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Random Links 10/21/2010
Why rebels and insurgent groups the world over love the Toyota Hilux Hint: Rebels suck at preventive maintenance. Tracing the fate of Aliens’ commandos (the Colonial Marines) Game over, man,…
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I know a lot of people who are into Scrabble…
…and if you are one of them, you need to check this out: Massively Multiplayer Online Scrabble
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The best spam to make it through my Gmail filters in recent times
It’s apparently Persian; I just think it looks cool. Reminds me of starting out in DTP straight out of Japanese university and learning how to lay out these texts running…
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PP in SW
King sent me this awesome Power Point spoof image: It’s just so well done… who knows, Microsoft might take it seriously and use it to advertise the next version! —…
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badmotorfinger 2010
It’s kind of hard to believe that grunge can still sound sooooo good. Soundgarden recently got back together for performances and are now releasing B-sides from the Badmotorfinger era: Black…
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Maori Shortfin and Longfin Eels
This made for the most interesting reading in a long time: Maori Eels Also: Saving New Zealand’s Superfish: The Longfin Eel — UPDATE: eel•water•rock•man from Orion Magazine on Vimeo.
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Truffle Shuffle update
You would never guess what Chunk looks like these days: LINK Update: This is more like what I’d expected: LINK
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Coupla quick links 6/19/10
Anthony Bourdain: My war on fast food An edited extract from his new book; the gist is that he hates fast food almost as much as he once loved cocaine,…
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nod
Max stared at this almost as long as I did.
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The Newspaper equivalent of the Wilhelm Scream
Check it out here and here. This, of course, is the Wilhelm Scream:
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Sticky Rice as Mortar Strengthener
This should make the builders in our area very happy: How ancient China was built on sticky rice, literally
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Latest Early Child Care Research Network Findings
Day-care kids are more impulsive and take bigger risks. In other news, kids that hang around Catholic priests are more likely to be bribed with cookies.