumption spectrum we have this.
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Innovation, Related: How Diesel Engines Work
100 films that need more love. Of the films on the list that I have seen, I agree wholeheartedly.
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Film, Via Metafilter
Mach 7, baby!! All thanks to our little friend, the scramjet.
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Technology
Leroy “Nicky” Barnes who is mentioned in Nas’ gangsta retrospective Get Down, Fat Joe’s Part Deux, and numerous other hip-hop tracks, was the undisputed king of the Harlem drug scene for much of the 1970s. Many believe he was the model of Wesley Snipes’ character Nino Brown in New Jack City. I think Nino had better hair.
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People
Yeti Sports are the Flash video game equivalent of Crack. Three games are available – Pingu Throw, Orca Slap, and Seal Bounce. The last is my favorite though I can’t break 1400.
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The Web, Via Linkfilter
England is so cool they can have commercials like this on TV. Use headphones if you're at your place of employment. Audio is not safe for work.
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Television, Thanks, Hillary
DJ Danger Mouse's The Grey Album saw the unlikely synthesis of The Beatles and Jay Z. Now there is the Black and Blue Album uniting Jigga and Weezer. The bar has been raised. Smithers, release the lawyers!!
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Music, Via TMN
Save the Pinata!
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Humor
Some people have way too much time on their hands. Jerry Lerma and Terry Hogan derived a complete map of Springfield from information gleaned from all the episodes. They also have the Springfield Yellow Pages. This must have taken forever!
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Television
Oooooo. Robo Legs
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Robots
Bill Maher referenced this latest Urban Outfitters consumerist outrage on his show last week. Sometimes I wonder if Urban Outfitters actually tries to suck this hard or if it comes naturally as corporate co-opters of urban youth culture.
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Culture, Via Wonkette
All hail the Mix CD!
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Music, Salon reg Required
The A.V. Club has an interview with Louis C.K. in which he discusses the history of Pootie Tang – arguably the most mind blowing film of all time. Sadatay!!
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Film
"Fuck every thing. We're doing five blades!!."
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Humor
Your Rumsfield Fighting Technique is pretty good...
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People
Outkast is causing nothing but trouble -first Native Americans, now Polaroid.
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Music
Escape from the Crimson Room is one infuriating way to kill a couple hours at work
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Miscellaneous, Via Metafilter
Stupidity Redefined: See what happens when a bunch of kids make the well informed decision to fire a battery of Roman Candles at a willing participant.
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Humor
I’m not sure what the Italians over at Pirelli mean by “Better dumping performance”, but I’m pretty sure I don’t want any.
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Itches
Pizza Party USA is a brilliantly conceived plan for our national priorities on February 29th. I especially like the part about how the only people allowed to work on the proposed holliday will be the mail carriers to deliver the pizza and that they will “receive a copy of The Shins’ Chutes Too Narrow for their trouble”. That is one hell of an album.
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Itches, Via TMN
The Ann Coulter action figure is pretty much the most upsetting thing I've seen all year.
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People
James Dean, movie star, icon and all-around hep cat died on September 30, 1955 when his car, an extremely rare Porsche 550 Spyder which Dean nicknamed “Little Bastard” collided head on with a station wagon north of Los Angeles. The Spyder went on to spawn more misfortune. Many say the car was cursed.
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Places
According to a new study you would have to make $124,000 per year to afford a $560,000 median priced home in San Francisco. I had to read this to feel better about it all.
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Places
A few simple alternatives to dating.
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Itches, Thanks, Page.
Sub Pop Records has put up a parody of The Fork:
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Music, Via Metafilter
"Eeet's not a toomah!" ... Oh wait... Maybe it is.
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People
This flash animation from Ben Cohen offers a compelling Oreo infused explanation of how to reallocate our national spending priorities.
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Miscellaneous
KQED has a neat little activity site called You Decide that allows you to pick a political issue and challenges your stance on the issue with convincing arguments from the opposing side. I found the one on Electoral College vs. Direct Democracy particularly enlightening.
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Miscellaneous
It’s that time of year again: The State of the Union Drinking game.
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Humor
"The truth is, threesomes are lamer than doing cheap coke with your parents at a Linkin Park concert, in the rain, on your period, with a really itchy rash, during a breakup, in broken sandals."
