The Struggle for Survival is an Incredible Waste of Time
What makes for a wasted URL? It depends on the person and the site, particularly what that person expects to see when they type the URL in and press return. Consider, if you will, animal names. What do you think … Read More
A wonderful 1963 Jim Henson short from the AT&T Archives… [via Laughing Squid]
Thanks to Occupy Wall Street and the arrest of journalists covering it, the United States fell 27 places in Reporters Without Borders’ latest Press Freedom Index. The thanks is for the heads up on yet another soft spot in our … Read More
As Captain Monterey Jack said, “Thomas Edison was a great man, but he was bastard to his wife and kids.” That’s not the real story of course, but we’re just here for a glimpse of a mighty to-do list, which … Read More
Thanks to a declassified set of georeferenced bombing data, we now know that America’s official story on activity in Cambodia during the Indo-Chinese War bore little resemblance to the reality of the campaign. From the article, Bombs Over Cambodia by … Read More
When one’s income increases, the tendency would be to expect standard of living to go with it. In the following example, however, once you’re making $10,000 a year, you might feel just as poor making $40,000. The issue is the … Read More
“We supply the glitter, glue, the crepe paper and the ready-made template pages for you to decorate and fill out…” “So, dig ug whatever you can and remember, photocopies are not admissible as memories” – Prof. Zuck How much will … Read More
See how the light spread from sea to shining sea… (click for interactive map) Those spots of color are papers in different languages. Maybe next someone will make one of these where the holdings of the media conglomerates are shaded … Read More
A disjointed selection from The Bald Soprano: Anti-Play by Eugène Ionesco:
A short documentary on how bikes had the numbers, lost the ground, but came back for the win in the Netherlands. According to the checklist in the film, the United States (and most other places) have all the key ingredients … Read More
Whether you are just tuning in or have been following the saga from the start, The Super PIPA-SOPA Action/Info Flowchart Reference Guide is ready to get you up to speed and lay the whole thing out. SOPA getting shelved might … Read More