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Proponents of teaching Intelligent Design in schools often rally behind the phrase, "Teach the Controversy."

Here are a bunch of t-shirts which propose alternate contoversies which could also be taught:

controversy.wearscience.com/

A weblog dedicated to the retractions issued by media outlets:

regrettheerror.com

On a trip to the UK.  I thought this updated Google favicon was Google's "Europe look".  Not so.  It's all over.  Bold.

blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-0...

Another lander just landed successfully on Mars yesterday.

nasa.gov/mission_pages/...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(...)
~ location: google.com/mars/

Thought provoking maps, via robotwisdom

paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2008/...
graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/04...

What happens when the company RockDirect goes on the chopping block? 

Awesome, awesome legal notices:

The failure of Rock is partly attributed to the cash flow difficulties faced as a result of stock misappropriation by a former employee. This led to suppliers reducing credit limits, further adversely impacting upon cash flows.

rockdirect.com/viewNews.php?N...

Kermit the Frog covers sad songs:

sadkermit.com/

Nice spin on a UMG lawsuit against a guy who buys & sells "promo use only" CDs.

eff.org/deeplinks/2008...

Photos of a guy's hands as other things.  Kind of super-awesome.

repubblica.it/2006/08/galler...

Meatwater.

dinnerinabottle.com/

How to Speak Hip: an instructional interview with an actual Hipster.  A digital transfer from the original record.

"I understand there have been, from time to time, certain isolated cases of the usage of narcotics on the Hip scene."
"No, man, that's just an ugly rumor, you know?"

"It is uncool to wear shades after sunset, unless, you know, you SHOULD be wearing shades after sunset, in which case it is uncool to take them off."

audio.skeyelab.com/howtospeakhip/

The earliest known sound recording, 1860.  (You can listen, in the left column.)

nytimes.com/2008/03/27/art...

Neat delving-into-details on the intricate relationship between people and computers (disguised as a window manager review).

linux.com/feature/129757

Well.  It turns out I've been to the country with the lowest life expectancy, Swaziland, at 31.2 years.  If I was from there, I'd have about a 50/50 chance of being around right now.

earthtrends.wri.org/updates/node/2...

Below, you'll find links to lots & lots of data.  It makes you register after a bit, but perhaps it's worth it?

Home-brew renditions of Mario music may never get old.  (Via link at end of video, from Peter's recent snip.)

youtube.com/watch?v=2gXh83...

"Six-Word Reviews of 763 SXSW Mp3s"

themorningnews.org/archives/revie...

My favorite bit of graffiti has a dedicated website:

freebillstickers.com/

The American Emu Association:

aea-emu.org/

Nice set of Dino comics - T-rex's Nazi conundrum:

qwantz.com/archive/001179...
qwantz.com/archive/001180...

Various philosophers as action figures.  Kind of wish I had thought of this.

homepages.nyu.edu/~iav202/powers...

Finally releasing my first SVG drawing of 2008.  With new life circumstances, I've revised my goal of 12 SVG drawings for the year down to 6.  (Still seems ambitious to me.  I'm already behind.)

plurib.us/1shot/2008/ele...

Snapshots of word.com, of years past.  One of those early web sites that captured my imagination; and in a small way inspired plurib.us, if my memory serves me.  "Plurib.us" could have been "Word.us", if it wasn't randomly selected to be someone else's.

deadword.com/site/

When Garfield the cat is removed from Garfield comic strips:

garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/

Possibly my favorite:
garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/post/26271093

Neat map of social networking sites' popularity around the world.  (They differ wildly from continent to continent.)

lemonde.fr/web/infog/0,47...

Compare and contrast:

barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com/
hillaryclintonisyournewbicycle.com/

I can't put my finger on exactly why this is so great. 

silhouettemasterpiecetheatre.com/blog/

What Europeans think of each other:

dailycandor.com/what-europeans...

If ethanol not being worth the hype wasn't bad enough, a study finds Ethanol is 2x worse than gasoline on our atmosphere.  (Of course, you've got to start somewhere.)

earthtrends.wri.org/updates/node/2...

Interesting op ed on copyright law, and where it could head.  Not just "it's bad", but "here's how it could be better" - commercial vs cultural use.

guardian.co.uk/technology/200...

3 Neat things, via Waxy.org:

Altered Mario World time-merge:
msm.grumpybumpers.com/?p=20

Simple flash game, Spin the Black Circle:
kongregate.com/games/Alejandr...

Sometimes Red, Sometimes Blue .com:
sometimesredsometimesblue.com/