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Fool's World Map - I'm still not getting how this came to be, but it's funny.

zen-style.com/
Slashdot stole our color scheme.  (God's color.)  DD.
it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?si...

And some other neat things stolen from waxy.org:
Reading speed test: mindbluff.com/askread.htm
Pics found on file sharing programs: seewhatyoushare.com/
Bags made of synthetic human skin (gross): skinbag.net/skinbag-gb/cod...
I'm putting this up mostly because it took me a while to make.  (I can't have all that effort wasted.)  But, I like to think it's pleasing to look at anyway -

plurib.us/1shot/2004/200...
Lemmings: now written in JavaScipt.
193.151.73.87/games/lemmings...
When I got home from work, this page was open on my computer.  I have no idea why.

caboots.zoovy.com/category/costu...

My alter-ego must be preparing for something exciting.
How do shows like SeaLab 2021 and Space Ghost stay so great? 

They're unsupervised.  And they know their audience.  (Well, they know we don't care if something doesn't make sense.)

washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004/...
2 Geeky things:
A visual bit torrent simulator that one could look at for hours; and what has been characterized as the best flash game ever.

aphid.org/btsim/
sticky.tv/game/cyrkam_ai...
A drawing I made tonight - ball point pen on paper:
plurib.us/1shot/2004/200...
This guy moves really large rocks.  I don't know if I should lump him in with the 3rd Testament to Bibles guy, or Copernicus.

theforgottentechnology.com/
Another Meteorite found in Antarctica (in December) was just characterized as having come from Mars.

spaceref.com/news/viewpr.ht...

Also, a cool story about the edges of our outer solar system.

spaceref.com/news/viewpr.ht...
Apparently Venus wasn't the only thing to pass in front of the sun on June 8th.  The International Space Station did also.  Here are some pictures.
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040720....
Martian landscape with clouds.
jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mer/i...
A site which answers that most vexing of questions:

Is it November?

isitnovember.org/
A sculpture in Salt Lake from 1970 re-emerges.
sculpture.org/documents/scma...
The Museum of Bad Art.

museumofbadart.org/
Do tricks with your lighter.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/...

And if you don't have one, do tricks with your pen.
pentrix.com/pentix/
Time lapse video of Minneapolis's new light rail line.  Way cool.
startribune.com/stories/1741/4...
A neat article on why scientists don't have much patience for philosophy.

philosophynow.org/issue46/46alde...

All good principles should have sexy names, so I shall call this one Newton’s Laser Sword on the grounds that it is much sharper and more dangerous than Occam’s Razor. In its weakest form it says that we should not dispute propositions unless they can be shown by precise logic and/or mathematics to have observable consequences. In its strongest form it demands a list of observable consequences and a formal demonstration that they are indeed consequences of the proposition claimed.
[I'm going to have to post this.  It will convince my friends to go see the movie.]  I've heard vague rumblings of this same take/reaction on Farenheight 9/11, and now I'm hearing it from Roger Ebert.  So, anyway.

suntimes.com/output/eb-feat...

Btw, the site is back up.  Denial of service attack, apparently.
H.L. Menken's amazingly comprehensive 1921 discussion of British and American English. 

bartleby.com/185/19.html

(from the always-erudelicious bartleby.com )
Cassini had a close encounter with Saturnian moon Phoebe, and took some nice pictures.  It is the first of 52 expected "close encounters" with some of Saturn's moons.

saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgibin/gs2.cgi...

These new pictures are way more detailed than anything ever taken before.  This is the next most detailed picture, taken by Voyager 2 in 1981.

photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA022...

Update: and now we have these...
ciclops.lpl.arizona.edu/view.php?id=19...
ciclops.lpl.arizona.edu/view.php?id=19...
ciclops.lpl.arizona.edu/view.php?id=19...
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgibin/gs2.cgi...
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgibin/gs2.cgi...
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgibin/gs2.cgi...
Peter sayz: "weird"
tmbg.com/news7.html
Here's what I've been up to in my other life:
unicron.us/4sale/energycu...

And the sweetest possible 3rd party review:
bwtf.com/odd/energycube...
Venus passed in front of the sun last night, for the first time in 122 years.  You can find pictures & commentary here:

vt-2004.org/central/
vt-2004.org/central/cd-arc...
vt-2004.org/central/cd-arc...
vt-2004.org/central/cd-arc...
Self-cleaning glass.  It was once an unachievable dream, but now it's here to stay.

theregister.co.uk/2004/06/08/mac...
If you were a computer nerd before it was fashionable, then you might appreciate the Flash-music-video, "Hey, Hey, 16K".

www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/
Creative Commons have evolved their licensing models.  The only major interface change is there is no option for "author attribution" anymore; but there are other interesting subtleties.

creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/4...
Cool looking site redesign of tompaine.com (I haven't developed an opinion beyond that yet).

tompaine.com/
Cell phone cameras banned in the US military.  If this is true, I am shocked.  (And I don't shock easily).  This reeks of self preservation; what possible good could this serve?

smh.com.au/articles/2004/...
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