Giant Simon
Wednesday, January 18th, 2006
My pal wrybread is making a giant Simon game played by jumping on trampolines. Check out his progress.
Blackflies
Thursday, January 12th, 2006
Defenders of the Wilderness
www.bangordailynews.com/news/templates/?a=125875
I came up with this slogan and let these crazy folks use it for their charity/social organization. They just sent me this clock. The tiny blackfly house is acutally hollow, and for all I know may actually atract some blackflies to my apartment. I should block up that hole.
www.maineblackfly.com/
gammablog.com/gammablablog/featured/adirondack.shtml
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I got this email from Holly of the MBBA reacting to the misspelling of my name in the newpaper article, and other inaccuracies there.
“Hi Mike,
Sorry your name was spelled wrong… I know I spelled it correctly for her. She had several othermistakes in the article ,too, like the amount of sales (too much) and the amount donated by liberty graphics (too little). She got thebasic story right although she could have put some contact info in. Oh well. Glad you like the clock.Will be checking out your blog site soon and your flickr site again…Thanks again for Defenders of the wilderness. Holly
P.S. The MBBA’s annual convention is coming up on February 29th ifyou can make it.”
When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth
Sunday, November 20th, 2005“When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth,” a new story by Cory Doctorow about an apocalypse that arrives on the heels of a catastrophic Internet worm. When the trump sounds, the world’s systems administrators are all in their sealed data-centers, and so they survive the carnage. Download the podcast of Cory reading this story here.
Energy Policy
Wednesday, May 4th, 2005Coney Island
Tuesday, April 19th, 2005
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The Famous Parachute Jump at Coney Island. It’s recently been painted and spiffed up.
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| "Shoot the freak. You shoot him, he doesn’t shoot you. Live human target! It’s fun! You came to Coney Island to have fun. Don’t just watch. Shoot the freak." I was very happy to find that the sound of this spiel did not reach all the way to the ocean. |
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| He wears a motorcycle helmet when they are actually shooting at him. The hose is there to wash the paint off the helmet. The barker encourages head shots. My friend Chris, who has done circus stuff, says that the usual routine is for the freak to shout out insults to encourage the abuse. It could be that with the helmet on this is just not possible. This guy was putting in his hours, silently. |
NASSA
Saturday, March 26th, 2005
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The Old Negro Space Program – A film not by Ken Burns. Via Mefi
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Lewis Black
Friday, March 18th, 2005|
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Lewis Black ranting about mafia cops and shirking accountability for Abu Ghraib on the Daily Show. 5MB Quicktime video - onegoodmove.org |
