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March 18 2010
Photo series of baby dressed up as ruthless dictators
Shared by Patrick Wagstrom
Baby Pinochet is just so darn cute....
Artist Nina Maria Kleivan dressed her baby daughter Faustina up in outfits of infamous dictators and took photos. She says the photos are a reminder of how “we all begin life the same. We all have every opportunity ahead of us. To do good, or inexplicable evil.”Nina Maria Kleivan’s "Potency," Exploring The Meaning Of Evil
When This Sex App's A Rockin' Don't Come A Knockin'
Shared by Patrick Wagstrom
So, if you're Apple you don't allow apps that show babes in bikinis, but this is okay? Would be fun to get it and then put it on a vibrating bed...
The Bedometer iPhone App tracks the amount of calories you burn during sex, according to The Sun. You just place it on the bed when things start to get freaky, try not to get so wild that the iPhone...
March 17 2010
Anyone know where I can get Zombie Fish sticker for the back of my car (sorta like the Icthys Jesus Fish)?
March 16 2010
Another View of Why You're Fat
Stephen McDaniel at FreakalyticsAfter I posted about the inverse correlation between between subsidies and federal nutrition guidelines I learned a few things about statistics and the power of the internet. I didn't really understand commenter Sam's suggestion that the "chart-oon is a good example of terrible info-graphics gutting information of its power" until I followed his link and found...
Florida Family Policy Council "mistakenly" uses wrong photo of lesbian parents
From Sociological Images:
The Florida Family Policy Council [a conservative Christian organization] sent out a message about a judge’s ruling to allow a lesbian couple to adopt a relative’s child they had been fostering. The FFPC, which opposes gay adoption, sent out an alert to its members and including an image of the couple... well, in theory. On the left is the photo included with the...
RT @badbanana: Flavor Flav turns 51 today. He'll spend a quiet day at home, still resting up after a weekend of moving clocks forward.
My congressional reps sound like an un-pc joke setup: A muslim, a jewish comedian, and a woman walk into the Capital...
My last tweet could be very problematic if I end up moving Texas. Will pressure Texas to split into 5 separate states. www.snopes.com/...
RT @ltc: fun use of chatroulette - piano improv with your audience! www.youtube.com/...
160,000 Hours of C-Span Coverage at Your Finger Tips
Shared by Patrick Wagstrom
one hundred sixty thousand hours...wow.
I hope congresscritters realize that almost everything they've ever said is now easily accessible online. It just takes some citizen work to provide searchable transcripts and keywords for this data.
As reported in the NY Times … roughly 160,000 hours of C-SPAN coverage is going live for your consumption. Yet another example ...
March 15 2010
NYT on Carl Malamud's International Amateur Scanning League
Shared by Patrick WagstromBrian Stelter of the New York Times reports on the International Amateur Scanning League, consisting of volunteers who are copying the 3,000 DVDs at the National Archives and Records Administration. The videos will be uploaded to the net for all to enjoy.
Carl Malamud is one of my heroes.
Dust off a disc. Maybe it's video of a Bob Hope Christmas show, or maybe it's t...
March 14 2010
New York is kinda a disaster right now. Heavy winds, high rain, flooding, downed trees. Great night to stick around at home.
March 13 2010
US census infographics from 1870
Shared by Patrick Wagstrom
The census is one of America's great institutions, the way the country knows itself. Here then is the 1870 statistical atlas of the ninth census, scanned at high rez. Your one-stop shop for 1870's best infographics: "Presented here are all of the maps and charts from the first statistical atlas of the US Census, widely praised in its time and still a...
March 11 2010
Lesbian panic shuts down Mississippi high-school prom
Mississippi's Itawamba County school district has cancelled a prom after Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old student, asked permission to bring her girlfriend as her date. The student planned to wear a tux. The school district's bureaucratic non-excuse for the cancellation is that it's "due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events." The district appears to be...
March 10 2010
Google added biking directions to maps. Awesome. Reveals how much Westchester County sucks for biking. Suckage. #bikewithgoogle
The international war over exit signs
The sign on the left is familiar to Americans, but other countries think it is a horrible design, preferring the green running man on the right or a variation of it. Julia Turner of Slate has an in-depth article on the 25-year international fight over exit signs. It's one of a terrific six-part series about sign history and design.
Fans of Ota's running man point to two key advantages: It's a...
March 09 2010
I just bought the Mac Heist bundle. 7 awesome apps worth $260+ for just $19.95 and got 3 great bonus apps free! www.macheist.com
March 05 2010
Ogg objections
Shared by kfish
A good summary of about half the problems of the Ogg container ;-)
The Ogg container format is being promoted by the Xiph Foundation for use with its Vorbis and Theora codecs. Unfortunately, a number of technical shortcomings in the format render it ill-suited to most, if not all, use cases. This article examines the most severe of these flaws.
Overview of Ogg
The basic unit i...
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