Can't say that I agree, but it sure is funny.
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Culture
Those sexy Italians over at Ducati have released two bikes to commemorate their flagrant product placement in the Matrix Reloaded. Sadly, Trinity’s mount, the 998, a bike so beautiful and indistinguishable from high art that it has appeared at the SF Moma and the Guggenheim is celebrating its final year of production in 2004.
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Miscellaneous
One of the mechanical designers at my work has this faux German sign on his wall. Whenever I’m over there discussing a serious engineering issue, I have a hard time keeping a straight face.
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Humor
Has Hell frozen over? Pitchfork put a Strokes album in their top 20 albums of the year!
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Music
The good folks at MoveOn.org sponsored a film contest to rate our fearless leader in 30 seconds. The finalists are now posted and many of the ads could play a big role in swing states in the 2004 election. Naturally and true to form the GOP has responded with nasty little smear campaign. If they are this pissed off it must mean we're on the right track.
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People
I'm not sure how long the latest satirical Google Easter Egg will last, but it sure is funny.
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The Web
Let me preface this with the fact that I love and respect NPR, but the picture of the family on KQED’s website is a comically cliché image of the typical NPR family.
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Television
One of many scenarios for the end of the world.
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Miscellaneous
This movie clip reminds me of that really funny fight scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Humor
50 Cent's Grammy nomination proves one only need rhyme at a 4th grade level to claim the adulation of record industry squares. With such "stellar" artists being backed by multi million dollar record company promotion while better underground acts are left to flounder, it's no wonder people aren't paying for music. /END_RANT/
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Music
I, like so many others, wondered if the glasses that Morpheus wore in the Matrix were held on with CGI tricks on account of the lack of temples. Now after some internet research I learned that they are real and can be had, in all their titanium glory for the paltry sum of $240.
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Innovation
The New York Times Magazine has a really great article about the development of Apple's iPod.
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Technology
Top Album lists abound. Rolling Stone announces The Top 500 Albums of all time and our good unpretentious buddies at Pitchfork begin releasing The Top Albums of the 1990s. Also available, Pitchfork's original top of the '90s list.
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Music
George Bush and goon squad ruin Queen's garden. Horticulture as a metaphor for foreign policy.
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People
Recipe for Dead Limeys:
1 cup, Trigger-happy Secret Service agents.
10 cups, Angry English mob.
2 tablespoons, High-quality firearms.
Steam over London Fog for 1 week.
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People
If you live in San Francisco take your ass down to Amoeba and get the new limited release DJ Z-Trip album - Live in Los Angeles, CA 2003. It's marked on the shelves with a little placard that says "HOLY SH*T" and for good reason. A more seamless blend of hip-hop, classic rock, hardcore, and obscure samples has never been known.
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Music
A compelling argument from The Onion on why hipsters should leave a detailed last will and testament.
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Humor
Flash foozball. Wooohoo!
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The Web
"I think my (8 million dollar) bra has broken" -Heidi Klum
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People
I can't decide if these are cute or an open invitation for a Harley rider to beat the motherloving shit out of you.
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Itches
This is the best Pitchfork review ever.
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Music
Everything in Iraq is A-OK. So says the form letter. So it shall be.
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People
At long last I have a socially compelling excuse to boycott Urban Outfitters.
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Culture
Satisfy all of your morbid curiosity about really bad car accidents involving incredibly expensive cars at Wrecked Exotics. Ripped from the headlines, high horsepower tail happy sports cars driven by the incompetent and wealthy frequently meet untimely ends in lakes, bridges, and trees. Sometimes the tree and car become one and sometimes the car is completely unrecognizable.
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Miscellaneous
Robot doctors can't be trusted.
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Robots
Chuck D drops knowledge to the U.S. Senate about the unchecked whackness of the RIAA. LL Cool J still sucks.
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Music
Yeah sure, this sounds really horrible, but when I was little getting to be left alone and eating spaghetti, ketchup, and mustard was my idea of toddler heaven.
