August 2006 Archives

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Scientology isn't the only well-packaged pseudo-faith.

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Minnesota State Fair leads the cutting edge of fashion.

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Someone should offer laser etching of laptops as a service.

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Sorry guys, I think I am going to have to become a scientologist.

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See what happened in Astoria this weekend by watching the catchthatbeat3 tag on Flickr.

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Pancakes! (video)

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Four guys + eight treadmills = best music video ever.

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A yacht was found abandoned, with a half-eaten meal on board... SPOOKY!

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These guys win Most Portland family.

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All jokes removed with Mitch Hedberg? R.I.P.! (movie)

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Chris Gillet took a photo of everything he ate in 2005 and turned it into art.

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An explosion from a puffer machine rocked a Post cereal plant.

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Dammit, we lost a planet.

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A Russian who solved one of the hardest problems in mathematics has declined the prestigious Fields Medal

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RTMARK got a makeover.

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Use it frequently in your daily speech, it adds to your prestige.

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Places you can go, all over the world, that are free of cars.

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So simple and so good: Game Over. (video)

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Hey Jona! Now you can eat candy to fight cavities!

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New species of sea urchin found in eBay auctions.

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For those with TiVo and HBO, the Spike Lee documentary on Katrina airs Monday and Tuesday.

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We Are The Web. (video) (amazing!)

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Gnarls Barkley video for Smiley Faces. (video)

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"Fits like Armani but deflects point-blank gunfire like the Popemobile."

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Lee Walton makes the most important shot of his life. (video)

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Chloe has a sort of zine state of the union up on Reading Frenzy (no permalink).

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There should be a name for software that trips you out. TripWare?

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Barry Diller's IAC just bought 51% of Connected Ventures. (They made vimeo)

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The ZeroOne San Jose art and technology festival looks great! They have "Container Culture" and an etoy installation!!!

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AOL to dig for spammer gold.

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Competitive Eating is the cover story of Willy Week!

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Add vvork (not work) to your dailies.

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Sometimes you just have to hyperlink the whole thing: Future Perfect is a very nice blog.

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Pat and Aaron from BuyOlympia are falling in love with brown. (movie)

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Jeff Jahn is called an Art Provocateur in the Sunday Oregonian.

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Psychoanalyze AOL search users based on their accidentally-released search history.

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Microsoft is making it easier to be a game developer on the XBOX 360.

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Adrian Chen is the host of Portland's Vision.

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The idea that rice will double in price is scary to me.

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15 websites that changed the world.

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Saw this coke ad at the movies. It's really good. (video)

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The ethicist blows a gasket.

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The very funny Sarah Brown started Cringe in NYC. (video)

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When the Zombie Apocalypse comes, and you have to ride your dirtbike into the mountains you'll need a way to lock it up.

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What was it like using a computer in 1982?

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Steve Pavlina gave up TV, and he liked it.

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The City of Portland's list of historical firestations.

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The Green Party has become a very unfunny joke.

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What Portlanders complained about in 2005. (pdf)

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Documentary about Touch and Go Records. (movie)

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Why is it that everyone hates dressing up?

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Halleluwah's coming! Hawlleluwah's coming!

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The CEO of InFocus was struck by a car while riding his bicycle.

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AOL screws up again. Read the profiles of selected AOL searchers.

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Sim City for biking in Portland.

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Joe Collver sets a new Portland eating record.

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Shipping Containers Recycled as Homes (SFGate and YouTube).

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Oh Long Johnson. Oh Don Piano.

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Enter Steve Jobs' reality distortion field.

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Engadget's live coverage of Apple's WWDC keynote.

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An amazing and deeply depressing inside account of the creep that started the Girls Gone Wild mega-brand.

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Finally, the Adrian Chen videos are online! (movie)

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Fresh Pot blog on the filming of "Feast of Love".

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Make any web page look like it's a Microsoft Word document. Now the entire web is work-safe!

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CNN Exchange allows you to share your news-worthy photos with the world.

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Honey has a store on eBay selling sweet vintage goods.

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The ACLU is defending a man who wrote a profanity on a check.

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Netscape got hacked because they are ripping off Digg.

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Stephen Colbert is blosting now.

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