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Given our current technology and with the proper training, would it be possible for someone to become Batman?
A wonderful and elaborate Quora discussion of the possibility of someone actually becoming a batman like vigilante
batman  comic  quora  technology  from instapaper
june 2011
Entire life in one picture - ChangshaNotes
A series of photos of Chinese families with all of their possessions stacked outside their homes.
photography  essay  possessions  china  from instapaper
june 2011
St Matthew Island
An interesting comic that recalls the story of the population explosion and collapse of the reindeer of St. Matthew Island. The ending is a bit heavy handed for my taste, but the overall content is interesting.
comic  image  tragedy  reindeer  ecosystem  ecology 
june 2011
School superintendent requests school be turned into prison - Holy Kaw!
A well reasoned plea from a school superintendent to provide for students at least as well as prisoners.
economics  education  prison  funding  budget  government 
june 2011
How to add custom screensavers to Kindle 2, Kindle 3 and DX
Instructions for hacking the kindle to use custom screensavers.
kindle  hack  screensaver 
may 2011
patrickrhone / journal » Blog Archive » What’s in a name?
An interesting post about the choice that one man made upon becoming an adult to change his last name and how he feels about the names that define us.
name  define  personality  history  genealogy 
may 2011
Americans should be proud of their fine domestic tear gas. - By Allison Silverman - Slate Magazine
An amusing satire regarding the proud use of American made tear gas canisters during the protests in Egypt.
satire  humor  outsourcing 
may 2011
Forums of Loathing - View Single Post - Really Bad Joke Thread
The longest joke setup that has ever been.
funny  joke  setup  nate  snake  lever 
may 2011
The last post - Penmachine - Derek K. Miller
An interesting post in which Derek K. Miller effective writes his own eulogy. The post was written before he passed and posted to his blog by one of his family members. A bit depressing, but a great read.
cancer  death  eulogy  inspiration  life 
may 2011
How To Really Enable Dvd Drive Sharing on a Non-Air Macbook
Instructions to enable Remote Disc sharing on a non-MacBook Air.
remote  disc  sharing  macbookair  macbook  pro  howto 
may 2011
DVD or CD Sharing Setup Update for Mac
The updater that allows you to use remote disc with any mac.
mac  remote  disc  ODD  macbook  macbookpro  macbookair 
may 2011
Emptyage — On Rejoicing Death
A very interesting article on what it means to the author to rejoice in the death of Osama Bin Laden. It's not a celebration of murder, but a celebration of what the elimination of that man means to the world.
osama  death  murder  bin  laden  osamabinladen 
may 2011
And This Is Why You Buy a Lamborghini.
A very amusing article on the experience of tracking a Lamborghini.
may 2011
Nilay Patel explains Apple’s suit against Samsung
A great, plain English explanation of exactly what Apple is suing Samsung over.
apple  Samsung  iOS  copyright  patent  touchwiz  from instapaper
april 2011
The Science of Why We Don’t Believe Science
a fascinating explanation of why people have a hard time changing their views despite being presented with overwhelming evidence against it.
april 2011
yfrog Photo : http://yfrog.com/h73c8ksj Shared by fontbureau
"This text and the one beside it are equal…"
from twitter_favs
april 2011
BMW 2002 FAQ - 1975 Verona Sunroof 2002 by Eurotrash
Bumper tuck instructions.
april 2011
I know when I’m alive
A great post describing the sensation of riding a motorcycle in words that I could have never come up with, but agree with completely.
motorcycles 
march 2011
Profiles: Stealing Life : The New Yorker
An interesting piece about the career of David Simon, creator of The Corner, Homicide, and The Wire
thewire  davidsimon  homicide  thecorner  Baltimore  tv  movies  writing  from instapaper
march 2011
Employee No. 8
an amusing recollection of seniority at apple from the lomgest continually employed person there on their 34 year anniversary.
apple  business  seniority  mikeespinosa  stevejobs 
march 2011
The origins of abc | I love typography, the typography and fonts blog
A very interesting article relaying some of the history of the written alphabet, the reversal of trends as various things went into vogue had a long lasting impact that I certainly did not expect.
alphabet  history  writing  blog  article  typography  letterforms  typeface  from instapaper
march 2011
Ransacked Ostrich Nostril - Fourteen Things About Rob Delaney
A funny collection of @robdelaney's funniest tweets
twitter  tweets  favorite  funny  humor  robdelaney  @robdelaney  rob  delaney 
march 2011
PaintScratch Touch Up Paint, Spray Cans, Paint Pen
An apparently great site that will sell kits to spray paint panels with color matched Sahara paint. Definitely something to try.
cars  bmw  lucy  2002  paint  sahara 
february 2011
BMW 2002 Colors
A neat little 2002 color simulator with all the old 02 colors on it.
