November 26, 2003
Most Disturbing Record Album Cover Ever: mr. bat
November 25, 2003
If you're me or my mom, you'll be greatly interested in these Collections of Word Oddities and Trivia and this Fun With Words page.
November 24, 2003
Ah, behold, rescued from the scrapheap of history: THE VICTORIAN INTERNET
Someone is blogging the freeways of Southern California - FREEWAYBLOGGER.com
November 22, 2003
Election result maps often do a very bad job of representing actual vote outcomes because they use a georgphic scale to represent something that isn't truly determined by geography. Think how Greenland seems as large as Africa on many maps, compared to how much power Greenland would have politically. this site attempts to do a better job of explaining the CA Gov. election outcome visually.
November 21, 2003
I love Web pages like this one. DRAGONS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is this B.C. comic strip anti-Islam? And if so, is that a problem?
November 19, 2003
This is a VERY GOOD example of a VERY BAD site designer: Built by Re
Will L.A.'s Real Estate Bubble Burst? [No.] Since 1969, home prices in California have appreciated an average of 8.3% per year. These days, they can go up almost that much in a month.
The Poisoned Project is a Kazaa network-based P2P tool for Mac.
The End of the World, as predicted by one funny, slightly deranged Flash-programming Webber.
November 18, 2003
Find out about Fast Company's move to clean up their site and switch it to CSS and XML based code: WaSP : Learn : Interviews : Dan Cederholm
November 17, 2003
Unique ID A programmer's hobby is analysing the numbers that control one's life (in the U.S.)
November 13, 2003
I'm quoted in this article: Are Movie Celebs Picking on Online Entertainment Journos? Maybe
November 12, 2003
Forbes.com: Inside Dope is their cover story about th B.C. pot industry that some say brings in up to $7 billion USD per year.
November 11, 2003
A List a Day offers that most American of conceits, the list as information disemmination vehicle.
The New York Times: Science celebrates its 25th anniversary by asking 25 questions for the ages, including the most important: "Why did they skip #7?"
The complete list...
November 10, 2003
Science
(1) Does Science Matter?
(2) Is War Our Biological Destiny?
(3) Will Humans Ever Visit Mars?
(4) How Does the Brain Work?
(5) What Is Gravity, Really?
(6) Will We Ever Find Atlantis?
(8) What Should We Eat?
(9) When Will the Next Ice Age Begin?
(10) What Happened Before the Big Bang?
(11) Could We Live Forever?
(12) Are Men Necessary? ...
... Are Women Necessary?
(13) What Is the Next Plague?
(14) Can Robots Become Conscious?
(15) Why Do We Sleep?
(16) Are Animals Smarter Than We Think?
(17) Can Science Prove the Existence of God?
(18) Is Evolution Truly Random?
(19) How Did Life Begin?
(20) Can Drugs Make Us Happier? Smarter?
(21) Should We Improve Our Genome?
(22) How Much Nature Is Enough?
(23) What Is the Most Important Problem in Math Today?
(24) Where Are Those Aliens?
(25) Do Paranormal Phenomena Exist?
November 09, 2003
Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age -- but this page should also point out that many of these people were crazy or died young, just to keep visitors from feeling too bad
November 07, 2003
Americans Use Media Far More Than They Realize: Television, at 4.5 hours a day, is the most used medium. 4.5 HOURS. A DAY.
That's an additional part time job. That's enough time to learn a foreign language in a year. That's enough time to train for a marathon. That's lunacy! (And, even scarier, what are they all watching?)
November 06, 2003
Jerky of the Month: With a picture of a lot of jerky.
November 05, 2003
Ambo Gear - Los Angeles-based designer Robin Rauzi's new line of gear and attire inspired by the shaved head of her girlfriend, Amy.
November 04, 2003
The Specious Report | Political Satire | News Parody -- Damn, this is funny!
Emerging Alternatives: Blogworld The New Amateur Journalists Weigh In, By Matt Welch
I just took an 80s quiz and got a score of 74.5. I also got about 30 songs fighting each other in my head now. Ouch.
BBC NEWS | Biggest solar flare goes off Powerful solar flares are given an "X" designation, usually 1-9. Today's flare went off the scale, researchers say it was "well above X20."
Ten years later: The gunman who had no bullets a profile from The Macon Telegraph
November 03, 2003
num1000remix: An eyepopping flash animation techno music piece, brought to my attention by metafilter
November 02, 2003
Simon Willison: Learning to use Floats: I should read this, but probably won't get around to it. So I saved it here.
Journal | keaner.net is a comic artist who keeps a journal. I really like his style.