January 2009
15 posts
Road signs warn of zombies | KXAN.com →
Oh man, this is so awesome.
Jan 29th
“I am sorry, but the students in this country, they are stupid,” he said...”
–  Scott Stinson: The trouble with Canada’s students is they don’t riot enough - Full Comment
Jan 29th
“I am sending you the subject of my work,” Maillol told Matisse, “whom you will...”
– The Year in Pictures: Dina Vierny. 1920 - 2009. (A Life Well Lived)
Jan 27th
Fullscreen Gigapan Viewer -- Inauguration →
You can zoom in. Waaaaay in. Pretty cool.
Jan 26th
WatchWatch
Close calls. Via Eolake (some links on site are NSFW).
Jan 23rd
Jan 20th
Young Conservatives Make Me Sad →
claytoncubitt: They have names like “S.E. Cupp” or “Hampton Williams” or “Tucker Carlson” or “Grover Norquist”, which sound like they were generated by some weird web WASP name generator. Bow-tie porn names. They write horribly, out of William F Buckley’s thesaurus. They “regale”, and plan “debauchery” and drink “frothy Belgian stouts”. Their two choices politically are to “respectfully...
Jan 19th
33 notes
Eolake Stobblehouse blog: Bruce and MJ →
Really fascinating, if you are a fan of music. We tend to think of recording engineers as knob twiddlers, playing a very distant third fiddle to the producer and artist, but this shows it may not be so.
Jan 15th
“A final observation: there was a large collection of really good-looking women,...”
– The Online Photographer: Photo L.A. The state of male dress is falling precipitously. I do find his cut off of 26 odd, though; dare to dream!
Jan 12th
“At issue is an Alabama law that attorneys for the inmates claim provides...”
– Sheriff jailed for pocketing money meant for inmate meals - CNN.com Good Lord, who on earth thought that was a good idea??? It doesn’t even save the state money, all it does is promote corruption, pretty much directly.
Jan 9th
“It’s going to be interesting to see how that plays out and I think that as...”
– The Associated Press: Palin: Is Kennedy getting ‘kid glove’ treatment? Yeah, sure Sarah, it was a class issue, nothing to do with the level of office or the respective apparent competency.
Jan 9th
Creamy Vegetable Soups - Fine Cooking →
Roll your own soup wizard. Cool.
Jan 8th
“Fukubukuro, or “Mystery Bag,” is a Japanese New Year’s Day...”
– The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) How very strange. Still, it might be tempting.
Jan 6th
“Israel also stepped up its psychological campaign Monday, trying to turn the...”
– Top Hamas official defiant over rocket strikes - CNN.com And you think you’re Robo-calls are bothersome; try getting propaganda ones. Not to be droll or anything, but do they honour a do-no-call list?
Jan 5th
“1.3 SHOULD I POST IF I AM A WOMAN? The internet and woodworking are male...”
– rec.woodworking’s ANTI-FAQ
Jan 2nd