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{ Monthly Archives } November 2006

perfect posture

is leaning back slightly, according to a new study. Related posts No related posts.

2006 11 28 crushinator science Comments (0)

Chris Ware thanksgiving New Yorker covers

Chris Ware has made four alternate New Yorker covers for this week’s Thanksgiving issue. There’s also a large one page comic about a man’s memories of growing up with his older brother and WW2. Happy Thanksgiving, all! thanks to Kottke Related posts No related posts.

2006 11 23 crushinator art Comments (0)

Whisper 2000

Another excellent video found via Sharpeworld. The Whisper 2000 is a really cheap microphone and amp with headphones. The ad copy promises all sorts of amazing feats of hearing, and this commercial dramatizes it in corny glory. They appear to still be for sale all over the web in Britain, and the interface appears unchanged [...]

2006 11 23 crushinator oy Comments (0)

Sideways Harmonica

How do you learn to play harmonica like this? thanks to sharpeworld Related posts No related posts.

2006 11 23 crushinator art Comments (2)

Very Low Food Security

The US Govt has decided that Americans are no longer hungry; they now suffer from Very Low Food Security. Related posts No related posts.

2006 11 20 crushinator Politics Comments (0)

Mushroom picking in the dark? Don’t forget your iPod

Apparently, no drugs. Just a guy lost. Picking mushrooms. In the dark. Related posts No related posts.

2006 11 19 crushinator oy Comments (0)

Sign in window of a local restaurant

Today’s special: string bean pain, $4.50 Related posts No related posts.

2006 11 18 squidocto art Comments (0)

No Arguments From Me

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2006 11 15 squidocto art Comments (2)

Corey Arnold – talented photographer alert

Corey Arnold portfolio Related posts No related posts.

2006 11 15 squidocto art Comments (1)

“Is my human skin coming off again?” Related posts No related posts.

2006 11 08 crushinator art Comments (2)

A little happy squirrel(?)

Question: some commentors note that this might be a chipmunk (it’s got stripes). But could it be a white-tailed antelope squirrel? Please add your thoughts. (This is categorized as politics because the image and animation express my feelings about recent election results in these here United States.) thanks to spacebarcowboy. Related posts No related posts.

2006 11 08 crushinator Politics
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Memory hole meets memory large black rectangle

Seems the White House has edited the Mission Accomplished video to remove the banner. Related posts No related posts.

2006 11 08 crushinator Politics Comments (0)

Getting slightly hopeful

But trying not to read or listen or watch any of the 2006 returns news coverage yet (recalling Florida going for Gore based on exit polls, then the debacle that followed and my week of insomnia). Related posts No related posts.

2006 11 08 crushinator Politics Comments (0)

Bouchard Forever

First there was Dr. Katz, then Home Movies. Two brilliant shows. The common thread? Jon Benjamin, Melissa Galsky, and above all Loren Bouchard. They started another show, “Lucy: Daughter of the Devil,” which seems to have not survived the pilot stage. Someone on imdb says it got picked up, but where is it? Well, here’s [...]

2006 11 01 squidocto art Comments (1)

The economics of drug-dealing gangs

Steven Levitt is an author and professor. Here “he goes inside an inner-city gang to examine economic principles at work in the real world” at a conference in 2004. Sorry about the BMW ads. via Kottke Related posts No related posts.

2006 11 01 crushinator Brain Comments (0)

Leon is a wanker

A sort of self-referential post, but I am just so pleased with the image I found at WXBC that I had to add it to the post from last month. See the glory here. Related posts No related posts.

2006 11 01 crushinator Sound Comments (0)

15 Seconds of A Vulture Eating

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2006 11 01 squidocto art Comments (1)