May 2010
Dennis Hopper On Art →
Argentina’s former president: Bush once claimed,... →
Legendary filmmaker Oliver Stone is by no means done exploring the administration of George W. Bush.
While producing new material for his upcoming documentary “South of the Border,” which…
Farewell, Easy Rider. →
Farewell, Easy Rider.
Gallery of homely tools →
Make: Online’s Toolbox section features “tools that fly under the radar of more conventional tool coverage.” The latest entry is a round up of “homely tools.”
James Vreeland — Before…
Researcher explains the appeal of Rembrandt... →
A researcher at the University of British Columbia claims he has figured out why Rembrandt paintings are so appealing to viewers. Renaissance artists used various techniques to engage…
The Clio Awards for Best Television Commercials →
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The Clio Awards are given annually by the advertising industry for the best examples of advertising. One of the categories is for television, cinema, and digital works….
Rachel Maddow: The more spills change, the more... →
DOWNLOADS: (294) PLAYS: (1152) Rachel’s segment on the 1979 Ixtoc I oil spill was instructive. It follows the same conclusions I’ve seen in my…
Creationism in the Classroom →
Morons in TN talk about creationism & evolution:
Best quote: “We didn’t like evolve from anything, that doesn’t make any sense, I mean… how can, like, an African-American person evolve…
Two Feel-Greats Before The Weekend →
This video of a hearing impaired infant hearing his mother’s voice for the first time after a cochlear implant is about as tender a thing as you’ll see in a while. If you ever despair of…
Snopes Shoots Down Latest Rightwing Myth... →
I’m sure you’ve heard the latest one: President Obama is not going to be at Arlington National Cemetary on Memorial Day to honor the soldiers, he’s sending Biden instead — and this is the first…
Sun Tunnels →
Sun Tunnels
A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt An artwork by Nancy Holt, completed in 1976, consisting of four large concrete tubes, is laid out in the desert in an…
Graffiti Analysis →
The brains behind the daringly clever TSA Communicator project, iconoclastic technology artist Evan Roth is now spearheading an equally compelling software project, Graffiti Analysis. …
Weasels Ripped My Flesh! Vintage Men’s Adventure... →
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Before Men’s Health and Maxim Magazine, before the men’s magazine category was dominated by glossy, slick publications, there were the “He-Man,” “pulp,” or “sweat magazines.”
Have you ever wondered what to do with your... →
I first found out about the old National Geographic stash when my boyfriend and I moved in together in 2001. He’s now my husband and the National Geographic collection has crossed continents…
The Age Of Tough Oil, Ctd →
The video below pounds the table a little harder than necessary but it nevertheless serves as visual reminder of what Elizabeth Kolbert noted is the
single largest source of imported oil to the…
LOST silkscreened prints by ty mattson →
i don’t know if anyone reading is a big lost geek like i am, but i’m still a little sad about the show being over. sad like, i started crying again when i watched that episode of jimmy…
Gulf oil cleanup workers getting sick →
This is a very serious problem for quite a few reasons. Obviously cleanup workers becoming sick is a major problem. Besides that, BP’s failure to provide proper safety gear immediately jumps out as…
Wired Magazine's iPad Edition Goes Live →
The irony that Wired, a magazine founded to chronicle the digital revolution, has traditionally come to you each month on the smooshed atoms of dead trees is not lost on us. Let’s just say the…
Pac-Man singlehandedly destroys US economy (how's... →
Like many other websites, we posted a link to Google’s homepage last Friday when, for one day only, they had a free Pac-Man applet at the top of the page. It has since become so popular that…
LOST silkscreened prints by ty mattson →
i don’t know if anyone reading is a big lost geek like i am, but i’m still a little sad about the show being over. sad like, i started crying again when i watched that episode of jimmy…
Motorcycle sidecar that turns into a canoe →
All the more reason to mourn the passing of the motorcyle sidecar: some of them could turn into canoes, at least according to this June, 1934 article in Modern Mechanix: “A MOTORCYCLE side car…
Frazil ice: Fascinating forest hazard →
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Frazil ice looks like patches of snow, nestled among the trees. But it’s actually a Slushee-esque mixture of ice crystals…
Target’s LOST ads really know their audience →
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brilliant ads by Target.
