January 2010
13 posts
High-speed rail in California getting $2 billion →
BUILD IT
Jan 28th
Electrosensitives tortured by a radio tower that... →
Shared by Ryan Remind you of anyone, fellow former STCPers? A group of South African “electrosensitive” activists had been tormented by their local packet-data radio tower, with terrible symptoms…
Jan 16th
Beautiful ice-sphere machine →
Shared by Ryan FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON’T EVER RUIN SCOTCH BY POURING IT OVER ICE. This copper mechanism from Macallan’s will turn your large, irregular chunk of ice into a perfect sphere,…
Jan 16th
“So, the question remains - how long can this car crash be televised? Right now...”
– Tim Goodman. The Bastard Machine
Jan 15th
Avoiding "if they like x, give them more of x" →
David Simon, creator of The Wire, talks about why merely chasing eyeballs is the wrong path: You better have something to say. That sounds really simple, but it’s actually a conversation that I…
Jan 15th
Wheelchair gunman surrenders to police robot →
Shared by Ryan Dammit Warren. This is a detail from a larger photograph showing an alleged hostage-taker in rural Virginia who surrendered to a police robot. The Standard has the full…
Jan 14th
Time traveler's cheat sheet →
Have you ever fantasized about traveling back in time a few hundred or thousand years and giving civilization a boost? Here’s a poster for you in case your fantasy comes true. You can even…
Jan 14th
“It’s based on the best-seller by Alice Sebold that everybody seemed to be...”
– The Lovely Bones :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews For this and many other reasons.
Jan 14th
The Poop : Not everything the 49ers did in the... →
This is no Super Bowl Shuffle. Not even close. But the cringes come in similar amounts.
Jan 12th
Big Lebowski rewritten as a work of Shakespeare →
Shared by Ryan I wanted to see how “shut the fuck up, Donny” was translated … alas, the site is down. “The knave abideth.” Sweet baby Jesus, the attention to detail in this sucker is just…
Jan 12th
“I have a refrigerator in the garage. He opened it up, drank a gallon of orange...”
– Behemoth bruin terrorizes Incline Village homes Could also be a police blotter entry in The Orion about a really drunk frat guy.
Jan 11th
City Insider : Central Subway gets green light →
BUILD IT.
Jan 8th
The Tax Foundation - Federal Taxes Paid vs.... →
Always a good read.
Jan 8th