Daily Archives: July 18, 2008

WebUrbanist: Abandoned Cities, Places and Property

Great article from WebUrbanist about abandoned places and websites related to these abandonments… What is it about abandoned places, frozen in time, that makes them seem more real than any other representation of history we encounter? From individual structures to … Continue reading

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The Simple Dollar: 100 Things to Do During a Money Free Weekend

This is excellent advice, and good fun, at that! About a year ago, I offered up the idea of the money-free weekend: For the last few months, my wife and I have been doing something every other weekend or so … Continue reading

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AICN: Robocop + Darren Aronofsky = Awesome.

Now here’s a Robocop remake I could actually get behind (though I really do still love Paul Verhoeven’s original version – not so much Robocop 2 or Robocop 3): Beaks here… If Bloody-Disgusting is correct, and Darren Aronofsky’s “rebuild” of … Continue reading

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Nuts Commercial Inadvertantly Hilarious

Nuts Commercial Inadvertantly Hilarious | Advertising Humor, Video Humor, WTF?! | gigglesugar – Funny Videos & Humor..

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blog.iphone-dev.org | Flash! A demonstration of BootNeuter 2.0 running…

Bootneuter 2.0 from iphonedev on Vimeo. (Update: Damn it, WordPress doesn’t support Vimeo either, below is the YouTube version…) blog.iphone-dev.org | Flash! A demonstration of BootNeuter 2.0 running…. And…awesome. =)

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Neatorama » Blog Archive » TV Dinner

Neatorama » Blog Archive » TV Dinner. Simon Tofield has a new animation featuring his irresistible cat. My personal cat does the same lap thing while I’m on the computer. Previously at Neatorama: Cat Man Do and Let Me In! … Continue reading

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Engadget: Windows 3.1 on Nokia N810

I’d quote the article, but the picture is really all you need. http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/17/windows-3-1-gets-installed-on-nokias-n810-looks-badly-out-of-p/

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