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A Skeptics View of Fringe Archaeology
posted on Feb-10-05 at 8:09 AM
Self-defence with a Walking-stick : The Different Methods of Defending Oneself with a Walking-Stick or Umbrella when Attacked under Unequal Conditions (Part I) (with pictures!) :: via The Journal of Non-Lethal combatives ::
posted on Jan-28-05 at 9:18 AM
We Make Money Not Art :: art meets science and technology in the near near future and begets some cool and scary toys.
posted on Jan-27-05 at 8:28 AM
The 5th Dentist :: a photoblog
posted on Jan-13-05 at 8:15 AM
Vintage Technology :: I like the bric a brac best.
posted on Jan-7-05 at 7:10 AM
The Museum of Food Anomalies
posted on Jan-5-05 at 9:21 AM
The Challenge: Purchase, prepare and eat healthy, mostly organic meals on a food stamp budget. These are the results.
posted on Jan-4-05 at 7:48 AM
Nineteen Faces :: Nik adds some thoughtful commentary to photos found on US Sex Offender Registry websites. I find Number Six to be most interesting.
posted on Dec-18-04 at 9:43 AM
Meet Charles Brannock. In 1926, he invented a foot-measuring device that has become an industry standard and a landmark of American innovation, now preserved in the Smithsonian.
posted on Dec-16-04 at 7:52 AM
Overqualified: A new letter every Tuesday
Joey Comeau wrote cover letter after cover letter, listing the same store bought traits in the same wording, day after day, hoping to find another job. And then one day he just snapped a little. He sat down to write a cover letter, and something entirely new came out. So he sent it anyway, but also publishes them on the web. (Or at least he used to.)
posted on Nov-27-04 at 9:27 PM
Mustard Gas Party :: Photographs of Modern Ruins
posted on Nov-1-04 at 11:09 AM
Formerly669 :: a photo-a-day photoblog
posted on Oct-16-04 at 10:50 PM
Death .... online
be sure to check out preservation and decomposition, among other points of interest here....
posted on Sep-21-04 at 10:29 PM
neurodiversity
An amazingly wide and varied site which began as a collection of articles about Autism but which has expanded to survey such varied topics as left-handedness, gender and sexual orientation, hysteria, and a fascinating collection of articles on "Neurotypical Issues." Hours and hours of material from a wide variety of viewpoints.
posted on Sep-13-04 at 10:01 PM
Fruity!
posted on Sep-2-04 at 8:52 AM
The AOL CD Preservation Guild & Museum
posted on Aug-31-04 at 9:44 PM
On July 6th, 1988 Dennis Dechaine of Bowdinham, Maine came home from work (transporting frozen chickens from a slaughterhouse) and planned to work on constructing a greenhouse. However, that project hit a glitch and sometime that afternoon he decided instead to take some amphetamines and go exploring in the woods near his home. When he emerged from the woods, lost and looking for his truck, about 8:30 pm that night he was questioned by the police who were looking for a missing 12 year old girl named Sarah Cherry. Two days later, Sarah's body was found and Dennis Dechainewas charged with the girl's murder. He was convicted in March of 1989 to life in prison without parole and an entire generation of Maine girls were told to 'remember Sarah Cherry' as a caution to not talk to strangers.
The question before us now, is, of course, did he do it?
posted on Aug-6-04 at 9:59 AM
Meet Vernon Blake. Vernon Blake was a Systems Admin for the Alabama Department of Transportation, and it was 'well known' in his office that a certain supervisor spent far more time playing solitare on his computer than he did doing anything else. Inspired by a campaign to stop waste in Alabama government, Vernon installed a screen capture utility which took 717 screenshots (.pdf) over 7 months, documenting a clear pattern of non-work related use of the computer. The results? The supervisor was given a written repremand. Vernon Blake was fired.
posted on Jul-31-04 at 9:45 AM
Palindromes
::shamelessly stolen from plep::
posted on Jul-24-04 at 10:44 AM
Oxymorons
posted on Jul-23-04 at 6:47 AM
naval-history.net :: yet another fine example of how the web can help one man or woman with a true passion for a subject go from a hobbist to a published expert. Be sure to read the dedication to his dad at the top of the page.
posted on Jul-16-04 at 9:21 AM
Fork-you! :: spend a rainy Saturday afternoon learning how to bend forks with your mind. Sort of.
posted on Jul-10-04 at 12:53 PM
A Guide to Alternative Handwriting and Shorthand Systems
posted on Jul-5-04 at 10:53 AM
Beershots :: Microscopic Views of Beers from Around the World.