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People
Tom and Jerry is my all time favorite cartoon. Anybody remember that old episode Pecos Pest where Jerry's uncle (a country singer) comes to visit and keeps stealing Tom's whiskers for his gee-tar strings? Well the song he sings popularly known as Crambone was also performed by Bob Dylan and is officially called Froggy Went a Courtin'. Jerry's uncle's version is still the unparalleled benchmark.
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Music
Does this mean Osama won the War on Terror?
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People
I always wondered if the rumors about that old Filter song Hey Man Nice Shot were true. Namely that it was about the public suicide of Budd Dwyer . Now I know it was.
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Music
Fourteen grand can buy you one hell of a badass looking supercar if you live across the pond. Even the name - Dax Kamala - sounds cool.
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Miscellaneous
US Army: "We’re running out of buglers! Get me a digital automated bugle on the double private! "
I wonder who wrote the MIL-spec for this little item.
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Technology
77% of Americans believe that moving the 10 Commandments monument was wrong. Too many Christians. Not enough lions.
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Culture
Gray Davis, our somewhat besieged Governor here in California always reminded me of a certain cartoon character. Now that I think about it the similarities are striking. Like Davis, Skinner is comically uncharismatic, a Vietnam War veteran, and attacked by his political enemies. What are the chances of a recall at Springfield Elementary?
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Places
Ladies and gentlemen: The 40 oz Archive.
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Miscellaneous, Via Metafilter
Pierre Scerri spent 15 years building a fully working 1/3 scale model of a Ferrari 312PB Racer! He even built a 103cc scaled down version of the original V12 engine and got it to run. Now who will he get to drive it?
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Miscellaneous, Via Linkfilter
The Top 10 Eightiest Movies . Remember kids:
"A true ‘80s movie is not about gagging people with spoons, Cabbage Patch Kids or A Flock of Seagulls. It’s about how incredibly insane you would look if you tried to remake it today."
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Culture, courtesy of internet funnyman, Seanbaby.
According to Acura, windshield wipers are sooooo 2002.
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Innovation
Steve Martin’s Clinton-inspired op-ed in The New York Times about WMD.
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The Web
The new Grandaddy album, Sumday is great –even pitchfork agrees. Even better is that the band's website is really kitschy.
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Music
People are leaving California in droves -especially San Francisco. I wonder if it is the high unemployment, state fiscal troubles, or perhaps it's because there is no good pizza out here.
By CNE, Archived in
Places
Bill Maher has a weblog! Why can't the left get more firey individuals like this to carry the banner instead of guys like this.
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The Web
If you want to help rebuild the economy of Afganistan you could donate to Amnesty International or Doctors Without Borders ... or you could just cook up and do some motherfuckin' smack!
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Miscellaneous, via TMN
Neighborhoodies are all the rage in the hipster Mecca and Medina (Brooklyn and San Francisco). I thought i would be the first to claim Po Hill, but then my downstairs neighbor Randy beat me to it.
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Culture
I'm going to The Phonebooth and Kilowatt next weekend and playing Hipster Bingo. Who's with me?
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Culture, Thanks Marc
The Honda NAS Concept Motorcycle is probably the sexiest bike I've ever seen.
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Innovation
I dare those right winged nuts to say they don't believe in evolution now!
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Miscellaneous
Not to beat the olde mare to death or anything, but there is a lively discussion on Plastic regarding the whole Liz Phair debacle.
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Music
Does this mean that we'll soon see Air Chuck Taylors?
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Miscellaneous
Scentists have recently discovered the Java applet from which nearly all Pitchfork reviews are generated.
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Music, Via Linkfilter
Miller's Crossing (no not this one) is when modern Dennis Miller meets Dennis Miller circa 1988. Hilarity ensues.
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Humor
"No credible evidence of weapons of mass destruction were found."
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Humor
Of all the things I miss about Pittsburgh, WYEP has always been near the top of the list. Now I found out you can listen online to their eclectic mix of music. Woo hoo!
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Music
When I hear a record company executives bitching in the Wall Street Journal about how the industry is crumbling due to plummeting CD sales on account online piracy you know what I like to do? I think of this lawsuit, reflect on how piracy only exists because the record industry fatcats have been spoon feeding us complete crap at over inflated prices for nearly 2 decades, and fire up Kazaa Lite. Try it. You’ll feel better.
