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| Wednesday, June 28, 2006 |
More fun unrelated links! Feel free to send in your own during this Week of Miscellany.
First off, a local announcement: the Northside Parade is less than a week away, and if you haven't seen it, you really should. It's a great experience! We'll be there, and you should too.
Over in England, even the baboons are getting World Cup fever: they've taken to swiping England flags off visitors' cars. (The link includes a patriotic baboon, which is worth the click.)
If you were planning on taking part in this weekend's reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg, be warned that the flooding around there has forced the organizers to postpone it till next weekend. This gives you an extra week to shine up that musket. Meanwhile, the walking festival in Ireland is still scheduled to go on this weekend.
Fun absurd stuff: Knitted mollusks! The amazing Tsui House! And NYC's "freaks of the night!" (I think the Club Creatures know most of those people by name, actually.)
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| Tuesday, June 27, 2006 |
More wacky links. What dinosaur are you? Here's mine:
Cryolophosaurus
Current research suggests that Cryolophosaurus was a medium-sized, social, carnivorous creature...according to your answers so are you!Cryolophosaurus was the first meat-eating dinosaur fossil discovered in Antarctica . Although it's a frozen land nowadays, Antarctica wasn't always covered in ice. When dinosaurs were alive the world was mostly a lot warmer.Antarctica itself was further north than it is today, which meant it was nearer the equator and so less icy-cold. All sorts of plants and animals flourished there.
This is part of the DinoJaws exhibit going on over in the UK, which begins this weekend.
Make your own air conditioner! This may come in handy around August.
The Driv-E-Mocion tells other drivers what you're thinking. This could be useful, or it could get you killed, depending on your temperament. I do like the "thanks" option, though.
Has anyone tried Amazon's Grocery concept yet? We're impatiently waiting for online groceries to make it to the midwest...
Swiped from Pop Culture Junk Mail: Chew By Numbers! The mind boggles.
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| Monday, June 26, 2006 |
Well. Last week was sort of a disaster in terms of time management. Everyone's trying to get everything done before the 4th of July weekend, apparently. This includes me, who's taking off for New England Friday morning while Bunny holds down the spooky library fort! Therefore, in honor of the shortened week and the backlog from last week, we're throwing the themed days out the window and just posting whatever, whenever, until Thursday. Got a link you want to share with the world? Send it in!
And now, on to the varied links. Thanks to everyone who sent stuff in!
From Holly: a Turkish student is out to protest the mandatory centralized exam by attempting to answer every single question wrong. I'm not exactly sure how this helps the cause, but hey.
Also from Holly: combine Stalin with surf music and you get...Gulag Tunes. Yes, it's real!
Also from Holly again: a bizarre story involving virgins, insurance, and the second coming of Christ.
From Courtney: it's a card catalog! It's art! It's the Cartalog!
Swiped from my cousin (once removed or second once removed or something) Brendan: Wikipedia's controversial topics include Islam, the 2004 election, and...George Bernard Shaw?
Worth 1000 always has fantastic PhotoShop contests. A recent one on "real life merit badges" produced some true gems. There are badges for everything, from Monty Python knowledge to gay merit to modern video games.
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