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The tiny Book of Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France. (via)
posted by Slithy_Tove at 11:37 PM PST - 7 comments

Using found objects, a flatbed scanner, and an Iris printer, Maggie Taylor creates images that are described as haunting, surreal, whimsical, and beautiful.
posted by docpops at 9:08 PM PST - 15 comments

Diet and behavior.
posted by Gyan at 8:55 PM PST - 30 comments

Ethicsgate continues: Today, the bipartisan Government Accountability Office declared that the Bush administration broke the law by paying Armstrong Williams to write favorable columns about the No Child Left Behind Act, funneling public funds to a PR firm to sift through news stories and gauge media perception of Bush policies, and financing phony TV news reports giving the President's education policies "an A-plus," creating what the GAO called "covert propaganda." [Williams et. al. previously discussed here.]
posted by digaman at 7:54 PM PST - 59 comments

Stealth Evangelism? on the National Mall in DC --sponsored by Pepsi, too. People attending The DC Festival will not see any clue -- not even a simple cross -- to suggest the real nature of the gathering: broadcasting the message of Jesus Christ.
Bio of the organizer, Luis Palau, here, including this: “We began to realize that the traditional ‘crusade’ model - uniformed choir, the suits on the platform, and old, traditional hymns - wasn’t the way to go for us,” Palau says. “We want to attract the un-churched, and we want them to encounter God, and bring them all to Christ and to understand and to connect.”
posted by amberglow at 7:35 PM PST - 74 comments

Philco's line of Predicta televisions are quite possibly the most distinctive sets ever designed in North America. New versions of old classics. via TWoP.
posted by macadamiaranch at 7:23 PM PST - 25 comments

Aside from saving money on admission to Disney World and other theme parks, Florida residents can now use deadly force! A series of ads being runned in British papers warns potential tourists of Florida's new Shoot-First law (or the "Stand Your Ground" law for the 'backers out there). Paid for by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. [Previously on mefi]
posted by icontemplate at 6:58 PM PST - 53 comments

Is God nothing more than an attempt to explain order and good fortune by those who do not understand the mathematics of chance, the principles of self-organizing systems, or the psychology of the human mind? Daniel Gilbert, a professor of Psychology and head of the Social Cognition and Emotion Laboratory at Harvard, discusses his latest research and soon to be published study about the vagaries of religious experience.
posted by pmbuko at 5:07 PM PST - 66 comments

Next month, I'll be paying to see a black and white movie for the first time since 1974's "Young Frankenstein". This time the subject this time is slightly more serious: Edward R. Murrow vs Senator Joseph McCarthy. Listen to Walter Cronkite recount the historical (and historic) events of 50 years gone by. The jury is still out, but after just his second film we can venture that George Clooney might have the makings of a pretty good director (as well as one who can raise the level of debate regarding whether fear should be used to take away civil liberties). A recent Salon interview with Clooney and (of course) you've got to see the trailers (Windows Media and QuickTime).
posted by spock at 4:55 PM PST - 43 comments

Typetester, for web designers. via
posted by btwillig at 1:18 PM PST - 23 comments

Charles Burns' Goon Squad e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. [More Burns links inside.]
posted by safetyfork at 10:33 AM PST - 13 comments

Born Cold. A short from toddanimation.com about why it's bad to build snowmen near nuclear waste dumps.
posted by casarkos at 10:17 AM PST - 8 comments

Clever experiment on how to grill cheese sandwiches using a clothes iron.
posted by mrkredo at 10:17 AM PST - 44 comments

"It is with full knowledge of the law that I'm now telling you that if you do not attempt to make restitution I will attempt to kill Ted Turner, and if he is unreachable in his ivory tower, then I only need kill one CNN employee and it will be on your hands."
This is the story of Sean Dix.
posted by Silune at 9:17 AM PST - 63 comments

BibliOdyssey is a new and spectacular compendium of the printed image. From detailed posts on Rare Books of the Japanese Diet Library to a look at some strange illustrations for The Master and the Margarita, the site has a broad range and an eclectic composition authorized by the quality of the posts. Other highlights include Micrographia, a mysterious Astronomické České, the prints of Jacques Callot, and images from Sydney Parkinson's journal of his explorations of New Zealand and Australia. Be sure to look through the archives.
posted by OmieWise at 8:06 AM PST - 13 comments

The Most Officialest SkiFree Home Page is the page of the original SkiFree game that shipped with Windows 3.1, by Chris Pirih. There's even a 32 bit Windows XP version! (zip, exe, 37k!) Also, make sure to check out the SkiFree fan fiction. Have fun, and watch out for the monster at the end!
posted by anomie at 7:56 AM PST - 19 comments

Find the Brownie No, not Where's Waldo amidst disaster, but that could be fun too. [via]
posted by jeffburdges at 7:32 AM PST - 21 comments

Web 2.0 overload - "eHub is a constantly updated list of web applications, services, resources, blogs or sites with a focus on next generation web (web 2.0), social software, blogging, Ajax, Ruby on Rails, location mapping, open source, folksonomy, design and digital media sharing." Tons of links to mashup apps like PervWatch, Podomatic, ThinkFree, etc, etc, etc...(note: a lot of these sites are in beta)
posted by tpl1212 at 6:20 AM PST - 41 comments

TGIF: Email!! [mpeg, Crude Humour (Maybe NSFW)]
posted by Colloquial Collision at 5:55 AM PST - 15 comments

Branded Entertainment. Where the insinuation of products in to entertainment reaches new levels of taste and decency. Flashbacks to 'The Truman Show' are symptomatic of this phenomena. The cause, as judged by market research, is the misuse and abuse of DVR players to block advertising messages. However, there could be a new artform in this; some consumers would like to see a new kind of advertising to augment Brand and Myths [more inside].
posted by gsb at 4:02 AM PST - 32 comments

Toy Noise reminds me of Windows Noises... And then there's this: iiiiiiii. Happy Friday.
posted by hypersloth at 3:39 AM PST - 11 comments

Ski San Francisco. Ski wax company trucks a bunch of snow into SF, dumps it on Fillmore St., skiers and snowboarders get air while others take pictures.
posted by planetkyoto at 2:51 AM PST - 23 comments