July 2008
32 posts
Man decapitated on Canadian bus →
This sounds like a case for the head detective!
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Campaign for a Sensible Sandwich →
“And every time I ask why I’ve been served so much food in my sandwich I’m always met with amazement, ‘We’ve never had anyone complain about too much food before!’”
“I’m picturing comic-relief characters brought in for short scenes that end...”
– Leonard Richardson
The Hetzel editions of Jules Verne →
FAQ: The punishment of the damned →
St. Thomas answers all your questions.
Turf War →
“A lawn may be pleasing to look at, or provide the children with a place to play, or offer the dog room to relieve himself, but it has no productive value. The only work it does is cultural.”
Leopard killing a crocodile →
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America's beer →
It’s PBR if you don’t mind outsourcing; Sam Adams, otherwise.
“If anybody thinks he can draw a square better than Malevich, he can come on and...”
– From the introduction to the catalogue of Art4.ru, Harper’s, August 2008
Julian Cope's album of the month →
“The idea that BoingBoing has won the status of an ‘indie...”
– Jorn Barger
Senate Roll Call: FISA Amendments Act of 2008 →
“But I would very much miss books as material objects were they to disappear. The...”
– Luc Sante
Space shuttle gets its final assignments →
“The future of manned space flight looks a lot like the past.” Which is good.
Save Arecibo: Write to Congress →
A senator/representative letter generator to save funding for the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico.
I have pubic lice in my mailbox →
G.K. Chesterton: The Back of the World (abstract) →
“The trouble for those of us who love Chesterton’s writing is that the anti-Semitism is not incidental: it rises from the logic of his poetic position.”
Barack Obama's FISA shame →
The audacity of capitulation
Great Ideas, Volume III →
Penguin has lately been making amends for their crimes against book design during the 80s and 90s.
“The value Infinity represents all values greater than 1.79769313486231570e+308.”
– Douglas Crockford