Also, an assortment of cocktails.
Shamelessly stolen from Plep
posted on Jul-3-04 at 11:52 PM
How to Pick a Lock
posted on Jun-27-04 at 11:24 PM
Weird Food from Around the World
posted on Jun-26-04 at 3:50 PM
The Pin-up Files :: Hundreds of classic and modern drawings of glamorous and beautiful women. Also includes artist bios, notes on many of the images, and a great list of links to other sites. I find it interesting to see how our idea of what is erotic or beautiful have changed (and remained the same) from the '40's to today. This site contains some material which might be considered of an adult nature. Viewer discretion is advised.
posted on Jun-21-04 at 8:56 PM
Common Errors In English :: an internet guide
posted on Jun-20-04 at 8:11 PM
Wordcraft, an on-line community of linguaphiles, best known for its extensive collection of eponyms, has taken on a new and fairly ambitious project -- they're trying to rewrite the entire Oxford English Dictionary -- in limerick form. So far they're only on the a's, but they do seem optimistic.
Shamelessly stolen from languagehat's blog
posted on Jun-18-04 at 12:47 PM
"Oh my god! There's an axe in my head"
posted on Jun-15-04 at 3:38 PM
Double-Tongued Word Wrester :: Words from the fringes of English
posted on Jun-4-04 at 1:56 PM
The Old Car Manual Project
posted on Jun-1-04 at 9:19 PM
How To Make Friends By Telephone :: a useful how-to book from the 1940's
posted on May-27-04 at 8:04 AM
My Urban Dig :: Found Objects in Alison's House
Be sure to check out the archives
posted on May-24-04 at 8:10 AM
The Internet Museum of Flexi, Cardboard and Oddity Records
posted on May-19-04 at 4:17 PM
Famous Unsolved Codes and Ciphers
posted on May-18-04 at 9:54 AM
Blah Blah Blogging :: "The following is a meticulously detailed recap of a news segment that appeared on the Chicago FOX news affiliate on Wednesday, May 5th, 2004." -- Intelligent blogger agrees to appear in puff piece about blogging for FOX news. These are the results.
posted on May-12-04 at 4:55 PM
Interactive Philosophy Games :: Construct a God, explore your morals, take a new look at what it means to be alive, plus Shakespeare vs. Britney Spears. Or, you can just read it for the articles.
posted on May-10-04 at 5:44 PM
Origami Underground :: expert origami with adult, erotic and some scatological themes. Diagrams included. NSFW
posted on May-3-04 at 5:27 PM
A Picture's Worth :: a slightly different kind of photo blog -- a single (often excellent) photo, accompanied by a short (often poignant) essay which explains the emotions, memories or thoughts that the photograph triggers for the photographer.
posted on Apr-27-04 at 8:18 AM
sniggle.net :: calls itself a 'Culture Jammer's Encyclopedia' -- its a fabulous compendium of forgeries, fakes, hoaxes, counterfeiting, spoofs, pseudoscience, and just plain weird stuff. Perfect fodder for killing time on a Friday afternoon.
posted on Apr-23-04 at 10:45 AM
The Scoop on Poop and The Facts on Farts
:: via filmgoerjuan's blog, sort of ::
posted on Apr-22-04 at 7:34 AM
Taboo Tunes :: an interesting exhibit of controversial and banned music recordings (and sometimes cover photographs), which is especially resonant in the interesting times in which we live. Be sure to visit The Gallery of the Forbidden.
posted on Apr-20-04 at 10:56 AM
The Writings on the Stall :: a new compendium of bathroom graffiti
posted on Apr-16-04 at 10:38 PM
New England Ruins :: Photographs
posted on Apr-15-04 at 10:00 PM
The Ultimate Guide to Rubber Band Warfare
posted on Apr-12-04 at 12:56 PM
Kat Jungnickel is is blogging her experiences travelling in London on the 73 Bus.
posted on Apr-8-04 at 12:19 PM
Peep Porn
Its possible that this is NSFW, but I doubt it
posted on Apr-7-04 at 12:02 PM
Firebreathing has become trendy -- even Xena did it. Of course, its also very dangerous - don't try this at home.
posted on Apr-6-04 at 11:38 AM
Toilets of the World :: a photoblog, sort of...