BMW  2002  lucy  paint  color  sahara 
february 2011
Picture: Other - Subaru Sports Car Boxer Architecture 12.JPG
So the Subaru rear-wheel-drive sports car will incorporate Subaru's signature Symmetrical AWD system?It's on print :\
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february 2011
BMW 2002 FAQ - anyone have a blowup of front strut assembly?
A graphic of the proper strut assembly order.
strut  bmw  2002  assembly  order  graphic  lucy  suspension 
february 2011
Watson Jeopardy! computer: Ken Jennings describes what it's like to play against a machine. - By Ken Jennings - Slate Magazine
An amusing explanation of what it's like to play Jeopardy against a computer designed to defeat you.
amusing  humor  slate  kenjennings  jeopardy  watson  IBM  computers  artificialintelligence  AI 
february 2011
Finkbuilt » Blog Archive » DIY Fuel Injection Conversion
Fink's blog on megasquirting a 2002. He has a beautiful setup. I want to follow this to the letter.
megasquirt  bmw  2002  lucy  automotive  efi  cars 
february 2011
BMW 2002 FAQ - Megasquirt using 318i intake. (parts list mostly)
A nice parts list for installing megasquirt on a 2002 with an M10.
megasquirt  efi  2002  bmw  cars  automotive  lucy 
february 2011
How the iPhone mail app decides when to show you new mail | The Invisible
A wonderful example of how Apple has designed the iPhone to be the most wonderful device on the planet.
apple  design  ios  iphone  mail 
january 2011
Kamei Repro Spoiler
Reproduction Kamei front spoiler for the 2002. I will buy one of these someday.
bmw  2002  cars  spoiler  parts  lucy 
january 2011
Gorgeous Map of the Facebook World
spectacular rendering of the proximity of facebook friendships
facebook  frienships  distance  travel  image  rendering  statistics  visualization 
december 2010
My Boring Ass Life » Witness the birth of the SMonologue!
an awesome piece of advice from Kevin Smith on the non-secret of his success.
kevinsmith  kevin  smith  mallrats  clerks  success  advice  selfcentered 
december 2010
A Holiday Message From Ricky Gervais: ‘Why I’m an Atheist’
A very refreshing explanation by Ricky Gervais of why he chooses to be an atheist and why that makes him no less good.
morality  religion  faith  christianity  atheism 
december 2010
notes on "how to clone delicious in 48 hours"
A quick write-up on how difficult it is to clone a service such as del.icio.us.
design  programming  webdev  blog  article  development  delicious  yahoo  services  security 
december 2010
Common Crow Vintage by commoncrowvintage on Etsy
An Etsy vintage clothing store that features a model named "Monroe" that I happen to know
monroe  kyle  model  vintage  clothing  etsy  from delicious
december 2010
Giant Pandas Are Poorly Designed
A funny anaylsis of some scientific findings regarding the efforts to breed giant pandas.
panda  survival  extinction  breeding  husbandry  animals  design  wildlife  from delicious
december 2010
"Every one of us does things that would be inexplicable to a stranger, hence the saying,..."
