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Don't be a sitting duck

tellurian — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:05:53 -0800

Subivor - People should have more protection than a necktie, their shirt or paper towel to cover their mouth, nose and eyes. They need Moist Towelettes too. [via]

The Assembly of Space Shuttle Discovery

grouse — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:54:14 -0800

The Assembly of Space Shuttle Discovery

For Arthur

CunningLinguist — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:16:35 -0800

A handful of pretty great spacewalk pix from last summer's Endeavour mission.

Jacques Brel et compagnie

Kattullus — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:31:22 -0800

YouTube user lightning49 has 160 of videos of French singers which she has subtitled with her translations. Her biggest collection is of Jacques Brel videos but there are also songs performed by George Brassens, Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf as well as a smattering of other stuff. To start you off with a few songs here are three of my favorite songs by Brel, Je suis un soir d'éte, Le moribond and La valse à mille temp along with Charles Aznavour's La boheme, Edith Piaf's Milord and Georges Brassens' Les passantes.

#3[T1:Al Gore) i'm gonna make a sandwich and invent the internets ... brb

not_on_display — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:43:50 -0800

Before instant messaging, before chat groups, before IRC... there was Diversi-Dial. As the eighties became the nineties, the internet grew, and DDial died. Or did it? More than 20 years later--still at 300 baud and on an original Apple ][e--DDial lives on! Back in the early 1980's, the movie "WarGames" was played repeatedly on cable. Home computers, such as the Apple ][ and the C=64, were becoming affordable, and had ports into which you could plug a modem. Put the peanut butter in the chocolate, and soon, many socially angst-ridden or isolated teens were made aware of each others' presence in surrounding towns and counties via the various BBS's (Bulletin Board Systems) of the time. But a single BBS where many users could congregate together at the same time was rare. (Compuserve had a multi-user online chat feature at the time, but their rates--around $6/hr--were exorbitant, especially on a kid's paper-route budget.) Enter DiversiDial, written by Bill Basham of Diversified Software Research, which took advantage of the ability to plug seven modems into an Apple ][e at once. The result? Thousands of teenagers (and some actual weird-ass adults) across North America ~~wasting~~ spending millions of teen-hours talking about everything and nothing, trading wit, barbs, phone numbers, and generally scooping themselves out a social niche where none had existed before. Meet-ups? Well, imagine a house packed full of intelligent, often nerdy, no-longer-alienated eighties teens, and Budweiser (among other intoxicants) purchased by someone's older sibling. John Hughes would have been proud. Before AOL. Before the internets. Way, way before MeFi. If you were a DDialer, nostalgiacize here. (My local DDial was #5150 in Reveeah, MA, formerly DDial 2112 in Lynnfield.)

Images of unknown provenance

tellurian — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:46:44 -0800

*M*I*R*R*O*R* *W*O*R*L*D* Photographs Of Unknown Origin [NSFW]

HelpMyBabyLive.com- There are no words

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:55:32 -0800

HelpMyBabyLive.com It comes down to this. If we can't raise the $50,000 in the next 3 months, we'll have to choose abortion. And you thought Save Karyn was bad. Via

I'm a girl watcher...

phrontist — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:54:34 -0800

Modest, yet fashionable. It may be February, but you'd best get an early start finding the perfect modest swimwear. Onesies are probably best left the domain of christian harlots. A two-piece is right out. How about a four-piece? The fine folks at Haşema and Ahiida can hook you up with the hottest styles this season. After a refreshing swim, why not go for a jog?

Have You Seen Me?

fandango_matt — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:33:20 -0800

Requiem for La Contessa: After she was set afire in December, three questions arose: who burned her, why, and what became of her figurehead? The first two have been answered, but the third remains a mystery despite the sculpture's brief appearance in a photo on tribe.net.

"Window in the Sky", a U2 montage of 137 video clips

stbalbach — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:20:28 -0800

"Window in the Sky" is a YouTube style video synch mash-up done on a professional budget with the magic of copyright clearances. "It's a triumph of postmodern reconstruction" says the Washington Post.

