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today's site of the day

Neuromancer at 25: What It Got Right, What It Got Wrong - The novel, published on July 1, 1984, predicted the World Wide Web, cyberspace, and a lot of other things. Which of William Gibson's predictions have come true, and which still seem far off? (www.pcworld.com/article/167670/neuromancer_at_25_what_it_got_right_what_it_got_wrong.html)

this month's archive

07/03/09 - Neuromancer at 25: What It Got Right, What It Got Wrong - The novel, published on July 1, 1984, predicted the World Wide Web, cyberspace, and a lot of other things. Which of William Gibson's predictions have come true, and which still seem far off? (www.pcworld.com/article/167670/neuromancer_at_25_what_it_got_right_what_it_got_wrong.html)
07/02/09 - Gum Alert - A blog dedicated to one of life's greatest little pleasures: Gum. (gumalert.blogspot.com)
07/01/09 - Canada - Happy Canada Day! (canada.ca)

june 2009

06/30/09 - moviebodycounts.com - Movie Body Counts tallies the actual, visible "on screen kills/deaths/bodies" of your favorite action, sci/fi, and war films. (moviebodycounts.com)
06/29/09 - sixtysymbols.com - Videos about the symbols of physics and astronomy. (sixtysymbols.com)
06/28/09 - the cheeseburger show - Everything you need to know about buying a burger in Chicago. (blogs.trb.com/cheeseburgershow)
06/27/09 - soviet russian album covers - The top hits straight from the USSR. (englishrussia.com/?p=2998)
06/26/09 - evolvefish.com - Darwin fish and more for sale. (evolvefish.com)
06/25/09 - Great Wall of Facebook - The Social Network's Plan to Dominate the Internet — and Keep Google Out (www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-07/ff_facebookwall?currentPage=all)
06/24/09 - randomyoutubeinsult.com - Have you ever hated a YouTube video so much that you didn't know what to comment? Well say hello to the Random YouTube Insult Generator! Simply hit the refresh button to get a new angry comment to leave on your least favorite YouTube videos. (randomyoutubeinsult.com)
06/23/09 - flipflopflyball.com - Baseball infographics and other treats. (flipflopflyball.com)
06/22/09 - did I say that? - The latest installment in the Guardian series Did I say that? of famous people saying silly things. (www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jun/21/quotes-by-prince-philip)
06/21/09 - hands - The beautiful complexity of animal hands. (environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/beautiful-complexity-animal-hands/12551)
06/20/09 - chocolate chip cookie bowl - What to do if your son asks, "Dad, what if you made a bowl out of cookie dough?" (blog.ruhlman.com/ruhlmancom/2009/06/the-chocolate-chip-cookie-bowl-sundae.html)
06/19/09 - Hacking in Movies - The whole gamut of hacking portrayals in film. (www.filmroster.com/2009/06/hacking-in-movies)
06/18/09 - CSS3 tricks - Take your design to the next level with CSS3. (www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/15/take-your-design-to-the-next-level-with-css3)
06/17/09 - Motel America - Motel signs from around America. (www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/sets/72157603870834012)
06/16/09 - clever and creative ads - Over 60 clever and creative advertisements. (www.hongkiat.com/blog/60-creative-and-clever-advertisements)