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Music
Smoosh are 9 and 11 year old indie rockers Asya and Chloe. they are actually quite good and are faves of Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service . MP3s and streaming audio of the little munchkins available here. Though they haven't even finished 6th grade they're still better than media darlings, The White Stripes.
By CNE, Archived in
Music
So I'm working on a Helmet Mounted Display System for the F-35 and in one of my meetings with the English helmet supplier we were trying to figure out whether we should use English or Metric units. One of the guys said "We should decide this now because we don't want to miss mars on this one." So I submitted the phrase to Wired's Jargon Watch and it got published last month.
By CNE, Archived in
Technology
X Entertainment has a whole bunch of comercials from back in the day. Remember this asshole? In 4th grade I was a member of an elite anti-education ninja clan plotting to assasinate that purveyor of encyclopedias.
By CNE, Archived in
Culture
New study shows that video games are good for you! This is the news I needed to justify hours wasted playing GTA 3.
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Miscellaneous
For many years I contended that listeing to heavy metal constituted cruel and unusual punishment so I feel especially vindicated by this latest chapter in the war on terror.
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Music, via metafilter
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol 1 is a first rate olde tyme comic book series written by Alan Moore. A review can be found here. Pick this graphic novel up soon because Hollywood has a penchant for assing up perfectly good comic book titles.
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Miscellaneous
This month's Adbusters Magazine has a really cool CD called Live Without Dead Time mixed by DJ Spooky. Disclaimer: Listening to this CD may inspire you to run into the streets and burn shit.
By CNE, Archived in
Music
The all new Vice Guide to Being Totally Crushed Out. Three words: sheer fucking genius!
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Miscellaneous
World Bank Officials will now think twice before giving a speech at GS-Pie-A.
By CNE, Archived in
Carnegie Mellon
Former CMUer W. Ellington Felton gets props in the Onion's AV Club review of the new Prince Paul Album. Man. I used to play Street Fighter with that kid.
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Carnegie Mellon
Mmmmmm. $250,000 jet cycle...
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Innovation, Thanks Kamal
The worms survived! I for one would like to praise our new worm overlords...
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Miscellaneous
300 Reasons why The English love The Simpsons. I always wanted to know what the cash register reads when Maggie is swiped in the opening credits and why. Now (thanks to #138) I do.
By CNE, Archived in
Television, Via Metafilter
Free Comic Book Day is May 3! Why did I not hear about this before?
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Miscellaneous, Via BB
A Detective Story, the third chapter in The Animatrix series is out and it's a damn fine piece of animated film noir.
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The Web, Via The Red Pill
The second coming is all but upon us. Liz Phair returns with a new album. I am so hopelessly in love.
By CNE, Archived in
Music
Seamless City is an photography project which will be a single 30 mile long contiguous image of the San Francisco building facades. Cool!
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Places, Via BB
The Island of San Serriffe with it's two islands Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse comes in at #2 of the 100 greatest April Fools day hoaxes of all time.
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Typography, via Kuro5hin
Less sexy than Hitler? I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
By CNE, Archived in
Humor
Saddam a citizen of Detroit!. Sources say Eminem planning Operation: Ghetto Pass Revocation on strategic 8-Mile Rd.
By CNE, Archived in
People
CNN Goes to font size 72!
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Typography, via Defective Yeti
NEWS FLASH: US Inteligence Agents, say Iraqi Republican Guard Medina Division , Funky, Cold. Rumsfeld: "That Medina's a monster, y'all"
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Miscellaneous
3 whole pages of bush bashing Photoshop fun!
By CNE, Archived in
Humor
The comparisons are chilling. I proposee an immediate suspension of Godwin's Law untill the next election.
By CNE, Archived in
Miscellaneous
As you may have heard, Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks made some disparaging comments about our sorry excuse for a president. Despite an apology, she has since been blacklisted from many radio stations' playlists. Here is the apology that she should have made. Not that I'm a huge fan of 'The Chicks', but I empathise with her comments.
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Music, via Linkfilter
Get your travel on!
By CNE, Archived in
Humor
The Limeys have spoken! The top 10 greatest lines in movie history. Still, I think they missed a few important ones. Like, how can any sensible list of movie quotes omit this?!
