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Comic and cartoon, much parodied and subject to strange crossovers, Archie and Riverdale are getting a new look. (via Waxy.)
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'You' are Time's Person of the Year. Seriously.
comment posted at 7:05 PM on Dec-16-06

Rubber-stamped money collection with numerous political pushing ("Jews for Clinton", "GORE 2004"), advocacy ("LESBIAN $$$"), and advertising ("www.rotten.com"...can we have MoneyFilter?).
comment posted at 4:41 PM on Dec-15-06

Oh, Henry! Soft spoken Henry Rollins says a few words about internet freedom. (NSFW)
comment posted at 12:42 PM on Dec-14-06

Senator John McCain (R. - AZ) has introduced legislation [PDF] that would hold blogs responsible for all activity in their comments sections and user profiles. Provisions of the proposed bill include: (1) commercial websites and personal blogs "would be required to report illegal images or videos posted by their users or pay fines of up to $300,000," (2) bloggers with comment sections may face "even stiffer penalties" than ISPs, and (3) any social-networking site must take "effective measures" to remove any Web page that's "associated" with a sex offender. "Because 'social-networking site' isn't defined, it could encompass far more than just MySpace.com, Friendster and similar sites." The list could include any site that allows comments, authot and personal profiles. Kevin Bankston of the Electronic Frontier Foundation notes that this proposal may be based more "on fear or political considerations rather than on the facts." "McCain’s legislation could deal a serious blow to the blogosphere. Lacking resources to police their sites, many individual blogs may have to shut down open discussion."^*
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Nuckin' Futs - The JibJab Year in Review
comment posted at 7:09 AM on Dec-13-06

Why are women, who have the whole male world at their mercy, not funny? Please do not pretend not to know what I am talking about.
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The Internet Band
I Say Yeah! Yeah Yeah Yeahh..........I Got Fame........Right Here............If You Want It. The Beatles Had 4 Singers, I Want 5. Are You Worthy?
The World's Next Great Rock Band Is Now Forming. You Will Absolutely Be The #1 Band After Your First Cd Release. I Guarantee It.
comment posted at 8:20 AM on Dec-12-06

Pauly Shore has a bad experience on stage in Texas. [video link] NSFW
comment posted at 8:38 AM on Dec-12-06

?Let today - the eleventh day of the twelfth month - henceforth and forever be Backwards Day! ?Fun with Unicode
Via the wonderfully nerdy 74 68 65 20 64 69 67 69 74 61 6C 20 6D 65.??‭
comment posted at 8:44 PM on Dec-11-06

Tom Hignite wasn't content owning one of Wisconsin's most successful companies, Miracle Homes. The evangelical contracting magnate had a dream. He would be the Walt Disney(sound) of the 21st century. So he turned a portion of his 7,000 square foot house into a studio, hired a crew of veteran Disney and Warner Bros. animators, and proceeded to make a feature film QT starring his own creation, Miracle Mouse. This is the story of how it all went wrong.
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37 years and 3 days ago, the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band played a free concert at Altamont Speedway. A second Woodstock was probably the intent, but it was not to be, and the security was provided by the Hell's Angels. During the Jefferson Airplane's set Marty Balin was punched out(youtube). As the Stones played "Under My Thumb" a fan, Meredith Hunter, 19 was killed(youtube). Widely seen as the end of the Utopian ideals of th 1960's this event has been memorialized in song and print (most memorably by Stanley Booth who witnessed the event from behind Keith Richards' amp.
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'Night Of The Living Dead' - watch Romero's classic, in color(colorized) and streaming high quality avi file. Not from public video sites. You will be amazed by the image quality. Not dial-up friendly.
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I LIKE
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It's Flash Friday, but surprisingly no one's mentioned this yet. Since you seem to be fans of Orisinal's work, I thought it prudent to point out that he's put up a new game just in time for the holidays. So, let's go play some Winterbells, shall we?
comment posted at 3:18 PM on Dec-8-06

BarneyCam! A holiday video about the nation's First Dog, hosted on the official White House web site!
comment posted at 2:32 PM on Dec-8-06

Commercial Censored by Jumpcut.com in Doritos Super Bowl ad competition. People complained that it wasn't "family orientated" and Jumpcut restricted its access. The video is a fake Doritos commercial with hot girl having an orgasm!
comment posted at 6:27 PM on Dec-7-06

GODMEN. "It's the wuss-ification of America that's getting us!" screeches Stine, 46. A moment later he adds a fervent: "Thank you, Lord, for our testosterone!"
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50 works of art you should see before you die, according to Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones and his readers--"probably the most learned cyber-community on the web." (Jones' personal top 20) [via; more inside]
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Content Management Systems I Would Or Wouldn’t Fuck [via]
comment posted at 10:44 AM on Dec-5-06

One Of The Greatest Moments In The History Of Recorded Sound (YouTube)
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From performing in a concert for Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, to serving as background music for the shock-and-awe bombing of Baghdad, Lionel Richie is much beloved throught the Arab world. A Nightline piece, and an upcoming GQ magazine article (via NPR) examine the Lionel of Arabia phenomenon.
comment posted at 6:24 PM on Dec-4-06

Bolton to step down from U.N.
comment posted at 8:12 AM on Dec-4-06

The Long Tomorrow is a short, twelve page, comic by Moebius produced in 1956-76 which tells the noir story of a private detective hired to pick up a parcel for a sultry dame. The art and the world it depicted was visionary; a world that is one giant, teeming, vertical metropolis. [via]
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comment posted at 10:32 PM on Dec-3-06

So you're in the mood for some Christmas music, but you're tired of all the old standards. Not to worry, the web has you covered courtesy of several vinyl sharing blogs. First off, there's Check the Cool Wax, with the soundtrack to Rankin/Bass's Night Before Christmas, Pee-Wee's Christmas Special, Yuletide Disco, Western Christmas Songs & Exciting Christmas Stories featuring Batman, Superman & Wonder Woman. Much, much more inside.
comment posted at 6:31 PM on Dec-3-06

TM without the ™. When he's not directing one of the best movies of the year or sitting on intersections with cows, David Lynch is a vocal advocate of Transcendental Meditation. In his new book Catching the Big Fish, he talks about the Box and the Key, meeting Fellini, the Suffocating Rubber Clown Suit, why he doesn't do DVD commentaries--and TM, which he calls "the experience that does everything." If you're intrigued by TM but sketched out by the organization and the $2,500 fee, perhaps you'd like to know that there is a cheap, downloadable alternative.
comment posted at 1:43 PM on Dec-3-06

Cool Conversion Site Zamzar is a new Web 2.0 site that has recently launched, offering free online file conversion for documents, videos, images and music. It supports hundreds of formats whether you're converting PDF to DOC or AAC to MP3. You can upload up to 5 files simultaneously and up to 100MB of data. Overall a really useful tool for anyone needing to convert files in a hurry !
comment posted at 12:56 PM on Dec-3-06

Teleflip is a free service for sending SMS (text messages) via email to any cell phone, all you need to do is send to xxx-xxx-xxxx@teleflip.com. Try it out. Replies will automatically be sent back to your email.
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What does God need with a private jet? Benny Hinn's latest pitch for donations. [via]
comment posted at 3:33 PM on Dec-2-06

Das Projekt "Map"
comment posted at 10:32 PM on Dec-1-06

Safety First! [nsfw]
comment posted at 10:40 AM on Dec-1-06