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third times a charm. after three different deadlines, two different formats, and a partidge in a pear tree, i'm still not sure if my entry got through. it's true, writers get no respect
posted by ethylene at 10:01 PM PST - 8 comments

FAA Clears Airline in Flying Pig Debacle. Another reason not to fly if you can avoid it.
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Mathowie's blog about living in San Francisco and mentioned his dream urban vehicle. But Matt, why not get Smart? Okay, besides the fact that it's not yet available in the U.S. (more inside...)
posted by Avogadro at 4:46 PM PST - 24 comments

Big Changes for the Web-Slinger and Children of the Atom!
In an effort to lure kids back to the quiet, almost antiquated pastime of reading paper magazines filled with stories about do-gooders, Marvel Comics announces an AMAZING re-organization of the X-MEN and SPIDER MAN. Yes, loyal arachno-fans, Peter Parker is going to start life anew as a "webmaster" for the Daily Bugle! The X-Men will go back to high school ... for MUTANTS! (PS: Captain America to be laid off.) Marvel's editor in chief announces other changes.
posted by rschram at 2:51 PM PST - 11 comments

Sometimes you feel like a nut.... or at least your pet's do. Has your pet's lost his manhood through being neutered? Give him a ball he doesn't have to play fetch with.
posted by bkdelong at 1:28 PM PST - 7 comments

Wired News reports on the upcoming DMCA review. Via Linux Weekly News: "When music is streamed, webcasters are required to pay a performance royalty. In order to generate smooth playback of incoming streams, computers temporarily store some of the data in memory in a RAM buffer. Music publishers have stated that the data in this buffer should be considered a physical creation that would require webcasters to pay a mechanical royalty, similar to what they pay for downloads or CDs." Anyone need any more on that? Time to get your congressman on the phone...
posted by baylink at 12:02 PM PST - 3 comments

When headlines go bad (Part the Nth) With a headline like, "Daredevil Carried From Ice Cell After 2-1/2 Days," you'd think it was about Matt Murdock, Marvel Comics' Man Without Fear (tm), after a fight with Mr. Freeze... But no, just some guy in an ice block for a publicity stunt. Shame, really...
posted by aurelian at 10:42 AM PST - 4 comments

Snowe Days for Democrats? It may take only one party-switch to give Democrats control of the Senate. Maine may offer just the one.
posted by palegirl at 10:11 AM PST - 4 comments

I bet this slice of German history has put the local Greens in quite a dilemma.
posted by CRS at 9:36 AM PST - 8 comments

Tomorrow is World Aids Day. How are you participating?
posted by bkdelong at 8:52 AM PST - 15 comments

Chicken's head found in fast food order at McDonald's [via MeatFilter.com] "Katherine Ortega said she found a fried chicken's head in the box of chicken wings she ordered Tuesday night" The picture of the chicken head is not to be missed.
posted by Outlawyr at 8:17 AM PST - 35 comments

Read Dark Dungeons and want to know what the fuss is about? Feeling left out when the cool kids argue about whether a storm giant could take a green dragon? Never fear! Wizards of the Coast, a division of multinational fun conglomerate Hasbro, is making some soul-corrupting old D&D stuff available as free downloads.
posted by snarkout at 7:43 AM PST - 9 comments

A salon link? "It's [Salon] become boring. Way too safe and predictable with its left-leaning bias,"
posted by tiaka at 5:54 AM PST - 2 comments

"Help - i have my eye stuck in a Geodetic Tape Measuring Facility!" archive pictures of a 'hundred years of measurement' at the UK's National Physical Labs - lots of fun pictures that look like Q's Lab from the Bond movies - those big water tanks they always test the supertankers in, huge computers attended to by ladies in white coats...
posted by blackbeltjones at 2:06 AM PST - 3 comments

One Year After Seattle -- "A year has passed since the World Trade Organization's "Millennium Round" collapsed under clouds of tear gas in Seattle," writes Mark Weisbrot, in this useful overview of what was -- and is -- at stake. "The debate over globalization has been altered, perhaps permanently, to include some of the concerns of civil society: poverty and inequality, economic instability, and the environmental costs of globalization...."
posted by johnb at 12:47 AM PST - 30 comments