- 12/31/08 - 2008 end of year lists - The Fimoculous.com list of lists. (fimoculous.com/year-review-2008.cfm)
- 12/30/08 - shakespeare howls - A collection of mid-century cocktail napkins juxtaposing quotations from William Shakespeare with silly cartoons. (www.mrbalihai.com/haideaway/v/shakespeare_howls)
- 12/29/08 - ground zero - Have you ever wondered what would happen if a nuclear bomb goes off in your city? With Google's Maps framework and a bit of Javascript, you can see the outcome. And it does not look good. (carloslabs.com/node/16)
- 12/28/08 - bacolicio.us - It's better with bacon. For more, check out bacolicio.us. (bacolicio.us/http://someonewhocares.org)
- 12/27/08 - data visualizations - The 5 best data visualization projects of 2008. (flowingdata.com/2008/12/19/5-best-data-visualization-projects-of-the-year)
- 12/26/08 - the 8th annual year in ideas - For the eighth year in a row, the New York Times has compiled an alphabetical digest of ideas, from A to Z (almost), that helped make the previous 12 months, for better or worse, what they were. (nytimes.com/interactive/2008/12/14/magazine/2008_IDEAS.html)
- 12/25/08 - f**k you penguin - A blog where I tell cute animals what's what. (f**kyoupenguin.blogspot.com)
- 12/24/08 - how to bake a potato - So you want to know the best way to bake a potato? Golden, crispy brown skins and soft, tasty potato-goodness inside? It's quite simple and easy to do, and if you follow along with me I will show you how to do it every step of the way. Check out the bottom of the page for other simple kitchen instructions. (howtobakeapotato.com)
- 12/23/08 - fifty people one question - It's a simple idea. Go to a place. Ask fifty people the same question. Film their responses. (fiftypeopleonequestion.com)
- 12/22/08 - cute things falling asleep - No false advertising here. Cute things, falling asleep. (cutethingsfallingasleep.org)
- 12/21/08 - the beautiful mind - Beautiful images of the human brain. (enception.org)
- 12/20/08 - the beauty of street photography - A nice collection of beautiful street photographs from Smashing Magazine. (www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/14/the-beauty-of-street-photography)
- 12/19/08 - obama logo ideas that weren't chosen - The story of the logo for Obama's presidential campaign. (logodesignlove.com/obama-08-logo-design-options)
- 12/18/08 - electron band structure in germanium, my ass - Abstract: The exponential dependence of resistivity on temperature in germanium is found to be a great big lie. My careful theoretical modeling and painstaking experimentation reveal 1) that my equipment is crap, as are all the available texts on the subject and 2) that this whole exercise was a complete waste of my time. (pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kovar/hall.html)
- 12/17/08 - modern furniture design - A collection of 142 specimens of modern furniture design from weburbanist.com. (weburbanist.com/2008/12/12/creative-unique-modern-furniture-designs)
- 12/16/08 - street with a view - On May 3rd 2008, artists Robin Hewlett and Ben Kinsley invited the Google Inc. Street View team and residents of Pittsburgh's Northside to collaborate on a series of tableaux along Sampsonia Way. Neighbors, and other participants from around the city, staged scenes ranging from a parade and a marathon, to a garage band practice, a seventeenth century sword fight, a heroic rescue and much more... (streetwithaview.com)
- 12/15/08 - top ten - Time Magazine's top 10 everything of 2008. (www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10)
- 12/14/08 - a nice idea every day - Vivien Weyrauch and Fabian Röttge's blog consists mostly of interesting photos, videos, and other curiosities. (aniceideaeveryday.com/ideas/a-nice-idea-every-day)
- 12/13/08 - art of the title - A design blog dedicated to the art of the title sequence. (www.artofthetitle.com)
- 12/12/08 - rune generiussen - A series of photographs of everyday objects in striking landscapes. (runeguneriussen.no)
- 12/11/08 - ding it's up! - When your favourite site goes down, use this servive to receive a notification as soon as it goes live again. (dingitsup.com)
- 12/10/08 - how they shot the godfather - Previously unseen candid pictures revealing how the finest gangster movies of them all were made and a running commentary from author Mario Puzo. (www.dailymail.co.uk/moslive/article-1091227/How-shot-The-Godfather.html)
- 12/09/08 - star wars technical commentaries - These pages examine particular technical aspects of STAR WARS. The motivation of this project is to synthesise and explore a self-consistent reality for that universe. There is an emphasis on topics inadequately covered by offline references. (theforce.net/swtc)
- 12/08/08 - battlestar galactica auction - An auction that includes includes set plans, production art, foam core set models, scripts, costumes, ships, props, set pieces and more from Battlestar Galactica. I highly recommend downloading and reading the full PDF of the auction, which includes interviews and more. (auctionnetwork.com/UpcomingCatalog.asp?ShowId=321)
- 12/07/08 - private lives of toys - The private lives of your favourite toys. (weburbanist.com/2008/12/06/private-lives-toys)
- 12/06/08 - calition government explained - A walk you through the state of our Canadian government using simple, colourful, descriptive charts. (rundp.blogspot.com/2008/12/coalition-government-explained.html)
- 12/05/08 - win ben stein's mind - Roger Ebert reviews the anti-evolution documentary Expelled. (blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/12/win_ben_steins_mind.html)
- 12/04/08 - 40 days on the monorail - In 1994 there was a hydraulic braking accident on the Canadian Domain Ride at the Toronto Zoo. Roughly thirty people were injured and the decision was made to shut down the monorail and pretend it had never existed. 40 Days on the Monorail is a photographic art project by Pete Forde. Each weekday for two months, a new photo will be posted. The photos are narrated and in chronological order. (domainride.ca)
- 12/03/08 - the brian williams tie report archives - Logging the neckwear fashion decisions of America's most trusted voice in evening news. (brianwilliamstiereportarchives.blogspot.com)
- 12/02/08 - a year of parking tickets - An interactive map of 9,955,441 parking tickets from July 2007 to June 2008 in New York City. (nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/26/nyregion/20081128_PARKING.html)
- 12/01/08 - the photographic dictionary - The photographic dictionary is dedicated to defining words through the literal, figurative, and personal meanings found in each photograph. (thephotographicdictionary.org)
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