By CNE, Archived in
Culture, via Metafilter
I may not be an accredited designer like some of the contributors to this site, but I do know that the CIA's official anti terrorism logo is the worst example of logo design in American history. They should have a contest. The finalists from a non-government sanctioned (thanks Graham) contest to find a logo for the DHS have been announced. Is it me or is it slightly troubling that an organization like the CIA that lacks the staffing skills to hire a single competent graphic designer is entrusted to hire qualified intelligence personnel to keep our nation safe?
By CNE, Archived in
Design, Via Linkfilter
Billionaire George Soros recently blasted our fearless leader at a speech at Carnegie Mellon. Soros is one of the leading funders of the Drug Policy Alliance where my roommate works. Actually, so is this guy.
By CNE, Archived in
Carnegie Mellon
If the 10 Commandments were written in Pittsburgh
By CNE, Archived in
Carnegie Mellon
Compare these two reviews of Nada Surf's new album. I wonder if they were listening to the same CD. Anybody else want to weigh in?
By CNE, Archived in
Music
Smith and Wesson just released the most powerfull production revolver in the world, the somewhat innocuously named Model 500. It's a .50 Caliber bohemoth that makes Dirty Harry's hand cannon look like a cap gun. Mark Morford of SF Gate has a hillarious critique of this weapon of mass destruction. He says it is: "The biggest dumbest most entirely useless and pointless and adorably, blatantly, phallically compensatory handheld weapon available to the public today." Needless to say, sales are ...uh... booming.
By CNE, Archived in
Miscellaneous
Airshows are cool, but they are also pretty dangerous. There have been some spectacular and deadly crashes over the years, but many maintain that they are relatively safe. Still, I think I'm going to steer clear of any shows that involve Mig-29s just to be on the safe side. More morbidly fascinating plane crashes here. Please excuse the site design.
By CNE, Archived in
Miscellaneous
It may be cold in antarctica, but it's never too cold to protest a bull$hit war.
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Itches, via linkfilter
A woman in Cook County Illinois, is suing Loews Movie Theatres for the deceptive business practice of showing ads before films. God bless her. Cook County is the home of many fine americans.
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Itches, Via Plastic
These Weapons of Mass Destruction cannot be displayed
By CNE, Archived in
Humor, Via TMN
Many of Marvel Comics' titles can now be read on line in thier Dot Comics section. The use of Flash to display the panels is a fine piece of user centered design. Now is they could only replicate that exquisite comic book smell.
By CNE, Archived in
Design
A moment of silence please for the passing of Atari.
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Technology, Via Linkfilter
Beer on Sundays in Pittsburgh! I thought the day would never come.
By CNE, Archived in
Places
In the early 1960s, wankers at the FBI tried to determine the lyrics to The Kingmen's Louie Louie after recieving allegations that the lyrics were obscene. They came up with several possible versions all of them filthy, but none of them were the real lyrics. The Smoking Gun has the scoop.
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Music, Via FARK
Junkbot rules! It's like Legos meet Lemmings. Warning: Massive time suck!
By CNE, Archived in
Robots, Shockwave Required
The Morning News' Non Expert offers jokes for nearly every coctail party situation.
By CNE, Archived in
Humor
Bling Bling! The Worlds Largest Diamond.
By CNE, Archived in
Miscellaneous
Fascist Websites for Children.
"Signs that your child has been on the [CIA for kids web] site: He's been funneling teeth to Nicaraguan children through a Cuban nanny in a three-way off-the-books deal with the Tooth Fairy."
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The Web, Via The Beast
A Slice of Fredom is a fascinating film which deconstructs the internal dilema no doubt faced by the modern terrorist.
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Humor, thanks Liddy (Amber Waves)
The dark side of geekdom - Doomed Engineers outlines the rather unfortunate ends to engineers throughout history - from exploding cellphones, to icebergs, to SUV rollovers. Who knew this was such a dangerous profession.
By CNE, Archived in
People
The latest aftermarket accessory is thrilling riceboy asshats in the Bay Area. Whistle tips -Wooo Hooo.
By CNE, Archived in
Miscellaneous
Scientifically speaking, Bill Hicks was right. Chicks Dig Jerks (especially chicks on the pill).
By CNE, Archived in
People, Via Metafilter
Life imitates art.