I swear it was 7 just a couple of minutes ago...

buzzv — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:50:41 -0800

The Clock is ticking again.

Pathetic little fat man, noones bloody laughing

headless — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:07:45 -0800

"See his pug-nose face." David Bowie, from Extras second season, which premieres tomorrow in USA. Stephen Merchant (from today's RADAR) and Ricky Gervais have been mentioned here before, but I think the David Bowie clip is worth it.

La Planète sauvage

smoothvirus — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:31:43 -0800

La Planète sauvage - based on the novel Oms en Série by Stefan Wul, and known to the English speaking world as Fantastic Planet, is a wonderfully psychadelic animated Sci-Fi film from 1973. An international production between France and Czechoslovakia, the movie has a cult following, mostly from viewers who saw it on USA's Night Flight in the 1980's. Although it has languished in obscurity for some time, Hollywood has decided it's time for a live action remake. For those who haven't seen it, or for people who haven't seen it in twenty years, some kind soul has uploaded the entire film to Youtube. You'll never look at your pets the same way again.

video of LAPD beating up a gang member

Bravocharlie — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:40:35 -0800

was there just a second ago... Cop Watch LA, a police watchdog group, posted the video on YouTube, said organizer Joaquin Cienfuegos. Cienfuegos said the video was shot by a neighbor of Cardenas with a cell phone camera. The neighbor gave it to Cardenas' family, who then gave it to Cop Watch, according to Cienfuegos.

A Teenage Guide to Self-Control

punkfloyd — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:28:37 -0800

At a certain age, young people get seemingly uncontrollable urges. But, in accordance with God's plan, these urges must be controlled.

Naughty politicians

eunoia — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:26:23 -0800

Should a politician's "artistic endeavors" come into play when voters go to the polls? George Allen thinks that parts of his opponent, Jim Webb's, novels are demeaning to women and contain depictions of incest. Also, Republican candidate for Texas Comptroller, Susan Combs, is being accused of writing porngraphy because of excerpts like these from a romance novel she wrote 15 years ago. And they're not the only politicians who've written naughty things.

Not that the answers make it any better.

aerotive — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:47:57 -0800

Pet Peeves in Customer Service Why cellphones are so proprietary, why PA systems sound terrible, why rental companies gouge on gas, and answers to other vexing questions.

Umdenken

BuddhaInABucket — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:51:10 -0800

Useful German Products

Politics for adults

tellurian — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:03:31 -0800

18DoughtyStreet Talk TV - 'the home of anti-establishment TV' launches today (they do seem to have fallen a bit behind on their blog though). [trailer] The two main presenters are Tim Montgomerie and Iain Dale. Anti-establishment?

I've never thought about it that way...

squidfartz — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:23:24 -0800

Guy Fournier has resigned. I like pooping too, but let's not overdo it.

"Friendliest military coup ever": Thai coup leaders urge soldiers to smile

dwarfplanet — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:55:11 -0800

Coup leaders urge Thai soldiers to smile Military coup leaders in Thailand — often called the "Land of Smiles" — apparently don't want to ruin that image. They've ordered soldiers to smile. Army radio broadcasts are reminding soldiers to be friendly and courteous, especially to children. Many Thais have described this as the friendliest coup ever seen in a land with a history of violent coups.

armed banner heroic struggle bourgeois revanchist stooges funny

jfuller — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:58:47 -0800

What's Liberal About The Liberal Arts? The Graphic Novel. Downloading only one .pdf file this year? Make it this one. (Not credited in the file. It's by Chris Clark.).)

Political NASCAR - Sponsor a Senator

riley370 — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:17:20 -0800

Here are the NASCAR-style uniforms they would wear if companies were proud of their political donations, and if running for senate required a flame-retardant suit.

Domino Theory in Motion

wheelieman — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:46:07 -0800

What do you get when you take a ton of dominos, insert a lot of creativity, and put it online in a non you tube format? Genius . Via

Happy Birthday, Don, wherever you are

padraigin — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:05:53 -0800

Sars still hasn't found Don. Previously.