Lincolnzilla!
Lincoln Monument Proposed in Illinois Town
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
A really, really lovely illustration blog.
Everyday Matters
I particularly like this little F train map:
NYT | F train
Everyday Matters
I particularly like this little F train map:
NYT | F train
This is probably blogged everywhere
...but I've been a little out of it lately. So this is a new delight to me.
The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman
...but I've been a little out of it lately. So this is a new delight to me.
The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Can I get a pair of spats with these?
Did YOU know that people still wear monocles? I had no idea...
eyeglasses.com | monocle eyeglasses
Did YOU know that people still wear monocles? I had no idea...
eyeglasses.com | monocle eyeglasses
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Ah, those wacky Brits.
They're just all over the news today.
Deep-Fried Chocolate Sandwich Sells Like Hotcakes
Fresh Corpse Wanted for Starring Role
They're just all over the news today.
Deep-Fried Chocolate Sandwich Sells Like Hotcakes
Fresh Corpse Wanted for Starring Role
Thursday, March 18, 2004
I'll just call this an "Everyday Heroes" segment.
Just when I grow to hate people, I read stuff like this and have to give 'em another chance.
Two interesting stories from azcentral.com's "The Buzz":
Man uses truck to stop car with unconscious driver
Bottled-water deliveryman rescues man on fire
Just when I grow to hate people, I read stuff like this and have to give 'em another chance.
Two interesting stories from azcentral.com's "The Buzz":
Man uses truck to stop car with unconscious driver
Bottled-water deliveryman rescues man on fire
I usually veer from politics
...but it's becoming clear to me that I do NOT trust either of our major contenders for president. Sure, the article is a little overdramatic (it is the New York Post, after all), but, if true, it shows Kerry is a lying, boastful, ineffective leader. In short, a perfect replacement for what we already have. Yay.
THE WARNING KERRY IGNORED
by PAUL SPERRY
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March 15, 2004 -- SEN. John Kerry boasts how he "sounded the alarm on terrorism years before 9/ 11," referring to his 1997 book "The New War." Too bad he didn't blast it when it really counted - four months before the hijackings, when he was hand-delivered evidence of serious security breaches at Logan International Airport, with specific warnings that terrorists could exploit them.
[...]Rewind to May 6, 2001. That night, a Boston TV station (Fox-25) aired reporter Deborah Sherman's story on an undercover investigation at Logan that Sullivan and another retired agent helped set up. In nine of 10 tries, a crew got knives and other weapons through security checkpoints - including the very ones the 9/11 hijackers would later exploit.
The next day, Sullivan fired off a two-page letter to Kerry highlighting the systemic failures.
"With the concept of jihad, do you think it would be difficult for a determined terrorist to get on a plane and destroy himself and all other passengers?" he warned. "Think what the result would be of a coordinated attack which took down several domestic flights on the same day. With our current screening, this is more than possible. It is almost likely." The toll from such an attack would be economic, as well as human, he predicted with chilling accuracy.
Sullivan followed up by having the undercover videotape hand-delivered to Kerry's office.
New York Post Online | The Warning That Kerry Ignored
...but it's becoming clear to me that I do NOT trust either of our major contenders for president. Sure, the article is a little overdramatic (it is the New York Post, after all), but, if true, it shows Kerry is a lying, boastful, ineffective leader. In short, a perfect replacement for what we already have. Yay.
THE WARNING KERRY IGNORED
by PAUL SPERRY
------------------------------------------------------------------------
March 15, 2004 -- SEN. John Kerry boasts how he "sounded the alarm on terrorism years before 9/ 11," referring to his 1997 book "The New War." Too bad he didn't blast it when it really counted - four months before the hijackings, when he was hand-delivered evidence of serious security breaches at Logan International Airport, with specific warnings that terrorists could exploit them.
[...]Rewind to May 6, 2001. That night, a Boston TV station (Fox-25) aired reporter Deborah Sherman's story on an undercover investigation at Logan that Sullivan and another retired agent helped set up. In nine of 10 tries, a crew got knives and other weapons through security checkpoints - including the very ones the 9/11 hijackers would later exploit.
The next day, Sullivan fired off a two-page letter to Kerry highlighting the systemic failures.
"With the concept of jihad, do you think it would be difficult for a determined terrorist to get on a plane and destroy himself and all other passengers?" he warned. "Think what the result would be of a coordinated attack which took down several domestic flights on the same day. With our current screening, this is more than possible. It is almost likely." The toll from such an attack would be economic, as well as human, he predicted with chilling accuracy.
Sullivan followed up by having the undercover videotape hand-delivered to Kerry's office.
New York Post Online | The Warning That Kerry Ignored
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Starting this week, burn a CD at Starbucks.
Strange. But intriguing.
Here's a deal: Sip on a mocha latte while using headphones to listen to any of 250,000 songs you call up on a computer. Then order the ones you like -- burned on your own CD -- to go. Who's the dealer? Starbucks.
On Mar. 16, the Seattle coffee giant unveiled an in-store music service allowing customers to do just that [...] The first musical Starbucks opens in Santa Monica, Calif., and the service will expand into 2,500 stores over the next two years. 'This is not a test,' says Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz. 'We're going for it.' "
BW Online | March 16, 2004 | Starbucks Tunes In to Digital Music:
Strange. But intriguing.
Here's a deal: Sip on a mocha latte while using headphones to listen to any of 250,000 songs you call up on a computer. Then order the ones you like -- burned on your own CD -- to go. Who's the dealer? Starbucks.
On Mar. 16, the Seattle coffee giant unveiled an in-store music service allowing customers to do just that [...] The first musical Starbucks opens in Santa Monica, Calif., and the service will expand into 2,500 stores over the next two years. 'This is not a test,' says Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz. 'We're going for it.' "
BW Online | March 16, 2004 | Starbucks Tunes In to Digital Music:
Monday, March 15, 2004
FINALLY. A video game I'm good at.
