tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123098272011-06-06T19:46:01.520-04:00A random smattering ...wallowmuddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468682597596907413noreply@blogger.comBlogger1981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309827.post-58808334113242943452008-08-19T02:04:00.002-04:002008-08-19T02:08:14.564-04:00

On WhatIsAnything, writers share words. Others share personal photos/artwork. The two are meshed and new meanings emerge. It's web community and postmodern English lit as one. Nothing means anything after all.

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Terry Border spoke at the GEL conference, which I'm sorry I missed. His food/found object wire work is sensitive and humorous and best described just by showing you, so here you go:

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Why can't I have a nickname like Frying Pan Jack? Let's say my name were Jane (it's not). I could be Blender Jane ... Santoku knife Jane ... Convection Oven Jane ...Luckily I went with Machete Jane. Time for women to get out of the kitchen.

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This American Life is so so so wonderful. And now, this makes it even a step better:

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If you think about it, any song visualization is generally pretty unattached to the song itself. Just look what happens when the song and visualization are merged as one. Perfection. Solar, with lyrics. from flight404 on Vimeo.From flight404, using processing

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Vampire Weekend. New addiction.

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Studio 28 Couture lets you create your own dress using vintage fabrics and have 1 fitting for the cool price of $200. Yikes! Here's the dress I designed:

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"I was going to put the dogs in the mac."

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I can't tell you how embarrassing it is to write the above subject title.A) Beep Beep sounds like a children's songB) It's only available for sale in the UK (sob), so...C) I can only hear it by watching this television commercial.My only advice: ignore the commercial and just listen. Then pray that Simone White releases her album here in the U.S. So I can stop crying.

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How absolutely amazing are these books created by Brian Dettmer:from Haydee Rovirosa Galleryfrom Aron Packer GalleryAnother blogger Centripetal Motion has collected much of Brian's work.

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As a friend recently pointed out, this has really just become a product pick blog - and largely focused on etsy at that. Just as well - i can't afford to have more expensive taste than etsy.Here are a few more yummys:from smeenakanit: from katinkapinka:from Another Shade of Gray:

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I'm so excited about a number of jewelry pieces I just found today. These from Christinebijoux on etsy:And these from Hummingbird13 on etsy:

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Through some blog hopping today (can you tell I didn't have much to do at work), I came across these amazing ceiling fans on G Squared Art:

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Ok, i don't really mean what I say in the title, but some of these things are SO cute. But I'm a bit old and my boyfriend a bit too (ahem) manly, to defend hanging such sweet things in our apt. But don't you just love A Life With Flowers?

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Wouldn't this make the most romantic wedding ring set? He takes one half, she takes the other. I'll ruin this by pointing out that most men & women don't have the same finger size, but whatever. Intriguing idea nonetheless:Ring design is from Moha.

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With all my shopping recently (um... bought another print this morning), I've been actually feeling like I'm ready to stop. And then I found these.I've been looking for a new ring for about a month now and I finally found what I like. Only dilemma now is which one to get (only 1 is an option... I think). I'm taking votes now...

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I just love this stuff from Elesavet (not buying any I swear):

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.... so there was a slight lull after last week's binge, but now I'm back off the wagon! You'll be excited to know that I've added another lovely purchase to my recent celebration of the beautiful things that surround us. This intriguing bracelet from etsy:And a quick update: I received the canape plates from Tracy Porter and LOVE them. They are the perfect size to be held in one hand and they're

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Few other sites to tempt you all too:Cups nuzzling teapotGraphic duvet coversSigh!

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So I'm smack in the middle of one of my worst shopping phases ever. It started yesterday and I have seriously eyed more than $500 worth of whimsical decorating merchandise that I don't have room for. (I almost wrote "that I don't need" but that would be a lie. Of COURSE I need a 6-stem flower holder and a set of five-pronged forks.)So, to try to sate my shopping urges, I've decided to record here

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I just LOVE moody and contemplative artwork. On top of that, I love trees in artwork - so predictable! Here's the perfect synthesis of both, which I just bought from Etsy from the artist Galeriedeilluminata.Anyone remember the children's book that was kinda like this, with an above- and below-ground scene with all these crazy-fun things happening in both?

