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June 29, 2004

• The attack on Fahrenheit 9/11: Fox lays back while ABC and NBC pile on

June 28, 2004

• Um.. . why? (more theft of my carrot self-portrait)
• Books For Soldiers helps you send soldiers books they want.

June 27, 2004

• The Smirking Chimp: The press likes power.... They don't, anymore, go into their profession to help people, as the muckrackers did, they go into journalism for power."

June 25, 2004

• The latest campaign Ad on the Bush/Cheney website displays clips of Kerry, Gephart, Gore, and Dean, along with HITLER (using MoveOn Ad contest submissions, taken out of context). Would someone please tell me WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY?
• A freezer that works with Sound Waves, Not Freon
• Buy this guy's Star Trek apartment (ridiculous fandom) [via]

June 24, 2004

• New Bjork album all a capella
• Natural Sciences Faculty: Holy Shit
• Judge uses penis pump while sitting on bench
• Flash Game: try not to stumble while walking drunk.
• "Scientists have no way to tell how common the boy's ability is, or if a legion of super-strong tykes will be discovered."
• Spidey comic strip parodies (refresh for more)
• Nice photos from the 3rd annual Lebowski fest
• "We do indeed live in strange times in which intellectual property seems to be more sacred than human life"
• Human breast milk can effectively treat warts!
• Photos following one drunk driving rampage (destruction goes on and on)

June 23, 2004

• sometimes fred durst's weblog reminds me of my softmore year of highschool. in a... mostly good way.
• Enter the Magic Door (better with audio)
• The Condensed Bill Clinton Slate reads My Life so you don't have to.
• Anybody going to any of the post-Farenheit 9/11 MoveOn discussion parties in the L.A. Area?

June 22, 2004

• Chapelle frustrated with crowd: "This (stand-up) is the most important thing I do, and because I'm on TV, you make it hard for me to do it."
• Zelda Classic looks fun (expanding NES Zelda clone with community)

June 21, 2004

• The Digital Rights management talk that Cory Doctorow gave to Microsoft is a truly outstanding breakdown of the dilemmas facing our society at the present copyright / technology crux.
• Ask MetaFilter: Why Have kids? [via]
• SpaceShipOne Makes History with First Manned Private Spaceflight successful "As I got to the top I released a bag of M&Ms in the cockpit"
• Thai Prisoners Play Elephants in Soccer [via]
• The Daily Show covers what networks miss (2003 State Dept Terrorism Report)
• dooce's father's day message (sweet and teary)
• You can prevent rain with dry ice? (McCartney hires jets to keep concert dry)

June 18, 2004

• Suprisingly sincere ./ thread on gaming addiction [via]
• Rumsfeld Fighting Techniques. I'm fond of "drunken temple boxing"
• Researchers have found a way to turn naturally promiscuous animals into monogamous ones, a discovery that one day could lead to a "commitment pill" for human males." You're shitting me.
• Best cardboard sign I've ever seen a 70-year-old man holding at the edge of campus: "The WHITE MAN is the Fool in AMERICA... because he did not build his Nation on the one True FOUNDATION and Savior, Jesus Christ... like the SCANDINAVIANS!" Here here.

June 17, 2004

• I Almost Won A Darwin Award (personal account on Craigslist)

June 16, 2004

• New Pixies track, through iTunes. (Pretty good, too).

June 15, 2004

• The Big Picture: Reagan's Centrist Legacy. Well-written, non-partisan
• Here comes self-cleaning undies
• | First mobile phone virus discovered that infects the Symbian OS. (I've got a Nokia 3650; better brush my BlueTeeth regularly.) [via]
• Great Sportsguy piece: OJ, 10 years later
• A Wal-Mart Supercenter opens in America pproximately every 1.65 days. [via]
• This spanish LiveJournal is grabbing my carrot mirror shot. Here's a hilarious Babelfish translation. What's going on?
• Man, check that Ill Java app title graphic [via star]
• Democratic Candidates and their Cartoon Equivalents via]
• Congrats to Andy on theEliot
• Moore says he had Iraq abuse footage months before 60 minutes.

June 10, 2004

• When, in the future, you find yourself wondering, "Whatever happened to the Constitution?" you will want to go back and look at June 8, 2004
• Pink Numbers, the nextstep in permalinking.
• Check out the Mighty McPilgrim weblog, which launched this week. Wacky BS from my comedy troupe.
• A Plunge From the Moral Heights: Richard Cohen on torture, memos, and war.
• A really nice collection of NYC signs & graffiti photos from Lisa
• 10 Foods You Should Never Eat!
• Suggestions for TiVo - nice Kottke post pointing TiVo towards web data-sharing and social spaces.
• Audio: Ashcroft refuses to Provide Torture Memos like a bumbling fool

June 09, 2004

• Huge Searchable archive of historic LA Photos in the USC digital archive
• Outkast is insane. Hardcore album in november, and a prohibition era film next year, on top of other projects? Man.

June 08, 2004

• Image: writers, abandon your dreams

June 07, 2004

• Reagan Letter to his just married son, 1971: "There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a door at the end of a day knowing someone on the other side of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps."
• 66 Things to Think About When Flying Into Reagan National Airport
• Pending Draft Legislation Targeted for Spring 2005.
• AirTunes: AirPort express for stereos. Simple and brilliant.
• How Copyright Law Changed Hip Hop, by Chuck D & Hank Shocklee of Public Enemy. [via]
• Matt reminds me that it's been nearly 4 years since the girl on a bike meme made it's way around. I was always fond of my recombinant version.
• Nigritude Ultramarine
• 45 facts email forward debunked/ confirmed by Google Answers.
• A personal remembrance from Ronald Reagan's costar, Bonzo

June 03, 2004

• The Onion: You Have Been Impregnated For National-Security Reasons

June 02, 2004

• Army Plan Aims to Keep Soldiers on Duty. Saddening.
• Fahrenheit 9/11 Trailer Film will be opening June 25th, distributed by Lion's Gate.
• Footage from "Curb Your Enthusiasm" frees accused murderer.
• Pardon?: transcript of a real phone call made by a man to his parents, a few hours after they had attended his funeral.
• I'm sick of seeing ads for White Chicks
• Amazing video of a tornado spontaneously appearing at a soccer game. [via]

June 01, 2004

• Three screenshots up of GTA4: San Andreas