06/15/09 - twitpocalypse - Just before midnight GMT on Friday night, Twitter hit 2,147,483,647 and many third party Twitter clients fell silent. (www.twitpocalypse.com)
06/14/09 - The First Few Milliseconds of an HTTPS Connection - A detailed look at what goes on when your web browser hits a secure website. (www.moserware.com/2009/06/first-few-milliseconds-of-https.html)
06/13/09 - the permanence of ephemeral status updates - When people sign up for Twitter, post once, then never return. (www.slate.com/id/2219995)
06/12/09 - sign language - Each week The Telegraph presents a selection of strange signs and bizarre translations from around the world. (www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/signlanguage)
06/11/09 - phantom traffic jams - Mathematicians take aim at 'phantom' traffic jams. (web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/traffic-0609.html)
06/10/09 - On the Alluring Art of the Follow Shot - "Following" is a montage of clips illustrating one of my favorite types of shots: one where the camera physically follows a character through his or her environment. An essay and video montage by Matt Zoller Seitz on this film technique. (www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/following/Content?oid=1185679)
06/09/09 - beer sommelier - Great Brewers has released a Beer Somelier tool. Select a meal, and it will provide an appropriate beer pairing with links to suggestions and explanations. (greatbrewers.com/beer-sommelier)
06/08/09 - The Sensuous Dirty Old Man - Isaac Asimov guides you through the process of becoming an old man. (vintagegirlwatchers.com/tsdom.htm)
06/07/09 - top 10 top 10 food lists - The best food related top ten lists. (endlesssimmer.com/2009/06/02/the-top-10-top-10-food-lists)
06/06/09 - space monkeys - National Geographic documents 50 years of simian space exploration. (news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/photogalleries/space-monkeys-fifty-years)
06/05/09 - The speed, size and dependability of programming languages - The Computer Language Benchmarks Game is a collection of 429 programs, consisting of 13 benchmark reimplemented across 33 programming languages. Guillaume Marceau uses it to graphically compare the speed vs. source-code-size metric for each benchmark of the programs in each language with some interesting results. (gmarceau.qc.ca/blog/2009/05/speed-size-and-dependability-of.html)
06/04/09 - Time-Lapse Videos of Massive Change on Earth - Over the past decade, the number of people on Earth shot up by more than 13 percent, to nearly 6.8 billion people. To make room for all the hungry, breeding, CO2-emitting bodies on our small planet, we've ravaged Earth's surface with staggering feats of deforestation, irrigation and urbanization and NASA satellites have captured it all. Here are a few videos, compiled from images posted on NASA's Earth Observatory, of some of the most impressive conquests of man over environment. (www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/earthobservatoryvideos)
06/03/09 - Surviving the World - Daily lessons in science, literature, love, and life. (survivingtheworld.net)
06/02/09 - Tweeting Too Hard - Where self-important tweets get the recognition they deserve. (tweetingtoohard.com)
06/01/09 - thisiswhyyourefat.com - This is why you're fat. (thisiswhyyourefat.com)

