» U.S. vs Us - the US government is monitoring Interstate 5 with equipment so sensitive it can detect a post-chemotherapy cat in a car moving at 70 mph.
» Super Mario World soundtrack done with real instruments. Wonderful.
» You're Not My Father - absolutely ethereal recreation of a scene from the TV program Full House.
» Hyena AudioGame platform - for playing choose-your-own-adventure audiobooks. Limitless applications for vision-impaired users, as well as those wishing to play a game while still doing another task. Plus, the first example game is Lone Wolf, which I'm currently enjoying via a Nintendo DS port.
» Absolutely brutal logic puzzles - Calling them "brainteasers" is a farce. I found only one I thought I might be able to solve.
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Ben Prisk paints the backgrounds for the TV show Squidbillies.
» Autumn - the relentless hunt for the location of a stock Windows XP desktop image.
If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered.Stanley Kubrick
» Out of the Blue - or how to build a brain from scratch.
Java Juice »
Desperate for coffee with an empty pantry, today I opened up the package of Java Juice I got for Christmas. Pouring it into the cup, it smelled uncannily like bacon. According to the current internet-meme rage, this is a good thing. To me, not so much. I added some hot water and took a sip.
Surprisingly, it wasn't bad. In a pinch, it definitely did the trick. It would be great backpacking or camping, but I don't think I'd want it often.
» Tracking cheap jeans - very interesting story of where some cheap garments come from.
» My Forbidden Fruits (and Vegetables) - government commodity crop programs penalize farmers for growing non-commodity crops. You can grow nothing, but you can't grow a watermelon.
I got to ask the grand wizard of the KKK if he'd ever seen Big Momma's House 3. Which was probably the highlight of my career.Zach Galifianakis
via Andy Kehoe
When Present is Not »
Of interest, radiocarbon dates — those that approximate the age of archaeological items — are expressed as years "before present." I had always assumed dates I saw were in reference to the current year, but in actuality, "present" is 1950. Willard Libby discovered the process of radiocarbon dating around this time, for which he won a Nobel Prize.
It makes sense, as publications would become inaccurate over time if "present" did not refer to a specific year. Something new every day.
Decay
Urban
» Things which are nestled in the heart of other things - the cliche is rampant.
Jonas Bendiksen / Magnum Photos
»ALTAI, Russia — Villagers collect scrap from a crashed spacecraft, surrounded by thousands of white butterflies. 2000.
» The Yellow Legal Pad - a history, analysis, prognosis, and romanticization.
