Apr
21
These are my undigested internests for April 15th through April 21st: Sense of smell makes flies’ time fly – health – 20 April 2010 – New Scientist – Could smells affect your lifespan? Female fruit flies deprived of the ability to smell food outlive their peers. The sense of smell may be linked to the …
Apr
15
These are my undigested internests for April 13th through April 15th: Steve Jobs’ iPad Pays Homage To Gutenberg’s Printing Press – It's a bit premature to draw any parallels if you ask me. Palin sets rules of engagement for Hamilton fundraiser – thestar.com – No jeans . . . no cameras . . . no …
Apr
12
These are my undigested internests for April 9th through April 12th: McLaren & Meyer & Rotten & Vicious & me – Roger Ebert’s Journal – "I need you out here," Russ Meyer told me on the phone in 1977. It was 6 a.m. He could not conceive that I might still be asleep. "Have you …
Apr
08
These are my undigested internests for April 5th through April 8th: Up from Slavery – Reason Magazine – "Has there ever been a golden age of liberty? No, and there never will be. There will always be people who want to live their lives in peace, and there will always be people who want to …
Apr
03
These are my undigested internests for March 9th through April 3rd: Rise of Hungary’s far-Right Jobbik party stirs disturbing echoes of the 1940s – Telegraph – As Hungary prepares to vote in a crucial election, the far-Right Jobbik party expects great success – to the consternation of democrats and those old enough to remember the …
Mar
08
These are my undigested internests for February 19th through March 8th: Mercenaries Circling Haiti | CommonDreams.org – On March 9 and 10, there will be a Haiti conference in Miami for private military and security companies to showcase their services to governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the earthquake devastated country. Make it Faust …
Feb
19
These are my undigested internests for February 17th through February 19th: Left Behind – The sad truth is everything we are seeing we have already seen. Despite presidents who come and go, permanent war is a hallowed American institution. Start if you will with the War of 1812, the invasion of Mexico, and the carnage …
Feb
17
These are my undigested internets for February 17th from 12:30 to 18:45: Brainwashed by a parasite « Neurophilosophy – The spores of the fungus attach themselves to the external surface of the ant, where they germinate. They then enter the ant’s body through the tracheae (the tubes through which insects breathe), via holes in the …
Feb
17
These are my undigested internets for February 9th through February 17th: spring-training-the-40s-and-50s?xid=liferss from life.com – StumbleUpon – Spring has almost sprung. Please Rob Me – Uses twitter to list all the empty homes in your area. The House of David – “The House of David was a Michigan-based religious commune that was founded in 1903. …
Feb
08
These are my undigested internests for February 4th through February 8th: The Canadian Press: AP source says US investigating whether officials of Blackwater sought to bribe Iraqis – WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether security contractor Blackwater Worldwide tried to bribe Iraqi officials to allow the company to keep working there after …
Feb
03
These are my undigested internests for February 1st through February 3rd: Giving the ‘unconscious’ a voice – health – 03 February 2010 – New Scientist – Some opinions might need to be rethought: “For the first time, researchers have struck up a conversation with a man diagnosed as being in a vegetative state. All they …
Feb
01
These are my undigested internests for January 28th through February 1st: The iPad’s Closed System: Sometimes I Hate Being Right | Popular Science – “Remember that groundbreaking Apple Super Bowl ad from 1984? The one where the woman throws a hammer at Big Brother, signifying a new era of freedom that would be ushered in …
Jan
28
These are my undigested internests for January 24th through January 28th: Haiti quake raises fears of child-eating spirits – – PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – “The earthquake that shattered Haiti has unleashed fears that child-eating spirits, mythological figures entrenched in Haitian culture, are prowling homeless camps in search of young prey.” You know, I think Madonna might …
Jan
24