may 2009

05/31/09 - Star Wars Ads - Twenty bizarre Star Wars ads. (www.gunaxin.com/twenty-bizarre-star-wars-ads/20681)
05/30/09 - Calculating the carbon footprint of wine - Is that a whiff of raspberries and leather you get from that red wine-or a whiff of petroleum? With some premium wines consuming three times their weight in petroleum, don't be surprised if it is the latter. (www.drvino.com/2007/10/30/calculating-the-carbon-footprint-of-wine-my-research-findings)
05/29/09 - What is the difference? - Humans have long considered themselves truly unique. But it turns out that the better word from "unique" is "most advanced". Every year scientists prove that some purely human traits are found in animals. (farm4.static.flickr.com/3298/3509504985_b618a10348_b.jpg)
05/28/09 - meme scenery - Scenery from some of the internet's most famous mems produced by removing the people from the foreground. (waxy.org/2009/05/memescenery)
05/27/09 - all-acronyms.com - Acronyms, Initialisms, Alphabetisms and other Abbreviations. (www.all-acronyms.com)
05/26/09 - The Easy Eating Trend - Food for the lazy. (www.cbc.ca/news/fortunehunters/hitormiss/2009/01/the_easy_eating_trend_-_22_mar.php)
05/25/09 - outdoor photography photoshop tips - Some of the best in nature photography share 11 techniques that will turn a good photograph into an award-winner. (www.outdoorphotographer.com/how-to/photoshop-and-other-software/photoshop-tips-from-the-pros.html)
05/24/09 - itchy and scratchy - All things Itchy and Scratchy. (www.gunaxin.com/all-things-itchy-and-scratchy/20794)
05/23/09 - The Summer of '69 vs. the Summer of '09 - A comparison of inflation adjusted prices from '69 to '09. (billshrink.com/blog/the-summer-of-69-vs-the-summer-of-09)
05/22/09 - inspired by bacon - 10 of the craziest products inspired by bacon. Just so you know, it's my birthday in July. (oddee.com/item_96679.aspx)
05/21/09 - lost at e minor - An online publication of inspiring art, illustration, photography, music, fashion, film, and more, featuring our latest discoveries in the ever-changing world of contemporary pop culture. (lostateminor.com)
05/20/09 - TED: Ray Anderson - On the business logic of sustainability. (www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ray_anderson_on_the_business_logic_of_sustainability.html)
05/19/09 - Why numbers no longer win arguments - Numbers used to be cold, hard and clinical - a clincher in any argument. Now look at them: fluffy, soft and left meaningless by woolly-headed thinking, says Michael Blastland in his regular column. (news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7978822.stm)
05/18/09 - tofuttibreak.tumblr.com - It tastes just like ice cream. (tofuttibreak.tumblr.com)
05/17/09 - I love traffic - In this flash game your objective is to manipulate the flow of traffic by controlling red lights. (www.silvergames.com/game/i-love-traffic)
05/16/09 - why do computers suck at math? - A look at why Google thinks that 399 999 999 999 999 - 399 999 999 999 998 = 0 and similar computer calculation problems. (codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001266.html)
05/15/09 - you are what you eat - We purchase refrigerators the way we fill them: out of necessity? -- to preserve the milk; to keep the greens from wilting. But from the right vantage point, an open fridge is the perfect staging grounds for a discussion of consumption. (good.is/post/picture-show-you-are-what-you-eat)
05/14/09 - Stuff Environmentalists Like - The first installment in your beginner's guide to befriending and exploiting green people. (www.mnn.com/technology/research-innovations/stories/stuff-environmentalists-like)
05/13/09 - the story of beer - A timeline of the history of beer. (manolith.com/2009/04/15/history-lesson-the-story-of-beer)
05/12/09 - election day - If you live in British Columbia, today is election day. I encourage you to vote NDP, and make up your own mind on STV. Let's take back BC! (www.bcndp.ca)
05/11/09 - visualizing the grid - The U.S. electric grid is a complex network of independently owned and operated power plants and transmission lines. Aging infrastructure, combined with a rise in domestic electricity consumption, has forced experts to critically examine the status and health of the nation's electrical systems. (www.npr.org/news/graphics/2009/apr/electric-grid)
05/10/09 - long exposure roomba - A long exposure photograph demonstrates the beautifully organized chaos of a Roomba. (gizmodo.com/5246099/long exposure-shot-of-a-roombas-path-shows-beautifully-organized-chaos)
05/09/09 - bsod survival guide - Every blue screen of death error message explained. (www.maximumpc.com/article/features/blue_screen_survival_guide)
05/08/09 - hot sauce blog - A one stop location for reviews, news, recipes & anything else related to hot sauce and spicy foods. (www.hotsauceblog.com)
05/07/09 - Our Living Legacy - A documentary about the campaign to protect the last old-growth forests and forestry jobs on Vancouver Island and BC's South Coast. (vimeo.com/4328184)
05/06/09 - sagemath - Sage is a free open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. (sagemath.org)
05/05/09 - The joy of exclamation marks! - Exclamation marks used to be frowned upon. Now look what's happened! We use them all the time! Hurrah!!! But what is it about the age of email that gets people so over-excited? (www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/29/exclamation-mark-punctuation)
05/04/09 - milkinformation.com - Milk Information searches tweets and Creative Commons-licensed Flickr images, then displays them together for your amusement. That's about it. (milkinformation.com)
05/03/09 - sugarstacks.com - How much sugar is in there? (sugarstacks.com)
05/02/09 - how long will it last? - How long will the earth's elements last? (newscientist.com/data/images/archive/2605/26051202.jpg)
05/01/09 - 64 things - 64 things every geek should know. (laptoplogic.com/resources/64-things-every-geek-should-know)

