Bye Bye Gothamist.

I finally pulled the plug on reading Gothamist today.

One too many snide posts on billboard beaver shots in the last several weeks.

I'm not opposed to snide, but either go all out and declare your intentions of becoming an asshole, or call 1-888-STFU-LOL, as they say.

Gridskipper is still interesting though, and stays on my list.

Somebody Else Read Hatchet!

I remember the book from middle school.

Boy Scout found alive...

One of Michael's favorite books a few years ago was about a boy whose plane crashes in the wilderness, and how that boy survives on his own, his father said.

''I think he's got some of that book in his mind,'' Auberry said. ''In my fantasy, when they find him, he'll be making beef jerky somewhere or something like that. He's got a lot of resources to draw from.''

Once again folks, literacy gets you to all of the wrong places...

I still like Keillor

Say what you will about Prairie Home Companion, or Garrison Keillor's commentary on marriage after his own three marriages, his column about gay marriage (for which he was excoriated) seemed to be typically tongue in cheek.

He has issued an apology.

Thanks for clarifying, but some of us got it the first time.

A map of Human Genetic Function

This may be one of the coolest things I have ever seen.

(Discovered from this article.)

Clicking on Viral Protein to see the genetic material you have picked up from a virus... amazing.

Introducing...................the Apple iRack

Thanks Cy.

Darkon

A LARP Documentary. I want to see this.

747-400 vs hippy car

Basement Jaxx - Take Me Back To Your House

There are dancing bears.

Arcade Reality

Best Treo Game Ever.

Orwell on Euphemism

A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outlines and covering up all the details.

I do not remember reading this essay before. It is brilliant.

Thanks to Guy...

MUJI is coming to NY!

This is fantastic news... I've been waiting for this ever since I read Pattern Recognition.

MUJI.

ESC 2007 | Switzerland | DJ Bobo - Vampires Are Alive

The creation of this video entails one of the worst combinations of music and money in the entire history of either.

Cavemen sitcom being worked on,

Supposedly an ABC pilot is in the works.  I hope this works out.

Yulia & Laura

Yulia & Laura
Originally uploaded by satmandu.

ComicCon Saturday.

Fillion as James Tiberius Kirk?

The Register suggests that Nathan Fillion (Serenity, Slither, Firefly, Angel, Drive) would be a better Kirk in the next Star Trek Movie (an original series prequel) than Matt Damon.

I for one could be easily convinced...

Besides, isn't there a rule that important Trek actors need to be born in the Commonwealth?

Fillion is from Edmonton.

Best Comic Ever

Some Music Should Not Be Used In Food Commercials

For instance, Wendy's commercial for the Mozzarella Lovers' Bacon Cheeseburger uses The Violent Femmes' song Blister in the Sun.

Some might think this is disturbing...

reliant robin

Why don't they show Top Gear in the states? A fantastic, fantastic clip...

Shades of Cake or Death?

Sweden's Penal Code lists the penalty for Murder 1 to be "ten years or life" imprisonment.

I bet they have a lower murder rate too.

And don't get me started about their gini coeff.

Robo Cat