November 2008
27 posts
The Turing Test by Chris Beckett →
jobbi’s review: “Thoughtful, well-written stories of just the right length.” Elastic Press (2008), Paperback, 200 pages
Nov 30th
Why Believers Kick Atheist Ass at Scrabble →
Shared by Paresh I’m so looking forward to Peter Watts’ next book. Here’s a fascinating possibility: that people with religious beliefs are better at pattern-matching than those without. The …
Nov 26th
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Nov 25th
Nov 20th
Boxer Muhammad Ali taunting rival Joe Frazier at... →
Boxer Muhammad Ali taunting rival Joe Frazier at Fraziers training headquarters Philadelphia, PA 1971 by John Shearer
Nov 20th
Sign Win →
Photo taken by Ivan Krstić Submitted by William D       
Nov 18th
Seagalogy: A Study of the Ass-kicking Films of... →
Book — £5.00
Nov 17th
Fast Forward 2 →
Book — £6.59
Nov 17th
Sign Win →
Photo taken by Ivan Krstić Submitted by William D       
Nov 17th
Voices I Wish I Had →
Since 5ives seems to be dead, I’ve got a top 5 list of my own. Speaking voices I wish I had: the kind of voices that can make any thing sound good. Barack Obama Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy) …
Nov 16th
Albert Camus →
“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
Nov 15th
Armless man steals TV →
A man with no arms allegedly stole a 23” TV from a store in Munich, Germany. According to reports, he had helpers strap the TV to his chest. From the Daily Telegraph: A police spokesman admitted:…
Nov 14th
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Nov 13th
Hero Fail →
Submitted by Brian B       
Nov 13th
Nov 13th
Your Search Activity Predicts Flu Outbreaks →
Google.org has released Flu Trends, an online reporting tool for flu-related search activity. It’s long been theorized that Google’s search data would be useful to predict…
Nov 12th
House keys copied from 200 feet away →
House keys left out on table + telephoto lens at a distance of 200 feet + SNEAKEY key duplication software = perfect working copies of your keys. Eep. The system also works with crappy cellphone…
Nov 10th
Behemoth: Seppuku by Peter Watts →
Tor Books (2005), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 304 pages
Nov 9th
Nov 9th
Get Your War On: New World Order →
the earnestness of this comment made me giggle [via] 
Nov 8th
Prop 4 guys! For Sulu! Don’t make homephobia the new racism please. That’s not how it works.
Nov 8th
Judgment Day For Transport Projects →
Yesterday we were so bemused by the prolix perambulations in Boris’ Way To Go transport document that we neglected to consider the very real probability of significant cuts to long-planned…
Nov 6th
The Onion: Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make... →
this feels the 2008 counterpart to their unbelievably prescient 2001 article  
Nov 5th
Shoring Up The Gains →
If I wanted to donate money specifically to the U.S. Secret Service, is such a thing even possible, and how would I go about doing it?
Nov 5th
because I can't find a damn transcript, can I... →
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible - who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time - who still questions the…
Nov 5th
Behemoth : B-Max by Peter Watts →
Saint Martin’s Press Inc. (2004), Hardcover, 304 pages
Nov 4th
Aetheric Mechanics →
Book — Click on product link to check availability
Nov 2nd
October 2008
37 posts
Dur? Is this thing on?
Oct 31st
marnanel: And now, today's Blake joke →
Oct 31st