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World's Thinnest Notebook

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So I've got an embarrassing confession: I was a patron of Lite Music for years. I told friends that my parents made me listen to it instead of the Eagle 106, the Philadelphia rock station. But actually I loved Star 104.5, and would swoon to all its schlocky songs.When I think back on that time, I am filled with shame. How, oh how, could I ever fall for Boyz II Men or Lionel Richie or Eric Clapton

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I just have to direct your eyes to a wonderful photoblog called ENFOCAR that a coworker of mine just launched. He has a wonderful eye for creating tension in a photo. My favorite pic is A Billboard With Eyes.

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I really enjoy wine, partially thanks to a man I dated a few years back. He was quite passionate about the topic, avidly reading Wine Spectator, and he could spend 45 minutes picking out a wine for dinner that night. Other than the painfully long waits in the wine store, this was perfect for me. I benefited from his superior taste and knowledge without having to spend a second learning

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Use the Imagini Gift Finder to uncover the perfect gift for you or others (sold in the UK). Besides the regional limitation there is one other downside: the process takes longer than expected with 15 steps. But naval gazing never gets old. ; ) The results are quite fun and — I thought — rather accurate.

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A co-worker of mine just closed on a new home in Jersey. I SO want it. I want to hold it and cuddle it and make it mine and 'I wanna pet the rabbits, George'! Too obscure?Bottom line: I don't have enough space in my little NY apartment to buy all the neat, cute things I find all over the web. Now you all can join me in my pain. The Hygge site is only available to customers in the UK.But feel free

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Women — the smart, well-balanced, successful kind — rule for two reasons today:Contrary to myths, they have better marriages and better sexThey now get paid the same as men when they win Wimbledon

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What kind of problem solver are you? Take this one-page test (requires you to create a login) to find out. I was quadrant 2!

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I love stories about idiocy. That's why I still pay passing attention to politics, but I digress. Here's a great iPhone story where the local news didn't ... quite ... get it right.

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Why do social experiments make me laugh so hard? Like Candid Camera, where you watch people think they've entered the twilight zone. Or the guy who stuck bubble stickers on posters around NYC and then returned to see who wrote messages in them.The Voyer Box is the newest discovery to make me smile. Watch the startled looks as people get their picture taken while they walk by. I thought at first

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Dreams: I wanna be an astronaut. I wanna sing in a rock band. I wanna ... um, write dirty romance novels. Sometimes they actually come true. You land on the moon, you open for Jewel, you ... um, write a dirty romance novel.Well, today a little dream of mine came true. This is one of those dreams that you almost forget you have, like not having singleton socks in the laundry or rediscovering some

wallowmuddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468682597596907413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309827.post-58685449230436163292007-01-19T14:46:00.000-05:002007-01-19T14:53:23.565-05:00

Using location tags found on Flickr images, Yahoo! has created a map that shows you pictures connected with the locations where they were taken. There are still several rough spots since it's dependent on accurate tagging and the areas of the country presented on the map seem to be pre-selected.I've heard rumors of a GPS-based camera that can map your own pictures to an interface like this one.

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Technophiles and history buffs alike will appreciate this one: a tag cloud showing the words most commonly used in presidential state of the union addresses since John Adams. The bigger the word, the more times it was repeated.

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I'm going to try (emphasis on try) to renew my blogging efforts, insofar as I'll post interesting websites I've come across. More to come!

wallowmuddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468682597596907413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309827.post-1153435233454330132006-07-20T18:38:00.000-04:002007-01-08T13:56:45.629-05:00

It's cute. It's grassy. It's completely unnecessary in your life. Cha-cha-cha-chia? No, it's Nyokki. Raise a toast to progress.

wallowmuddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468682597596907413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309827.post-1153406427166345092006-07-20T10:37:00.000-04:002006-07-20T10:40:27.183-04:00

Take a break. Relax. And visit Strange New Products, a site that hunts down the insane and inane. It features everything from white chocolate maggots to corporate sponsored Porta Potties. Yum! Have some fun checking back often.