An interesting and astute comment regarding the TSA's tendency to use bigotry as a screening methodology.
screening  tsa  security  waronterror  travel  pornoscanner  backscatter  scanner  from delicious
december 2010
My TSA Encounter
One man's successful story of how he avoided being backscattered or patted down upon re-entering the United States from an international flight.
security  TSA  backscatter  pat  down  bodyscanner  xray  constitution  constitutional  rights  travel  terrorism  waronterror  from delicious
november 2010
The Shadow Scholar - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
An interesting expose into the life of a ghost writer. A writer for hire who composes essays for incompetent undergrad and graduate students.
article  academia  cheating  college  education  essay  essays  interesting  jobs  writing  academic  plagiarism  teaching  from delicious
november 2010
Modern art was CIA 'weapon' - World, News - The Independent
An interesting article by The Independent that describes the ways in which the CIA covertly funded the American Modern Art movement as a propaganda tactic to espouse the artistic and intellectual freedoms of the US as opposed to the overt propagandizing of the art of the Soviet Union.
america  art  article  culture  government  history  interesting  politics  reference  russia  war  abstract  cia  coldwar  communism  propaganda  usa  from delicious
november 2010
Valentino Rossi talks about the Yamaha M1 from 2004-2009 on Vimeo
Valentino Rossi recounts the history of the M1 under his ridership from 2004-2010 when he moved to Ducati.
videos  vimeo  yamaha  motogp  motorcycles  racing  sports  valentino  rossi  valentinorossi  MZR  M1  from delicious
november 2010
When a 200mph Parachute meets a Camera the Camera Loses – Mark J. Rebilas Blog
A short post on the aftermath of a parachute brake on a top fuel dragster catching a photographer's remote camera.
accident  racing  automotive  camera  crash  equipment  gear  photography  dragracing  topfuel  parachute  racecar  nikon  d700  400mm  from delicious
november 2010
YouTube - Lexus' Hiromu Naruse Tribute Video
A tribute to Toyota's late test driver who helped shape every iconic Toyota since the 50s.
cars  toyota  inspiration  lexus  sportscars  automotive  automobiles  tribute  obituary  hiromunaruse  from delicious
november 2010
Face All Red
art  awesome  comic  cool  design  death  halloween  web  twitter  story  portfolio  painting  inspiration  illustration  creepy  horror  illustrator  scary  stories  webcomic  comics  webcomics  from delicious
november 2010
venomous porridge - Tip: Keep old versions of iOS apps from being deleted
A creative Hazel rule to keep old versions of iOS apps from being deleted.
iphone  ipad  ios  apps  hazel  rules  trash  delete  rescue  from delicious
november 2010
Hyperbole and a Half: The God of Cake
A girl recounts her conquest of her Grandfather's birthday as the God of Cake.
art  awesome  blog  comic  food  comics  humor  funny  images  kids  parenting  story  cake  cute  hilarious  hyperboleandahalf  kid  lol  from delicious
november 2010
gfxCardStatus: menu bar gpu status monitor for os x / cody krieger - mobile, desktop & web developer
apple  application  computers  download  graphic  graphics  hardware  mac  macbook  macbookpro  macosx  opensource  osx  software  tool  tools  utilities  video  freeware  gfx  gpu  nvidia  switch  utility  from delicious
november 2010
YouTube - Snack and Drink
animation  art  documentary  movie  short  video  youtube  autism  drawing  rotoscope  from delicious
october 2010
Making Fast ISO Decisions in the Field / Duncan Davidson
A good post mortem on an an image and why the photographer shot at high iso on a bright, sunny day. Definitely something I need to remember as I usually tend to shoot at ISO100 or nothing in the sun. I should really put more effort into considering ISO as a variable even outdoors.
photography  iso  aperture  photo  blog  postmortem  image  photographer  duncandavidson  from delicious
october 2010
Facelette: On TechCrunch in Three Hours and $0
A developer's look back at what happened when a toy he made went viral. most interestingly, its a commentary on startup culture and what it means to make something with a business potential in mind and what it means to make a toy.
chatroulette  facetime  techcrunch  startup  business  development  viral  from delicious
october 2010
America Is a Joke
An interview with Jon Stewart by Chris Smith in the New Yorker.
comedy  interview  journalism  politics  profile  satire  thedailyshow  media  jonstewart  dailyshow  from delicious
october 2010
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: I Am the Orson Welles of PowerPoint.