posted on Apr-5-04 at 11:13 AM
posted on Feb-10-05 at 8:09 AM
Self-defence with a Walking-stick : The Different Methods of Defending Oneself with a Walking-Stick or Umbrella when Attacked under Unequal Conditions (Part I) (with pictures!) :: via The Journal of Non-Lethal combatives ::
posted on Jan-28-05 at 9:18 AM
We Make Money Not Art :: art meets science and technology in the near near future and begets some cool and scary toys.
posted on Jan-27-05 at 8:28 AM
The 5th Dentist :: a photoblog
posted on Jan-13-05 at 8:15 AM
Vintage Technology :: I like the bric a brac best.
posted on Jan-7-05 at 7:10 AM
The Museum of Food Anomalies
posted on Jan-5-05 at 9:21 AM
The Challenge: Purchase, prepare and eat healthy, mostly organic meals on a food stamp budget. These are the results.
posted on Jan-4-05 at 7:48 AM
Nineteen Faces :: Nik adds some thoughtful commentary to photos found on US Sex Offender Registry websites. I find Number Six to be most interesting.
posted on Dec-18-04 at 9:43 AM
Meet Charles Brannock. In 1926, he invented a foot-measuring device that has become an industry standard and a landmark of American innovation, now preserved in the Smithsonian.
posted on Dec-16-04 at 7:52 AM
Overqualified: A new letter every Tuesday
Joey Comeau wrote cover letter after cover letter, listing the same store bought traits in the same wording, day after day, hoping to find another job. And then one day he just snapped a little. He sat down to write a cover letter, and something entirely new came out. So he sent it anyway, but also publishes them on the web. (Or at least he used to.)
posted on Nov-27-04 at 9:27 PM
Mustard Gas Party :: Photographs of Modern Ruins
posted on Nov-1-04 at 11:09 AM
Formerly669 :: a photo-a-day photoblog
posted on Oct-16-04 at 10:50 PM
Death .... online
be sure to check out preservation and decomposition, among other points of interest here....
posted on Sep-21-04 at 10:29 PM
neurodiversity
An amazingly wide and varied site which began as a collection of articles about Autism but which has expanded to survey such varied topics as left-handedness, gender and sexual orientation, hysteria, and a fascinating collection of articles on "Neurotypical Issues." Hours and hours of material from a wide variety of viewpoints.
posted on Sep-13-04 at 10:01 PM
Fruity!
posted on Sep-2-04 at 8:52 AM
The AOL CD Preservation Guild & Museum
posted on Aug-31-04 at 9:44 PM
On July 6th, 1988 Dennis Dechaine of Bowdinham, Maine came home from work (transporting frozen chickens from a slaughterhouse) and planned to work on constructing a greenhouse. However, that project hit a glitch and sometime that afternoon he decided instead to take some amphetamines and go exploring in the woods near his home. When he emerged from the woods, lost and looking for his truck, about 8:30 pm that night he was questioned by the police who were looking for a missing 12 year old girl named Sarah Cherry. Two days later, Sarah's body was found and Dennis Dechainewas charged with the girl's murder. He was convicted in March of 1989 to life in prison without parole and an entire generation of Maine girls were told to 'remember Sarah Cherry' as a caution to not talk to strangers.
The question before us now, is, of course, did he do it?
posted on Aug-6-04 at 9:59 AM
Meet Vernon Blake. Vernon Blake was a Systems Admin for the Alabama Department of Transportation, and it was 'well known' in his office that a certain supervisor spent far more time playing solitare on his computer than he did doing anything else. Inspired by a campaign to stop waste in Alabama government, Vernon installed a screen capture utility which took 717 screenshots (.pdf) over 7 months, documenting a clear pattern of non-work related use of the computer. The results? The supervisor was given a written repremand. Vernon Blake was fired.
posted on Jul-31-04 at 9:45 AM
Palindromes
::shamelessly stolen from plep::
posted on Jul-24-04 at 10:44 AM
Oxymorons
posted on Jul-23-04 at 6:47 AM
naval-history.net :: yet another fine example of how the web can help one man or woman with a true passion for a subject go from a hobbist to a published expert. Be sure to read the dedication to his dad at the top of the page.
posted on Jul-16-04 at 9:21 AM
Fork-you! :: spend a rainy Saturday afternoon learning how to bend forks with your mind. Sort of.
posted on Jul-10-04 at 12:53 PM
A Guide to Alternative Handwriting and Shorthand Systems
posted on Jul-5-04 at 10:53 AM
Beershots :: Microscopic Views of Beers from Around the World.