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Read today on Design Observer:If your front door opens onto a sidewalk, you're probably a Democrat. If your front door is more than 25' from your street, you're probably a Republican.

wallowmuddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468682597596907413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309827.post-1151426443595881792006-06-27T12:32:00.000-04:002006-07-10T16:32:46.713-04:00

Well, it took turning a corporate monologue into dialog to get me to return to blogging. I can't resist sharing this with the few of you still diligent enough to read this (thanks Miss B!). If you've ever walked through the pedestrian tunnel north of Grand Central, you've experienced a distracting advertisement haranging you as you walk. Garble! Grawk! Yell, yell, yell!Well, designer Ji Lee is

wallowmuddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468682597596907413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309827.post-1146782956441807522006-05-04T18:46:00.000-04:002006-05-04T18:49:16.463-04:00

This story about the bumbling Abu Musab al-Zarqawi almost seems too ridiculous to believe. Hmmm... anyboy ever seen Wag the Dog?

wallowmuddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468682597596907413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309827.post-1146769318335931822006-05-04T14:59:00.000-04:002006-05-04T15:01:58.350-04:00

Read this little tidbit today: 5-year-old runs marathons. I find this more sad than exciting. He's like Little Hercules, who ended up with an abusive dad and claims of steroid drug use before he hit his teens. The article says they're already preparing him for the 2012 Olympics. Shouldn't there be a child labor law against this?

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Chalk this one up as awesome but useless: today I learned about this cool ice cream ball from L.L. Bean. You put the ingredients in one end (cream, sugar), the chemistry in the other (ice, rock salt) and move the ball around for 20 minutes. Voila! You have ice cream. Totally cool, right? Problem is, when I tried to think of someone who could use this cool gadget, I couldn't think of a single

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OK, I was just about ready to give this up. Things got busy at work, and I just wasn't focused on my Cool Stuff blog anymore. But then I come across something like Pandora and can't keep it to myself. Credit Dora for the link. This is the coolest music service: name one song or one artist and, using the research from the Music Genome Project, the site predicts other music you'd like and plays it

wallowmuddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468682597596907413noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309827.post-1142621846434781292006-03-17T13:54:00.000-05:002006-03-17T13:57:26.470-05:00

This appeared on the This Is Broken site, a place where people report wacky things they see that don't work. I thought this was too funny not to share. Once you understand the explanation, it becomes even funnier.

wallowmuddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468682597596907413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309827.post-1142284151741237462006-03-13T15:57:00.000-05:002006-03-13T16:15:44.976-05:00

So I don't go in for product recommendations, and I have unfortunately not gotten the chance to test this out, but Microsoft's new mobile PC is, at the very least, a product to watch. Looks fairly innovative anyway. Not quite the iPod of portable computing, but maybe that's iteration #2. For more details, CNet has answers.

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When searching on Google or Yahoo or whatever, you can now get a sense of the safety of the site you’re going to visit before you go there. Site Advisor tells you how often a site will e-mail you (i.e., whether they could be a source for spam), whether downloads are clear of adware, and whether they link to other sites rated green for OK to go. I’m a huge fan since it saves me from having to

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Did you know a giant collapsed volcano is called a caldera (think cauldron). You know one better as Yellowstone. Here’s the Wikipedia jaw-dropper: “When Yellowstone Caldera erupted 630,000 years ago it released 1000 cubic kilometers of material, covering half of North America in up to two meters of debris.”

wallowmuddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468682597596907413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309827.post-1141169838851245452006-02-28T18:34:00.000-05:002006-02-28T18:37:18.870-05:00

I find that, having not lived it, it's hard to truly understand the Civil Rights Movement and just how awful things were. For a taste of that, view these photos uncovered recently by The Birmingham News. It's time, as a nation, that we face our past and have a national dialog about how far we have left to go.Boingboing.net has a brief summary of the photos' origins.

