blogomatic http://www.blogomatic.org/ a weblog of links and things en-us frankieist@gmail.com 2009-06-22T19:56:28-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 There are three colors in this image, not four http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/06/24/the-blue-and-the-green/ Crazy optical illusion. 1541@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ There are three colors in this image, not four]]> 2009-06-24T22:57:34-05:00 Keyboard Cat plays Helen Hunt off, then jams with Hall & Oates http://www.blogomatic.org/archives/2009/06/keyboard-cat-plays-helen-hunt-off-then-jams-with-hall-oates.php 1540@http://www.blogomatic.org/

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]]> 2009-06-22T19:56:28-05:00 Finger Painting: New Yorker cover drawn with iPhone app http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/tny/2009/05/jorge-colombo-iphone-cover.html “Jorge Colombo drew this week’s cover using Brushes, an application for the iPhone, while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Times Square.” Includes an animated video of how he drew it.]]> 1539@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ Finger Painting: New Yorker cover drawn with iPhone app]]> 2009-05-25T15:21:25-05:00 WTF Pictures http://pictureisunrelated.com/ 1538@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ WTF Pictures]]> 2009-05-15T18:02:10-05:00 FTC Cracks Down on Car-Warranty Robocalls http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/ftc-cracks-down-on-car-warranty-robocalls/#more-36283 30,000 people complained to the FTC, but it wasn't until Chuck Schumer got a call that they did anything about it. 1537@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ FTC Cracks Down on Car-Warranty Robocalls]]> 2009-05-15T17:32:18-05:00 Play him off, Keyboard Cat http://www.blogomatic.org/archives/2009/05/play-him-off-keyboard-cat.php When you are involved in FAIL, Keyboard Cat plays you 1536@http://www.blogomatic.org/

When you are involved in FAIL, Keyboard Cat plays you off with a little ditty.


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]]> 2009-05-08T19:13:29-05:00 YouTube - Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht96hj01se4 1535@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ YouTube - Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix]]> 2009-04-19T20:15:42-05:00 Did Reagan Try to Convert Gorbachev? http://online.wsj.com/article/sb123638337001957991.html 1534@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ Did Reagan Try to Convert Gorbachev?]]> 2009-03-22T19:43:33-05:00 Clay Shirky on "Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable" http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking-the-unthinkable/
“There are fewer and fewer people who can convincingly tell such a lie.”]]> 1533@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ Clay Shirky on "Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable"]]> 2009-03-21T18:53:41-05:00 Imaginary retrospective on the Gore presidency http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/14/al-gore-democrats-us-newsof course, the biggest disappointment was gore's failure to handle hurricane katrina properly. not only did the massive evacuation of new orleans prove a costly and time-consuming overreaction, since the levees - fortified in 2003 - held up fine. the emergency management agency also took over 24 hours to set up trailers for evacuees along the gulf coast, leaving them without government housing assistance for a full day. and gore's decision to single-handedly venture into a flattened house in mississippi and free a trapped two-year-old showed him to be an irresponsible showboat. sure, president gore knows cpr, hears like a german shepherd, and has the strength of 10 men - but we didn't need to see it. “Of course, the biggest disappointment was Gore's failure to handle Hurricane Katrina properly. Not only did the massive evacuation of New Orleans prove a costly and time-consuming overreaction, since the levees - fortified in 2003 - held up fine. The emergency management agency also took over 24 hours to set up trailers for evacuees along the Gulf Coast, leaving them without government housing assistance for a full day. And Gore's decision to single-handedly venture into a flattened house in Mississippi and free a trapped two-year-old showed him to be an irresponsible showboat. Sure, President Gore knows CPR, hears like a German shepherd, and has the strength of 10 men - but we didn't need to see it.” 1532@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ Imaginary retrospective on the Gore presidency]]> 2009-02-14T13:02:37-05:00 What Carriers aren't eager to tell you about texting http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/business/28digi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all Professor Keshav said that once a carrier invests in the centralized storage equipment — storing a terabyte now costs only $100 and is dropping — and the staff to maintain it, its costs are basically covered. “Operating costs are relatively insensitive to volume,” he said. “It doesn’t cost the carrier much more to transmit a hundred million messages than a million.” 1531@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ What Carriers aren't eager to tell you about texting]]> 2009-01-04T16:18:21-05:00 Real life Mario Kart http://www.dailymotion.com/nqtv/video/x7lni3_mario-kart-remi-gaillard_funsearch Some French guy drives around in a go-kart throwing bananas under cars. 1530@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ Real life Mario Kart]]> 2008-12-08T22:57:53-05:00 Malwebolence - The World of Web Trolling http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all I can't help but feel that they trolled the overly credulous New York Times reporter. 1529@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ Malwebolence - The World of Web Trolling]]> 2008-12-07T13:31:45-05:00 Surfing for Seniors, an instructional video from 1997 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmgqxv8i6xs Tries to be helpful but ends up being just hilariously condescending. 1528@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ Surfing for Seniors, an instructional video from 1997]]> 2008-12-07T13:28:33-05:00 Too Weird for The Wire http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/0805.carey.html How black Baltimore drug dealers are using white supremacist legal theories to confound the Feds. 1527@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ Too Weird for The Wire]]> 2008-12-01T19:29:26-05:00 The Black Belt: How soil types determined the 2008 election in the Deep South http://vigorousnorth.blogspot.com/2008/11/black-belt-how-soil-types-determined.html A look at how 2008 presidential voting patterns in the deep south were influenced by marine deposits in the soil 85 million years ago. 1526@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ The Black Belt: How soil types determined the 2008 election in the Deep South]]> 2008-11-20T18:12:42-05:00 Real-life Photoshop http://www.flickr.com/photos/18697966@N00/2982281565/sizes/o/ full flickr set.]]> 1525@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ Real-life Photoshop]]> 2008-11-07T19:03:53-05:00 Great moments in post-modernism, pt. 1 (More Money, More Problems) http://buildingsandfood.com/great-moments-in-post-modernism-pt-1-more-money-more-problems So there it is: a weird/powerful truism about social politics delivered in a catchy, post-modern package that uses parody, found video, and cutting-edge video techniques (and let’s not sell Hype Williams short for a second — check out the shots of Puffy and Mase in the yellow suits — I mean, what the hell is that?!), all montaged together with an off-handed mastery (check out how some of the transitions are deliberately not on-beat) to create something that felt so like the future that it could never really be the future. Just like all videos for pop singles, it was dug, and it was forgotten. And so it goes. Somewhere out there there is a list of videos that really truly did something new, and this one belongs on that list.]]> 1524@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ Great moments in post-modernism, pt. 1 (More Money, More Problems)]]> 2008-10-30T20:55:03-05:00 Fred Anderson shows off Weekend Update's new interactive map http://www.blogomatic.org/archives/2008/10/fred-anderson-shows-off-weekend-updates-new-interactive-map.php 1523@http://www.blogomatic.org/

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]]> 2008-10-29T17:39:56-05:00 The Term Paper Artist http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article10100801.aspx A short confessional on involvement in the Term Paper industry. 1522@http://www.reticulatedsplines.org/linkies/ The Term Paper Artist]]> 2008-10-26T11:40:24-05:00