I may have no hand/eye coordination at all, but I can type like a mofo. So this game is perfect for me. Just type the letter that comes across the top of the screen, and you'll blow it up. The longer you play, the more letters there are and the faster they start flying by... (thanks to the always fabulous WebZen for the tip!)
hannu.daug.net | The Typing Game
I may have no hand/eye coordination at all, but I can type like a mofo. So this game is perfect for me. Just type the letter that comes across the top of the screen, and you'll blow it up. The longer you play, the more letters there are and the faster they start flying by... (thanks to the always fabulous WebZen for the tip!)
hannu.daug.net | The Typing Game
That damned virus that's going around.
I was wondering about this. I've gotten it four times now. Luckily, the password in the email tipped me off that this was a virus.
New computer worms use password trick
Password-protected attachments are the latest tactic virus writers are using to trick unsuspecting users into spreading computer worms.
New Scientist
I was wondering about this. I've gotten it four times now. Luckily, the password in the email tipped me off that this was a virus.
New computer worms use password trick
Password-protected attachments are the latest tactic virus writers are using to trick unsuspecting users into spreading computer worms.
New Scientist
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
The beauty of Craig's List
...is that it makes absolutely no sense. It's far exceeded the simple objectives of classified or personal ads. It's become a bizarre, poorly formatted salon for people to dump their daily trials and tribulations. And thank heavens for that. (1000s to b-rock for the tip.)
Best of Craig | Why I Think My Cat Is On Acid
...is that it makes absolutely no sense. It's far exceeded the simple objectives of classified or personal ads. It's become a bizarre, poorly formatted salon for people to dump their daily trials and tribulations. And thank heavens for that. (1000s to b-rock for the tip.)
Best of Craig | Why I Think My Cat Is On Acid
Tuesday, March 9, 2004
My kind of gym.
Now if I could just get someone else to lift weights for me.
(props to goodexperience.com's "this is broken")
24 Hour Fitness
Now if I could just get someone else to lift weights for me.
(props to goodexperience.com's "this is broken")
24 Hour Fitness
Sunday, March 7, 2004
My fabulous friend & long-distance roommate, T
...has just updated her website. SO fab. Check it out. Then envy me my incredibly talented, multilingual Swissmiss friend. :)
projekt 2 | tina roth | swiss graphic designer gone NYC
...has just updated her website. SO fab. Check it out. Then envy me my incredibly talented, multilingual Swissmiss friend. :)
projekt 2 | tina roth | swiss graphic designer gone NYC
Friday, March 5, 2004
A few great stories from The Smoking Gun
MARCH 3 -- At age 62, you should know better than to root through the lettuce in the salad bar at your Florida old age home. But that's what Spring Haven Retirement Community resident Lee Thoss did last Sunday afternoon, triggering a brawl that sent three residents--including Thoss's octogenarian mother--to the hospital. According to the below Winter Haven Police Department report, Thoss went ballistic after William Hocker, 86, told him to stop 'playing' with the lettuce--and then called the younger man a 'child molester.' Thoss allegedly responded by punching Hocker in the face and biting the arm of a 78-year-old male resident who tried to break up the fight. Also injured in the melee was Thoss's mom, Arlene. In defense of her son, Arlene told cops that he was simply picky when it came to his choice of greens. In the end, the pensioners each declined to press charges, though the younger Thoss has been bounced from the retirement home.
Smoking Gun | Police report
MARCH 4--As college final exams go, the test Jim Harrick Jr. once gave in his University of Georgia physical education class was a piece of cake...
Try your hand at the University of Georgia final exam
MARCH 3 -- At age 62, you should know better than to root through the lettuce in the salad bar at your Florida old age home. But that's what Spring Haven Retirement Community resident Lee Thoss did last Sunday afternoon, triggering a brawl that sent three residents--including Thoss's octogenarian mother--to the hospital. According to the below Winter Haven Police Department report, Thoss went ballistic after William Hocker, 86, told him to stop 'playing' with the lettuce--and then called the younger man a 'child molester.' Thoss allegedly responded by punching Hocker in the face and biting the arm of a 78-year-old male resident who tried to break up the fight. Also injured in the melee was Thoss's mom, Arlene. In defense of her son, Arlene told cops that he was simply picky when it came to his choice of greens. In the end, the pensioners each declined to press charges, though the younger Thoss has been bounced from the retirement home.
Smoking Gun | Police report
MARCH 4--As college final exams go, the test Jim Harrick Jr. once gave in his University of Georgia physical education class was a piece of cake...
Try your hand at the University of Georgia final exam
Speling and grammer are importint.
For those of us who care about this sort of thing, this warms the heart.
Judge reduces lawyer's fees because of typos
For those of us who care about this sort of thing, this warms the heart.
Judge reduces lawyer's fees because of typos
Sometimes little inventions are cool, too.
This is so simple, yet such a perfect little invention. I bet it's going to be everywhere soon...
The Science Site | ripeSense
This is so simple, yet such a perfect little invention. I bet it's going to be everywhere soon...
The Science Site | ripeSense
Wednesday, March 3, 2004
No, I'm not a fan of taxidermy.
But there's something fascinating about looking through the pictures on this company's stock list. Puts you in the mind of colonial big game hunting and the days when people talked about "Indjya." (via memepool.com)
The Victorian Taxidermy Company Limited – Lion
But there's something fascinating about looking through the pictures on this company's stock list. Puts you in the mind of colonial big game hunting and the days when people talked about "Indjya." (via memepool.com)
The Victorian Taxidermy Company Limited – Lion
Tuesday, March 2, 2004
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