Awesome (as always for McSweeney's) article on one man's view of his powerpoint abilities.
design  funny  humor  internet  powerpoint  office  cinema  mcsweeneys  from delicious
october 2010
Hunter S. Thompson's brutally honest Canadian job request
An awesome letter written by Hunter S Thompson to the new editor of the Vancouver Sun asking for a job.
application  cover  letter  coverletter  funny  humor  journalism  hunter  huntersthompson  job  letters  thompson  writing  from delicious
october 2010
The Physics of Angry Birds | Wired Science | Wired.com
Hilarious study of the physics of an iPhone game, Angry Birds, and if it complies to simplified newtonian physics
game  games  iphone  physics  science  gamedesign  birds  angrybirds  angry  gravity  newtonian  from delicious
october 2010
Syntax highlighting - toto - GitHub
Tutorial for enabling syntax highlighting in toto. Useful for andr3w.net
code  highlighting  ruby  rack  coderay  codehighlighter  gem  rubygems  andr3w  from delicious
october 2010
Catalog Living
A very amusing tumblelog of photos from catalogs and a quick story recounting a story of an imaginary couple, "Gary and Elaine" that explains the photo.
awesome  blog  comedy  design  fun  funny  humor  photos  catalog  daily  from delicious
october 2010
Homemade Spacecraft on Vimeo
Wonderful video of the "Brooklyn Space Program". A successful attempt at sending a camera to space on a weather balloon by a parent and a couple of kids.
astronomy  inspiration  interesting  awesome  camera  science  space  diy  earth  experiment  video  spacecraft  homemade  gps  balloon  kids  videos  from delicious
october 2010
The Importance of Giving a Damn | Danilo Campos.blog
Great (albeit short) post on the importance of caring about what you're doing and your customers and those that work for you. Also introduced me to hipmunk.com, seems to be the best travel site on the internet
caring  business  management  leadership  strategy  marketing  priorities  prioritization  from delicious
october 2010
Magnuson-Moss Act
A summary of the legal basis for a company not being able to void your warranty for aftermarket modifications unless they can show that the modification is responsible for the failure.
magnum  moss  magnummoss  automotive  cars  automobile  motorcycles  warranty  dealer  legal  statute  law  from delicious
october 2010
The Man Who Makes Your iPhone - BusinessWeek
An interesting profile of Terry Gou, the Founder, CEO, and majority share holder of Foxconn / Hon Hai Precision / all the other companies in the group.
biography  terry  gou  terrygou  foxconn  honhai  apple  manufacturing  businessweek  business  china  hardware  globalization  interview  iphone  from delicious
september 2010
Share Folders Between a Linux Host and Linux Virtual Machine on VirtualBox | Tux Tweaks
folder  howto  share  virtualbox  mount  fstab  tutorial  from delicious
september 2010
What it means when you say "literally" - The Oatmeal
A funny "The Oatmeal" comic about the meaning of the word Literally. Ends with the Gayroller.
funny  grammar  humor  internet  language  literally  oatmeal  comic  from delicious
september 2010
Mr. Frogger
A very amusing life story hypothetical of Mr. Frogger from the video game
amusing  funny  humor  frogger  video  gamea  videogames  from delicious
september 2010
My First Week with the iPhoneBehind the Curtain | Behind the Curtain
An iPhone review, one week in. Would be standard fare except that this review is written by a blind person.
blog  apple  design  inspiration  iphone  technology  voiceover  mobile  colour  blind  accessibility  from delicious
september 2010
Things my girlfriend and I have argued about
A catalog of arguments that a couple have had over the last several years.
amusing  articles  journalism  humour  blog  life  personal  dating  culture  funny  fun  gender  writing  humor  argument  blogs  rant  girlfriend  relationships  women  from delicious
september 2010
WONDER-TONIC - Gentrification Ruined SimCity
An amusing article about the perennial hipster claim that gentrification "ruins" certain regions of a city.
humor  funny  fun  article  gentrification  city  hipster  games  urban  simcity  wondertonic  computers  from delicious
september 2010
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: The Only Thing That Can Stop This Asteroid is Your Liberal Arts Degree. FAQ
An amusing jab at the capabilities of liberal arts graduates in the event of an impending earth-asteroid collision.
article  college  education  fun  funny  humor  liberal  mcsweeneys  science  writing  academia  arts  degree  liberalarts  mcsweeney's  parody  satire  from delicious
september 2010
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: A Message of Apology from the Commander of Undersea EnviroDome 25-B.
