Archive for November, 2006
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Now she picks up dog shit. I mean, I know she broke up with Ken and all, but couldn’t she hire someone to walk her dog? She has about 5000 jobs, you’d think she’s be able to afford to pay someone to take care of Tanner’s doodie (Tanner is a stupid name […]
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Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Asshole. For both reasons.
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
When I was a kid, my step-brother and I were insane for LEGOs (you have to capitalize it, or the LEGO cops bust your door down and take you to LEGO prison). He would come to our house for the weekend, and we would wake up early, open up huge boxes of LEGOs, […]
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Monday, November 27th, 2006
Wow, the greenies will love this (swiped from /.):
Xerox is reported to be working on some interesting forms of digital paper. The New York Times reports a 16 hour reusable paper. This system uses a coated paper and special ink to produce a copy that will fade over 16 hours, or sooner if the paper […]
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Monday, November 27th, 2006
I write the occasional movie review over at Cinema Fromage, and I have just posted up my latest one. It is for the Korean animated film Aachi & Ssipak, and you can check out the review right here.
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Sunday, November 26th, 2006
I’m a big fan of Ken Burns’ films, and I just caught a news item about his new documentary. I remember watching The Civil War with my mom when I was in college, and of course I love the Baseball series (I’m a huge baseball nerd). I haven’t seen Jazz yet, […]
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Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
Maybe turkeys are smarter than people think. This lot was trying to hop a train into New York (maybe to beat the Black Friday rush in NYC?).
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
Well, at least according to the USDA:
The federal government has decided to drop the word “hunger” from its vocabulary, according to a new report released by the USDA. The reason? USDA sociologist Mark Nord, the author of the report, claims that the term “hungry” is “not a scientifically accurate term for the specific phenomenon being […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
Open up your very own pretend play tattoo parlor. This easy-to-use tattoo maker kit includes an electronic tattoo pen and funky stencils. Using soft, safe pulsating action, the tattoo pen creates realistic, washable designs with dramatic effects.
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/11/tattoo_kit_for.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
I need one of these!
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Friday, November 17th, 2006
The biggest moving machine (on land) built by humans is the giant trencher (or bucket wheel excavator) “Bagger 288″ built by Krupp in Germany in 1978.
This enormous mining machine (300 meters long, weight: 45,500 tons) is capable of moving on its treads to the various open-air mine locations. It can remove over 76,455 cubic meters […]
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