May 18, 2007

How to be an Alaskan fisherman

How to be an Alaskan fisherman is a fantastic photoessay by Corey Arnold targeted to any armchair crab hunters who've watched a few episodes of Deadliest Catch, about how to go from being a teenager in California to working one of America's most tortuous & lethal jobs.Via
posted by jonson at 11:57 PM PST - 23 comments

Tidningar. It's a funny name.

Magazine fetish? Like flipping thru mags when you're bored? Tidningar lets you look thru a bunch of Swedish mags, page by page, ads and all. Neat if you're into design. (The link on the left under each mag is full screen--on the right is regular.)
posted by dobbs at 10:03 PM PST - 12 comments

I'll take what's behind door number 4'33".

John Cage gives a little concert on a 1960's gameshow called "I've Got a Secret." (Flashvid)
posted by converge at 9:07 PM PST - 33 comments

Jabberwocky!

Translations [previously]. Pronunciation guide. The movie. The engine. A poster. Spellchecked. And a weird link to Hamlet.
posted by YamwotIam at 9:07 PM PST - 8 comments

Truth or Wikipedia-inspired Truthiness?

The only rat-free zones in the world are the Arctic, the Antarctic, some especially isolated islands, and the province of Alberta in Canada. Alberta is unusual in that rat infestation was prevented by deliberate government action. The first rat did not reach Alberta until 1950, and in 1951 the province launched an extremely aggressive rat-control program that included shooting and poisoning rats, and bulldozing, burning down, and blowing up rat-infested buildings. By 1960 the number of rat infestations in Alberta had dropped below 200 per year and has remained low ever since. We clubbed them with brooms and 2x4s, got most of them that way
posted by KokuRyu at 5:59 PM PST - 54 comments

Do you know what it takes to make Ormitha Macarounada?

The 2007 University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt is concluded. Here is this year's hilarious and often cryptic list of items. [pdf!] [Official Scav Hunt Page] [U. Chicago News.] [Wikipedia.]
posted by kosem at 1:43 PM PST - 26 comments

Penny Farthing World Tour

Joff Summerfield is riding his penny farthing around the world. Check his progress in his online diary.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 1:39 PM PST - 14 comments

Try to beat -55 :)

FridayFlashFun: Cat with Bow Golf. Ridiculous, gravity-defying fun for your Friday afternoon.
posted by knave at 1:21 PM PST - 50 comments

Where Hooters girls go when they retire.

Snackfood reaches it's, um, peak(s)...
posted by jonmc at 1:05 PM PST - 75 comments

Browser Art

Art for your browser. (previously)
posted by mattbucher at 12:58 PM PST - 6 comments

He "lives life in a way that most people cannot imagine."

"IdeaFarm (tm) Associates is an economic association for unselfish people. Its mission is to promote unselfish living by making life better for unselfish people. [...] The organizer is an economist and software developer. He is completing work on a new computer operating system that could destroy the Microsoft monopoly, create a new Internet safe enough for children and the elderly, and provide Associates with a new way to find work and sell products and services."
posted by Avenger at 12:44 PM PST - 30 comments

Challenging the Smithsonian

The non-profit group, Public.resource.org, are challenging the Smithsonian Institution by downloading all 6,288 (mostly) public domain photographs from the very restrictive Smithsonian Images site and reposting them to Flickr. [more: here, here] {via Ramage}
posted by peacay at 12:28 PM PST - 25 comments

Online archive of the history of sport

The Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles has been building a remarkable digital library of documents and articles related to the history of sport and athletic competition. Among the documents currently available are the Official Olympic Reports from all modern Olympic Games through 2002 and back issues from the Journal of Sport History (1974-2002), Baseball Magazine (1909-1918), and the journal Outing (1883-1903), among others. Use the search function to search across all articles.
posted by arco at 11:07 AM PST - 2 comments

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Bombs exploded outside the Mecca Masjid today as people were offering their Friday Prayers. Out of the more than 8,000 worshippers present, a total of 12 have been reported dead, and 50 injured. Also, this comes in the wake of the violence that has been taking place in the State of Punjab.
posted by hadjiboy at 10:45 AM PST - 34 comments

The secret Iraq documents my 8-year-old found

The secret Iraq documents my 8-year-old found. With a couple of keystrokes, you too can read the hidden history of the Coalition Provisional Authority, America's late, unlamented occupation government in Iraq.
posted by nevercalm at 10:31 AM PST - 50 comments

Smokey Stover

Foo! Notary sojac! 1506 nix nix!
posted by JHarris at 10:28 AM PST - 20 comments

the sound of two machines talking

I Chat, Therefore I Am... Outputs from chatterbots A.L.I.C.E. and Jabberwacky are piped back in forth and have a conversation that goes from nonsensical one line to surreal the next. [via Digg and BB]
posted by daHIFI at 10:20 AM PST - 40 comments

The missing 23 cents?

