October 2004

Thursday 28 October

  • The Avalon Project (16:32) - The Avalon Project is an online resource featuring "digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government," from the Code of Hammurabi to the Americans With Disabilities Act. If you're pondering the voting responsibilities of...
  • The Economist magazine endorses Kerry (14:59) - Wow. The respectable conservative weekly The Economist has decided, "With a heavy heart, we think American readers should vote for John Kerry on November 2nd." ...
  • Closing Election Musings From the Dude (14:59) - Since I will be out of my office until Wednesday, and that's where I always stimulate my brain at disjointed, I had a few thoughts about the election I wanted to share. First, I will be glad when it's over....

Wednesday 27 October

  • The curse is over, Boston sweeps the World Series! (23:50) -
  • Bush Campaign Site blocked for all non US residents (13:23) - The BBC News are reporting that George W Bush's re-election website (don't bother if you aren't in the USA) is blocked to people accessing it from outside the USA. Netcraft spotted the change on Monday, and have a report on...
  • Rock Paper Scissors (12:50) - Until I read this article in citypaper, I had no idea that there was a such thing as professional rock paper scissors players. There is even a book about it. CP: How do you answer people who say that rock...
  • BUSH GOES AFTER KERRY OVER 'MISSING EXPLOSIVES' ATTACK (12:20) - Wed Oct 27 2004 11:59:11 ET I don't say this often about the President...but this is PERFECTLY stated. -Dude Bush at rally in Pennsylvania: "After repeatedly calling Iraq the wrong war, and a diversion, Senator Kerry this week seemed shocked...
  • Eminem - Mosh (00:04) - Video for Mosh off Eminem's new album. Has it come to this, that Eminem is the voice of the people, the troops, the poor and disenfranchised. He hasn't quite come out on Kerry's side but he makes one thing clear......

Tuesday 26 October

  • iPod Photo (16:52) - The rumors were true. Apple announced the iPod Photo today. I don't really see the point, especially for the kind of cash they want you to dish out ($499 for 40Gb, $599 for 60Gb). <tomo: insert comment about hipsters wasting...

Monday 25 October

  • Kerry and Clinton in Philadelphia (20:25) - There was an amazing turnout in Philadelphia this afternoon at the Kerry rally. The sheer number of people at this event gave me hope that there are enough of us out there to get Bush out of office. I snapped...

Sunday 24 October


Friday 22 October

  • Triumph the Insult Comic Dog in Spin Alley (15:56) - If George Bush took a dump on stage tonight, how would you spin that? Would you say, 'The President looked comfortable up there?' ... Kerry says 'I have a plan, I have a plan' ... yeah and I have two...
  • Daytona Beach, 1989 (15:35) - REALTOR: This is the hot chicks room. The breakfast table's just over this way... WIFE: Excuse me? What was that room again? REALTOR: Oh, this is the hot chicks room. It's filled with assorted hot chicks, who party in here...
  • The $100 Cheesesteak (14:11) - Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The quick lunch staple of Philadelphia sidewalks becomes haute cuisine with the introduction of the $100 cheesesteak -- stuffed with foie gras and Kobe beef....
  • Michael Moore at Temple University (12:47) - Despite my wearying support for Michael Moore, I decided to go see him speak last night at Temple University. All in all it was a good night, I am glad I attended. I got the impression that Moore is getting...

Thursday 21 October

  • Hanzi Blog (22:17) - HanziSmatter is a blog dedicated to deciphering what silly white people got tattooed on their bodies by other silly (or really funny) white people. Hanzi are the Chinese written characters (or Kanji in Japanese) and people think it's really wild...
  • Ken Blackwell and more fun with voter fraud (14:10) - The Columbus Dispatch covers the latest development in the Kenneth Blackwell voter suppression scandal. Summarizing what a federal judge said: Blackwell failed to do his duty, ignored a court order, risks disenfranchising many Ohioans, and can't be trusted. Blackwell also...
  • Party affiliation switched to Republican after signing medical marijuana petition (11:15) - Whoops. More shady shit. P.S. DrugReporter has a list of state and local medical marijuana initiatives coming up for vote. Ann Arbor: Vote YES on Proposal C for compassionate care. ...
  • Fahrenheit 9/11 available for download (01:47) - As per the suggestion of Michael Moore, websites have begun open distribution (pirating) of Fahrenheit 9/11. I'm not the biggest fan of this film, but it is worth a watch.. to be taken with a grain of salt....
  • "Pedro, Schill Play Grabass" (00:14) - It's never happened before. No team has come back from an 0-3 deficit to force a game seven, Let alone win it. Baseball history? Oh yeah. The Bosox did it. I'm a Redlegs fan who hates the AL, but if...

Wednesday 20 October

  • Would you let your kids on the Internet? (21:19) - I think many of the regulars here spent a lot of time during their impressional youth years on the the Internet. My question is, if you had a 13 year old of your own, what restrictions (if any) would you...
  • GOP tries to block the black vote in Philadelphia (16:33) - REPUBLICAN OPERATIVES working to re-elect President Bush submitted last-minute requests in Philadelphia on Friday to relocate 63 polling places.Bush's Pennsylvania campaign staff filed the requests, using the names of two Republicans running for the U.S. Congress and seven Republican ward...
  • Klingons for Christ (13:45) - This is too awesome for words. Best webdesign + religion ever....
  • Wedding invitations on Ebay (10:31) - I've been invited to the wedding of a mate of mine who I used to know really well until he started going out with the girl he's going to marry. She's a dog. No really. I haven't seen them since...
  • Busted Voyeur (10:20) - Q: What is better than watching some guy have sex with his girlfriend? A: Watching him get busted for trying to secretly tape it. No nudity, but still probobly NSFW....
  • Jon Stewart vs Crossfire (00:43) - Just in case someone has not yet seen last week's infamous Crossfire with Jon Stewart, which has got to be the most viewed Crossfire ever due to the internet.. wmv wmv bittorrent transcript transcript And the follow-up on The Daily...

