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The New Yorker has a brief video segment about the use of torture in the TV show 24. Normally, I'd say that it's just TV and there's no need to worry about it, but I've heard the term "Jack Bauer interrogation" used too many times by people trying to sell torture in serious forums. It's worth watching (unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way ( Read more... ) -
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There should be a German cereal called "Gluten Morgen".
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This guy sings a song backwards... I didn't recognize it until he reversed the audio. I really like all the things he did to prove it wasn't a camera trick:
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I meant to post this a long time ago, but I don't think I ever did:
Dismal World: Snapshots from the not-so-happy globe, photographs (some famous) of human cruelty from the last 50 years.
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This is ridiculous:
"Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson announced the decision Wednesday, refusing [California]'s request for a waiver that would have allowed it to cut emissions faster than a new federal plan the president signed into law Wednesday."
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I saw the documentary Helvetica last week. As you might guess, it's about the font Helvetica. If you enjoy learning about design and stuff, I recommend it (otherwise you probably won't like it). Now as I travel, I can't help but look at all the fonts used in signs. Helvetica is incredibly popular in modern signs, but it's easy not to notice it ( Read more... ) -
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The Daily Show and Colbert Report will resume Jan 7, with or without writers. Apparently it'll be mostly ad-libbed (e.g. interviews and stuff). I'm not sure what I think about this..
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This is rather amusing:
Ron Paul has decided to keep a $500 donation from Don Black of West Palm Beach who runs a website called Stormfront whose slogan is "White Pride World Wide."
As Paul's campaign explained, it plans to keep the money because that will reduce the cash Black has to spend on spreading his controversial ideology by $500.
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Spending a bit of time on the ever-esoteric Onion A.V. Club, a couple of articles of interest:
The worst band names of '07, some of which are NSFW, depending on where you work. I'm not sure which is my favorite, but there are a lot of hilarious ones. I think "Butt Stomach" is great because it's so stupid and succinct.
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Anyone use google reader regularly? I'm interested in trying out the new feed sharing stuff.
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