December 2008
[from vaguery] Worldchanging: Lazy Dystopias →
“The biggest problem with dystopian fiction is not its pessimism. I do think there’s a serious issue about who’s interests are best served by making people fear the future, but I think the biggest…
Dec 31st
[from vaguery] Urban Studies - For Geeks, a Frat... →
“The result is a kind of frat house for modern-day mad scientists. Outside the collective’s home is the bustling Fulton Street Mall, where vendors hawk sneakers and bundles of incense. Inside the…
Dec 31st
Politicians - obama and miyagi - Threadbombing →
via http://www.threadbombing.com/details.php?image_id=3070
Dec 28th
Roca & Mariscal Beijing 2008 - Fubiz ™ →
via http://data.fubiz.net/images/roca1.jpg
Dec 28th
"It's not got any dots on it. I'm a... →
A SLYT Christmas gift for anglophile rock nerds worldwide: The Trial Of Ralph McTell, a sketch from the British comedy show French and Saunders featuring Dave Gilmour, Mark King, Lemmy Kilmister,…
Dec 25th
BMJ Christmas Issue →
Every year the British Medical Journal publishes a less-than-serious Christmas edition. This year’s edition includes: Rugby (the religion of Wales) and its influence on the Catholic…
Dec 24th
Henrietta and Merna sing "Go Tell It On The... →
Henrietta and Merna’s enthusiastic Christmas cheer is positively infectious. (Via Arbroath)
Dec 24th
Flickr Photo Download: Escape from LA →
via http://www.flickr.com/photos/reilly_s/3118713182/sizes/l/
Dec 24th
Henrietta and Merna sing "Go Tell It On The... →
Henrietta and Merna’s enthusiastic Christmas cheer is positively infectious. (Via Arbroath)
Dec 24th
Batman's Christmas Sucks →
Never ask the Caped Crusader what he’s doing for the holidays. Mother’s Day is another one to avoid; Father’s Day too. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment »
Dec 23rd
Cake wrecks blog →
The Cake Wrecks blog celebrates the moments “when professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong.” If you can’t read the icing on the cake on the right, it depicts, er, a…
Dec 23rd
Worst/best logos of 2008 →
Brand New runs down the best and worst new logos of 2008. Some of the bad ones are downright awful…the WGN one is crazy bad. (link)
Dec 23rd
Cake wrecks blog →
The Cake Wrecks blog celebrates the moments “when professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong.” If you can’t read the icing on the cake on the right, it depicts, er, a…
Dec 22nd
The End of a Videogame Era →
The video games of the 1983 Sears Wishbook
Dec 22nd
How It Works...The Computer →
via http://davidguy.brinkster.net/computer/default.html
Dec 22nd
Man who set up alternate email for White House... →
From at-Largely (Larisa Alexandrovna): “Mike Connell set-up the alternate email and communications system for the White House. He was responsible for creating the system that hosted…
Dec 22nd
Project #5 - Submissions - Part 4 - BOOOOOOOM! -... →
via http://www.booooooom.com/2008/11/17/project-5-submissions-part-4/
Dec 21st
Realistic Alcohol Labels →
A collection of truthful beer and liquor labels. This explains all those pantsless treks around town following shots of Jose Cuervo. I always thought that was just me. Contribute: Add…
Dec 21st
Man who set up alternate email for White House... →
From at-Largely (Larisa Alexandrovna): “Mike Connell set-up the alternate email and communications system for the White House. He was responsible for creating the system that hosted…
Dec 21st
[from negatendo] Frozen Waffles Have it Bad →
 Bookmark this on Delicious - Saved by negatendo to humor videos food waffles - More about this bookmark
Dec 20th
Each Frame Is a Painting →
This surreal video was painstakingly created with 6,000 separate paintings - one for each frame. Makes those videos created entirely out of photographs just seem kind of lazy. …
