• Echelon’s SpookWords Generator
  (tags: generator lists echelon)
• RFID-Zapper
  (tags: rfid privacy diy electronics)
• ASLSP – John Cage
  I’m a fan of 4’33”, but I’m not sure about this one.
  (tags: music)
• Pissed-off Frenchman attacks Dada urinal
  That’s alright, random Frenchman. Dada is supposed to offend you.
  (tags: dada art news)
• The Jesus Puzzle: Did Christianity Begin with a Mythical Christ? Challenging the Existence of an Historical Jesus
  (tags: atheism Christianity religion jesus history books)
• Robertson blamed Sharon stroke on policy of “dividing God’s land”
  I caught the repeat of this last night. Pat Robertson makes me even angrier than Bill O’Reilly.
  (tags: religion politics wtf unacceptable Robertson)
• The GIF Pronunciation Page
  I know that GIF is supposed to be pronounced “jif”, and I don’t care. There is another file format that is both spelled AND pronounced JIF. So. Meh.
  (tags: gif pronunciation graphics geek language)
• … and God Created Squid …
  (tags: squid humor religion ID idiots Christianity creationism evolution biology)
• New Scientist Take a leap into hyperspace
  (tags: news science wtf physics space)
• Letterman 1 – O’Reilly 0
  Speaking of O’Reilly, here’s Letterman giving him a smack down on his “War on Christmas” BS. “I have a feeling that 60% of what you say is crap”.
  (tags: video politics letterman o’reilly interview christmas)
• Science Friday: Interview with a Mad Scientist | Unscrewing The Inscrutable
  “I don’t need to preach atheism — all I need to do is point out the palpable structure of reality in the growing detail science provides for us, and those who are awake and aware will notice the disparity between the world around them and the clumsy, ste
  (tags: PZ Myers interview biology science ID Behe)
• Science’s 10 most beautiful experiments
  (tags: science physics history experiment lists)
• Colour Contrast Check
  (tags: color design accessibility web tools)

I can understand that maybe it is difficult for some people to calculate proportions for enlargements and reductions in their head. But 8½” x 11″ is not a square. I think that much should be easy enough for just about anyone to understand. Next time I have to call somebody up to explain this to them…

• WORLDPROCESSOR Catalog
  (tags: maps art world politics Geography Statistics)
• Lao Tsu’s Tao Te Ching Online
  (tags: religion philosophy tao chinese books)
• Squashed Philosophers
  (tags: philosophy books summary)
• Extratasty Get Your Booze On!
  (tags: recipes alcohol drinks reference food tagging)
• Harry Frankfurt’s “On Bullshit”
  (tags: philosophy bullshit humor books language)

• There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom – Richard P. Feynman
  (tags: science Feynman physics computers)
• “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”
  (tags: books science physics feynman)
• The Vega Science Trust – Richard Feynman – Freeview Video
  (tags: physics feynman video science lectures streaming education)
• Prove Christ exists, judge orders priest
  (tags: religion weird news christianity legal jesus)

• Chicago Beer Map
  (tags: Chicago beer map breweries bars alcomahol)
• CTA: Chicago Transit Authority and Google Maps via tastypopsicle.com
  (tags: chicago cta google reference map)
• Most outrageous statements of 2005
  (tags: politics media unacceptable wtf O’Reilly Robertson Coulter)
• Military: New Aluminum Windows Stop .50-Caliber Bullet
  (tags: technology science military)
• Science Must Destroy Religion
  (tags: science religion faith atheism)
• Viruses of the Mind – Richard Dawkins
  (tags: atheism books culture Dawkins information language philosophy science religion memetics)
• Raiding the Icebox
  (tags: canada america history war military politics wtf)
• Another mammoth story
  (tags: pareidolia creationism religion evolution science archaeology)
• Linda Kimball: Why Christians are Mentally Ill
  I didn’t even read this. All I know is the term “Megalomaniac Darwinian globalists” is hilarious.
  (tags: wtf)
• NSA Web Site Places ‘Cookies’ on Computers
  Oh em gee. Not “cookies”.
  (tags: security surveillance nsa privacy)
• Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine
  (tags: feynman physics science history technology computers)
• How to fix your monitor if some idiot puts a magnet on it
  “For problems of monkey magnatude you’ll need a drill.”
  (tags: monitor hardware technology hacks)
• Trashy Tesla Coil a tesla coil made entirely from junk from dumpster diving
  I’d make one, but this looks dangerous…
  (tags: tesla diy science electronics physics)
• Was Darwin Wrong? @ National Geographic Magazine
  (tags: science evolution darwin nature empirical data)
• Mastering Ajax, Part 1: Introduction to Ajax
  (tags: ajax programming javascript tutorial web reference)
• F A C E S – a photoset on Flickr
  (tags: Flickr photography faces pareidolia)
• Banished Words List
  (tags: language english humor words)
• Some Sing, Others Dance to Get Snow to Fall
  (tags: idiots)
• Internet Outsider: Delicious Taggers Exploited, Stiffed?
  Everybody remembers that “information wants to be free”. They never remember the “information wants to be expensive, because it’s so valuable” bit.
  (tags: tagging del.icio.us emergent information intelligence Yahoo Google)