april 2009

04/30/09 - bc election tag clouds - Visualizing the party platforms in the BC provincial election. (www.cbc.ca/canada/bcvotes2009/tag-clouds.html)
04/29/09 - beer coffee - How to brew beer in a coffee maker, using only materials commonly found on a modestly sized oceanographic research vessel. (southernfriedscience.com/2009/04/26/how-to-brew-beer-in-a-coffee-maker-using-only-materials-commonly-found-on-a-modestly-sized-oceanographic-research-vessel)
04/28/09 - eagle cam - Live sound and video from the new nest the eagles are using this year in Sydnet, BC. (www.cbc.ca/bc/features/eaglecam)
04/27/09 - look at this lovely hamster - Send in your own hamster photos. (lookatthislovelyhamster.tumblr.com)
04/26/09 - whendidyoujointwitter.appspot.com - When did you join Twitter? (whendidyoujointwitter.appspot.com)
04/25/09 - veloculture - A Flickr pool of cycling fashion and culture. (www.flickr.com/groups/velocouture/pool)
04/24/09 - sorting-algorithms.com - Sorting algorithm animations. (sorting-algorithms.com)
04/23/09 - suddenly last supper - 101 last suppers. (culturepopped.blogspot.com/2007/04/suddenly-last-supper.html)
04/22/09 - in my bed magazine - Bed photos around the world. (inmybedmagazine.com)
04/21/09 - marblecake, also the game - How 4Chan hacked the Time 100 poll. (musicmachinery.com/2009/04/15/inside-the-precision-hack)
04/20/09 - Youtube tricks - 10 Youtube URL tricks you should know about. (www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-youtube-url-tricks-you-should-know-about)
04/19/09 - isthisyourluggage.com - Galleries of lost luggage. (www.isthisyourluggage.com)
04/18/09 - recordstoreday.com - The original idea for Record Store Day was conceived by Chris Brown, and was founded in 2007 by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Carrie Colliton, Amy Dorfman, Don Van Cleave and Brian Poehner as a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally. (recordstoreday.com)
04/17/09 - math pi - A song set to the tune of American Pie. You can also download the full mp3. (www.vvc.edu/ph/TonerS/mathpi.html)
04/16/09 - LOL - The world's inventory of lols, according to Google. (gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/10/lol.html)
04/15/09 - David Goode - The bronze sculpture of David Goode. (www.david-goode.com/gallery.html)
04/14/09 - time travel cheat sheet - Let's say you've gone back in time. Everything you need to build the amenities of tomorrow in the past. (i.gizmodo.com/5207549/time-travel-cheat-sheet)
04/13/09 - the average man's tax dollars - A breakdown of where the average American's taxes go. (thetoiletpaper.com/blog/2009/the-average-mans-tax-dollars)
04/12/09 - extraordinary twitter updates - 10 extraordinary Twitter updates. (mashable.com/2009/04/10/extraordinary-twitter-updates)
04/11/09 - When All You Have Left Is Your Pride - Look around you. On the train platform, at the bus stop, in the car pool lane: these days someone there is probably faking it, maintaining a job routine without having a job to go to. (nytimes.com/2009/04/07/health/07mind.html?pagewanted=all)
04/10/09 - BC NDP Platform - With the BC Provincial Election about to get underway, the BC NDP has released their full platform. (www.bcndp.ca/files/u108/2009_BC_NDP_Platform.pdf)
04/09/09 - Stimulus Job Creation - Interesting visualization of the theoretical impact of the stimulus package on unemployment across U.S. states. (www.mint.com/blog/finance-core/mint-map-stimulus-job-creation)
04/08/09 - vampires - The evolution of vampires in popular culture. (cracked.com/topic/69-vampires)
04/07/09 - we're all gonna die - A 100m long photograph shot over 20 days of 178 people in Berlin. (simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html)
04/06/09 - The End of Christian America - An interesting look at the present and future of religion in Americam politics from the upcoming edition of Newsweek. (www.newsweek.com/id/192583)
04/05/09 - Tauntaun Sleeping Bag - Slumber in the belly of the beast. (www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/tauntaun.html)
04/04/09 - last days of w - A photo essay of the last days of W. (inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essay/last-days-w)
04/03/09 - japanese arnold - Arnold Schwarzenegger in a series of bizarre Japanese commercials. (shortattentionspan.net/arnold-schwarzenegger-in-funny-japanese-commercials)
04/02/09 - miniature earth - If we could turn the population of the earth into a small community of 100 people, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would be something like this... (miniature-earth.com/me_english.htm)
04/01/09 - aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com - An archive of the best April Fools' Day pranks on the internet. (aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com)

