December 2006 Archives

See the crazy people who LIVE WITHOUT A CAR!. The Electra Amsterdam may be the perfect bike. Learn to Take Back Your Time. I know he is an a-hole, but you have to give credit to a man who includes his blackberry in his portrait. The year in Food. Former President Ford dies at 93. "Men are better than women!" Yikes. The sordid tale of hornymanatee.com. Skateboarding is out. Can-Tossing is in. (video) Restaurant goes cashless, upsets christians. Nintendo DS Tie-In Games I Wanna Play. Suburban sprawl may create heavier kids. Gus Van Sant arrested on drunken driving charge. Warren Ellis to write weekly SL column for Reuters. Epic 10-part investigation into rip-off chocolatiers. W+K is recruiting for the 12. (video) Interesting look at the Yoshida Gallery in Portland. Pentagon wants $99.7B (as in BILLION!) more for wars. The dawn of the Wikichix. Get your Mii on a Tee. Kobayashi trains harder than elite triathletes. Meet 2006's top ten robots, as judged by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. In one of the most engaging and immaculately implemented web sites I've ever seen, the San Francisco Symphony annotates Beethoven Symphony No. 3. The amazing Time Fountain. Gawker's got a nice list of blog cliches. Kottke announces the Celebrity Mii Contest results. American Cowscapes. "Your coffee's on the roof!" Or is it? Computers predate Jesus. Baby food maker creates a drink that improved learning and memory in gerbils. The Morning News on iPod etiquette. Commissioner Sam Adams rescued from tram. (video) World's Tallest Man Saves Dolphin Lives! A few products to think twice about this shopping season. Barack Obama announces. Hawk vs. Dog vs. Boy If they wouldn't say it was a sin they wouldn't have to step down from their 2,100 member churches. Those frat boys can't stop the Borat DVD! NES games more valuable than PS3s? Disturbing animations. Before Sky 8... There was the Newsroom Dragonfly. Portland Architecture gets a first look at the tram. A fair cell phone provider? Cricket is coming to Portland. "Silly string" saves lives. Trapped in the CLAUSet Parts 1, 2, and 3. (Video. Warning: dumb and crude humor probably NSFW) All I want for Christmas is Tim Gunn to still be on Project Runway. Celebrity Mii contest! Anshe Chung, the virtual world's first millionaire, probably not a millionaire. Water on Mars! Is life far behind? The City of Portland says, "If someone shows up claiming to be from the City of Portland, don't believe them!" If you make a Mii upside down, is it then a Wii? Baby Jesus hates WiFi, The internet weighs about two ounces. Even though nothing is really happening, this is proof that British government is better. (video) Letterman On The Air To 2010! Best Blogs of 2006 that You (Maybe) Aren't Reading. Put bright pink and baby horses together and you have something irresistible. Space Shuttle launch scheduled for Thursday. Wii will overcome, or so Nintendo says (see also Wii-Hunter Video). New Jersey E. Coli outbreak possibly related to Taco Bell. Abstract artist wins Turner Prize. I bought this DVD magazine and then later realized it's a McSweeney's thing. Neat. One less mustache in the news, John Bolton resigns. Just in time for the holidays, B-Sides For X-Mas. How We Did It: Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake, Co-founders, Flickr. Coconutting monkeys mean business. A very busy airport. "Yeah, I'll be home for breakfast." (video)