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Buffalo, etc.

ChasFile — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:53:46 -0800

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ChasFile — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:42:41 -0800

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Linkology

ChasFile — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:56:26 -0800

Linkology is a neat little graphic that shows how the top 50 blogs link to one another. Direct to the pdf.

Strategery

ChasFile — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:38:26 -0800

State of the Union Drinking Game Its that time of year again, and it seems to get bigger (and more partisan) each time. Now Kos has one, as does Arianna Huffington. Here's another, and another.(prev ious)

Get back here with my hat!

ChasFile — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:14:42 -0800

Cities is a cross between Urban Dead and Kingdom of Loathing.

The Oracle of Omaha

ChasFile — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:33:35 -0800

Warren Buffett's letters to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway make for some entertaining reading and are studied in B schools around the country. The 2004 letter [pdf] was recently released.

The 2005 Flashforward San Francisco Finalists

ChasFile — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 17:39:54 -0800

The 2005 Flashforward Finalists for the San Francisco conference have been announced. Loads of cutting-edge Flash fun for a snowed-in evening. Vote for your favorites.

2004 Flash Forward Winners

ChasFile — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 10:48:16 -0800

The 2004 Flash Forward Winners have been announced. More Friday Flash Fun than you can shake an actionscript at.

I For One Welcome Our New Robots Overlords

ChasFile — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:48:14 -0800

Captured! by Robots is a band made up of one man and the robots he buit to accompany him. Only the robots - DRMBOT, GTRBOT, AUTOMOTOM, and the HEADLESS HORNSMEN - revolted and enslaved him. Now he has no choice but to serve their evil ends - touring the Western United States and enslaving everyone they come into contact with through song. S o m e v i d e o s of them in action. (.mov)

A Chemical Love Story

ChasFile — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 14:38:47 -0800

PiHKAL - Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved: A Chemical Love Story, by Alexander and Ann Shulgin, is the online version of the book of the same name. It contains personal accounts by the Shulgins detailing the chemical procedures used in the synthesis, and lengthy qualitative reports regarding the subsequent ingestion, of 179 different types of Phenethylamines, the family of chemicals that includes 2C-B, Mescaline - the active ingredient in Peyote, and MDMA - better known as ecstasy. See also the sequel TiHKAL - Tryptamines I Have Known And Loved: The Chemistry Continues, again by the Shulgins, whose highlights include DMT and LSD.