march 2009

03/31/09 - 11 things - 11 cool and sometimes useless things you can do with your Macbook. (www.makeuseof.com/tag/11-cool-and-sometimes-useless-things-you-can-do-with-your-macbook)
03/30/09 - twistori.com - A real-time stream of Twitter's wishes, beliefs, thoughts, loves, and more. (twistori.com)
03/29/09 - anotherdayanotherword.com - A new word every day. Just click on it. (anotherdayanotherword.com)
03/28/09 - wikirank.com - What's popular on Wikipedia? (wikirank.com)
03/27/09 - tornadovideos.net - Real-time storm chasers. (tornadovideos.net)
03/26/09 - pop culture charts - Dan Meth's pop culture charts. (danmeth.com/tagged/popculturalcharts)
03/25/09 - controllers - The periodic table of controllers. (www.flickr.com/photos/techthis/3368683205)
03/24/09 - Brooklyn Revealed - A historial walk through Brooklyn, NY. (brooklynrevealed.com)
03/23/09 - RiP: A Remix Manifesto - The National Film Board has made available this excellent documentary which examines copyright issues in the information age, at no charge. (www.nfb.ca/playlist/rip-remix-manifesto)
03/22/09 - dark stores - A photo essay of abandoned big box stores. (www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1884100_1854539,00.html)
03/21/09 - monitter.com - A real-time, live Twitter monitor. (monitter.com)
03/20/09 - idaft - The Daft Punk console. Put on your headphones, and tap on the keyboard letters as shown on the screen. (www.najle.com/idaft)
03/19/09 - comics to follow Watchmen - 9 comics to follow Watchmen. (io9.com/5166156/9-comics-to-follow-watchmen)
03/18/09 - CArland - A century of motoring in America. (awesome.goodmagazine.com/transparency/009/trans009ondriving.html)
03/17/09 - twitscoop - A word cloud of what's hot on Twitter right now. (www.twitscoop.com)
03/16/09 - 5 Second Films - Wasting your time, but not very much. (5secondfilms.com)
03/15/09 - visualizing the financial crisis - 27 visualizations and infographics to understand the financial crisis (flowingdata.com/2009/03/13/27-visualizations-and-infographics-to-understand-the-financial-crisis/)
03/14/09 - hark, a vagrant - Historical comics by Kate Beaton. (harkavagrant.com)
03/13/09 - 2^43112609-1 is prime - Have you ever wondered what the full name of the largest known prime number is? (prime.isthe.com/chongo/tech/math/prime/m43112609/prime.html)
03/12/09 - twitter - I finally gave in and joined Twitter. Do you know any feeds I should be following? (twitter.com/pollockdan)
03/11/09 - acclaimedmusic.net - The most recommended albums and songs of all time. (acclaimedmusic.net)
03/10/09 - bus ads - Clever bus advertising. (www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/03/07/clever-and-creative-bus-advertising)
03/09/09 - freeze frame - Historic polar images, 1845-1982 from the Scott Polar Research Institute. (freezeframe.ac.uk)
03/08/09 - scanwiches.com - High quality scans of sandwiches for education and delight. (scanwiches.com)
03/07/09 - biggest little cities - Models for urban planning. (www.wired.com/culture/design/magazine/17-03/pl_design)
03/06/09 - Step-by-step Rubick's cube instructions scanned from a 1986 handwritten solution. - (goodmanlivingwell.com/RubiksCube.htm)
03/05/09 - The Science of Back to the Future - To celebrate Back to the Future Week, a look at the science of time travel at 88 miles per hour. (www.overthinkingit.com/2009/01/16/the-science-of-back-to-the-future)
03/04/09 - history of math - The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. (www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk)
03/03/09 - six word stories - Amazing stories in exactly six words. (www.sixwordstories.net)
03/02/09 - drum set - Click the screen with your mouse to activate the drum set. (ronwinter.tv/drums.html)
03/01/09 - vintage undevelopped photos - A great collection of slides produced from undevelopped film found in cameras at antique stores and flea markets. (mangofalls.com)

