November 2006
13 posts
The 30 Days of Threadless
The 30 Days of Threadless Threadless is adding new shirts every day and selling them for $10 each for the next 30 days. Yay!
Wikipedia: Famous body parts
Wikipedia: Famous body parts Including Einstein’s brain, Rasputin’s penis, and the Holy Prepuce, i.e. Christ’s foreskin, which according to 17th century theologian Leo Allatius may have divinely ascended to heaven to become the rings of Saturn.
Facebook News Feed Ad Nuker
Facebook has added “Sponsored” links to the News Feed that graces every user’s home page. In case you’re not into that sort of thing, I’ve whipped up a quick Greasemonkey script that effectively nukes them.
You can install it at Userscripts.org or from this local mirror.
Please report bugs or enhancements in the comments.
Pelosi is in ur house
Nancy Pelosi channels 4chan. (via Boing Boing)
No, You Can't Have a Pony
Senator Rick Santorum’s concession speech, or “No, you can’t have a pony.” Filed under schadenfreude. (via kottke.org)
Tenacious D - Classico
The marketing campaign for Tenacious D in ‘The Pick of Destiny’ is really ramping up. Here’s two different videos for “Classico,” one of the songs from the movie. (Note: Both are PNSFW.) The first looks like it’s from the movie itself:
(via jarkolicious)
The second is an animation directed by John Kricfalusi of Ren & Stimpy fame:
The movie opens in...
xkcd - Canada
“If you die in Canada, you die in real life!”
— xkcd
Wikipedia: Articles that are too long
Wikipedia: Articles that are too long See also Articles that are way too long (via ozmm).
TV Checkup
TV Checkup A blog from WebMD that dissects TV’s medical dramas. E.g. Can a woman have two uteruses a la Grey’s Anatomy (yes), and can people really get their kidney stolen like on Nip/Tuck? (No.) (via TV Squad)
The Goon Bible Project: The Book of Job
Reading the Bible so you don’t have to. An accurate retelling of the Book of Job (with some things ommitted for time’s sake).
Wikipedia: Robinsonade
Wikipedia: Robinsonade A literary genre named after Robinson Crusoe. In the archetypical robinsonade, the protagonist is suddenly isolated from the comforts of civilization, usually shipwrecked or marooned on a secluded and uninhabited island. He must improvise the means of his survival from the limited resources at hand. My local library classifies Fight Club as a robinsonade.
Will it blend?
Blender company Blendtec has a brilliant series of promotional videos in which Tom Dickson disintegrates various items in his company’s blenders: Marbles, a rake handle, half a chicken, an entire Extra Value Meal, and more.
Pac-Man Chart
(via Boing Boing)