Thursday, June 09, 2005

Ringless ! - a sequel to  Lord of the Rings, written by an nine year old fan. Chapter 1 - destroying orcs Chapter 2 - cave trolls ! Chapter 3 - Rebuilding Minas Morgul 6:53:22 PM    comment []

Sunday, May 29, 2005

Thanks to www.boingboing.net     Store in Norway sells shit. Xeni Jardin: My friend Wayne Correia is traveling through Norway this week, and sends Boing Boing this quickie snapshot of a store window display beckoning passers-by to come on in and buy some SHIT. "Actually, it is the SHIT skateboard company," Wayne explains. "It's coincidentally across the street from the Apple shop here in Stavanger, Norway." Insert punchline here. Link to full-size image. Reader comment: Misty Quadrucci adds, Stavanger, Norway has SHIT Sk8board Company while Chicago, USA has Shit Sandwich Records! Interesting T-Shirts and records. Nice logo: Link. [Boing Boing] 10:12:35 AM    comment []

Saturday, May 21, 2005

This is a real creature ... it loooks like something from a science fiction movie.  Thanks again boingboing.net   Standing panda. David Pescovitz: Futa, a lesser panda at a zoo near Tokyo, stands upright for about 10 seconds at a time. From AFP: The two-year-old male panda stands up several times a day when "it sees something interesting", said Hiroyuki Asano, an official of Chiba Zoological Park, southeast of the capital. "We have kept lesser pandas for nearly 20 years at this zoo, but I have not seen one like Futa, which can stand for such a long time," Asano said. Link [Boing Boing] 10:27:13 AM    comment []

Thursday, May 19, 2005

Mark Frauenfelder: Steve Lodefink owns an incredible painting by Steve Keene, and he's giving it away to the reader of his blog "who seems to want it the most." If you want it, you have until June 13 to try. Link Related... [Boing Boing] 8:14:43 PM    comment []

Monday, May 02, 2005

Time Traveler Convention at MIT. David Pescovitz: MIT students are holding a Time Traveler Convention next Saturday in the hope that some visitors from the future might show up. I think it's a paradoxtastic plan! Great idea, I'd love to help! What should I do? Write the details down on a piece of acid-free paper, and slip them into obscure books in academic libraries! Carve them into a clay tablet! If you write for a newspaper, insert a few details about the convention! Tell your friends, so that word of the convention will be preserved in our oral history! A note: Time travel is a hard problem, and it may not be invented until long after MIT has faded into oblivion. Thus, we ask that you include the latitude/longitude information when you publicize the convention. You can also make an absolute commitment to publicize the convention afterwards. In that case, bring a time capsule or whatever it may be to the party, and then bury it afterwards. Can't the time travelers just hear about it from the attendees, and travel back in time to attend? Yes, they can! In fact, we think this will happen, and the small number of adventurous time travelers who do attend will go back to their "home times" and tell all their friends to come, causing the convention to become a Woodstock-like event that defines humanity forever. Link (via Slashdot) [Boing Boing] 6:45:07 AM    comment []

Friday, April 29, 2005

This is something the USA needs to face - Social Security's future House Republicans said they would draft legislation embodying his plans while Democrats braced for a bitter fight. Related... [NYT > Home Page] registration required 8:38:23 PM    comment []

Thursday, April 28, 2005

So weird.  Thanks to www.boingboing.net   States may ban vaporized alcohol delivery system. David Pescovitz: Alcohol Without Liquid (AWOL) is a vaporized Vodka delivery system that enables users to "inhale" their liquor. (Previously on BB here.) Thirteen states are considering legislation to prohibit the sale of AWOL while the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States are also fighting for a nationwide ban. As my friend Scott Daniel said, "They always hate it when you inhale." From the Miami Herald: Peter Cressy, (Distilled Spirits Council) president, said its members aren't threatened by the competition posed by AWOL but worry about abuse, putting him in the difficult position of opposing a hangover-free buzz. "This would strongly suggest that the purpose of this device is to get a buzz. We don't think getting a buzz is a good idea..." Link (Thanks, Michael-Anne Rauback!) [Boing Boing] 7:41:51 PM    comment []