By CNE, Archived in
Itches
Everything you thought you knew about how planes fly is wrong! My mind is totally blown.
By CNE, Archived in
Miscellaneous
Queendom.com has a bunch of personality tests, IQ tests, and mind games. They've even got a head shrinkin' section. Cool
By CNE, Archived in
The Web
Vegas, baby!
By CNE, Archived in
People
The Morbidelli is the most expensive motorcycle ever. The $102,872 buys you an 850cc V-8 Engine. The styling was done by Pininfarina who are most notably responsible for this and this -not to mention this.
By CNE, Archived in
Design
What country is the biggest threat to world peace according to Time Europe readers? Iraq, North Korea or the US - Vote and find out.
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Culture, via Working For Change
Dude, has anyone else noticed that for the last 20 years NASA has kinda sucked.
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Technology, via Robot Wisdom
75 or less has a bunch of album reviews for those with a short attention span. They also have select links to MP3s.
By CNE, Archived in
Music
A 500 Horsepower motorcycle powered by a Dodge Viper V-10 engine. Ladies and gentlemen, The Dodge Tomahawk! Although with 4 wheels (albeit tightly spaced) does it qualify as a motorcycle?
By CNE, Archived in
Technology
Jeans and a T-Shirt has released their Top Albums of the Year and it's much more sensible than others (ahem). In case you don't know already their Monthly Mix has most excellent indie MP3 selections for your listening pleasure. If you like the music, support the artists. Buy from their actual websites to support em even more.
By CNE, Archived in
Music
Music snobs rejoice for Pitchfork hath spoken. The top 50 albums of 2002. Sea Change at #42? Also, no mention of this or this! God forbid they put any "accessible" albums on their precious list.
By CNE, Archived in
Music
Oh 'tis a right of passage for a young man to see his ex-girlfriend half-naked on the internet. I feel so grown up. (Probably NSFW)
By CNE, Archived in
People
Cutest picture ever!!!
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Miscellaneous, Via SF Gate
Praise Jesus! The Onion's A.V. Club releases their "Best Albums of 2002". Time for a trip to Amoeba.
By CNE, Archived in
Music
Huh Huh... Bullets hitting stuff is cool ... huh- uhhuh.
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Miscellaneous, Via Metafilter
Trials Riding is some of the most chalenging motorcycle riding there is. It involves very slow, very controlled riding over a seeimingly impassable course. The bikes don't even have seats since the rider is standing the whole time. This game is a fun simulator. As hard as it is it's probably easier than the real thing.
By CNE, Archived in
Miscellaneous
3 words: Ban Comic Sans!
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Design, via metafilter
What Would Jesus Drive? Environmentalists and Christians have teamed up to ask the question for the betterment of humanity. FARK has a photoshop contest that asks for artists renditions. I think this is my favorite.
By CNE, Archived in
Miscellaneous
The wonderfull people behind the Homestar Runner site have a new cartoon that has tips on how to make a website according to Strongbad. So cute I could plotz.
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The Web, Via Fark
How lockpicking works... because sometimes the only path to Nazi gold is behind a locked door. Also not to be missed is the world famous internet classic "The MIT Guide to Lockpicking" which has since been renamed at the protestations of the stodgy olde bastards at MIT
By CNE, Archived in
Miscellaneous
I got invited to the grand opening party of this store on Haight Street tonight. I am so stoked. They've got a bunch of hip designy toys . I especially gotta get me one of these. The party should be fun. Peculiar snack foods fer sure plus there are bound to be japaneese girls screeching and throwing fireballs at each other. Shweet!
By CNE, Archived in
Robots
We are so fucked.
By CNE, Archived in
Culture
Test your Emotional IQ. I scored a paltry, below average, 85. I am so insensitive. I'm going to go stick M-80s inside bunny rabbits.
By CNE, Archived in
The Web
Oooo. Virtual Legos! After last night. I need some mind numbing fun to get me through the hangover. Ugh.
By CNE, Archived in
The Web
Abandon all productivity, ye who enter here.
