I don’t know if “Carey Roberts” the author is a women, or if it matters. I don’t know if I even agree with all the ideas here. But I will say the piece made me think about some things, so it’s worth a look. Women Lose When Feminists Bash.
[mefi]
I certainly love the results of these studies. They’re saying that conclusively filesharing doesn’t threaten sales.
[Mefi]
Interesting psychological analysis of our current presidents former drug problems, and fitting the profile of a dry drunk.
[Thanks Elissa]
Wow, fantastic site of Russian Prison Tattoos.
Perhaps you have heard that the beast is afoot, and the mark will be implanted in hands and forheads near you. Take a look at this page which debunks the conspiracies, one by one.
Incredible as it may seem, methane has been found in the martian atmosphere. Many believe this may be of biological origin.
Funny pictures of Japanese Food as cute art for kids.
Nice gallery of Meiji era art.
[Mefi]
Interesting piece on Dan Rather. I never knew the guy was this radical, but apparently he’s tried Heroin and LSD to write about it, and has enjoyed other uppers in the form of juice when he was working day in and day out after 9/11.
Israel has developed Unmanned Arial Vehicles which are so small a soldier can carry them in a backpack, and fly them through a window. We’ve talked about drones before, and I still wonder what the implication will be for domestic surveillance. In Brazil they had no idea…
If you’re looking for some new movies to check out, Kottke brings us a link to 100 underrated movies.
I guess I’ve been hiding out somewhere, but I had never heard of this Google Labs site. Anyway, they are now working on a telephone based search. Wow!
Perhaps everyone has seen these but me, but they’re funny as hell, so it’s worth another look. Get Your War On.
This interesting site compares subways systems of the world as line drawings. Apparently NYC is one of the biggest. Of course all this may depend on definitions. Which train systems are included, etc. I mean PATH isn’t included in NYC’s for instance. Or perhaps you could say underground systems, but a lot of NYC’s is not underground. I guess it depends on one authority controlling it, but that definition could get messy too…
This article about the gene that got chimps on the path to destruction or how our brains started getting bigger, is interesting enough to interupt a few days in HK for…
Most of you know, but some may not. I’m heading to Asia today. I’m thinking of blogging some of the trip, and if I do, I’ll post links on NDS for those interested. Keep an eye out for those updates. I’ll also be keeping the site up, though probably a little less often. See you again in MAY!
(WARNING in ADVANCE, don’t follow these links of you’re sensitive…)
Susannah Breslin, author of You’re a Bad Man Aren’t You has just put up a new comic on the internet, American Bukkake. She also authored B is for Bukkake.
A strange language in the Amazon called Tariana makes it a grammatical error if you make a statement without saying where you found out about it. It starts you wondering whether Korzybski was on to something.
An intrepid Nerve reporter gets down and dirty on the job with a real old fashioned real doll. (the usual warnings…)
The Voice over IP technology is poised to make a tremendous change in telephone usage and infrastructure worldwide. With long distance a memory from the long distant past, other features make this technology incredibly enticing. Now cordless wifi is poised to do the same. Hello war-driving.
[Slashdot]
In a sort of underground look at what concealable weapons could look like, take a look at this fed guide on the subject.
[Gizmodo]
How do you guage buzz in NYC? Coolfer tells you how to tell if there’s “not much buzz”, “some”, “definite”, “lotsa”, “namedropping” buzz, and finally “the buzz is over” which is when it’s reported in the NYT. Pretty funny.
Jared Diamond, author of the superb Guns, Germs, and Steel is at it again, discussing Easter Island, it’s rapid collapse, and similar environmental factors that hold us in their grip today.
[Mefi]
Great NYC artist photographs girls in traditional rope bondage. (the usual disclaimers…)
[Thanks Mighty D]
This strange sounding store (pronounced bee-ah-doe pah-pah) just opened on the Upper West Side. The chain of Beard Papa restaurants seem quite popular in Asia-land.
“Beard Papa’s cream puff is a very delicious sweet loving worldwide in Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Shanghai, Beijingc, etc.”
Well, it’s hard to argue with those words!
In response to the recent FCC crack down, here’s your chance to crack up. Sign a petition…
In the words of our immortal r3v0luti0n@ry leader:
“I’m sure by now most of you are aware of what’s going on with the media these
days. Ever since Janet Jackson’s boob was on tv for all of a split second, the
FCC has been cracking down too severely. While I agree that her naked breast is
not appropriate fare for prime time tv, I don’t think it gives the FCC the
excuse to go on a witch hunt and censor everything that’s not family friendly.
Especially since explict violence is “suitable” to view and yet political
messages are not. Check this petition out and sign it if it’s something you
agree with.”
Catherine Millet, editor of Art Press a prestigious French art magazine has created a magnanimous stir with her 2001 book The Sexual Life of Catherine M. Recently released in soft-cover version, the controversy drove me to pickup a copy and see for myself.
When photobloggers get together there’s bound to be good art in view.
Here are some essays on what the Matrix really means.
I just wanna round out the day with the truely impossible. A website of Christians for Cannabis of course.