These are my undigested internests for January 23rd through January 24th: Vancouver police seize ecstasy pills stamped with Olympic rings | Vancouver, Canada | Straight.com – Calling this one censorship might be a bit of a stretch. CP24- Haitian orphans arrive in Canada into open arms of new parents – CTV News, Shows and Sports …
Jan
23
These are my undigested internests for January 21st through January 23rd: Military Discovers They’ve Been Using Guns Marked With Bible Codes, AKA ‘Jesus Guns’ – Geekologie – I once heard a funny saying about the army: They can't turn around without stepping on their own dicks. Twitter user ‘Shit My Dad Says’ gets CBS deal …
Jan
18
These are my undigested internests for January 4th through January 18th: Red Alert Update: Taliban Assault on Kabul | STRATFOR – A little after noon local time, militants began to lay siege on two major shopping centers, including a mall called the Grand Afghan Shopping Center near the Justice Ministry. Eyewitnesses reported militants carrying rocket-propelled …
Jan
04
These are my undigested internests for January 3rd through January 4th: Vigilante Groups in Brazil Trump Drug Gangs and Become Rio’s New Authority – The emergence of a police force. Americans’ Role Seen in Uganda Anti-Gay Push – NYTimes.com – Looks like Uganda is a sort of pilot project for Xian fundamentalists. First on the …
Jan
03
These are my undigested internests for January 2nd through January 3rd: Suzuki on a First-Name Basis With Records – NYTimes.com – A funny article about a funny player. Includes a great quote: “Chicks who dig home runs aren’t the ones who appeal to me,” he said. “I think there’s sexiness in infield hits because they …
Dec
12
Owl Pellets: My Undigested Internets. How George W. Bush Redefined American Freedom by James Bovard – Whatever else has happened, we survived eight years of Bush. (Well, most of us did.) The trick now is surviving his legacy. And whatever other damage those behind him can inflict. Why are men with glasses so incredibly attractive? …
Nov
29
Owl Pellets: My Undigested Internets. t r u t h o u t | Is Your Seafood Harvested by Slaves? – But more important than tiger shrimp is Tiger Woods. What's up with that anyway? Did he cut his face or something? No, Really, Government IS Glamorous! – Who cares about what these people eat …
Nov
26
Owl Pellets: My Undigested Internets. Conference goes down to The Wire | R&D Mag: Is The Wire Science Fiction?: – These people might be more right than they know. Just as most science fiction movies are really just action movies with aliens, The Wire always struck me as a science fiction story told as realism. …
Nov
19
Owl Pellets: My Undigested Internets. The Salvia Ban Wagon – Reason Magazine – "“Anything that makes you see visions or things that are not there,” he told the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer last year, “is hardly harmless.”" Like dreams? I took this drug a couple of times a while back. It's not very pleasant. There's no need …
Nov
15
Owl Pellets: My Undigested Internets. Cornell Chronicle: Bird woos mate with resonating feathers – Four years ago, a Cornell researcher reported a bizarre example of sexual selection in a rare South American bird: The male attracts the female by rubbing specialized wing feathers — more than 100 cycles per second — to create a high …
Nov
07
Owl Pellets: My Undigested Internets. The Oscar the Grouch Guide to Building a More Remarkable Blog | Copyblogger – This is some of the better advice I've read on blogging. Probably because The Grumpy Owl and Oscar the Grouch are kin. Oscar – Sesame Street – Big surprise – Oscar the Grouch was based on …
Oct
28
Owl Pellets: My Undigested Internets. In Defense of Extreme Pornography – Reason Magazine – 2 porn directors are in jail for staging rape scenes between consenting adults. Meanwhile, a director who actually raped (rape-raped) a little girl is cast as a sympathetic hero. Roman Polanski is the hipster OJ. These two are the Rodney Kings. …
Although Ryan Oakley began his career as a simple rake (drunk) he has since become Toronto’s most renowned flaneur (no car) and notorious dandy (overdresses). A misanthropic composer of psycho-geographical fictions (sci-fi), he is also a server of food, a tender of bar and a washer of dishes. While performing all these functions with efficiency and elegance (disdain and malice), he somehow finds the time to publicly criticize friends, strangers and cultural crap.