• Man Changes Name To KentuckyFriedCruelty.com
  I’m going to change my name to Gimmick.
  (tags: wtf)
• Random Hall Bathroom Server
  (tags: nerdery MIT bathroom server)
• Meebo
  I could already IM at work, but now I can open all of my accounts at the same time. And you didn’t think I could get any less productive…
  (tags: web2.0 ajax IM chat msn yahoo icq jabber aim)
• The myth of a Christian nation
  (tags: religion quotes history Christianity USA)
• Bad, bad Coldplay
  “Copying is a criminal act.” “Copy controlled” sounds like a manufacturing problem to me…
  (tags: DRM coldplay CD music technology piracy wtf unacceptable)
• Secret of life hangs on comet’s tail
  (tags: NASA science space Stardust comet)
• Lightbox JS
  (tags: javascript css ajax design)
• Science Toys
  (tags: science toys fun DIY kids)

• Newtonmas
  (tags: christmas religion)
• Ice Chewers Bulletin Board
  OMG WTF
  (tags: absurd forum ice)
• stu nicholls | CSS PLaY | experiments with cascading style sheets
  (tags: css web design tutorial html layout experimental)
• Hearing Beethoven in Tehran
• realities united/ work/ rein raus
  Shit. No thanks!

• Fuck Christmas
  Yes. Fuck it.
  (tags: atheism christianity christmas culture Religion Politics rants FOX o’reilly)
• Janice Turner The Times Online – Why real men don’t need kiwi fruit
  “Male beauty is the cosmetics industry’s new gold rush.”
  (tags: opinion commentary culture beauty cosmetics aesthetics)
• The Top 10 weirdest case mods
  (tags: computer hardware geek case mods DIY lists)
• Who is snooping on my email?
  (tags: privacy security politics nsa spying email)
• ColorBlender
  (tags: web design html color picker palette tools generator)
• little web icons / micro icons collection
  (tags: web design graphics icons)
• Anatomy of an Icon
  (tags: icons graphics tutorial photoshop web design)
• Simple, accessible external links
  (tags: css accessibility web design html tutorial)
• Fixed or fluid width? Elastic!
  (tags: web design layout elastic html css accessibility)
• Little Boxes
  (tags: css web design Layout html tutorial)
• CSS For Bar Graphs
  (tags: css web design tutorial html accessibility)
• Wiretaps said to sift all overseas contacts
  Oh, there’s a big surprise. That’s an incredible… I think I’m going to have a heart attack and die, from that surprise.
  (tags: privacy security politics nsa email surveillance internet)

• Without Gods
  (tags: weblog religion atheism writing books)
• Feed Icons – Help establish the new standard
  I don’t think I have an XML/RSS/WTF button on my site in the first place, so I might as well add one of these sometime.
  (tags: design rss web weblog)
• NASA – An Explosion on the Moon
  The moon is essplode!
  (tags: astronomy moon space science)
• NASA’s Hubble Discovers New Rings and Moons Around Uranus
  I’m going to take this opportunity to once again point out that none of your Uranus jokes are funny, because you’re pronouncing Uranus incorrectly.
  (tags: astronomy space science Uranus rings moons NASA Hubble telescope discovery)
• Angelo Plessas – Elastic Enthusiastic
  My cat found this amusing…
  (tags: flash animation)
• Media Photoshop Retouching
  It’s a wonder that anyone ever recognizes celebrities in person.
  (tags: design advertising photoshop media photos)
• The Long Tail: The Probabilistic Age
  “The good thing about probabilistic systems is that they benefit from the wisdom of the crowd and as a result can scale nicely both in breadth and depth. But because they do this by sacrificing absolute certainty on the microscale, you need to take any si
  (tags: statistics probability information optimization emergent intelligence facts)
• Earwax Cafe & Film
  Wowwee, every Goddard film evar. I may have dropped out of art school, but not entirely unscathed by pretension… I lurv independent video stores.
  (tags: film chicago movies businesses restaurants food)

• What About Women Wearing Pants?
  (tags: religion humour)
• Make your own speech bubble!
  (tags: generator graphics)
• APOD: 2005 December 21 – Sunrise by Season
  (tags: astronomy science photos)
• Going Jesus: Cavalcade of Bad Nativities
  (tags: kitsch jesus christmas)