february 2009

02/28/09 - constellation of words - The etymology and symbolism of constellations. (constellationsofwords.com)
02/27/09 - Canadian Oil Sands - National Geogrphic takes a look at the tar sands in Alberta, including some stunning photography. (ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/03/canadian-oil-sands/kunzig-text)
02/26/09 - the universe in '09 - Seed Magazine takes a dynamic look at the very best ideas that give us reason for optimism. (seedmagazine.com/ui09)
02/25/09 - zooborns.com - The newest and cutest exotic animal babies from zoos and aquariums around the world. (zooborns.com)
02/24/09 - stilltasty.com - How long will your favourite food or beverage stay safe and tasty? (stilltasty.com)
02/23/09 - crisisofcredit.com - The credit crisis visualized. An excellent video. (www.crisisofcredit.com)
02/22/09 - Diary of a Taxi Driver - A new blog by my friend Noah. (diaryofataxidriver.blogspot.com)
02/21/09 - someone stole my bike - Everyone on planet Earth has had their bike stolen at some point in their lives. This website is dedicated to cataloging every one of those stories. (someonestolemybike.com)
02/20/09 - command-line-fu - Command-Line-Fu is the place to record those command-line gems that you return to again and again. Delete that bloated snippets file you've been using and share your personal repository with the world. That way others can gain from your CLI wisdom and you from theirs too. (commandlinefu.com)
02/19/09 - BOOMBOX - 100 days, 100 songs, 100 locations, 100 dances. (vimeo.com/3237836)
02/18/09 - Landmarks - A directory of public art in the Capital Regional District. (landmarkspublicart.ca)
02/17/09 - A Tribute to Fallen Sodas - A look back on some of the sodas and soft drinks of years past. (www.gunaxin.com/a-tribute-to-fallen-dead-discontinued-sodas)
02/16/09 - Evolution of Spy Gadgets - A visual walk through the history of spy gadgets. (coolbuzz.org/evolution/evolution-of-spy-gadgets)
02/15/09 - This is why you're fat - Where dreams become heart attacks. (thisiswhyyourefat.com)
02/14/09 - Fabulous kingdoms and supernatural dimensions - From the Guardian's 1000 novels everyone must read, a list of the canon of science fiction. (www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/22/1000-novels-fiction-fantasy-introduction)
02/13/09 - 1234567890 Day - Around the world geeks will be celebrating as Unix time will read 1234567890 this afternoon. (www.1234567890day.com)
02/12/09 - Barack Obama is tired of your motherf**king s**t - Hilarious audio clips from Barack Obama's audiobook. (aprilwinchell.com/2009/02/05/barack-obama-is-tired-of-your-motherfucking-shit)
02/11/09 - Last One Out, Please Turn On The Light - A survey of London's remaining professional darkrooms. (richardnicholson.com/darkroom)
02/10/09 - Evolution of the Household - An infographic breakdown of the evolution of the American household since the 50s. (womansday.com/wd2/Content/Family-Lifestyle/Evolution-of-the-Household)
02/09/09 - comic fonts and lettering - A list of the traditions and conventions of comic book lettering and font use. (blambot.com/grammar.shtml)
02/08/09 - unfolding the earth - Myriahedral projections of the globe. (www.win.tue.nl/~vanwijk/myriahedral)
02/07/09 - layoffdaily.com - Daily updates on all of the layoffs across the United States. (layoffdaily.com)
02/06/09 - please stand by - The internet has concluded its broadcast day. (test-pattern.com)
02/05/09 - Abstract New York - New York abstractly represented in Lego. (niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/i-lego-ny)
02/04/09 - twitter superbowl - An interactive animation of Twitter activity during the Superbowl. (www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/02/02/sports/20090202_superbowl_twitter.html)
02/03/09 - superbowl ads - The Super Ad Bowl: Two Decades of Players. (www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/01/30/business/20080131_SUPERBOWLADS_GRAPHIC.html)
02/02/09 - Anti-Theft Lunch Bags - Tired of having your lunches stolen by sticky-fingered coworkers? Well, fret no more. (thinkofthe.com/products/lunch_bag.php)
02/01/09 - CMAJ humour - Humourous articles from the archives of the Canadian Medical ASsociation Journal. (www.cmaj.ca/cgi/collection/humour)

