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Monthly Archives: July 2007
links for 2007-07-31
Andy’s Blog: Airplane! v Zero Hour The movie Airplane! is an almost scene by scene remake of the 1957 movie Zero Hour. These videos compare the two films. (tags: film)
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links for 2007-07-27
Type the sky | Slanted Typography made up of buildings silhouetted against the sky (tags: design photography fonts) Why does the eastern border of Utah have a kink in it? Utah Geological Survey on the error in the 1879 Colorado/Utah … Continue reading
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Five recent animal stories
(accumulated from around the net) 1. Jessica the hippo who loves coffee. 2. The octopus archeologist who unearthed a 900-year-old treasure. The extraordinary discovery on what was for 58-year-old Mr Kim another ‘day at the office’ began when he took … Continue reading
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New construction at Area 51
Secret project spotters are all abuzz about the giant hangar being built out at Area 51/Groom Lake. There’s some satellite coverage of the expansion, but the best photos can be found at the Lazy G Ranch.
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Weekly World News
Still my favorite double entendre headline… It’s hard for me to not be pig-biting mad about the Weekly World News shutting down, but honestly I’m not surprised. Sandwiched in between traditional celebrity d’jour tabloids and more timely fake satire like … Continue reading
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How can a train be lost? It’s on rails
The poster for Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited is out and the world’s typophiles are on the case to figure out exactly what font it is. Shockingly, it’s not Futura. Hell, I’m excited just to see the trailer (and get … Continue reading
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You light the candles and I’ll get the robes… Witches rule!
I suppose I should say something about the Harry Potter finale and the alteration to the Earth’s rotation that results from moving 15 million books around, but I’m a Potter agnostic. Got nothing against the series and honestly, I’m all … Continue reading
The Wit Of The Staircase
Every so often I go on a spring cleaning rampage in my RSS reader, deleting out blogs that I may have read once but have since failed the “why the heck am I reading this?” test. Two-thirds of what I … Continue reading
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links for 2007-07-11
Comma Coffee in Carson City, Nevada Vaguely hippie coffee bar in Carson City with free Wi-Fi (tags: wi-fi nevada)
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Dear Larchmont Village
I admire your tenacity at remaining relatively unchanged for more than a decade but lately I’ve noticed some fraying around the edges of your social fabric. Your village has accumulating a lot of village idiots and it’s time to flush … Continue reading
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