A sobering list of recent accidental shootings from Cynical-C.
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The People’s Mario. (Warning: Flash, blood, Russian choir.)
Cheat codes versus public education. So true.
Mike Lee on Barack Obama. (Real blogging to resume shortly, if all goes well.)
Here’s Looking At You: a film about first impressions. (via)
There’s Christmas shopping, and then there’s Christmas shopping. Hardcore.
The most expensive drink at Starbucks: a 13 shot venti soy hazelnut vanilla cinnamon white mocha with extra white mocha and caramel, which will set you back $13.76.
This eBay auction is great: “You are bidding on a rare chance to traumatize a treasured friend or relative with baffling, mind-numbing, mystery correspondence from abroad.”
Turducken, you ain’t no big thing: this roast has 12 birds stuffed inside of each other. Serves 125. (via)
“It’s like Mount Olympus having rough sex with a Rubik’s Cube factory and knocking over a Whole Foods Supermarket.”
Computer historian Jason Scott on what Google’s headquarters is like.
Hilarious referrer of the week, part four:
choking statistics and tacos
While we’re on the subject of Flash games, Chat Noir is fantastic. Click on a light-colored circle to darken it, and try to trap the cat.
Portal: The Flash Version strips the humor, narrative, and three-dimensionality from the original, but “thinking with portals” is still surprisingly fun in a simple 2-D puzzle game.
Best mistranslation ever: Stir-fried wikipedia.
The Pirate Bay is developing its own peer-to-peer protocol to replace BitTorrent and hopes to have it ready within the next year. Copyright infringement is going to get a lot worse before it gets any better (or is that the other way around?).
A day late, but too good not to share: Halloween Costumes, Courtesy of Bob Dylan Lyrics.
“mop: when u get hit and get knocked the fuck out. yo jeanna just got mopped.” Urban Dictionary is fantastic.
Legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamato on Yahoo! Answers: “How old were you when you first heard the term, ‘Nintendo,’ and what does the name mean to you now?”
Pizza Party is a command line Unix program that lets you order pizza from Domino’s. Don’t miss the video.
And now for something completely different: a robot-controlled saxophone playing John Coltrane’s Giant Steps solo.
Version 1.0 of Adium, a wonderful free IM client for Mac OS X, has been released.
Today Dinosaur Comics, one of my all-time favorite websites, is four years old. There are almost 1000 strips!
eBay auction: Every NES game ever made, plus assorted accessories.
PC vs PC: Bill Gates and John Hodgman, together on the Daily Show. This can only end in tears.
The Daily Mail has a compelling story about British Airways Flight 9, also known as the Jakarta incident.
Things My Boyfriend Says is a collection of quotes from some girl’s boyfriend. “‘Who loves you?’ ‘Megatron.’”
A letter from Jumah al-Dossari, a Bahrainian being held captive at Guantanamo Bay.
Heh: someone on Metafilter asks how long he should put his warm Coke in the freezer, and Adam Savage, of all people, pops up with the answer (in unusual detail, naturally).
Steven Frank has provided a great primer on US cellular technology.
Meficomp, a compilation of 24 original tracks by members of Metafilter, is now shipping. All profits go to music education charity The Mockingbird Foundation.
Andy Ihnatko of the Chicago Sun-Times hates Microsoft’s Zune with a passion.
From McSweeney’s, an imagined DVD commentary on Return of the King by Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn. Classic!
It could be an Onion headline: Area man cockblocked by Obama, threatens Giuliani vote. (via)
Ryan North has fixed Wikipedia! Thanks, Ryan. Thryan.
Manhattanhenge is a phenomenon that usually takes place usually on May 28 and July 12 or 13, when the setting sun aligns with the street grid in Manhattan.
Jeff Varasano loves the pizza from Patsy’s on 117th Street in NYC, and spent six years figuring out how to make it. Here are the results.
xkcd is a brilliant webcomic about, well, anything: math, computers, romance, video games, modern life, and sometimes just doodling.
Fellow Hen Hud Sailor Dan Eisenberg has started a college blog, Dan @ CMU.
Man breaks into McDonald’s to cook, eat burgers. What the hell, Man?
