december 2007

12/31/07 - foodio54.com - A user-generated food recommendation database for North America. (foodio54.com)

12/30/07 - naming names - A flash application that tracks names used by major presidential candidates in the series of Democratic and Republican debates leading up to the Iowa caucuses. (nytimes.com/interactive/2007/12/15/us/politics/DEBATE.html)

12/29/07 - the death of high fidelity - An excellent Rolling Stone article about the perils of modern music production. (www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17777619/the_death_of_high_fidelity/print)

12/28/07 - mouth eyes - Pictures of people with mouths for eyes. (www.freakingnews.com/Mouth-Eyes-Pictures--1741-0.asp)

12/27/07 - the best of 2007 - Popular Science's top new innovations of 2007. (www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/2007)

12/26/07 - tiny buildings - A collection of tiny buildings handcrafted from business cards, packaging and other nice papers. (blog.tinybuildings.com)

12/25/07 - the four horsemen - On the 30th of September 2007, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens sat down for a first-of-its-kind, unmoderated 2-hour discussion, convened by RDFRS and filmed by Josh Timonen. (richarddawkins.net/article,2025,THE-FOUR-HORSEMEN,Di...RDFRS)

12/24/07 - the asterix annotations - An in-depth look at Asterix and Obelix. (asterix.openscroll.org)

12/23/07 - astronaut job postings - Have you ever wanted to be an astronaut? (nasajobs.nasa.gov/astronauts/content/broch00.htm)

12/22/07 - tackychristmasyards.com - Just what it sounds like. (tackychristmasyards.com)

12/21/07 - the bigger picture - 30 years of portraits by Diana Walker. (digitaljournalist.org/issue0712/y_walker01.html)

12/20/07 - drug dealers vs. geeks - A point by point comparison of drug dealers and geeks. (www.silliness.org/archive/drugsvsgeeks.html)

12/19/07 - the unsung joe - Where bit-part actors go when they die. (morethanyouneededtoknow.typepad.com/the_unsung_joe)

12/18/07 - underwatersculpture.com - An amazing underwater sculpture park by Jason de Caires Taylor. (underwatersculpture.com)

12/17/07 - pac-txt.com - Pac Man meets Zork. A new text-adventure spin on an old classic. (pac-txt.com)

12/16/07 - the washlet - A creepy toilet/bidet hybrid. (www.cleanishappy.com)

12/15/07 - howmanyfiveyearoldscouldyoutakeinafight.com - This short survey will tell you approximately how many five year old children you could fight at once. Results are based on physical prowess, training, swarm-combatting experience, and the flexibility of your moral compass. (www.howmanyfiveyearoldscouldyoutakeinafight.com)

12/14/07 - page 69 test - Based on an idea by Marshall McLuhan, book reviews based on what appears on page 69. (page69test.blogspot.com)

12/13/07 - where's wall-e - An exposé on easter eggs in Pixar movies. (jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/...-wall-e-edition-of-why-for.aspx)

12/12/07 - jewsrock.org - Everything you could possibly want to know about Jews in Rock and Roll. (jewsrock.org)

12/11/07 - very good if you need to write on paper - Matt Williams' very throughtful review of a Bic Pen. (amazon.co.uk/review/R3QR3AC2WXWHIT)

12/10/07 - the new shelton wet/dry - An interesting blog on a wide range of topics. (Not always safe for work) (pantherhouse.com/newshelton)

12/09/07 - angular momentum - Get the blue ball in the hole. A fun, and somewhat tricky, flash puzzle game. (daflax.com/index.php?/content/view/314/14/lang,us)

12/08/07 - 13 designs, 150 houses - 13 designs for sustainable community driven homes to help rebuild New Orleans. (jetsongreen.com/2007/12/make-it-right-p.html)

12/07/07 - polanoid.net - A massive instant camera community. (polanoid.net)

12/06/07 - gapingmaws.com - A gallery of images of animals with their mouths wide open. (gapingmaws.com)

12/05/07 - cut-the-knot.org - Interactive mathematics miscellany and puzzles. (cut-the-knot.org)

12/04/07 - one cold hand? - A site for the collection and hopeful reunion of Pittsburgh's dropped gloves. (onecoldhand.com)

12/03/07 - form and pheromone - Beautiful beetle imagery. (formandpheromone.com)

12/02/07 - light speed escalator tutorial - A quick video demonstrating the light speed escalator photography technique. (brianshaler.com/blog/2007/11/30/photography-video-tutorial-light-speed-escalator)

12/01/07 - mystery meat macrophotography - A photographic journey into the heart of mystery meat. (newstarget.com/phototour_mystery_meat_1.html)

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