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Entries for July 2003
A bunch of behind the scenes stuff about Winged Migration
A bunch of behind the scenes stuff about Winged Migration. Great movie, btw
New sidebar links
I redid the “not recommended” links on the front page of the site. I’m using Movable Type to manage them.
Movable Type is the new way to do absolutely everything, BTW. I use it for my weblog, my bookmarks, my grocery shopping list, and my address book. I no longer need TiVo or my email application…I run everything through MT. Going to movies these days is easy with MT. It checks my vision, does root canals, makes my travel plans, transports me back in time, and balances my checkbook. Even expensive hookers are a thing of the past with Movable Type (although it doesn’t go down as often as Blogger does). Thank you MT, you’ve made my life worth living again!
So yeah, new sidebar links. Check out the new ones if you’re into reading words and clicking links.
whey all ze french people at?
whey all ze french people at?. heads up: that man accosting you on that Manhattan street may be writing for the Times.
After 40-years, father-son team complete Zeus’ family tree
After 40-years, father-son team complete Zeus’ family tree. 3,673 figures of Greek Mythology, all related in a 20-generation family
After seeing elephants mate, Bush explains why
After seeing elephants mate, Bush explains why he went to war. If anyone’s selling a create-your-own suggestive caption kit, I’m buying.
push push & George Bush
push push & George Bush. As close to sex as Republicans can handle. (safe, if you work at the Discovery Channel)
ArtsJournal is starting a series of weblogs
ArtsJournal is starting a series of weblogs about the arts written by well-known arts critics.
Nike buys Converse, seeking entry into lower-priced shoe market
Nike buys Converse, seeking entry into lower-priced shoe market.
Order a personalized eulogy with this handy form, only $275
Order a personalized eulogy with this handy form, only $275.
Music reveals your personality, AU study shows
Music reveals your personality, AU study shows. Frankly, sounds about as accurate as a placemat in a Chinese restaurant
Faith-based stick in the zoning committee’s eye
Faith-based stick in the zoning committee’s eye. PA man can’t get permission to host concerts, opens Church of Universal Love and Music instead.
Ping pong, Matrix-style
Ping pong, Matrix-style. This is the most fantastically amazing thing you’ll see on the Internet this week…or your money back.
Clay Aiken fan impressed with message boards…and himself
Clay Aiken fan impressed with message boards…and himself. Remember Todd, with great power comes great responsibility
Anthropomorphic Taxidermy: it’s not just for Victorians anymore
Anthropomorphic Taxidermy: it’s not just for Victorians anymore. Maurizio Cattelan’s sad, sad squirrel
Get your butt to Provence. Van Gogh’s 1889
Get your butt to Provence. Van Gogh’s 1889 ‘Moonrise’ will recur on 7/13.. Apparently, there’s this ‘Metonic Cycle.’
Kim Jong Il’s favorite sushi chef publishes a book
Kim Jong Il’s favorite sushi chef publishes a book. Great Leader wigs the guy out so bad, he says “Going out to buy some uni” and never goes back.
Staged readings of really bad movies at
Staged readings of really bad movies at the Neo-futurist theater in Chi.. Damn. The Care Bears Movie was last week…
New York: Our trees grow faster than
New York: Our trees grow faster than your stunted, suburban trees. because of your suburban ozone levels. hah
Emergency removal of hard metal or ceramic finger rings
Emergency removal of hard metal or ceramic finger rings. You have to break them with vice grips, not cut them
happy friendly tour of Pixar’s studio
happy friendly tour of Pixar’s studio. centralized bathroom, and a lot of hawaiian shirts. via Overmorgen
Making and trading custom maps
Making and trading custom maps. Good, but wordy. That Kevin Kelly could use an editor.
Message board for “Man Wakes After 19 Years
Message board for “Man Wakes After 19 Years in Coma” story contains 1000 messages. And new messages are being added at the rate of 10/minute
Animals preserved in anthropomorphic poses and situations
Animals preserved in anthropomorphic poses and situations. Be sure to scroll all the way down for the Napoleon chimpanzee
The Dalai Lama will be in NYC
The Dalai Lama will be in NYC in September, free public talk in Central Park.
Phone Dial Web Browser
This is neat, a rotary dial interface to a web browser:
A web browser that uses a rotary phone dial as a custom physical interface. To use it, one dials an IP address rather than typing a URL. Dots are entered by pressing a button, external to the dial.
SixApart owns blogs.com?
SixApart owns blogs.com?. When did that happen and how much did they have to pay for it?
Eminem to rework 50s and 60s classics
Eminem to rework 50s and 60s classics in hopes of becoming a serious artist.
Satellite imagery expert spots new, secret Iraq-Kuwait pipeline
Satellite imagery expert spots new, secret Iraq-Kuwait pipeline.
Bush re buzz- and US soldier-killing war
Bush re buzz- and US soldier-killing war movies: Bring ‘Em On. Coming soon to a White House near you: Black Hawk2: Liberian Boogaloo
The Virtual Book Tour
The Virtual Book Tour is off and running with author Mary Roach and her book Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. The idea of the VBT is to have authors tour web sites much like they do bookstores. kottke.org is a stop on this tour (view the tour schedule)…Mary will be taking over the posting duties here next Wednesday, July 16.
kottke.org also participated in the first virtual book tour for Rainy Day Fun and Games for Toddler and Total Bastard by Greg Knauss.
Update: Keep an eye on the Amazon Sales Rank for Stiff to see if this virtual tour business directly affects sales.
Peter Jennings, Canadian American
Peter Jennings, Canadian American. finally drinks the Kool-aid from ‘this noble container’
N.A.G. software makes computer-generated mashups
N.A.G. software makes computer-generated mashups with files found on Gnutella.
Nonzero
The main thesis of Nonzero is that social complexity of human culture has been increasing since the dawn of man and will continue to do so until forever. Wright argues that non-zero sum games are the culprit: societies get more complex (moving from tribes of hunter gatherers to mutli-trillion dollar global economy) because in order to play ever more lucrative non-zero sum games with an increasing number of people, that’s the way it has to be. It makes a lot of sense.
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