Updated: 6/29/2006; 9:59:37 PM

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 Thursday, June 29, 2006

Yglesias Award Nominee

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:58:34 PM -

Vernor Vinge on computers, freedom and privacy

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:58:15 PM -

Josh Glenn on P.K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:57:36 PM -
 Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Warren Buffet Swats the Invisible Hand

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:42:51 PM -

Fun with Foreign Words

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:42:34 PM -

Italy

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:40:56 PM -

When Worlds Collide

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:40:39 PM -

SciAmMind on mental workouts and bitter pills

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:40:11 PM -
 Tuesday, June 27, 2006

do not watch this if your lung capacity is under 20%

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:40:57 PM -

Nice set of quotes.

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:40:40 PM -

What to keep in a safe deposit box

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:40:22 PM -

"Well said" (link (& quote) from my brother).

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:40:01 PM -

Re: Flag Burning Amendment

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:39:34 PM -

Exclusive: Cruise and Kidman Were Never Married

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:39:14 PM -
 Monday, June 26, 2006

Teaser Appetizer: Sleep and Insomnia, A Letter to Shakespeare

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:56:29 PM -

alt.brains

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:55:59 PM -

Free Audio Books

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:55:30 PM -

The Sports Guy: YouTube and me

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:55:14 PM -

A whale of a song

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:54:53 PM -

Big mistake

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:54:28 PM -
 Thursday, June 22, 2006

Amazing photos of starling flocks

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 7:58:32 PM -

'UFO Hacker' Tells What He Found

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 7:58:09 PM -

Amateur Gourmet awards his cookbooks

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 7:57:48 PM -

What the heck is a muddle, anyway?

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 7:57:29 PM -
 Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Homer Today

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 10:56:36 AM -

Robert Birnbaum interview with Susan Orlean

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 10:56:09 AM -

Newbie or Not Newbie: That is the Question

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 10:55:48 AM -
 Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Best line of the day, so far

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:33:28 PM -

Alton Brown hit the road for his new show

 
- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:33:10 PM -

"Shy people may be quiet, but there's a lot going on in their heads. When they encounter a frightening or unfamiliar situation -- meeting someone new, for example -- a brain region responsible for negative emotions goes into overdrive."

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:32:39 PM -

Can't Put Down Your BlackBerry?

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:31:48 PM -

Toddlers Anticipate Actions As Well As Adults

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:30:21 PM -

Photography tip: Taking great group photos

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:29:13 PM -

1000 ways to open a beer bottle

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:28:48 PM -
 Monday, June 19, 2006

Worst Ad Ever?

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:49:05 PM -

Photo of the Day (6/18/2006)

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:48:16 PM -

Science advocate destroys global warming/AIDS dismisser

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:47:15 PM -

Wonderfully bizarre Folger's commercial

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:46:45 PM -

Humans As Cat Chow.

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:46:27 PM -

Wardialling telemarketers stumble on Homeland Security batphones

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:46:00 PM -
 Sunday, June 18, 2006

Best Gift Ever

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 3:30:06 PM -

Literary Ireland: The Literary Pub Crawl

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 3:20:59 PM -

Jefferson's playlists

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 3:20:43 PM -

Make your own air conditioner

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 3:20:29 PM -
 Saturday, June 17, 2006

Raichlen and Slate do 'cue

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:57:08 PM -

Food Porn: Carnitas

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:56:25 PM -

Ten Commandments Congressman can't name them

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:56:03 PM -

The 15 Best Amazon Grocery Products

 
- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:55:37 PM -

Will your ham make it across the border?

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:54:08 PM -
 Friday, June 16, 2006

JEB BUSH DECLARES HISTORICAL MYTH TO BE LAW

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 7:49:48 AM -

Calculating humor on The Simpsons

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 7:49:23 AM -

BUSH CAN'T EVEN DEFEND ILLEGAL SPYING IN COURT

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 7:49:03 AM -

Lampooning the American dismissal of Gitmo suicides

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 7:47:41 AM -
 Tuesday, June 13, 2006

THE TAXONOMY OF BARNEY

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:51:52 PM -

Gore for president? He should aim higher

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:51:09 PM -

Free eBooks

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:50:57 PM -

Reagan Vs Bush

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:49:52 PM -

How to travel with one carry-on

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:49:32 PM -

The International Dialects of English Archive has a ton of mp3 files of people speaking English from all over the world

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:49:17 PM -
 Sunday, June 11, 2006

Downsize your life

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 7:20:58 PM -

ionKids Child Locator System

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 7:20:16 PM -

Al Gore for President retroactively

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 7:19:57 PM -

beer in history

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 7:19:40 PM -

Photo of the Day (6/11/2006)

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 7:19:22 PM -

Wendy's announced they are removing the "Biggie" designation from their fries and drinks because the term confused customers

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 7:18:18 PM -
 Saturday, June 10, 2006

Friday Funny: Colbert Says Don't Go to Europe

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:46:25 PM -

Weather Photos

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:46:06 PM -

An Inconvenient Truth

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 4:17:54 PM -

Great Moments In NFL Marketing

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 4:16:24 PM -

Old Bollywood cover of I Wanna Hold Your Hand video

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 4:15:53 PM -
 Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Below the Fold: Forget the Sheepskin, and Follow the Money, or Please Don?t Ask What a University is For?

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:10:59 PM -

Colbert's Knox College commencement speech

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:10:33 PM -

Common Knowledge

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:09:57 PM -

List of lines from Shakespeare plays that have become cliches

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:09:36 PM -

Kitchen myths and old wives' tales exposed!

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:09:23 PM -

Quote for the Day

 

- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 8:08:11 PM -