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A contract with US Gov.

Artw — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:29:09 -0800

The usual summary of comic book artist Will Eisner’s career follows the formula that he drew the Spirit all through the 1940s except for the war years and a bunch of ‘graphic novels’ from 1978 till the end of his life in 2005. There’s a long missing period between 1951 and 1978 during which he packaged and adapted cartoon art to commercial purposes, which has not been readily available for our scrutiny or pleasure. It is sometimes summarily dismissed as being of little interest. - Artist Eddie Campbell reappraises Will Eisner's missing years.

Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness

sixcolors — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:41:10 -0800

Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness For those who have their mind in the gutter, you may enjoy some of the submissions.

Do The Indie Kid

jontyjago — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:40:36 -0800

Hands Behind Your Back. Do the Indie Kid (SLYT).

Get Laid More Often

jonson — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:26:31 -0800

Learn to Play Guitar! Justin, of JustinGuitar.com (not the dork with the TV camera strapped to his head) offers over 100 free video guitar lessons for absolute noobs & guitar enthusiasts, with lesson categories & written instrx as well. For people who want tablature to play along, the good people of Guitar Video Tabs provide full tab notation under videos hundreds of popular songs.

Giant Squid Kinetic Sculpture

jonson — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:43:00 -0800

How to build a Giant Squid kinetic sculpture out of found materials. Step by step instructions provided.

Autoplaying an Encrypted Thumb drive

Mitheral — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:55:23 -0800

Autoplaying an Encrypted Thumb drive: Step by step instructions to get a thumb drive encrypted with TrueCrypt to automatically mount on Windows when inserted. Truecrypt requires Administrative Access.

They just don't make them like they used to (but you can).

Mitheral — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:08:14 -0800

Alternative Photography. How-tos and galleries of albumen prints, ambrotypes, tintypes (modern), (classic), temperaprint and many more. The article section is varied and includes instructions on making a cyanotype quilt and digital cyanotypes.

Starting a religion

Mip — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:00:55 -0800

Starting a Religion is not as obvious as you think. In true form, Iggy Chaos (hilariously) gets ready to setup his.

Modular Origami

dwordle — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 09:23:55 -0800

Modular Origami is a very cool thing. Make a Buckyball with some PHiZZ units or make some polyhedra with the penultimate modules.

Make your own 12 sided calendar

meowchow — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 18:07:09 -0800

Bored at work ? , pick a shape/year and put that printer at work to good use and make your boss a 12 sided calendar.

transitive relations

plexi — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:04:18 -0800

How to Get Ready for Bed. Mrs. Rollman's second grade class provides a series of how-to's.

Pearls of wisdom from ordinary folk

iffley — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:04:55 -0800

PageWise offers tips and little essays in simple language: Organize your work desk and files, Care for someone with Alzheimer's, Reduce holiday stress, Parenting advice that really works(!), Fix cooking mistakes, The basics of clothing stain removal. It's a cheap shot, but I particularly liked "Help you child in improving their writing skills". But why wouldn't they build in a search feature? I had to google to find again the article on restraining the elderly. (And what's the deal with the similar WebGuru?).

Posting and You..

sequential — Thu, 26 Aug 2004 22:20:27 -0800

Here's a good guide to posting, in flash form.

Go back toward your behind

elwoodwiles — Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:28:09 -0800

Hall of technical documentation weirdness

The Good Wife's Guide

hama7 — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:03:02 -0800

The Good Wife's Guide.

May be locally applicable.

timeistight — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:05:16 -0800

Charles Miller's Rules of Arguments (via dive into mark).

Got Bacon?

Ogre Lawless — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 21:16:40 -0800

Got bacon? If you love bacon like I do -- and I know you do -- you'll find yourself wishing you had a ecological AND pipe-friendly way of disposing of All That Grease. Add lye + water, and if you don't go blind, you have soap.

Civil Disobedience Training

fold_and_mutilate — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:33:24 -0800

Civil Disobedience Training (html version), The Handbook for Nonviolent Action and Civil Disobedience Training, Nonviolent Action Handbook, and Non-violence Discipline. And then there's that crackpot who wrote in the Dhammapada that "hate is not overcome by hate; by Love (Metta) alone is hate appeased. This is an eternal law." One imagines other texts on the timely topics of peace, nonviolence, and war resistance may exist -- Martin Luther King pointedly noted, "there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to obey the laws of Nebuchadnezzar because a higher moral law was involved. It was practiced superbly by the early Christians who were willing to face hungry lions and the excruciating pain of chopping blocks, before submitting to certain unjust laws of the Roman empire."

Talk about recycling

djspicerack — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:08:54 -0800

Got Dog Food Cans? Get Broadband. David Taylor, an IT manager in Britain, has built a 802.11 receiver out of dog food cans, in order to have his access reachable at a Travelodge hotel across town. A fascinating arrangement, and quite the entreprenuerial showing.

Spoon — Fri, 04 Oct 2002 05:34:06 -0800

Sand Art

TNLNYC — Thu, 20 Jun 2002 06:01:19 -0800

Ease of Use? IBM sends mixed message... see how complicated the instructions are to order this poster.

vacapinta — Sun, 05 May 2002 22:03:24 -0800

"Do It is a manual of artist's instructions for you to actualize. It includes works by over 60 contemporary artists ... Once you have actualized an instruction, please send us a picture and your name, we will include it in the manual" I dont know about you, but I'm going to go get some boards and a bunch of bugs to squash right now - for Baldessari, of course. [via caterina]

GatorDavid — Tue, 04 Dec 2001 06:55:00 -0800

SpacecraftKits.com has an interesting way of keeping their costs low. They do it "through mass production, and by putting the extensive assembly instructions and fact sheets ... online, rather than mailing them to you." I think that's a great idea. That way if they want to revise some part of the instructions, or add schematics or notes or ideas from people who might have experienced problems, they can allow all customers to see the new instructions without having to send recall notices or try to track exactly who owns their product. This gives a company the ability to hyperlink instructions with tons of additional information, as well as definitions and photographs. I really think all toy manufacturers should do this. It would also be great for furniture makers - Sauder and those places that make built-it-yourself desks and bookcases, etc. That way you could order that missing bolt or screw or broken piece of shelving directly from the manufacturer ...

roboto — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 06:26:16 -0800

Are you going to deep fry a turkey today? After searching google for deep fried pics to post on fark [filepile is down and andre got a game cube so I had to join fark], I discovered that accidents happen. Happy Thanksgiving and, hey, be careful out there.

grumblebee — Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:57:37 -0800

Do you use Photoshop and and Epson Inkjet printer? Here's a clear article about color management.