Also, an assortment of cocktails.
Shamelessly stolen from Plep
posted on Jul-3-04 at 11:52 PM
How to Pick a Lock
posted on Jun-27-04 at 11:24 PM
Weird Food from Around the World
posted on Jun-26-04 at 3:50 PM
The Pin-up Files :: Hundreds of classic and modern drawings of glamorous and beautiful women. Also includes artist bios, notes on many of the images, and a great list of links to other sites. I find it interesting to see how our idea of what is erotic or beautiful have changed (and remained the same) from the '40's to today. This site contains some material which might be considered of an adult nature. Viewer discretion is advised.
posted on Jun-21-04 at 8:56 PM
Common Errors In English :: an internet guide
posted on Jun-20-04 at 8:11 PM
Wordcraft, an on-line community of linguaphiles, best known for its extensive collection of eponyms, has taken on a new and fairly ambitious project -- they're trying to rewrite the entire Oxford English Dictionary -- in limerick form. So far they're only on the a's, but they do seem optimistic.
Shamelessly stolen from languagehat's blog
posted on Jun-18-04 at 12:47 PM
"Oh my god! There's an axe in my head"
posted on Jun-15-04 at 3:38 PM
Double-Tongued Word Wrester :: Words from the fringes of English
posted on Jun-4-04 at 1:56 PM
The Old Car Manual Project
posted on Jun-1-04 at 9:19 PM
How To Make Friends By Telephone :: a useful how-to book from the 1940's
posted on May-27-04 at 8:04 AM
My Urban Dig :: Found Objects in Alison's House
Be sure to check out the archives
posted on May-24-04 at 8:10 AM
The Internet Museum of Flexi, Cardboard and Oddity Records
posted on May-19-04 at 4:17 PM
Famous Unsolved Codes and Ciphers
posted on May-18-04 at 9:54 AM
Blah Blah Blogging :: "The following is a meticulously detailed recap of a news segment that appeared on the Chicago FOX news affiliate on Wednesday, May 5th, 2004." -- Intelligent blogger agrees to appear in puff piece about blogging for FOX news. These are the results.
posted on May-12-04 at 4:55 PM
Interactive Philosophy Games :: Construct a God, explore your morals, take a new look at what it means to be alive, plus Shakespeare vs. Britney Spears. Or, you can just read it for the articles.
posted on May-10-04 at 5:44 PM
Origami Underground :: expert origami with adult, erotic and some scatological themes. Diagrams included. NSFW
posted on May-3-04 at 5:27 PM
A Picture's Worth :: a slightly different kind of photo blog -- a single (often excellent) photo, accompanied by a short (often poignant) essay which explains the emotions, memories or thoughts that the photograph triggers for the photographer.
posted on Apr-27-04 at 8:18 AM
sniggle.net :: calls itself a 'Culture Jammer's Encyclopedia' -- its a fabulous compendium of forgeries, fakes, hoaxes, counterfeiting, spoofs, pseudoscience, and just plain weird stuff. Perfect fodder for killing time on a Friday afternoon.
posted on Apr-23-04 at 10:45 AM
The Scoop on Poop and The Facts on Farts
:: via filmgoerjuan's blog, sort of ::
posted on Apr-22-04 at 7:34 AM
Taboo Tunes :: an interesting exhibit of controversial and banned music recordings (and sometimes cover photographs), which is especially resonant in the interesting times in which we live. Be sure to visit The Gallery of the Forbidden.
posted on Apr-20-04 at 10:56 AM
The Writings on the Stall :: a new compendium of bathroom graffiti
posted on Apr-16-04 at 10:38 PM
New England Ruins :: Photographs
posted on Apr-15-04 at 10:00 PM
The Ultimate Guide to Rubber Band Warfare
posted on Apr-12-04 at 12:56 PM
Kat Jungnickel is is blogging her experiences travelling in London on the 73 Bus.
posted on Apr-8-04 at 12:19 PM
Peep Porn
Its possible that this is NSFW, but I doubt it
posted on Apr-7-04 at 12:02 PM
Firebreathing has become trendy -- even Xena did it. Of course, its also very dangerous - don't try this at home.
posted on Apr-6-04 at 11:38 AM
Toilets of the World :: a photoblog, sort of...
posted on Apr-5-04 at 11:13 AM
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