Google Labs has a beautiful color-coded Mars map here. Just astounding.
recent flickr stuff
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42 Years of Phone Rental
A 82-year old widow, Ester Strogen, in Canton, Ohio was found to have paid about $14,666 for a now outdated rotary phone. She first leased the phone in the 1960′s. Strogen says she’s not a big fan of her new push-button phone.
“I’d like to have my rotary back,” she said. “I like that better.”
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Shoe Lacing Methods
Ian’s Shoelace Site sifts through the 2 trillion mathmatically possible ways of lacing six pairs of eyelets on an average shoe and suggests 31 favorites. Odd but compelling.
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And that’s no fufu
No more slogging over the pounding stones beating the yam and cassava into submission. Instant fufu is here!
Fripp to be on Vista!
The guitarist/composer Robert Fripp was seen putting sound down for the upcoming Windows Vista. At least the sounds will be State of the Art…
TUNAK rulz!
Here for you, the most awesome of all Music Videos.
Universe Gives Us the Finger!
Hey..what did we do to deserve this?
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Snow sculpture erected
From the New Windsor(NY) Times Herald-Record, quite possibly funniest article title of the year. New Windsor police Chief Michael Biasotti worries the display might give others ideas.
“Now we’re going to get snow penises popping up all over town,” he said.
Happy Prognosticating tomorrow!
End of the Year begins.
Lists, lists, lists. Here a good looking one. Time Mag’s Best Photos of the Year 2005.
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Turkey Police #1
The fine folks at America’s Test Kitchen have a useful TurkeyHelp site for first time and veteran holiday chefs.
Don’t forget: Original and Extra Salty! Or take a random walk down the plank!