The Mind is a Metaphor is a database of 18th century metaphors for the mind. Once you make sense of the navigation, there’s some great stuff in here.
Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant is a fun blog that focuses on literature, but covers all manner of interesting topics.
Five fake urban myths I’d like you to earnestly share with your friends and colleagues. From 5ives, a collection of amusing 5-item lists.
For the cross-section of English dorks and gaming nerds: Geoffrey Chaucer writes about video games.
Afterlife Telegrams is a service that will have some termincally ill guy memorize a message for $5/word and then relay it to the deceased person of your choice when he dies.
Berklee College of Music offered two Ghanaian musicians full scholarships to its summer five-week program. I went a few years ago, and I learned as much in a month there as I did in a semester at college. (via)
The Jitterbug is a deleted scene from The Wizard of Oz in which Dorothy and friends do a crazy dance routine in the forest. Watch it here. (via)
Check out this interview with Tour de France winner Floyd Landis. “You want more of that, motherfuckers?”
Paul Simon and John Lennon present an award at the 1975 Grammy Awards. The winner sends Art Garfunkel to accept the award. Hilarity ensues.
Where does ice cream truck music come from? Read all about it [pdf].
Snake on a plane. Coincidence? Or…viral marketing?
IGN Dreamcast has relaunched. The Dreamcast rocked and all, but WTF?
More on Bonds: some discussion in the comments of my last entry, and ownage from The Onion.
Steven Frank, Mac developer and hardcore Apple fanatic, has signed off on the Xbox 360. Dear Sony: when Apple fans prefer Microsoft’s products to yours, that should raise a red flag or two.
Sixtyforce lives! My favorite Mac N64 emulator is still kicking around, and there’s a new beta out.
ifoAppleStore, a blog that apparently covers Apple retail outlets, has a blow-by-blow recounting of the Fifth Avenue grand opening.
Mozart & Micromanaging is a fine essay criticizing modern treatment of Mozart’s operas. If only Joe would study music theory and drop the political blog in favor of more work like this.
Flickr has left beta!…and moved to Gamma. Very funny, guys. (The new site is nice, though.)
Internet telephony service Skype is offering free internet-to-phone calls for the rest of 2006.
The BBC accidentally put a cab driver on live television, thinking that he was the expert they intended to interview. His attempt to fake it is hilarious. (UPDATE: actually, he was applying for an IT job.)
Jonathan Tisch has donated $40 million to Tufts. Thanks, Jon!
An annotated photo of a bookshelf is a clever way of putting up your personal reading list. I need to make one of these; I haven’t read a book for pleasure in months.
I just finished my sophomore year, and I’m heading home within the hour. The site should be hopping soon.
Flickr is changing its interface. The new navigation system, search, and photo organizer should be rolled out in the next week.
I know active verbs are good, but newspaper headlines are just getting ridiculous.
Time has a first look at Nintendo Wii. It sounds great, and I wish them well; they need this one.
Apple wants to open a flagship retail store here in Boston. Current plans point to a location across the street from the Prudential Center.
There’s a horse in the Kentucky Derby named Sinister Minister, presumably after the Flecktones tune of the same name. I don’t care for horse racing, but I know who I’m rooting for now!
Bridget Kearney, a jazz bassist and Tufts-NEC joint degree student, won a grand prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Congrats, Bridget!
King Tut’s lost penis has been found. Apparently, it was there all along. What a happy ending! (via)
The ESRB has changed Oblivion’s rating from T to M, apparently because there were nude skins hidden away in the code. Sounds like Hot Coffee all over again.
Zombies attack Boston suburbs. They swarmed the 96 while I was on the way back to Davis Square, leaving blood spatters on the window.
Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens. Interesting theory, but I’m inclined to think we’re just too damn far away from everyone. (via)
Juggler extraordinaire Chris Bliss does a routine to the end of the Abbey Road medley. Absolutely nuts.
Scoldilocks, n.: a person who scolds too much.
Send help.
The Hall of Best Knowledge is a weekly comic-cum-typography-experiment. It’s hand-drawn and immaculately detailed. Go look at it; you will be impressed. (via)
“I don’t know about you, but I sleep better at night knowing that Bush is in the Oval Office. I mean, do we really want this guy roaming the streets?”
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