By CNE, Archived in
The Web
This article outlines the juvenile legal code. It's pretty neat that we had a fairly evolved universally accepted legal system at such a young age. Several of these rules could be appealed to a higher court - the Fourth Circuit Court of the 4th Grade Teacher and subsequently to the Supreme Court of Mom (and if necessary to the Supreme Court of Dad)
By CNE, Archived in
Humor, Via Metafilter
Why can't all PowerPoint presentations be this melodic?
This song reminds me of "The greatest math show in the history of television". Lest there be any doubt.
By CNE, Archived in
Miscellaneous, via Metafilter
David Cross (of Mr. Show) drops knowldege about America with unparalleled eloquence.
By CNE, Archived in
People, Via Vice
Oh the simple pleasure of seeing celebrities at their worst. Yasmine ain't pretty no more.
By CNE, Archived in
People, via metafilter
The funniest joke in the world. It's pretty funny, but this is one of my personal favorites.
By CNE, Archived in
Humor, via Metafilter
GI Joe preemptively strikes at Barbie's dream house - comandeering it for the war on terror. No this is not a joke.
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Miscellaneous, via Plastic
Ghetto fabulous E-commerce! Finally, you can get iced out online!
By CNE, Archived in
Technology
Anyone need an ass kicking?
By CNE, Archived in
The Web, Via Jesse
There is not an emoticon for the pride that I feel for my alma mater. The origin of the first smiley.
By CNE, Archived in
Carnegie Mellon
At long last, S-11: September 11, the music video. Long, but well worth watching. Funny, and poignant
By CNE, Archived in
Music, Via Metafilter
In a seamless union of video games and politics, Brad DeLong attempts to explain democracy to his children in terms of the greatest PC strategy game ever made: Civilization. If you haven't ever played it, I’ll forgive you. You can download it for free here. It was abandonware for a while, but now it isn't so keep it on the DL.
By CNE, Archived in
Culture
The Walkmen have available for download on their website, two of the best songs from their debut album "Everyone who Pretended to Like me is Gone". Warning, this album may make you want to drink whiskey neat and smoke unfiltered cigarettes. Fuck yeah!
By CNE, Archived in
Music
Vice Magazine is without a doubt the best thing coming out of Canada right now. Their do's and don'ts prove that they have their finger on the pulse of post-ironic cutting edge fashion. The one at the top of this page is my all time favorite.
By CNE, Archived in
Culture
So, you want an island in the sun, but cannot afford the outrageous prices demanded by third world dictators? Why not build one like this guy? Too lazy? That's cool just throw a bunch of sand on your kitchen floor, download a live version of the song and sip on a mai tai.
By CNE, Archived in
Music, via running red lights
Only the French could have such a refined appreciation for pushing someone down the stairs. Download required. Sound card required for bone crunching sound effects and shmooved out trip hop beats. Thoroughly satisfying.
By CNE, Archived in
Miscellaneous
Please, please, please everyone register to vote.
By CNE, Archived in
Miscellaneous
Haaaayyyy Girr-frien. That USB port, like, totally compliments your optical serial interface. The history of gay robots
By CNE, Archived in
Robots, via metafilter
For those who aren't already hooked, KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic is clinically proven to be the best way to start your day. It's on from 9:00AM 'till 12:00pm PST. and can be heard via various formats of streaming audio. Beware, ladies, he ain't pretty, but you may be nevertheless overwhelmed with a desire to bear Nic Harcourt's children after repeated listenings.
By CNE, Archived in
Music
I'm usually a huge proponent of self-expression, but those of us in California are frequently visually assaulted by these abominations. This site catalogs some of the most egregious examples.
By CNE, Archived in
Places
Oh, the horror! Satire Wire is shutting down.
By CNE, Archived in
The Web
Itty Bitty Video Games. If you're running high resolution on your monitor you'll need a Mr. Peanut-style monocular to play these. I made it 3 moves into Tiny Chess before my eyes started to bleed.
By CNE, Archived in
The Web, Via Running Red Lights
At long last a flash game featuring a caffeine addicted nun that rewards you at each level with sagacious words from Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snyder. The Brunching Shuttlecocks can do no wrong.
Corrected. Thanks to Michael Tribone
By CNE, Archived in
The Web
Seanbaby - a contributing writer to the SF Bay Area "Wave" -does it again with a rant and experiment exposing the diabolical nature of robots.
By CNE, Archived in
Robots
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