Tuesday 19 October

  • lap top sale (13:06) - Unfortunately, I don't need a laptop, but I thought one of you might....

Monday 18 October

  • looking for new music? (13:04) - At musicplasma.com you can enter a band or artist you listen to and get a visual map of similar/related music. It is a good way to find something new to listen to....
  • BBS Documentary (12:48) - Currently Slashdotted, bbsdocumentary.com has a preview of a new 7 hour documentary DVD on the history of the BBS....

Sunday 17 October

  • Feral Children (13:29) - Feral children, also known as wild children or wolf children, are children who've grown up with minimal human contact, or even none at all. They may have been raised by animals (often wolves) or somehow survived on their own....

Saturday 16 October


Thursday 14 October

  • Star Wars Past and Present (22:03) - Dvdanswers.com takes a look at the changes Star Wars has undergone since the original release in 1977. The article shows photos that illustrate the changes / cleanup work that has been done up to the DVD release. [via slashdot]...
  • Bush vs. Bush (13:43) - This video shows a striking difference in the debate skills of President Bush from his 1994 gubernatorial race vs. this year's debates. Wild theories about his health aside, the guy certainly sounded a lot sharper back in the day. Cocaine...
  • Bush's Bulge (13:30) - Let the rumors fly! Here are some photos of Bush's sweet bulge....
  • Orgies are the way to ease social tensions, claims US judge (09:50) - I would love to know the context in which Scalia said this, because it seems too absurd....

Wednesday 13 October


Tuesday 12 October

  • Doctor Accused Of Paying Fine With Feces-Covered Money (23:50) - Police in Burlington charge that psychiatrist Ronald Preston McPike used feces-smeared dollar bills to pay a parking ticket. According to authorities, the money was in an envelope labeled, "Foreign brown substance on bills."...

Monday 11 October

  • More game themed crap (18:45) - -Want something like Jackass centered on classic video games? Then Mega64 is for you. I particularly like Shenmue and MGS. -Do you like to mix your love of dance with your love of mutilating your opponent in a fighting game?...

Friday 8 October

  • Man mistakenly cuts off genitalia, dog eats it (14:52) - It gets even funnier... BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A elderly Romanian man mistook his penis for a chicken's neck, cut it off and his dog rushed up and ate it, the state Rompres news agency said Monday....

Thursday 7 October

  • Google SMS (21:02) - Tired of paying $1+ to call 411 from your cell phone? Send a text message to Google to get the info you need. This service is really ingenious if you ask me. It combines two commonplace technologies into a new...
  • Man Pours Gas Down Toilet, Causing Blast (10:59) - The man came home for lunch and found gas leaking from the tank of his car. He caught the gas, and decided to dispose of it by dumping it down the toilet.But the pilot light of a water heater ignited...
  • Pocket Sized Realtime Japanese-English Voice Translator (10:26) - The system is about the size of a handheld PDA and converts spoken Japanese to English and vice versa. It is planned for launch in Japan in the next few months.It consists of three components - a speech recognition engine,...

Wednesday 6 October

  • Just Da Facts (22:39) - Even though Cheney got it wrong during the debate by calling it FactCheck.com, which actually takes you to George Soros' site, the real thing is quite compelling. Check out FactCheck.org. You dems should like the fact that it seems, as...
  • The Joy of Un-circumcising (17:48) - I forget why we were discussing this before but... ...
  • Polaroid a Day (14:07) - The title says it all....
  • PSP Video and PSP Troubles (14:03) - This 2 1/2 minute video of the Playstation Portable looks very impressive. The graphics are amazing for such a small unit. Unfortunately, due to battery problems, we may not see the PSP until Fall of 2005!...

Tuesday 5 October

  • Anheuser-Busch to release a Caffeinated Beer (16:58) - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brewer Anheuser-Busch says it will introduce a caffeinated, sweet-flavored beer for twentysomething club goers to compete with the flavored rums and vodkas gaining ground on the dance floor.The new beer B(E) -- read as "B to...

Monday 4 October

  • Herman Gardens (23:12) - Where else but Detroit can a completely developed residential neighborhood turn into an urban prairie in three decades? Mouse over the image in the link to compress that into an eyeblink. ...

Saturday 2 October

  • Big Brother inside your printer? (13:12) - Regarding detection of attempts to print pics of US currency: "Its broad adoption represents one of the rare occasions when the U.S. technology industry has quietly agreed to requests by government and finance officials to include third-party software code in...

Friday 1 October

  • Open Source Solar Scooter (00:46) - Couple days ago on /....MONTREAL - A couple of entrepreneurs in Montreal are teaching people how to build their own solar-powered scooters by making the instructions freely available on the internet. Initially designed with $600,000 (assumed to be in CDN),...
  • The Debate (00:40) - More important than the presidential debates themselves is the disjointed debate over who debated better. So lets have at it people. Debate, debate debate....