Kevin says: A BBC Radio 4 investigation sheds new light on a major subject that has received little historical attention, the conspiracy on behalf of a group of influential powerbrokers,… Read the rest of the article: BBC: W's grandpappy planned fascist coup of USA
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Mark Frauenfelder This graphic shows the color breakdowns of top grossing movies, arranged by rating (NC-17 at the top, G at the bottom). The trend seems to be: the more risqué the… Read the rest of the article: Analysis of poster colors of top grossing movies
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Mark Frauenfelder "If you only watch one YouTube movie today featuring dancing country farmer's daughters contortionists singing about potato salad, it should be this one." Jory Squibbs 100 mpg handmade car Text… Read the rest of the article: A surreal and supremely inane compendium of miscellaneous knowledge, Vol 2
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Mark Frauenfelder fogonazos has a great post about the top ten space walks, with awe-inspiring photos. 3. Bruce McCandless, floating free in space (1984) At about 100 meters from the cargo bay… Read the rest of the article: Top ten spacewalks
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Mark Frauenfelder I interviewed Martha Stewart for the August issue of Wired. Stewart: When the Walkman first came out, I called it the Rudeman: Everybody who's listening to those is rude to… Read the rest of the article: Mark interviews Martha Stewart
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Mark Frauenfelder If Peanuts had been written by Charles Bukowski, not Charles Schulz, It began as a mistake. The first time that Charles Branaski met Lucy Van Pelt, she was holding a… Read the rest of the article: Peanuts by Charles Bukowski
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Mark Frauenfelder This prankster called an electronics store and pronounced acronyms like DVD as "doovde" and JVC as "joovic," which confused, and then angered the proprietor. The page also has a funny… Read the rest of the article: Funny prank call to electronics store
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Mark Frauenfelder Doug Green says: "A blog news story about an organic seed company in Woodstock Illinois (Underwood Gardens) that had an import of Canadian Wild Salmon fermented fertilizer (certified organic) blocked… Read the rest of the article: Fish heads pose a threat to Homeland Security
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Mark Frauenfelder I can think of no better form of psychotherapy for inpatients at a mental health center than a live concert by the Cramps. See for yourself. Link
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Mark Frauenfelder Drawing by three girls who spotted a UFO (with detail photo of UFO drawing) RIP to artist Charles Harper Soupy Sale's sons perform Day Tripper Introducing "finger vein money" payment… Read the rest of the article: A surreal and supremely inane compendium of miscellaneous knowledge, Vol 1
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Mark Frauenfelder From Wikipedia: The Mull of Kintyre test was an unofficial guideline said to have been used by the British Board of Film Classification in the United Kingdom to decide whether… Read the rest of the article: Mull of Kintyre pornography test
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Mark Frauenfelder (Click on thumbnails for enlargement) The wonderfully talented Amanda Visell has a new art book, called Popping Through Pictures. In Amanda's world, children play with nanny robots and hide under… Read the rest of the article: Amanda Visell's book and toy sculpture
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Mark Frauenfelder Video of a sweet pet hippo named Jessica. Link (Via Woodring Monitor)
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Mark Frauenfelder Kerry bought some flip flops for $2.44 at Wal Mart. After wearing them for a while, she noticed a tingling sensation on her feet. She immediately stopped wearing the flip… Read the rest of the article: Wal Mart flip flops cause nasty chemical burn
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Mark Frauenfelder WFMU is reprinting some of the letters that members of the Archie comic book fan club sent in to the "Everything's Archie" newsletter. Here's one from August 1979: Dear Archie,… Read the rest of the article: Letters to Archie Club newsletter, circa 1979
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Mark Frauenfelder In his latest Weekend Projects video, MAKE's Bre Pettis shows you how to make a Jam Jar Jet, as designed by William Gurstelle. Link
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Mark Frauenfelder Ethan Persoff has a scan of a weird anti-drug comic from 1970 called Users are Losers. I imagine kids enjoyed reading it while stoned. The first panel seems to be… Read the rest of the article: Scan 1970 anti-drug comic
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Mark Frauenfelder Media Bistro has a nice interview with Jesse Thorn, host and producer of the tremendously good podcast/radio show The Sound of Young America. MEDIA BISTRO: Do you believe newspapers are… Read the rest of the article: Interview with Jesse Thorn, host of The Sound of Young America
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Mark Frauenfelder My friend Bill Barminski of WalterRobot.com created this short animated video for my book, Rule the Web. It's about a couple of space aliens who visit Earth and discover they're… Read the rest of the article: Cartoon for Rule the Web
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Mark Frauenfelder A company called Custom Receipts sells phony ATM receipts so you can trick people into thinking you have a lot of money in the bank. A one-year supply (52 receipts)… Read the rest of the article: Fake ATM receipts for sale