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October 27, 2005

and he said the boys just call me "Camouflage"

Prints made from processing film found in old cameras. The photographers never saw these images, some of which are over 50 years old.

A wonderful soundboard of David Brent samples from the hit UK television series, "The Office". There's something mesmerizing about this kind of thing.

In honour of Halloween, 'flaming bag of poo.'

A collection of Tex Avery's Burlesque dancing cartoon characters. Saucy!

An update of the always entertaining Police blotter from the Arcata, California "Eye" newspaper.

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October 25, 2005

Hollaback, Hellagood (just like the way they sounds)

San Francisco, to scale, in Jell-O.

My family discovered the card game 'Set' last year and it has become a regular cottage game ever since. They noticed it today over on BoingBoing - a bit of free advertising the makers of the game will no doubt appreciate!

Chris Jordan's a photographer who captures huge piles of things.

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October 21, 2005

Some of my best friends are Sinonauts...

A professional Card Stacker reveals the secrets of his trade.

The Hip-Hop Guide to Business: I don't care if it's 2 legit 2 quit but when a genre of music is revealed to be more of a business than a musical style, that's when it ceases to be artistic. It's all about mo' money.

Wikipedia's article on Japanese Toilets.

TV Cream's Top 100 Toys of the 1970's. Awesome. I must have wanted half of these at one time or another.

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October 20, 2005

Magnesium aids in bone development.

There are thousands and thousands of blogs out there... At least one for every conceivable interest - take, for instance, the news today that London's Northern Line trains will stop running as the drivers have gone on strike because of repeated unresolved technical problems. Fair enough, but what if you're a rail nut and you want the skinny on what 'technical problems' really means? Easy. Surf on over to "District Drivers Logbook", a blog written by a driver on London's District Line, and get your answer. Awesome.

The Morning News has an interview with Douglas Levere, the photographer behind "New York Changing", a collection of photographs that follow Berenice Abbott's 1930's work on NYC, mimicking the locations and angles, only 60 years later. There's also a good selection of the photographs.

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October 19, 2005

One Two Three Four Get Your Body On The Floor

Round Here is a photoblog of value. Wonderful use of colour and space.

Hurricane Wilma was upgraded to a Category-5 today. According to reports the storm is not expected to make landfall on Cuba, where my friend Jason is vacationing at the moment (crazy guy...) but apparently she is dropping a lot of rain there. Hopefully J isn't getting too wet!

Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work. "or, some interesting ways to get some variety into those (comic) panels where some dumb writer has a bunch of lame characters sitting around and talking for page after page!"

"How do we know he didn't invent the thing?" - the US Air Force is testing transparent aluminum. Scotty would be proud.

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October 18, 2005

I'll Tumble For Ya

Worth1000's photoshop contest: Corporate Takeovers

The 100 oldest domain names. Heh Microsoft isn't even on the list!

Awesome collection of 80's album and single covers... Ohhh the nostalgia.

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October 17, 2005

Rainbows keep failing on my head...

Interior pictures of 500 Shanghai homes, with comments.

Model Railroads complete with slums. No more idealistic Mister Roger's Neighborhoods for HO Scalers!

Worth1000's contest for Robots in Classical Art.

A Flickr group for photos made by cameras tossed in the air.

Wikipedia's page on "Made-Up Words in The Simpsons" - how else would you describe a Redorkulated Scotchtoberfest?

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October 12, 2005

Veal of the Seal I Love

All those in charge of Xmas lists this year: I want one.

The Passion ... Reloaded. He's BACK...and he's pissed! Sacrilicious.

Here's a collection of photographs of 80's metalhead teens messing around in an abandoned mental asylum. Oh the nostalgia.

Amusing Google Trick #2352938:

1- Go to www.google.com2- Type in "Failure", without the quotes3- Instead of hitting "Search" hit "I'm feeling Lucky"4- Look at it and laugh at what comes up5- Tell your friends before the people at Google Fix it

A really cool QuickTimeVR panorama of "Life Inside a Water Bottle".