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These two discoveries blew me away. The first argues that the Black Death plague in Europe contributed to a 300 mini ice age. The theory argues that after such a huge number of people died so quickly, trees sprang up on unused farmland, lowering carbon dioxide levels.This gives some awful sense of balance to the way global warming, cited as a possible cause of the destructiveness of recent

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Based on research that humans are able to associate music with color, a student at the University of Birmingham in England has created a music player where you create playlists based solely on the color (or as he would say colour) that you've assigned to the song. Once you've assigned enough songs, a color palette up top tells you where you're collection falls in the color scheme. Eventually,

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Even if you're not living in the continuous loony bin that is New York, you can get a kick out of Overheard in New York. People basically report on this website the conversations they overhear. Hysterical and a tad dumb. Yay USA!

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I just discovered this site (Engrish) that basically mocks the number of products out there with bad English (many of them Asian). Enjoy!

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So I'll be the first to admit I'm an irregular post-ee on here. But I still love shooting out little messages of stuff I just find so ridiculous, brilliant, or novel that they must be shared. (Even if no one ever sees them, I feel TONS better).But I'll bet it's a pain to come check here all the time, only to discover I've gone into hibernation again. I've finally got a solution for that, and it's

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Urgh! Bush is trying to put standardized testing in colleges.I've tried three times to write this post. This idea is just so dumb that I can't seem to be clever in talking about it. I just don't see it's value, what's driving this movement for change and why why why why anyone in higher education would support it.Are we just looking for another method that we're behind Europe in the value of our

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This ABC News article offers an excellent understanding of the history of wiretapping in this country and its detrimental effects on just one person: the recently buried Coretta Scott King.

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Doctors have long been accused of playing God, which is one of the reasons why some religions don't allow its members to go to the doctor or receive certain treatments. I'd have to think those same religions would be against this: a Massachusetts doctor who suspends life then revives — at least for pigs.Seems like pretty amazing treatment, and I'm all for it if it saves lives and doesn't revive

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I can’t decide what I think of this trend: elementary, middle and high schools across the country are now offering rewards for perfect attendance. And by rewards, I mean cash, video games, laptops, trips to Disneyworld and even cars. This NY Times article implies it’s driven by the No Child Left Behind program, which rewards schools with more funding for greater attendance. Advocates say it

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I love these awful faces.

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In the NY Times today: “a woman who smokes has a risk of dying from heart disease equal to the risk she would have if she weighed 90 pounds more than the nonsmoker.” Damn! Slightly ironic considering people who quit tend to have weight gain afterward (partly due to the need to replace one addicition with another, I think.) Time to do anything to stop, people!

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A friend of mine asked me today how to find a good organization to get involved in. I wrote a long e-mail and then I thought: what if others could use this advice. So here is some information: take it or leave it or (please) comment with your own suggestions!Dear Friend:You ask an interesting question. I would suggest this site for finding common interest groups: http://www.meetup.com/.You might

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Is this true? The New York Times now has sponsors for its article tools (e-mail this, printer-friendly and single page links)? Anyone else slightly disturbed by this? Next thing you know, your umbrella will start flashing ads for peanut butter. Actually, it’d be pretty cool if your umbrella had a screen that flashed the weather report. Then you could check it every day before you leave to see if

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Is it silly of me to wonder about public opinion polls (PDF)? Every Gallup poll is conducted by telephone. This makes sense since in 1997, 95% of households had a telephone. Gallup had actually gone so far as to randomly match an area code with 7 other digits. That means even unlisted numbers can be called. But the Gallup document I link to above was written in 1997 — before the deluge of cell

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Check out this amazing Honda ad in the UK with all humans making the noise of a car driving. It's just ... well, just go see. Click on "Watch."

