June 18, 2004
Weblog
As summer heats up and you head out to the lakes with your bobbers and worms, check out the Hall of Fame to see if your catch of the day is a record breaker. Also, there's information on how to become a member of the society!
Memphis is celebrating Rock 'n' Roll's 50th anniversary, which officially started with Elvis Presley's recording of "That's All Right" in July 1954. By taking a journey through the timeline, users can discover Memphis's great contributions to Rock 'n' Roll's success and can find out how it is celebrating the anniversary this summer.
At over 1,000 feet long, 236 feet tall, and 151,400 tons, the Queen Mary II is the biggest ship to ever sail the seas. And, at a price tag of $800 million, it's a pretty cool ship. Check out all of the interesting facts and figures and interactive stuff at its web home.
On Friday evening, April 25th, 1986, during what should have been a routine test, things went very, very wrong at the Chernobyl-4 nuclear power plant. This site tells the story, with words and photos, of one woman's motorcycle trip through the resulting devastation.
Addendum: It appears that some portions of the narrative may not be accurate (e.g. she may have traveled by car rather than motorcycle for some segments of the trip). In any event, the photos are still amazing.
Addendum: It appears that some portions of the narrative may not be accurate (e.g. she may have traveled by car rather than motorcycle for some segments of the trip). In any event, the photos are still amazing.
Here's a lovely illustrated story about one man's experience with a beef tapeworm. As one might expect of a story about a giant worm living in a man's intestines, this story is not for the squeamish. Nor is it for people who have a fear of tapeworms. This blogger, for instance, may never sleep again.
"Hm...do I want to take the car today, or the boat?" Are you faced with that tough decision every day? Do you agonize over committing to just one mode of transportation? Your worries are over! Now with the new WaterCar you can travel over water or land, with one vehicle! Able to reach speeds of 45 MPH in the water and 125 MPH on land, your new amphibious vehicle will be the envy of the whole neighborhood! Of course there's always somebody trying to go one better.
Here you go all you librarian-nerds. This library science grad student took her seminar assignment to a previously unheard of level. Each week, Nichole transcribes the decidedly random, odd, and goofy ramblings of a local talkshow called Mel and Floyd. The show is aired on the community radio station -- W.O.R.T. The only problem with the transcript is that you don't get the effect of Mel and Floyd's trademark giggling. Thus, add those as needed. Enjoy.
Wondering how clean the air is you breath? Check out the American Lung Association's 2004 report to discover the air quality in your county.
It's baseball time again. If you haven't been there, you can still check out the Baseball Hall of Fame online. There's lots of cool stuff including interviews with the class of '04 and various exhibits.
With Bob Woodward spreading about all this talk of Colin Powell and the Pottery Barn, isn't it about time that the people at Pottery Barn had their say? Absolutely. Pottery Barn's head of PR would like you to know that "In the rare instance that something is broken in the store, it's written off as a loss."
(via The Morning News)
(via The Morning News)
McSweeney's has higlights from the over 600 comments left by readers of a story about laser cheese-cutting (blogged here).
If you're running Mac OS X and you're looking for an amusing way to kill some time, check out Sproings. You can make your own springy things out of nodes and lines and then throw them around and watch them bounce. This software doesn't do anything at all useful but it's vastly more interesting than, for instance, attending to any classwork this blogger might have due in the next few days. Here's a video of Sproings in action.
(Link via macosxhints)
(Link via macosxhints)
John Gruber over at daringfireball has posted an interesting rant in response to a prominent open source advocate and his troubles configuring a printer on a linux system. Gruber proposes that an inherent problem in linux/open-source development is that usability is treated as a tertiary feature rather than an integral piece of functionality. Usability, he argues, won't be getting any better until it becomes a top priority. It's interesting stuff, check it out.
Confused about what to believe in political ads? Find out the truth at this Annenburg Public Policy Center web site.
We reported on this site a while back, but many readers may have glassed past it. In case you haven't heard, Ben Saunders is currently --at this very second-- in the midst of crossing the Arctic. Solo. On skis. This site has daily dispatches from Ben with updates regarding his whereabouts and adventures. There's even a satellite map that tracks his progress.
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