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"But scrolling through the database — past the three-legged sea horse, past the seven-eyed..."

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:44:48 -0700

“But scrolling through the database — past the three-legged sea horse, past the seven-eyed wildebeest and the half-motorcycle-half-pig — revealed something many users didn’t expect. Buried among the more wholesome attempts were two-legged dancing testicles, a “giant breast monster” and a four-legged “phallic fornication machine,” for starters.”

- CNN on ‘Sporn’

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 8 lineup

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:09:46 -0700

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 8 lineup: They’ve announced the artist lineup for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass - a completely free three day bluegrass festival that takes place in Golden Gate Park each year. If you look extra close, you’ll notice an odd artist amongst the bunch. (Hint: it’s MC Hammer?!?)

Supernatural freestyle at Rock the Bells San Francisco this past...

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:06:51 -0700

Supernatural freestyle at Rock the Bells San Francisco this past weekend. Doesn’t do the beats by Scratch justice, but still, you get the idea.

"Mr. Stewart has said he is looking forward to the end of the Bush administration “as a comedian, as..."

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:24:32 -0700

“Mr. Stewart has said he is looking forward to the end of the Bush administration “as a comedian, as a person, as a citizen, as a mammal.””

- From the awesome NYTimes article on Jon Stewart and the Daily Show

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Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:31:18 -0700

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This announcing in this video never gets old.

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:10:39 -0700

This announcing in this video never gets old.

Sean and I performing at Shoreline Amphitheatre. Thanks,...

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:03:25 -0700

Sean and I performing at Shoreline Amphitheatre. Thanks, Dustin!

"While Crichton paints scientists full of hubris causing death and destruction, threatening our..."

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:07:21 -0700

“While Crichton paints scientists full of hubris causing death and destruction, threatening our entire way of life, he himself is setting back the public perception of not only individual branches of science but of science itself. And he has the gall to think he understands the science better than the scientists doing the work, at least in the case of global warming; he lectured to packed crowds and advised politicians about his skewed and incorrect views all the while claiming the working climatologists doing the work had the skewed and incorrect views.”

- A great article on Michael Crichton, science fiction, and breaking out of the SF “ghetto”.

I may have to play this game.

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:38:20 -0700

I may have to play this game.

Pictures of Roland Emmerich’s house - He instructed the...

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:33:47 -0700

Pictures of Roland Emmerich’s house - He instructed the designer, John Teall, of Flux Interiors, to make it so that “when the neighbors peek in, they might want to call the police or something.”

Greenpeace’s new anti-logging campaign. NSFW if you...

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:29:19 -0700

Greenpeace’s new anti-logging campaign. NSFW if you shouldn’t be watching tree orgies…

"And the lovely-ugly words, words that Shea didn’t know existed, leap up to his hand. Acnestis — the..."

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:56:13 -0700

“And the lovely-ugly words, words that Shea didn’t know existed, leap up to his hand. Acnestis — the part of an animal’s back that the animal can’t reach to scratch. And bespawl — to splatter with saliva. In Chapter D, Shea encounters deipnophobia, the fear of dinner parties; Chapter K brings kankedort, an awkward situation.”

- From A to Zyxt - The NYTimes reviews ‘Reading the OED’

"It is well known that panes of stained glass in old European churches are thicker at the bottom..."

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:41:13 -0700

“It is well known that panes of stained glass in old European churches are thicker at the bottom because glass is a slow-moving liquid that flows downward over centuries. Well known, but wrong. Medieval stained glass makers were simply unable to make perfectly flat panes, and the windows were just as unevenly thick when new.”

- NYTimes on glass

A demo video of levelHead - more here.

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:26:02 -0700

A demo video of levelHead - more here.

"The first and greatest threat from court decisions in California and Massachusetts, giving legal..."

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:37:16 -0700

“The first and greatest threat from court decisions in California and Massachusetts, giving legal recognition to “gay marriage,” is that it marks the end of democracy in America.”

- Orson Scott Card. Yes, that Orson Scott Card.

"ATLANTA—Rapper Young Jeezy, attempting to put the finishing touches on his latest single “U..."

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:50:54 -0700

“ATLANTA—Rapper Young Jeezy, attempting to put the finishing touches on his latest single “U Know Da Club,” has exhausted every rhyme possibility for his song’s third verse with the exception of “Cliff Clavin,” the fictional postal-worker character portrayed by actor John Ratzenberger on the long-running TV show Cheers. “I’ve already got ‘dance-club maven,’ ‘hip-hop haven,’ ‘yes I been cravin’,’ ‘ain’t misbehavin’,’ ‘pussy gonna cave in,’ ‘G’s I been savin’,’ ‘steel engravin’,’ and ‘rantin’ and ravin’,’” Young Jeezy said. “I guess I could use ‘shock-wavin” or ‘clean shaven,’ but they just don’t make as much sense in context as ‘just like Cliff Clavin.’” Jeezy is also struggling to complete a track called “Ideal Woman,” since he cannot find a single rhyme for “Rhea Perlman.””

- Only Remaining Rhyme Rapper Can Think Of Is ‘Cliff Clavin’ [The Onion]

Would-be Vegas hitman’s story ends in Irish jail

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:33:59 -0700

Would-be Vegas hitman’s story ends in Irish jail: You pretty much can’t make this up. It starts with a bored Vegas casino dealer launching www.hitmanforhire.com…

Reliable DNS Forgery in 2008: Kaminsky's Discovery

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:27:25 -0700

Reliable DNS Forgery in 2008: Kaminsky's Discovery

Zach and Sierra taking a cargo ship cruise together? Discuss.

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:18:23 -0700

Zach and Sierra taking a cargo ship cruise together? Discuss.

Just added comments courtesy of disqus.com. No more shouting in the void… theoretically.

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:41:02 -0700

Just added comments courtesy of disqus.com. No more shouting in the void… theoretically.