2008

Jul

War/Peace — Turning war into Peace, the UN Peacekeepers....

“Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has vetoed a bill that would...”
— The Associated Press — It only...

Jun

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-29)

Newspaper Blackout Poems — I’ve been subscribed to his feed for a while, and I thoroughly...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-22)

“Polls suggest that 10-20% of the electorate are willing to...”
— Raising the Barr - The...

Pools in security lather over shampoo

Stained Glass — Artists in NYC placed semi-opaque cover on some of the advertisement displays on the...

You Got It Made — Ok, so this concept is really slick. It...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-15)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-8)

I love the world. — J’adore this advertisement from The Discovery Channel. (via riotrepublic)

Sister Judith Brun — (Pardon my libertarian commentary...

Holdouts at FEMA Trailer Park Test Aid’s...

Difficult Is Worth Doing — Skydivers spell out “HONDA” on TV for the first live...

Change the world with one person. — Not sure why it has to be a girl, but an interesting concept...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-1)

May

“Dow said effective this weekend, prices for all 3,200 of its...”
— Marketplace — This might just...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-25)

In an ABSOLUT World — Rioting with pillows. (via riotrepublic, pun purely coincidental)

WhenTwitterIsDown.com — Some poetic goodness to refresh...

Twitter Nonsense

This is why centralised services are terrible ideas. Twitter has been up and down all week, and now...

“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a...”
— Douglas Adams (via...

U.N. Chief Says Myanmar Yields on Aid...

“NPR’s radio-to-TV crossover is a kind of throwback to...”
— Radio isn’t dead. (via...

No more volunteers on the phone at Wisconsin...

Disaster fatigue leads to drop in giving

Fortune Cookie — What a dumb fortune cookie. It’s...

A More Perfect Union — A stunning performance of the preamble of the US Constitution. “We the...

Invisible Drum Kit — only Rowan Atkinson could play the invisible drums and not look completely...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-18)

Changes at New Orleans Schools Bring Gains in...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-11)

I’m older than dirt — This sums up my feelings on John McCain. (via The Morning News)

NASA airplane test crash — A remix of the original video, totally worth watching. (via Monoscope)

“We are seeing at the United Nations if we can’t implement...”
— Bernard Kouchner, the French...

Monotaskers unite! — (buy at redbubble)

McCain moves his arms? — “I can ride my bike with no...

C'est l'économie, idiot.

“Exxon Mobil reported $10.9 billion in profits last quarter,...”
— APM - Marketplace — The...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-4)

YouTube debates in New Orleans

Apr

Reflections: Letting Go

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-27)

I'm finally on Twitter

A Pre-Lincolnesque Obama — I can’t say I really...

“Mysteries are fun sometimes…” — This is just psychotic enough to be my new ring tone....

How to avoid the draft, according to Daffy Duck! — Hint, hint… you’ll go to hell if you...

Don’t get caught up in the rat race… — (via...

Did someone say irony? — So much for the Supreme Court...

“Recalling the history of the Olympic Games and in keeping...”
— Ralph Lauren Olympics — How...

Police en rollers. — Attendez, No. Cette c’est pourquoi j’aime les Français.

“Chinese officials ordered the torch into the bus and...”
— Et c’est pour cela que...

Mar

Taxpayers covering the Bear Stearns...

JP Morgan just raised their bid to takeover Bear Stearns to $11/share. Of course the Fed has...

“If you want options, go talk with other people!...”
— Paul Rand [through Steve Jobs]...

“I feel like Joel Osteen, right here in Reliant...

Bomb the Bass - Butterfingers — It’s definitely random video Friday… (via...

Parisians & Techtonik — “…throwing down like it’s West Side Story cast by American...

Gnarls Barkley - Run — The video for the new song from Gnarls. Run for your life!

NetJets ad in The Economist — I’m not sure if Bill...

The Road Home Closed, from the Bacchus Parade.

“A year ago the United States Army Corps of Engineers, which...”
— New York Times

L’homme qui vole — Stunning video of insane Frenchmen in wingsuits.

Keep your coins, I want change.

Feb

“One of the problems that’s endemic with the younger...”
— David Allen

The death penalty's favourite district...

OpenDNS is looking for a Senior Engineer

J’adore la typographie

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin: More guns please!

“This could be a good new analogy question for the SATs…...”
— Philip Greenspun

Gnarls Barkley - Run

Frozen Grand Central - Absolutely stunning “prank” pulled by Improv Everywhere....

Jan

“Bush returned from the Middle East where he has been touring...”
— On The Media, 18 Jan 2008...

Thank You American Express

So I’ve had a bad week, to say the least. For starters, my phone decided to stop getting any...

This American Life, the TV show edition, is releasing their Season 1 DVD on January 29. It’s a...

“The chief justice, Xiao Yang, said China might one day like...”
— The Economist, 12 Jan 2008,...

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex...”
— Albert Einstein

I find it useful to go ahead and just schedule in time to...

Bill Gates’ Last Day at Microsoft: Microsoft does actually have a good sense of humour.

“We need to be sure you don’t have anything you can use...”
— The Risks Digest Volume 25:...

2007

Dec

“Six years after the terrorist attacks of 2001, airport...”
— The Airport Security Follies -...

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has...

Auto-draft difficulties

So I’ve recently switched banks, and in the process I’ve had to update all of my...

I’ve always been a bigger fan of Stewart than Colbert,...

“Let’s have charitable tax credits as well. With tax...”
— Marketplace: Charitable tax...

Low-Cost Multi-touch Whiteboard using the Wii Remote

“Last year, Americans gave $295 billion to charity, up...”
— Wall Street Journal

“In the last two years, there’s been a heated debate...”
— Slate Magazine

Brilliant video from Virgin America for their in-flight safety message. “For the .0001 percent...

“Guns don’t kill people, people kill people… and...”
— Eddie Izzard

“Nor was there any doubt that the poll was rigged. “The...”
— Russia’s election | How...

(wikipedia not loading: server not found) I’d imagine...

Usage of tumblr

I’m torn between the usage of tumblr or del.icio.us for integration on my web site. Tumblr...

Nov

It’s a motorhome on steroids. Bad ass. The UNICAT®

“Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but...”
— Laurence J. Peter