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Zookeepers in Moscow are giving wine to monkeys three times a day during one of the coldest periods in 25 years. Temperatures have reached as low as -31 degrees Celsius and dozens have died. But the monkeys are happy! Hope it's not a grand cru...

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Supreme Court upholds physician-assisted suicide in Oregon.Britain to allow 2-women brothels for safety.

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Africa accounts for only 4% of global air traffic but 27% of all air crashes.

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Have fun with this drag & drog shopping cart. Love the poof when you drag something out. Doesn't hurt that the T-shirts are cool, too. I just wish they came in women's sizes...

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OK, this made me laugh (quietly but out loud), so I thought I’d share. First, a tiny bit of background. A mode is when you hit the Caps Lock key or the insert key on your computer and start typing in all caps or typing over your text. Modes are not recommended in interface design because people forget they are on, which can lead to frustration. Here’s the funny part (from Wikipedia if you look up

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... Because you get the coolest apps. Here are a few:LaunchBar, the god of quickkeyskGTD, an allegedly cool proj mgmt tool (though I wouldn’t know because: no Mac)And now a step back for Apple (you knew this was coming):An anti-Ipod rant. I call it a rant though I agree with parts, particuarly the wheel, which I’ve complained about frequently to the two friends who will listen (and really they’re

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Somehow I doubt that birth defect advocacy groups are “celebrating” higher rates of birth defects. Word choice — so key, my friends!

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Cows milk themselves while farmers monitor from afar. Cool.

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How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!The world forgetting, by the world forgot.Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;- Alexander Pope

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Could companies be learning that customer service is still cool? I recently saw a TV ad where one financial services company (forgive me for forgetting which one) tells us that it’s easy to reach a person when you call. “Just press zero” the voiceover intones. Interestingly, I just came across a Cheat Sheet that reveals how easy or difficult it is to reach a human when calling many customer

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Read this interesting idea in a book: “When someone you love, dies, it’s as if they leave you with half shares of your life together. The person you were in their eyes dies with them.” — Quoted in The Reading Group, from the book Guppies for Tea

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Tell this elf your wishes. He gets them right every time. (Be sure to record several wishes.)

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Catch spiders the humane way. Don't have the glamour life of a rich doctor? You can now play one on the Internet. Perform knee replacement surgery online (it's easy!) Finally, just some plan ol' straightforward goofy fun (try puppets first).

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Just heard We are Scientists' "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt." Rock on.

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Credit J for sharing this one: One way to X Out an Ex

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So I'm swamped, but this movie was promised to be cool. It's created entirely from open-source content (i.e. nothing here was created for this piece). Report back all thoughts and comments.

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So sad! I got busy, stopped writing, and now no one will look at my blog. Sniff, sniff. "Bring the coolness back" the People say. And the People are always right.Well, if you want something even cooler to look at than this sad excuse for a blog, go to Google's competition/imitator for maps. Seems Yahoo!'s trying to get back in the game. It's about time.

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Anyone remember when the Simpsons had a three-eyed fish? Well, it’s come true (sorta) off the coast of So Cal. Should we be worried? Hell yes! When the Simpsons starts coming true, we’re all in trouble.

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Will you be hit by the nasty clicking monster? I'm betting yes. See how much faith I have in you guys? Have fun exploring...

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I thought 3 posts in one morning was enough, but then I saw this. Pulled directly from NYTimes.com:According to a CBS News poll last month, 51 percent of Americans reject the theory of evolution, saying that God created humans in their present form. And reflecting a longstanding sentiment, 38 percent of Americans believe that creationism should be taught instead of evolution, according to an

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Like Threadless.com, but political: SharpAsToast! p.s. Currently addicted to Blur's song “Tender.”