january 2009

01/31/09 - Impossible Project - A group that is trying to restart the production of integral film for Polaroid cameras. (the-impossible-project.com)
01/30/09 - C'mon Sea Legs stop motion - The new video for Immaculate Machine's C'mon Sea Legs. Painstakingly stop motion animated using a mix of photographs and models by a bunch of my friends. Absolutely stunning. (ca.youtube.com/watch?v=dyeghRe92Kg&fmt=18)
01/29/09 - Pirating the 2009 Oscars - A breakdown of how quickly the Oscar nominees have been pirated online. (waxy.org/2009/01/pirating_the_2009_oscars)
01/28/09 - regional slices - A list of regional pizza styles from around the US. (slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/01/a-list-of-regional-pizza-styles.html)
01/27/09 - harper economic statements - Myth or Fact, what did Stephen Harper say about the economic crisis? (www.cbc.ca/news/polls/harper-economic-statements.html)
01/26/09 - superuseless - Superuseless superpowers. (superuseless.blogspot.com)
01/25/09 - Let me google that for you - For all those people that find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than google it for themselves. Provides you a with a link that will demonstrate how easily they can answer their own questions. (letmegooglethatforyou.com)
01/24/09 - youtube street fighter - Play Street Fighter II using the controls in a Youtube video. It work surprisingly well. (youtube.com/watch?v=LPQ1XrllZmA)
01/23/09 - protoncharging.com - For all your Ghostbusters needs. (protoncharging.com)
01/22/09 - the true history behind the bush years - A look at the George W. Bush presidency through the lens of The Onion. (nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/010952.html)
01/21/09 - Velociraptor Roulette - Take a spin and you just might win a velociraptor. (plutor.org/velociraptorroulette)
01/20/09 - top 10 fonts of 2008 - The top fonts of last year. (myfonts.com/newsletters/sp/200901.html)
01/19/09 - How to Suck at Information Security - Some good tips on what not to do when setting and implementing information security policy. (isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5644)
01/18/09 - Coming... Super Attractions! - Vintage full page ads for upcoming comicbook stories from the 50s to modern day. (comingsuperattractions.blogspot.com)
01/17/09 - The Peterborough Petes Tradition - Just in case you were wondering, the Petes are the oldest continuous franchise in the CHL, the most memorial cup appearances, and a record number of players making the NHL (over 150). (gopetesgo.com/tradition.php)
01/16/09 - QuoteStumbler - Wander through over 18,000 quotes, or get a new one every day with their Twitter feed. (www.quotestumbler.com)
01/15/09 - obamicon me - Just in time for the inauguration, create your own Obamicon poster. (obamiconme.pastemagazine.com)
01/14/09 - Einstein in Pictures - A gallery of photos of Albert Einstein. (th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/~jr/physpiceinstein.html)
01/13/09 - it's been 10 years - A parody of the song One Week. (www.collegehumor.com/video:1895871)
01/12/09 - notes from the road - Travels in city and country. (www.notesfromtheroad.com)
01/11/09 - harper's index - A retrospective of the Bush era. (harpers.org/archive/2009/01/0082319)
01/10/09 - google maps mashups - Some of the best Google Maps mashups. (mashable.com/2009/01/08/google-maps-mashups-tools)
01/09/09 - earth album - A Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr. (earthalbum.com)
01/08/09 - Specials - A special collection of freeware tools for system administration written in Perl. They cover advanced topics for the experienced admin, and are a valuable addition to a senior admin's collection or those wishing to be a senior admin. Most are related to performance or fault prevention. (brendangregg.com/specials.html)
01/07/09 - free souls - Portraits of the pioneers of the free content world. (freesouls.cc)
01/06/09 - Richard Feynman Fan - A YouTube channel dedicated to the late great physicist Richard P. Feynman. (youtube.com/user/RichardFeynmanFan)
01/05/09 - My Day, Yesterday - A Flickr set of 90 second short films about a day in the life. The assignment was laid out in a simple video: Yesterday, in video. Shot throughout the day, put together and uploaded today. You should do the same. And when you do, put it in the My Day, Yesterday group. Don't add any music or anything, only what's recorded via the camera. There are 148 videos so far, including some highlights. (flickr.com/groups/mydayyesterday/pool)
01/04/09 - the lure of the open road - Wartime wandering through the eastern states by bicycle, truck, and riverboat. 1944. (mjgradziel.com/thelmajones/lureoftheopenroad.html)
01/03/09 - i thought barack obama would get me laid - All the ways that Barack Obama has let us down. (ithoughtobamawouldgetmelaid.com)
01/02/09 - t�r�na hott kurd�s by hasta la otra m�xico! - An incredible time lapse video of the sky in motion. (vimeo.com/1250929?pg=embed&sec=1250929&hd=1)
01/01/09 - cloth physics - An excellent cloth physics simulator. (custom-logic.com/exp/cloth/cloth.html)

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