Monthly Archives: October 2006

Chinatown: The Horror Movie

Posted on 31 October 2006 by Chris Barrus

Matt M. pokes a stick at the movie Chinatown and uncovers the horror movie that lies within. Not only is Cross a crook who manipulates civic policy, potentially endangering hundreds with flood; not only does he order murders as casually … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-10-31

Posted on 31 October 2006 by Chris Barrus

Some intimate details on the Google YouTube Deal – Blog Maverick (tags: blog google video music media copyright news youtube)

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Separated At Birth, Part VII

Posted on 31 October 2006 by Chris Barrus

(Credit to Masonic Boom for finding this one first before I got to Astronomy Picture Of The Day in my feed reader.) The album cover for Spiritualized’s Lazer Guided Melodies The dark nebula SH2-136

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Happy birthday to me

Posted on 30 October 2006 by Chris Barrus

Dear Apple Customer, Apple is pleased to report that a shipment for the following order is on its way to you. The following products shipped on 10/30/2006. MBPRO 15/2.33 CTO With the following configuration: Processor 065-6642 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-10-27

Posted on 27 October 2006 by Chris Barrus

Neighboroo Swoonworthy Google Map mash-up demographic data visualization (tags: data visualization reference housing demographics politics maps geography google) The elephant and the event horizon What happens when you throw an elephant in a black hole (tags: physics astronomy)

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Maximum Scrabble

Posted on 27 October 2006 by Chris Barrus

Ladies and gentlemen, the aftermath of the highest scoring game of Scrabble ever: New records for most points in a game by one player (830), the most total points in a game (1,320), and the most points on a single … Continue reading →

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A selection of recent headlines

Posted on 27 October 2006 by Chris Barrus

Make up your own “Author X meets Cultural Critic Y” combinations here, because things are just too strange… Classified nuclear weapons info from Los Alamos turns up in a trailer park drug bust. The NSA building that contains the U.S. … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-10-25

Posted on 25 October 2006 by Chris Barrus

Microsimulation of road traffic It’s SimTraffic with this traffic modeling java applet (tags: urban.planning animation transportation auto)

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Charles Phoenix Overdrive

Posted on 25 October 2006 by Chris Barrus

I was on Charles Phoenix’s whirlwind Los Angeles tour back in March. Apparently someone videoed the event and edited the whole works into a 15 minute overview. In keeping with the Disneyland theme, I suppose you can call it “The … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-10-24

Posted on 24 October 2006 by Chris Barrus

macminicolo Mac Mini colocation Mac Mini server colocation facility (tags: mac.os.x colocation)

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