August 1, 2009

The Longest Way

Guy takes a picture of himself every day... as he walks across China. (slyt)
posted by shii at 10:29 PM PST - 39 comments

Nice tomato

Weirdo Yoga Farmers (slyt)
posted by Antidisestablishmentarianist at 10:06 PM PST - 24 comments

Underground: USA

Geoff is on a road trip around the lower forty-eight United States visiting cities and towns with the same names as London's tube stops. He's calling it Underground: USA. [more inside]
posted by cdmwebs at 9:14 PM PST - 18 comments

Obama's Iran Policy

The Making of an Iran Policy: Inside the Obama administration’s struggle with its biggest diplomatic challenge.
posted by homunculus at 8:08 PM PST - 21 comments

Sexy Tattooed Librarians

Sexy tattooed librarians.
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 7:44 PM PST - 76 comments

Well, I don't know, pictures

Them Thangs, NSFW, 13 pages of, well, stuff. Not much reading required.
posted by mss at 7:22 PM PST - 68 comments

Bringin' 'em down. Or, over.

From Sheffield, England to Yongbyon, North Korea, nuclear plant cooling towers are coming down! And pretty much without a hitch. Things didn't go quite so well, though, for an old flour factory in Turkey, which just rolled over onto its roof. D'oh!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:01 PM PST - 34 comments

Heres Mitta

Heres Mitta -- is 140 (and counting) short comic flash animations featuring a hermit living in the desert, a space alien, a monkey, and a beautiful genie. [more inside]
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 6:16 PM PST - 2 comments

Perhaps "Screen Bleach" would be more accurate....

Charlie Brooker, host , columnist and inspiration for Zero Punctuation's Yahtzee is an overall snarky bloke. He has his own tribute song and a brilliant TV review programme Screenwipe. [more inside]
posted by litleozy at 5:31 PM PST - 34 comments

Why did the Chicken cross the road?

The Beatles 'most famous' album cover inspires dozens of imitations
posted by nam3d at 4:45 PM PST - 42 comments

Schwarzenegger cut ALL state funding for domestic violence programs

On Tuesday, July 28, Arnold Schwarzenegger eliminated 100% of California domestic violence shelters' state funding. Ninety-four shelters will be affected, and the cut may lead to domestic violence victims being turned away because of a decrease in the number of staff available, a cut in programs, or shelter closure. StopFamilyViolence.org asks California residents to contact Schwarzenegger and their state legislators and request that the funding be reinstated.
posted by Four-Eyed Girl at 2:44 PM PST - 176 comments

Liberal media? Free press? Journalistic integrity? How quaint.

The NYT reports that GE has brokered a deal between MSNBC and Fox News to "reconcile" Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly, preventing further criticism of each other or GE. The deal went into effect June 1, the very same day Olbermann declared he was "quarantining" Fox, avoiding discussion of the channel in the future. Mr. Olbermann, who is on vacation, said by e-mail message, “I am party to no deal.” Glenn Greenwald breaks down the political consequences of the deal.
posted by mek at 1:40 PM PST - 62 comments

And the Pursuit of Happiness

Maira Kalman (previously - 1 | 2 | 3) on Benjamin Franklin.
posted by ericb at 11:35 AM PST - 16 comments

Discover, Explore and Document

NYC Grid is a photo blog dedicated to exploring and discovering The City of New York block by block and corner by corner. Updated every weekday, each post covers a new block with a focus on the mundane and ephemeral. An optimistic snapshot of New York as it is now. [more inside]
posted by netbros at 11:27 AM PST - 8 comments

Canada getting all up in your Facebook

In response to a complaint by law students at the University of Ottawa in May of 2008, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has found that Facebook is operating contrary to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. In other words, Facebook is breaching Canadian privacy law. Facebook has pledged to work with the Canadian government on this issue, and has 30 days to comply; if the Commissioner remains unsatisfied with their progress, they may take the case to Federal Court to force compliance.
posted by stinkycheese at 9:47 AM PST - 45 comments

"America's Imaginary Medieval Period"

NPR: American Castles. With interactive map. Previously. Also, on Flickr.
posted by Miko at 6:00 AM PST - 28 comments

trippy kids' show from the 50s :P

Andy's Gang - 1 2 3: "The green puppet, Froggy the Gremlin, appeared in a puff of smoke, and was always interrupting the story." [more inside]
posted by kliuless at 5:55 AM PST - 10 comments

it's a Federal crime

Brian W. Walsh thinks You're (Probably) A Federal Criminal.
posted by nickyskye at 5:43 AM PST - 97 comments

Viva la Evolucion

A new Latin America is emerging on the global political stage. A two part video from Al Jazeera analysing how the Obama administration may deal with Latin America and what the relations will mean on a global level.
Viva la Evolucion - - Part 1 & Part 2
Featuring an exclusive interview with Noam Chomsky, and panel Dr Celia Szusterman, Associate fellow, Chatham House; Prof Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Harvard University and former Brazilian strategic affairs minister; and Dr Andres Mejia Acosta
posted by adamvasco at 4:27 AM PST - 8 comments

Amazing Robot Dexterity

Astounding robotics demo featuring three dribbling, catching, stick-twirling fingers from the future, but right now
posted by mhjb at 12:34 AM PST - 21 comments

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