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links for 2008-06-06

• New Math by Bo Burnham
  Clever, catchy, and very funny.
  (tags: Funny Math Video)

Posted by PJ on Jun 6, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-06-04

• Takahē
  Very cool looking bird species.
  (tags: Animals)

Posted by PJ on Jun 4, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-06-03

• The Original Illustrated Catalog of ACME Products
  Somebody must have spent a lot of time compiling this.
  (tags: Funny Cartoons Animation)

Posted by PJ on Jun 3, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-05-31

• 30 Useful PHP Classes and Components
  It’s usually a bad idea to reinvent the wheel.
  (tags: PHP Programming)

Posted by PJ on May 31, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-05-29

• Jon Dyer’s Quest For Every Beard Type
  Because everyone should have a goal in life.
  (tags: Blog Cool Fashion Mustache Beard Inspiration)

Posted by PJ on May 29, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-05-14

• Richardson Wins State Team Title Alone
  Maybe there is an “I” in “team.”
  (tags: Interesting Sports)

Posted by PJ on May 14, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-05-10

• Covering Bond
  The cover art for the new Penguin hardback editions of Ian Fleming’s James Bond books are unbelievably cool.
  (tags: Books Design Illustration)

Posted by PJ on May 10, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-05-09

• Tank on Empty
  How far can you go after the gas light in your car comes on?
  (tags: Cars Cool Fuel Interesting)

Posted by PJ on May 9, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-05-07

• 104 Hypermiling Tips
  Most of these are somewhat ridiculous, but interesting nonetheless.
  (tags: Energy Fuel)

Posted by PJ on May 7, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-05-03

• Real Fight Club on ESPN Video
  Normally this isn’t what you think of when you hear “in a garage in Palo Alto.”
  (tags: Culture Interesting Video)

Posted by PJ on May 3, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-05-02

• Declassified NSA Document Reveals the Secret History of TEMPEST
  Who would have imagined that TEMPEST attacks were discovered in 1943?
  (tags: Security)

Posted by PJ on May 2, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-04-30

• The Billy Letters
  Richard Ramirez has Night Stalker™ stationary with a Night Stalker™ logo. When did serial killers get corporate identity packages?
  (tags: Culture Disturbing Funny)

Posted by PJ on Apr 30, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-04-29

• Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Performs Life on Mars
  You really have to listen to the whole thing. There are some nice (and surprising) vocal overlays near the end.
  (tags: Music Video)

Posted by PJ on Apr 29, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-04-22

• Juno Movie Parody from MADtv
  “From the irritatingly quirky mind of Oscar award winner Diablo Cody.”
  (tags: Funny Film Video)
• Kosher-for-Passover Coke and Pepsi Are Back!
  How to identify cane-sugar colas.
  (tags: Interesting Useful Soda)
• PETA Pushes Test-Tube Meat
  This appears to be the most reasonable thing PETA has ever done.
  (tags: Science Food Ethics Environment)

Posted by PJ on Apr 22, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-04-19

• Bloxorz
  The rules seem really long-winded but this game-play is actually very intuitive and fun. Highly addictive as well.
  (tags: Games Flash Free)

Posted by PJ on Apr 19, 2008 | 1 Comment |

links for 2008-04-16

• Amazon Blows Away Objections
  A good rundown to the new EC2 features (and how they are game-changing).
  (tags: AWS EC2 S3 Programming Computing)

Posted by PJ on Apr 16, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-04-11

• Analytics According to Captain Kirk
  The guy who wrote this either needs to be fired or promoted.
  (tags: Analytics Scifi Funny Statistics)

Posted by PJ on Apr 11, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-04-08

• Decoding Hand Signals Used on the Floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange
  I can’t believe they still have actual traders on the floor of an exchange doing this. Computers anyone?
  (tags: Markets Funny Interesting)

Posted by PJ on Apr 8, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-04-03

• Two Fools
  In which OCR-A gets swashes, courtesy of Tobias Frere-Jones and Jonathan Hoefler.
  (tags: Typography Design Funny)

Posted by PJ on Apr 3, 2008 | Comment |

links for 2008-04-02

• Guitar Rising
  It’s like Guitar Hero, but with a real guitar.
  (tags: Cool Games Music)

Posted by PJ on Apr 2, 2008 | Comment |

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