August 2009
Iron Mouse? →
Iron Mouse? Disney to buy Marvel for 4 Billion dollars. This is good news for Marvel Shareholders but is it good news for Marvel fans?
All the small things. →
The miniature worlds of small-scale sculptor Thomas Doyle: My work mines the debris of memory through the creation of intricate worlds sculpted in 1:43 scale and smaller. Often sealed under…
Atul Gawande profile →
Harvard Magazine has a nice profile of surgeon and writer Atul Gawande that talks about, among other things, his constant state of flow. Gawande had seen that part of the man’s colon was…
Farewell, Reading Rainbow →
Reading Rainbow is going off the air today after 26 years, making it the third longest running show on PBS (after Sesame Street and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood). Nothing about this on…
[w]tomia →
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The Cedar Forest Players Present: The Godfather →
Fun Fact: I originally drew a James Caan fox in the background of panel three, but there was so much dialogue that he was getting lost behind word balloons, so I removed him.
Look how they…
ISS construction timeline →
Nice animated timeline of the construction of the International Space Station. (thx, struan) Tags: iss space timelines
People of Walmart →
Link: http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/ All the interesting characters that shop at Wal-Mart. [ Editor’s note: This is kind of the opposite of Look at That Fucking Hipster , but also…
Ikea is owned by a "charitable foundation," pays... →
Ikea’s corporate structure is insanely complicated. It is technically owned by a Dutch charitable nonprofit — a strategy that allows the group to pay 3.5% tax on annual profits of €553m. However,…
King of the one (maybe two) liners →
Joshua Green Allen, who has been posting great internet for more than 15 years, if not longer, merges seamlessly with a new technology. If any twitter account is worth being renowned …
Ed Emberley Tribute comics →
I grew up with Ed Emberley’s how-to-draw books, and it’s clear I’m not the only one. Joe Kuth has put together Emberley Galaxy, a book of tribute comics by 19 artists. Follow his blog’s …
A history of modern art in three paragraphs →
Impressionism - painting outside of a studio with quick, loose brushstrokes to capture an evocative impression of their subject. Van Gogh was an Impressionist but wanted to express how he felt…
The Newswipe Manifesto →
Charlie Brooker begins his recent BBC4 show Newswipe with this speech. Unfortunately, the show doesn’t quite live up to these ambitions, being basically a version of Charlie Brooker’s…
Troubling truffles →
Frank Bruni, the New York Times retiring and superb food critic, on how to navigate a menu: Scratch off the appetizers and entrees that are most like dishes you’ve seen in many other…
Healthcare on 4 Napkins. →
The healthcare debate explained on the back of 4 napkins. Napkin 1: The health care equation.
Napkin 2: It’s not about health care.
Napkin 3: The plans on the table.
Napkin 4: What’s it…
Urban Outfitters Inc. →
This photo definitely makes me want to invest in a company that specializes in ironic t-shirts and pre-ripped clothing. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment » The Best…
#365 the second coming →
Dark Roasted Blend: Imagining the Tenth Dimension →
via http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/01/imagining-tenth-dimension.html
Pitchfork's songs of the decade →
As part of their review of the music of the 2000s, Pitchfork listed the top 500 tracks of the past decade. Here are the top 10: 10. Arcade Fire, “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)”
9. Animal…
Bill Wyman on why newspapers are failing →
his solution is deep local coverage, the only area newspapers weren’t made redundant by the web [via]
Twitpic - Share photos on Twitter →
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Try drugs at FormFiftyFive - Design inspiration... →
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Book Review: The Mini Loft Bible - LoftLife... →
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1,000 surveillance cameras = 1 solved crime in the... →
What happens when the government blankets London with surveillance cameras at a cost of £500m?
Only one crime was solved by each 1,000 CCTV cameras in London last year, a report into the city’s…
Apocalyptic Sunshine on Flickr - Photo Sharing! →
via http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenmo/2602562705/
Stuck In Desert, Crazy Frenchman Builds Motorcycle... →
When you’re stranded in the Moroccan desert with ten days of rations and a basket-case 2CV, do you give up? Hell no! You do what Emile Leray did! Unfortunately, I’m not quite sure exactly …
i agree →
2009-08-21 02:03:43 visiting family next week, no comic til late in the week probably. i have sent book files to a printer and now i need only wait to get the…
How many minutes do people in your city have to... →
From The Economist, a chart showing “how long it takes a worker on the average net wage to earn the price of a Big Mac in 73 cities.”
The more important question is how long you have to work to…
Neven Mrgan on Zingerman's product illustrations →
staggering amount of love put into an online store
The Essence of the Health Care Endgame →
Probably stating the obvious here. But sometimes the obvious is worth stating. From the latest NBC/WSJ poll:
Also, while just 36 percent believe Obama’s efforts to reform the health system are a…
Fig. 8 →
elegant Flash game inspired by architectural blueprints and diagrams [via]
The 3 key parts of news stories you usually don’t... →
I’ve come to the conclusion that there are four key parts to news stories, and we typically only get one of them, even though journalists possess all four, and the other three are arguably more…
Struggled Reagans: casting strange adult movie →
BB pal Greg Long spotted this curious flier near the GAMA-GO headquarters in San Francisco this morning. Click the image to see it larger. Greg writes:
It’s a casting for an adult…
Proto-lolcat →
As if cats don’t already think they’re better than us enough, someone gave this smug bastard a suit and top hat. From 1906 if the text is to be believed. Contribute: Add an image, link,…
Uncomfortable plot summaries →
Some plot summaries of movies and TV shows that might make you feel uncomfortable. Among my favorites: THE GOONIES: Physically abused, retarded man finds love with overweight preteen. THE…
Who Are the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative... →
Daniel Lee and I made these graphs showing the income distribution of voters self-classified by ideology (liberal, moderate, or conservative) and party identification (Democrat, Independent, or…
Reverse Engrish →
Ronald McDonald is so-o-o last year. The new McDonalds mascot in Japan is “Mr. James”, a nerdy white guy from Ohio who speaks broken Japanese in the new ads for their “Nippon All Stars” sandwiches….
The Daily Death →
“In the future, a famous person will die every fifteen minutes.”
No Donut or Eclair Software Updates for G1 Owners? →
It’s not even one year old.
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the air show →
Bigwords.com app provides a cheaper way to buy... →
Filed under: Education, Deals, App Review
As a parent of two adult children, with one just having left school and the other finishing a Master’s degree, I know that buying …
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Flickr Photo Download: ZX81.AD.8 →
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but does it float →
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Bob Dylan mistaken for hobo, 40 years after... →
(Video: Bob Dylan performing “Blowin’ in the Wind,” 1963, from No Direction Home.)
New Jersey police detained 68-year old American music star Bob Dylan recently, after a young…
Artist Jon Rafman on Google Street View as art →
more of his captures on his site
Like a shotgun full of snow →
Avalanches were used as weapons in World War I. Some unknown person got the idea that avalanches could make a highly effective weapon. The avalanche war had begun. Avalanches could be started…
A Primer for the Coastal Elite: What Do The Tea... →
Those who watched and mocked the national Tea Parties back in April would find a different bunch of tea partiers today. The truly lunatic fringe of opportunists is now largely gone. But owing…
Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture →
In Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture, author Ellen Ruppel Shell asks, “What are we really buying when we insist on getting stuff as cheaply as possible?” Her answer: a low-quality…