Dec 20th
wooster_kostas1.jpg (JPEG Image, 576x401 pixels) →
via http://www.google.com/reader/view/
Dec 20th
249382_1218115616_large.jpg (JPEG-Grafik, 1024x794... →
via http://johnstrieder.cgsociety.org/gallery/661628
Dec 18th
via  →
via http://photos1.blogger.com/photoInclude/x/blogger/6430/2500/1600/778735/druga.jpg
Dec 18th
Flow Charts →
Dec 18th
Greg White – Photographer →
via http://www.gregwhite.tv/html/portfolio1/1x_portfolio1_08b.html
Dec 14th
Metro Rules of Conduct →
Flash game simulates the awkwardness of avoiding eye contact on public transit  
Dec 12th
[from vaguery] Bernie Madoff Comes Out of the... →
Best money quote for some time: “There is something fitting and just in the timing of this. It is emblematic of America since Reagan and the Great Leveraging. Something for nothing. Thank you Mr…
Dec 12th
David Rosen's design tour of Knytt Stories →
Shared by Corbie I love Knytt Stories, easily one of the best-designed games I’ve every played. like his World of Goo tour, explains the graphical, audio, and gameplay decisions that make the…
Dec 11th
What Good Is Half A Machine? →
One of the classic arguments against evolution by natural selection is “what good is half an X?” where X is an eye, a wing or some other complex body part or system. Directly responding to the…
Dec 11th
Lolita →
Vladimir Nabokov on Lolita.
Dec 11th
Beautiful Libraries →
via http://pic.bestpicever.com/piles/?s=libraries
Dec 9th
A Message To Boing Boing Readers From the Auto... →
Source. (Thanks, Richard Metzger)
Dec 9th
Wall-E bento box →
This amazing Bento box featuring Wall-E is only one of many such creations by AnnaTheRed. (thx, fiona) (link)
Dec 9th
I 've Told you,sit relax →
And now, a singing crocodile dressed as a cowboy teaches you to meditate. [SLYT, via]
Dec 9th
Jeff Brouws →
via http://www.jeffbrouws.com/series/nowhere_F14.html
Dec 8th
Ze Frank on ideas and doing stuff →
don’t get addicted to brain crack [via] 
Dec 6th
2yor21y.png (PNG Image, 640x454 pixels) →
via http://popurls.com/
Dec 6th
Let’s Talk About Python 3.0 →
Shared by Corbie Even if you don’t give two shits about programming you should read the first few paragraphs - a wonderful analogy of the problems of indoctrination and large groups. Thoughtful…
Dec 6th
Galactic Mail →
Galactic Mail In the future, UPS & FedEx will race and fight in space. via
Dec 6th
Original Winnie the Pooh drawings →
The always-awesome BibliOdyssey has posted a great sampling of E.H. Shepard’s original Winnie the Pooh drawings. Seeing them again reminds me how charming and perfect they are, and it…
Dec 6th
BetamaXmas, celebrate Christmas in December 1988 →
my god, even the TV Guide is in real-time  
Dec 6th
Robin in the Rye →
I was just sitting here, simply admiring you.
Dec 5th
Eames Shell Chair Step by Step video →
Via Core 77
Dec 5th
Short Peter Saville interview →
Designer Peter Saville — you know, iconic Joy Division album cover, Factory Records, etc. — talks about his process a little bit in this video interview. Learning and filing, learning and…
Dec 5th
TRUCK TURNER →
Dec 5th
ENTERING NEUTRAL ZONE →
Dec 3rd
Why Candyland doesn't suck →
The latest installment in Greg Costikyan’s indespensible game-review site, Play This Thing!, is a long, serious, thoughtful look at Candy Land, the game everyone loves to hate. Not so fast, says…
Dec 3rd
Synthetic CDO's: tsunami event when major... →
Synthetic CDO’s are complex little known financial instruments (insurance contracts) that are on the brink of triggering “the most colossal rights issue in the history of the world, all at once …..
Dec 3rd
Countdown to ecstasy →
They were originally created to maintain consistency in color, greyscale, and fleshtones. Lab technicians posed them, projectionists collected them, and the general public wasn’t supposed …
Dec 1st