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June 21, 2009 - June 27, 2009 Archives


Weekend game: Circle the Cat

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Circle the Cat. You can definitely waste some time with this game. Once, Twice I succeeded. A lot depends on the arrangement of dark dots you're dealt at the start. Here's one way:......

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King of Weird

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Jeff Koons This seems to be the iconic image. via VVORK, which also finds two more: Michael Jackson White, 1997-1999 by Paul McCarthy Harm Van Den Dorpel The art muffles the raw weird that becomes apparent when you try......

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The backstory: TMZ's report of Michael Jackson's death ignites Twitter; MSM waits for confirmation

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

My friend Doc Searls offers his view of the Web's handling of the breaking news of Michael Jackson's death: Living Ends. This twitter post, from @KNX1070 four minutes ago, says Michael Jackson is dead. Google News' latest, from Fox, says......

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Space shots

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Dateline: Space. From the Lens Blog at NYT, what the astronauts saw. My favorite, of a dune field in Saudi Arabia from space that looks like textile design: NASA photo Vaguely related: A very trippy animated moon, an APOD from......

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Geekery: Google tutorials for speed; text utilities

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Let's make the web faster - Google Code Tutorials There are plenty of ways to make websites run faster. In this section, you can discover performance best practices that real web professionals employ in their everyday work. These practices have......

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Free mp3s: Rickie Lee Jones 2001

10:22 PM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | | Write a comment
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Rickie Lee Jones - Glasgow 2001 While fans might have longed for Chuck E's In Love, the song might have been too hip and cool for the mood of the evening, which is marked by the majestic and operatic (in......

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Washing machine uses 1 cup water; Moscow Cat Theater; All about words; Solstice photos

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Ingenious: Washing machine that uses one cup of water. Telegraph (UK). It's from Xeros Ltd, there's a demo video, and you can't buy it yet. First, hotels will test it. Federico Feline: Moscow Cat Theater. The video suggests it's......

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Links dump

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Hot Father's Day gift: Since newspapers stopped using petroleum-based ink, they haven't been the tinder they used to be. Enter the Weber 7416 Rapidfire Chimney Starter. 10 minutes from match to cooking fire. Papa Joe smiles. Truth telling: My dad......

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