December 2005
54 posts
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Do you get less wet if you run in the rain? →
Here comes the science.
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The Best Links 2005 (kottke.org) →
Don’t think you’ll find a better compilation anywhere.
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Write Your Name in Elvish in Ten Minutes →
Fun stuff.
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macosxhints - Scroll arrows at both ends of scroll... →
I’m constantly needing to look this up whenever I make a new user account on a Mac.
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Becoming Mary Poppins →
P. L. Travers, Walt Disney, and the making of a myth.
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Google Press Center: Zeitgeist →
See what the world was searching for all year.
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Docking a Blimp on the Empire State Building →
The original vision for the Empire State Building included the ability for a zeppelin to dock with it and unload passengers a hundred stories in the air.
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Feed Icons - Help establish the new standard →
Nice alternatives to the stock orange XML icon.
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Lazy Sunday on iTunes for Free
Hurray for NBC for doing something really right. Last week, they aired an hilarious rap video called Lazy Sunday by a comedy group called The Lonely Island, which spread across the internet like wildfire within 48 hours of its original broadcast. Mid-week, a streaming copy appeared on the Saturday Night Live website. And now today you can download the video for free from iTunes. NBC could have...
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Public Domain Movie Torrents →
Lots of free movies you can download legally.
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washingtonpost.com →
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YouTube - A Fairytale Of New York →
Video for one of my favorite Christmas songs.
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Crisis Looking: The Other, Happier(?) Batman? →
Everything you never realized you wanted to know about Earth-2 Batman.
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Why you should continue to date me; a series of... →
Somehow I’d never seen this. Bravo kwc for linking to it.
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Machinima of Avenue Q song →
A bit not safe for work.
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The Case of the Super-Serif
All-Star Superman has been out for a month now, but I’m just getting around to writing about this. When the preview images came out, there was a small but noticeable amount of chatter about the new logo. It wasn’t anything drastic, but penciller Frank Quietly had taken out the serifs on the famous Superman “S”. Back when the book was in its early stages, writer Grant Morrison wrote...
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Video-Game Characters Denounce Randomly Placed... →
In addition to the standard spinning blade, the coalition is seeking restrictions on random whirling fireball chains, falling blocks, spike-pit traps, and invisible cross-corridor laser arrays.
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Slashdot | Groening Confident on Futurama Relaunch →
And the good news just keeps on coming.
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How to fix Mom and Dad's computer →
Man, those PCs sure require a lot of trouble.
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CNN.com - Court rejects 'intelligent design' in... →
Man, all sorts of good news to round out an otherwise messy year.
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Pants Pants Revolution - The Gap squanders a great... →
Writeup of the great Spike Jonze ad.
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PARK(ing) →
Hilarious: a group of people put money for 2 hours in a meter and built a park in the parking space.
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SPEED LACES, shoe lacing system →
I think I still prefer Velcro, but this does have the advantage of working on any pair of shoes.
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Bulgakov classic to enthral Russia →
I want to read this book again. Good thing I have it on my shelf at home, and a plane ride + layover ahead of me this week.
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Boing Boing: SNL short: Chronic of Narnia rap →
This is truly hilarious. Apparently from a comedy troupe SNL’s farming talent from.
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Superman Returns
Slashdot today reports on word that Brandon Routh’s package is too large for the producers of Superman Returns, who’ve allegedly ordered the makers […] to cover it up with digital effects.
Not to worry, though, viewers this summer will see all, as it’s apparently just a rumor. Dark Horizons did some digging into this breaking story:
Speaking with the costume designers earlier this...
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Schrödinger's Encyclopedia
Wikipedia’s been on the mind lately. As syncronicity would have it, Penny Arcade had something to say about it yesterday:
Any persistent idiot can obliterate your contributions. The
fact of the matter is that all sources of information are
not of equal value, and I dont know how or when it became
impolitic to suggest it. In opposition to the spirit of
Wikipedia, I believe there is such...
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Newsarama: Winick on Green Arrow: One Year Later →
This One Year Later thing is really starting to intrigue me, even more than it’s worrying me. Here’s hoping it’s great and not just a stunt.
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Popular toys of the last 100 years →
Neat article, but putting it into slideshow format is infuriating. I’m lazy, sure, but not so lazy I can’t click “next” for myself when I’m done reading.
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:: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: The Producers... →
I need to watch the original again, first, but I’m very excited about this.
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Senate Rejects Extension of Patriot Act - Yahoo!... →
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Official Google Blog: Searching for music →
Search for an artist name on Google now and you’ll get a discography, lyrics, and a link to buy it on iTunes and Rhapsody.
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Report: Bush Authorized NSA to Spy in U.S. -... →
Hey, didn’t the House just renew part of the Patriot Act? Sigh.
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LCARS Standards Development Board :: Index →
How completely fantastic. I wish it were more standards-based, but still, nerdy awesome is nerdy awesome.
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BBC - Radio 2 - Sold On Song - TOP 100 - Fairytale... →
BBC on one of my favorite, if a bit unconventional, Christmas song.
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A Charming Tale of Christmas Multiculturalism
So I’m in the Post Office today mailing a package. An Asian man to the right of me is also mailing something. Over the radio, gospel choir Christmas music is playing. After completing his transaction, the man points to the speakers and says, “black man music.”
The postal worker, shocked, replies, excuse me‽
He repeats, pointing again at the speakers, “black man...
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Microsoft Team RSS Blog : Icons: It’s still orange →
Cool. It’s good to see collaboration going on.
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Top Ten Movie Robots of All Time →
Data should be number one, and Optimus Prime should be on there instead of the Westworld robot, but a fun list nonetheless.
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Plurals
I bookmarked this on del.icio.us, but I thought it was great enough to merit its own post. In fact, I think it’s my favorite link of the month so far: Engadget investigates: Is it “iPod shuffles” or “iPods shuffle”?.
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Engadget investigates: Is it “iPod shuffles” or... →
I agree with Engadget.
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The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the... →
Good stuff.
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INTERVIEW: WOW: THE BURNING CRUSADE →
Interview with WoW developer Shane Dabiri about the expansion, due out some time in 2076 I think.
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Wired News: TV Writers Must Sell, Sell, Sell →
Writers not happy to have to work product placement into their scripts.
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MeetWithApproval.com →
Looks like it does event invitations, but has a focus on helping figure out when people are all free.
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The Lion King - C.S. Lewis' Narnia isn't simply a... →
Books have more than one cover by which you can judge them.
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I’ve discovered an even stranger snack than wasabi peas: spicy caramel popcorn, as seen in Dean & Deluca’s seasonal gift basket.
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50% of HDTV Owners Don't Use HD
This bit from slashdot warms my heart this snowy morning. Broadband Reports and Techdirt posted The Technology Liberation Front’s article that said apparently half of all High Definition Television (HDTV) owners don’t actually use the HD capabilities of their set, and nearly a quarter think they are watching high definition video when they actually haven’t set it up correctly.
A few things....
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How to Split a Shared Cab Ride? →
The Wall Street Journal asks lots of economists their opinions on how to split shared cab fares.
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Christmas Story in 30 seconds and re-enacted by... →
I could watch these all day.