Do Women and Men Earn Equal Pay in 2007? Are women truly earning 77 cents for every dollar that men earn in the same jobs, as some activists, including restaurant owners in Oregon, claim? Or are women earning 23 cents less on the dollar based on total income because men traditionally spend more time on the workplace during their lives, relocate more often for jobs and accept dangerous jobs that pay more? That's one man's take on it.
posted by CameraObscura at 10:10 AM PST - 98 comments

ericlovesshrek@timanderic.com

The wait is ogre. Just a reminder from Tim and Eric. Share the memories.
posted by nola at 10:09 AM PST - 28 comments

You+Quiz=Painting

CreatePaintings: "Take a quick personality test to produce your very own work of art. No artistic experience is required."
posted by Orb at 9:28 AM PST - 39 comments

Investigating Russia's NGO Crackdown

Russia's attack on independent voices. In 2005, Alexandra Poolos interviewed Russian journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya. Two years later, Politkovskaya is one of fourteen journalists murdered since Vladimir Putin came to power, and Frontline sent Poolos to Russia to investigate the Kremlin's crackdown on independent voices. She reports on voices struggling to survive -- the last independent newspaper, a persecuted Chechen activist -- amidst a booming economy and resurgent authoritarianism.
posted by Coherence Panda at 8:39 AM PST - 5 comments

Assault on Reason

Book Excerpt: The Assault on Reason Time Magazine publishes an excerpt to further whet appetites. Releases on the 22nd.
posted by allkindsoftime at 8:01 AM PST - 94 comments

The Many Uses of Horse Laxatives

It's not the first I've seen, but it might be the nicest. Puget Systems put together a nifty looking mineral-oil submerged computer and do some performance testing. In addition to the requisite YouTube video, there's also a conversation on their forum. The overclockers talk about it as well. [previous submerged mod thread]
posted by Fezboy! at 7:41 AM PST - 25 comments

Up Up and AWAY

Sniff Sniff Sniff. The scourge of medieval Europe and New York City subways lends a helping nose in the fight against land mines.
posted by Stynxno at 7:29 AM PST - 11 comments

Julien

This guy just has to win La Nouvelle Star, France's version of Pop Idol.
posted by Lezzles at 6:55 AM PST - 35 comments

Ancient Chinese Wall Inscriptions

Written Chinese may be older than we thought. Chinese archaeologists think that anicent cliff wall carvings may may take the history of Chinese characters back to 7,000 to 8,000 years ago.
posted by Karmakaze at 6:16 AM PST - 32 comments

Evil Little Bastard Filter

How Could He? After the (who else but) Murdoch owned Sydney telegraph splashed the headline “How Could She” in response to the mother’s abandonment of her new born baby outside a hospital in depressed outer Melbourne suburb of Dandenong, Australia’s Prime Minister Howard leaped to the paper's defence saying that’s how most Australian’s would feel- Is it really how most of us would feel? Or is it just “dog whistle politics” from this past master, or a bad idea to criticise the ‘Tele’ in an election year?
posted by mattoxic at 5:44 AM PST - 42 comments

some Tuvan throat singers.

Throat singing from Tuva's Huun Huur Tu and Kongar-ol Ondar. [all youtube]
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:38 AM PST - 26 comments

Every picture tells a story....

The Evolution of Modern Speech balloons (in painting and caricature). One small part of Andy's Early Comics Archive.
posted by anastasiav at 5:25 AM PST - 10 comments

Yeah, bite me!

Stories of Bram Stoker to enjoy on the 110th anniversary of the publication of Dracula.
posted by Wolfdog at 4:44 AM PST - 3 comments

Bolt ya nugget.

Bolt ya nugget. A send up of ned culture in Glasgow. [Single youtube link alert]
posted by ClanvidHorse at 3:37 AM PST - 39 comments

Dude - where's my ranch?

Yipee ti-yi - zap! The original Singing Cowboy, Gene Autry, defends his Radio Ranch (Autry was a radio star at the time) from gunslingers and Indians evil scientists, and robots from an underground civilization, in a 1935 twelve-chapter movie serial. It's Autry's first movie role (playing a singing cowboy named Gene Autry), and the first talking science fiction film. Longer plot summary of Chapter 1 and Chapter 4.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 3:26 AM PST - 8 comments

Portrait of a Textile Worker

Terese Agnew's Portrait of a Textile Worker.
posted by serazin at 1:00 AM PST - 13 comments

Birdthingy

Trying out MonitorThis , while poking around Lifehacker led me to this first installment of a flash cartoon (looks as if there were more in the works). Shortening the link a bit delivered Birdthingy (Deviantart link, no soundtrack). More interesting works on the artists homepage.
posted by IronLizard at 12:31 AM PST - 3 comments

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