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Now this is just damn cool: cell phones to get Google maps. These actual maps are better than Yahoo directions offered for past phones. Unfortunately, if your phone is Verizon or you want it on your blackberry, it will not work for you... yet. You also need Java on your phone.

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I love stuff like this: a tree looks like Jesus. (If that link doesn't work, try this ABC story). Actually, I found this kinda cool AP wheel that might be worth exploring. I loaded it from the comcast.net home page, so you might have to access it that way.

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Imagine having your love immortalized forever. Sounds appealing, right? Not when it's done this way...

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This makes searching a lot cooler! Wanna find a book and see if there’s a movie that goes with it and then want to see if anybody’s mentioned it in a blog recently? Easy as Amazon (a special, cool Amazon: don’t avoid this link just because you think I’m sending you to normal dotcom-ville)! Now here’s a challenge: find something about this site you wish it could do but doesn’t. Then tell me about

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“If people expect you will ask them tough questions, and not hesitate to push them hard until you get answers, they will prepare for them before they meet with you. They will not waste your time.” —Source: The Art of Project Management

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Anyone surprised that Anna Nicole’s lawyer is named Howard Stern. How fitting! It’ll be strange to see them before the Supreme Court.

wallowmuddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468682597596907413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309827.post-1130899994049357782005-11-01T21:45:00.000-05:002005-11-01T21:53:14.066-05:00

Though we can recall dangerous toys or cars, the USDA cannot recall meat filled with deadly contaminates. Among the top 25 House representatives who receive restaurant industry funds, only four were Democrats between 1987 and 1996. The Reagan and Bush adminstrations staffed the U.S. Department of Agriculture with officials far more interested in government deregulation than in food safety.

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I wandered into Bath & Body Works on Monday and what do I hear? Freakin’ Christmas music, that’s what, punks! Grrrr...

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Ever notice in the New York subways, there are signs to tell you what to do in case of disaster? And for every single one, including fire, the main instruction is Don’t Pull the Emergency Break. Tell an MTA employee. Seeing as it’s difficult to even find an MTA employee, I don't see how this is a helpful instruction. I suppose you could try to shout down the train to the guy who stands in the

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I have finally hit the point where the world has run out of people. I’m in a new job and everyone looks like someone I’ve met before. I’m either on a reality show (unbeknownst to me) with lots of washed up actors or the video game of life has run out of stock players to appear.

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So there's a picture of mars that's so detailed, you can see individual grains of Martian dust. If you download the picture and zoom in, you can study any rock as if you've got your nose pressed against it.I made a new desktop background by cropping into the rock formation on the right.There's more galleries from other planets. Browse the navigation at the top of the page.

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Government Tracking You with Secret Code in Color Printers"The US government has succeeded in persuading some color laser printer manufacturers to encode each page with identifying information. That means that without your knowledge or consent, an act you assume is private could become public...We've found that the dots from at least one line of printers encode the date and time your document was

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Via BoingBoing, I see that Jacob Nielsen has published Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes. Seems like I'm making every possible design mistake. My co-blogger will not be pleased.

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From crooksandliars, Condi Rice confirms the "Project for a New American Century" manifesto . Or at least does nothing to discredit its role in the Iraq war.An open letter to Bill Clinton in 1997 reveals why PNAC is so relevent today. It's signed by the likes of Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, I. Lewis ("Scooter") Libby (of Plamegate fame), and the Neocon war cheerleaders Richard Perle, and Paul

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Everyone's name has a meaning. Many are from Greek antiquity, or ancient Hebrew. I thought "Maria" was interesting. Find yours, and then check out the real names of all these celebrities.

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Let me lay out for you the facts that comprise one of the saddest moments in recent U.S. history (and that’s saying something): 1. Sen. Cain, Colin Powell and a number of pro-Iraq War politicians have supported or voted for a bill that would outlaw the abusive treatment of prisoners both on U.S. soil and beyond. 2. This bill is amazingly bipartisan, having passed the Senate 90 to 9. 3. And guess

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