The finale of ABC’s six-year-long castaway saga, LOST was expected to bring in a record audience share. The ads were pre-sold at $900,000 per…
“Lost” Finale: What the Web Wasn’t Made For →
Tonight the finale of Lost, one of the highest-rated shows on TV, will air. The series surely owes some of its success to the web — but tonight Lost fans may have no choice but…
Mark Twain's Autobiography →
Mark Twain’s will stipulated that his autobiography remain unpublished for 100 years after his death, the 100th anniversary of which was April 21st. In November, the University of California Press…
Unanswered Lost Questions →
“A quick retrospective on some of the teeny-tiny loose ends yet to be tied up or, if you didn’t watch the show, the rantings of a lunatic.” Uploaded 436 likes
Crazy: Some in CIA wanted to create fake Saddam... →
A little-noticed blog post by a veteran intelligence reporter averred Tuesday that the CIA’s Iraq Operations Group weighed a plan prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion that sought to discredit Saddam…
See a 10-Year-Old Fix an iPhone Screen for $22... →
Before you shake off the idea of repairing your cracked iPhone screen yourself with a kit, consider Brett. The crafty 10-year-old repaired the cracked screen on his father’s 3GS with…
Hamba kahle, Nomkhubulwane →
We highlighted the departure of the life-sized elephant sculpture in our to-do post this morning, but in case you missed it, Nomkhubulwane’s going away party is at 5:30 p.m. tonight on the square.
"One Of The Most Horrible Things I've Ever Seen... →
Footage from ABC News of what the spill looks like from beneath the waves. The money shots begin at 1.30.
"Why Rand Paul Matters" →
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Scarborough’s line really is telling.
A reader writes:
While I think that Rand Paul was smart to take a step back from the national microphones and skip this week’s…
[video] Christian Groups: Biblical Armageddon Must... →
Constitutional debate continues over whether public schools should include biblical Armageddon alongside global warming in end-of-world curriculum.
Nightmare scenario →
One of the vehicles involved in a deadly car crash in Minnesota today was a truck carrying bees. First responders to the scene faced what was described as a “big black cloud” of bees. Firefighters…
Ask Pablo: Does Sunscreen Cause More Skin Cancer... →
Image Source: …Stephanie… The original Ask Pablo article answering this question was very popular and the Environmental Working Group has just published its 2010 Sunscreen Guide….
StreetMuseum iPhone app →
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this is clever.
The Museum of London has launched an iPhone app which cleverly brings its extensive art and photographic collections to the streets of the capital…
The…
If Rembrandt shilled for Coke →
Artist Alan MacDonald paints whimsical Rembrantesque works that often incorporate modern brands, as though all those dimly lit 17th-century folk were shilling for Coke and the like.
Alan…
Two more police officers killed, two wounded in... →
DOWNLOADS: (0) PLAYS: (14) It’s beginning to emerge that the two men who shot and killed two police officers and wounded two more before being…
Metafilter users save two Russian girls from sex... →
A reader writes, “Members of ask.metafilter.com rescue two Russian girls from probable sex traffickers in NYC, in real time. You have to read through it to believe it.”
My friend and former student…
The lesson of Rand Paul: libertarianism is... →
Rand Paul blew up the Internet. Did you notice? Here’s how it went down: first, he suggested unmistakably that he opposed the Civil Rights Act. Then he tried unsuccessfully to weasel his way out,…
America's Most Harmful Drinks →
From the mildly revolting department comes this fun post at World of Mysteries, in which unhealthy beverages are situated beside gut busting deserts with comparable sugar counts. They’re…
You Put Together A Magazine In Two Days. That... →
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This is great PR to not have researched or tried to register the name. Plus, depending on how CBS handle it, it’s presenting 48hr Mag in a good story context; Big vs Small,…
World's largest inflatable airship →
Earlier this week at the Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery, Alabama, there was a successful test to inflate the world’s largest inflatable airship. It worked! Click the link to watch a video of the…
Hidden Image on Iron Fence →
It looks like an old, rusty fence, right? Just take a step to the left and look at it again.
It’s a human face! This graffiti is located on a fence in Berlin and was created by…
EPA Gives BP 24 Hours to Stop Dumping Toxic... →
Photo via Oil Spill Solutions One of the most alarming stories to emerge from the entire BP Gulf oil crisis has been the company’s penchant for using toxic chemical dispersants to try to…
Hubble Witnesses a Slow Exoplanet Murder →
For the first time, the Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a star 600 light-years from Earth torturing an exoplanet, stripping it of its outer layers, slowly eating it alive.
What If the Oil Leak Can't Be Stopped? →
As new estimates suggest much more oil is spewing into the Gulf, experts outline how broad the future impact could be.
Parking Lots Outnumber Cars in Some States →
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin have almost three spaces for every car. That means more urban heat and less runoff.
Primary Watch: What happened in Arkansas? →
As The Four Seasons said, “Oh, What a Night!” Yesterday’s primary elections were marked by big anti-incumbent upsets, and one of the most interesting was the Democratic U.S. Senate contest in…
Daily Kos: State of the Nation →
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Is he going to shoot that horse?
Possibly the best Republican candidate ad of all time: You’ll have to watch it more than once to catch all of the cliches ……
Why I'm a weekday vegetarian: Graham Hill on... →
We all know the arguments that being vegetarian is better for the environment and for the animals — but in a carnivorous culture, it can be hard to make the change. Graham Hill has a powerful,…
