MySpace MP3 Downloader
MySpaceMP3.org allows anyone to download any MP3 on MySpace for free. In many cases, these are the same MP3s bands are trying to sell via MySpace’s relatively new Snocap service. Trouble for MySpace?
Fish Condo 2.0
If you wanted a fish condo but couldn’t afford to drop hundreds of dollars on your beta buddy, I have good news for you: Fish Bowl 2.0 is here to revolutionize the lives of your fish.
If The Simpsons Were Real
The Real Life Simpsons — A creepy depiction of how The Simpsons would look if they were real.
That’s Hot
TV actress and hotel heiress Paris Hilton, infamous for her inadvertent comedic stylings on reality show "The Simple Life", was ordered to return to serve her incarceration sentence today. The order comes fast on the heels of an evacuation from her correctional facility in Lynwood due to supposed health problems(nsfw).
More Alike Than We Thought?
Similar Diversity is a data visualization of a textual analysis of various religious books spanning several religions, showing the overlap in words, ideas, and meaning. Other infovis religion goodness includes a 90 second geographic history of the world’s major religions, a a map gallery of USAian religious adherance, and a timeline mashup of Jewish and Christian histories.
Jump back, wanna kiss myself!
If you could kiss yourself, would you?
These photos make it happen, and the results are … disturbing.
Site is in French.
Strange Little Wars
Strange, small wars throughout history. Some were border clashes named after the item that sparked the confrontation, like the British-American Pig War or the Missouri-Iowa Honey War. Some were bloodless, such as the Maine-New Brunswick Pork and Beans War and the Texas-Oklahoma Red River Bridge War. North Carolina’s War of Regulation resulted in eighteen deaths and six later executions.
Flash Tactics
Tactics 100 Live A flash game similar to Final Fantasy Tactics or Ogre Tactics. Spend 100 points to create an 8 unit army and battle it out on a 7×7 grid. Practice against an AI opponent, or face off in multiplayer combat.
Embryo-free Embryonic Stem-Cells
Simple switch turns cells embryonic. "Researchers have finally hit the jackpot: Embryo-free embryonic stem-cells!"
You are boring the $#!* out of me!
A new video by Jed Davis’ Hanslick Rebellion. A meanspirited, though easy to identify with, piece about office small-talk. A feel good summer song for those of us tied to desks. Warning: Loud swearing.
Japanese historical photographs ca. 1910
A nice set of photographic glass-plate transparencies depicting life in Japan ca. 1910. These "Yokohama photographs" were sold to foreign tourists between about 1868 and 1912. I found the Crafts and Trades section most interesting.
Hi, I’m a Marvel…and I’m a DC
Hi, I’m a Marvel…and I’m a DC. A collection of videos on youtube targeting both the Mac/PC ads and comic book based movies. Ten videos so far, with more coming.
Star Wars Meets Hello Kitty
Wicked Crispy is the personal site of artist & animator Jeff Victor, who draws Star Wars characters (among other things) in adorable bobblehead style.
Navy Numa Numa
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you combined In the Navy with the Numa Numa song? The crew of the USS Enterprise has the answer.
Fifties housewives’ tarot deck (predict casseroles, aprons, A-bombs)
Found this for
Jenn to Neatorama post, here’s the deck itself.
Neuroscience of deja vu
MIT researchers report the identification of a mechanism in the brain that’s tied to the experience of deja vu, French for “seen already.” The neuroscientists studied how subregions of the hippocampus–a part of the brain responsible for creating memories–contribute to our ability to differentiate between distinct places that are very similar. To conduct their study, the scientists observed the behavior of genetically-engineered mice in similar chambers, one with a floor that could shock them. (Yeeowch!)
From the MIT News Office:
Researchers believe that a set of neurons called place cells fire to provide a sort of blueprint for any new space we encounter. The next time we see the space, those same neurons fire. Thus we know when we’ve been somewhere before and don’t have to relearn our way around familiar turf.
But if we enter a space very similar to one we have seen before, a new but overlapping set of neurons creates the blueprint. When there is enough overlap between the two sets, we experience an eerie feeling of deja vu–a French phrase that literally means, “already seen.”
vermont secession movement
13% of Vermont wants to secede, up from 8% last year. Here is their manifesto. Also Texas, Alaska, South Carolina, Hawaii.
To Silently Go Where No Man Has Gone Before
Steam Trek: The Moving Picture – Absolutely charming Star Trek parody done in the silent movie style.
Rubik’s Cube Mosaics
A Gallery of Rubik’s Cube Mosaics. Here’s the index as well. (via)
Free Online Film School
TakeZer0 is a weekly videoblog by two young filmmakers aiming to be a free basic film school for anyone interested, with lessons so far on shot composition, lighting, camera stabilization & the overall process.
The last samurai
Bakumatsu – from this to this. Photographs from an exhibition at the University of Tokyo.







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