The Winners of this year's Ig Nobel Prizes have been announced. Example:

"FLUID DYNAMICS: Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow of International University Bremen, Germany and the University of Oulu , Finland; and Jozsef Gal of Loránd Eötvös University, Hungary, for using basic principles of physics to calculate the pressure that builds up inside a penguin, as detailed in their report "Pressures Produced When Penguins Pooh -- Calculations on Avian Defaecation."PUBLISHED IN: Polar Biology, vol. 27, 2003, pp. 56-8.ACCEPTING: The winners were unable to attend the ceremony because they could not obtain United States visas to visit the United States. Dr. Meyer-Rochow sent an acceptance speech via videotape."

...one of the winners, Dr. Yoshiro Nakamats of Japan, was lauded for his meticulous account (photograph and analysis) of every meal he has eaten over the past 34 years and counting. It is of particular, although unconnected, note that he is also the creator of the floppy disk.

Gallery of Photos of Staten Island's boat graveyard. Cool!

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October 05, 2005

Loretta Lux takes wonderful images

Loretta Lux takes wonderful images of children that are an inspiration to me, photographically. Her work reminds me a lot of Mark Ryden's material.

There was an eclipse recently and someone captured the 'pinhole' effect that occurs with shadows of leafy trees during such an event. Video here, Boing Boing Post with more links.

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October 04, 2005

After the death of

After the death of Dave Allen earlier this year, the UK comedy scene took another blow with the death of Ronnie Barker yesterday at the age of 76. "The Two Ronnies" was a favourite of mine alongside Dave Allen at Large, both of which were shown on public television. "And it's good night from me... and it's good night from him."

Here's one of my favourite monologues of his:

""Good evening. I am the president of the Loyal Society for the Relief of Suffers from Pismronunciation, for the relief of people who can't say their worms correctly, or who use the wrong worms entirely, so that other people cannot underhand a bird they are spraying. It's just that you open your mouse, and the worms come turbling out in wuck a say that you dick not what you're thugging to be, and it's very distressing.Article continues"I'm always looing it, and it makes one feel umbumftorcacle, especially when one is going about one's diddly tasks. Slopping at the Sloopermarket, for instance. Only last wonk, I approached the chuckout point, and I shooed the ghoul behind the crash desk the contents of my trilly, and she said 'All right, granddad, shout 'em out.' Well, of course, that's fine for the ordinary man in the stoat who has no dribble with his wolds. For someone like myself, it's worse than a kick in the jackstrop."Sometimes, you get stuck on one letter, such as wubbleyou. And I said, 'Well, I've got a tin of woup, a woucumber, two packets of wheese and a walliflower'. She tried to make fun of me and said, 'That will be woo pounds, wifty-wee pence.' So I just said 'Wobblers!' and walked out."So you see how dickyfelt it is. But help is at hand. A new society has been formed by our mumblers to help each other in times of excream ices. It is balled Pismronouncers Unanimous, and anyone can ball them up on the smellyphone any time of the day or note, twenty-four flowers a spray, seven stays a creek, and they will come 'round and get drunk with you."For foreigners, there will be inperpetwitters, who will all speak many sandwiches, such as Swedish, Turkish, Burkish, Jewish, Gibberish and Rubbish. Membranes will be able to attend tight stool, for heaving classes, to learn how to grope with the many complinkities of the daily loaf."Which brings me to the drain reason for squeaking to you tonight. The society's first function as a body was a grand garden freight, and we hope for many more bodily functions in the future. The garden plate was held in the grounds of Blennham Paleyass, Woodstick, and the guest of horror was the great American pip singer, Manny Barrellow. The fete was opened by the bleeder of the opposition, Mister Dale Pinnock ... Pillock, who gave us a few well-frozen worms in praise of the society's jerk. He said that 'In the creeks and stunts that lie ahead, we must do out nut roast to ensure that it sucks weeds.' "And everyone visited the various stores and abrusements, the rudeabouts, thing boats and the dodgers, and of course, all the old favorites such as Srty your Length, guessing the weight of the cook and tinning the pale on the wonky. The occasion was great fun, and I think it can safely be said that all the men present and thoroughly good women were had all the time."So, please join out society. Write to me, Doctor Small Pith, The Spanner, Poke Moses, and I will send you some brieflets to browse through and a brass badge to wear in your loophole."