An amusing piece from McSweeney's. An apology letter from the commander of an undersea facility in which the commander describes his lapses in judgement that led to the colony being overrun by intelligent eels.
humor  funny  sea  eels  mcsweenys  story  apology  from delicious
september 2010
Pat Dollard's War on Hollywood | Politics | Vanity Fair
Pat Dollard went to Iraq and is now on a penchant to become a conservative voice in documentary media. This article gives a lot of insight into one man's slide into chaos dealing with the terrors that he saw overseas.
dollard  pat  patdollard  war  hollywood  liberalism  conservatism  liberal  conservative  republican  democrat  waronterror  iraq  iraqwar  movies  documentary  article  vanity  fair  vanityfair  from delicious
september 2010
From the Archives: A Revealing Interview With Steve Jobs : Rolling Stone
An interesting interview with Steve Jobs by Rolling Stone. Shows his mindset at the time and is a bit predictive of the future we are now in.
steve  jobs  stevejobs  apple  rolling  stone  rollingstone  interview  biography  foreboding  revealing  from delicious
september 2010
Hospice medical care for dying patients : The New Yorker
A depressing yet fascinating article on the way that patients in America approach death, and how a revised look at end-of-life care could lead to longer life spans, lower costs, and better quality of life towards the end.
doctors  aging  article  culture  death  economics  health  psychology  politics  philosophy  newyorker  life  interesting  society  cancer  dying  family  healthcare  hospice  medicine  from delicious
september 2010
Frank Chimero - There is a Horse in the Apple Store
An amusing story of Frank Chimero's sighting of a tiny pony in an Apple Store.
apple  funny  frankchimero  horse  pony  humor  humour  technology  tinypony  from delicious
september 2010
La Guillotine Camera, A.K.A The Adidas Camera | DIYPhotography.net
Awesome how to for creating a custom wide anyle, three exposure, action sequence, 120 film camera from cardboard, meniscus lenses from disposable cameras, paint, and patience.
120  inspiration  blog  camera  photo  photography  cool  diy  film  hack  howto  tutorial  projects  pinhole  want  action  camaras  cardboard  from delicious
september 2010
Improve Mac OS X performance under load by disabling spindump.
A quick howto to disable the spindump crash logger on OSX. Greatly improves the hang after the crash of an app.
apple  crash  disable  hack  itunes  leopard  load  mac  macosx  osx  performance  tips  launchctl  spindump  from delicious
september 2010
Self-Employment, 12 Months Later
An interesting introspection into an entrepreneur and designer's first year of self-employment.
essay  article  blog  employment  selfemployment  introspection  retrospective  business  tips  grading  from delicious
september 2010
Biolab Disaster
Wonderful platform shooter example done entirely in html5 and JS. <br />
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Great music, entertaining gamplay, and completely usable. <br />
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Flash can suck on that.
game  development  html5  javascript  platform  web  gaming  games  canvas  flash  webdev  example  from delicious
september 2010
Tag Galaxy
extraordinarily beautiful flickr tag explorer. highly recommended. uses an interesting planetary ui scheme to allow you to combine related tags and drill down into more specific photos.
3d  animation  inspiration  tools  interface  visualization  tags  photo  art  cool  design  flash  flickr  fun  image  images  search  pictures  photos  photography  tag  tagging  gallery  galaxy  aggregator  web2.0  mashup  from delicious
september 2010
The Facebook Reckoning
an interesting post by anil dash that puts the concerns about privacy on the modern web in plain English. a good read for anyone who stands on either side of the privacy debate. I find that my views match Anil's quite closely.
privacy  facebook  mark  zuckerberg  markzuckerberg  anil  dash  anildash  profile  debate  identity  control  sharing  from delicious
september 2010
A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com
A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder By ASHLEY GILBERTSON<br />
Troops from nearly 50 lands dine on combat meals in Afghanistan — each reminding them of where they’d rather be. Related Article
comparison  culture  food  home  international  nytimes  photo  photography  world  war  afghanistan  army  military  mre  rations  soldiers  from delicious
september 2010
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