- 09/30/08 - taming light - Lensless photography at its best. (flickr.com/photos/alanjaras/sets/72157594422498771)
- 09/29/08 - democratic space - Seat projections in the Canadian Federal Election updated daily. (democraticspace.com/canada2008)
- 09/28/08 - taco gallery - Taco art. (henderob.com/taco_gallery.php)
- 09/27/08 - mock the vote - Colbert and Stewart on the election and the media circus surrounding it. (ew.com/ew/article/0,,20228603_1,00.html?print)
- 09/26/08 - things not to do on facebook - A list of 15 things you should never do on Facebook. (techradar.com/news/internet/web/top-15-things-you-should-never-do-on-facebook-470875)
- 09/25/08 - zen and now - Mark Richardson is riding his Harley-Davidson to the West Coast, on tour for his new book Zen and Now, which retraces the journey in the literary classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. (thestar.blogs.com/zenandnow)
- 09/24/08 - rifflandia reviews - A series of reviews of last month's Rifflandia music festival in Victoria. (themetropolitan.ca/story_chrislong_rifflandia.php)
- 09/23/08 - the complete intereview - A profile of a profile of Charlie Kaufman. (blog.wired.com/storyboard/2008/09/the-complete-in.html)
- 09/22/08 - the quest for every beard type - One man's attempt to grow every type of facial hair. (dyers.org/blog/beards/beard-types)
- 09/21/08 - typographunnies - Corny typography jokes. (type.salsen.com)
- 09/20/08 - deletionpedia - Deletionpedia is an archive of about 63,555 pages which have been deleted from the English-language Wikipedia. (deletionpedia.dbatley.com)
- 09/19/08 - is barack obama muslin - This site will settle the debate once and for all: is Barack Obama muslin? (Did you mean Muslim?) (isbarackobamamuslin.com)
- 09/18/08 - hurricane ike - Before and after pictures demonstrating the devastation from hurricane Ike. (coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/ike/photo-comparisons/bolivar.html)
- 09/17/08 - born to run - An article from Discover Magazine on the hypothesis that the ability to run long distances drove human evolution. (discovermagazine.com/2006/may/tramps-like-us)
- 09/16/08 - stopforwarding.us - A site that lets you politely and anonymously ask your friends to stop sending spam to your inbox. (stopforwarding.us)
- 09/15/08 - mystery of the real 3d mandelbrot fractal - Probably no eye has ever seen the wonders of the 3D Mandelbrot set. This page goes in search of the elusive beast - and what could be considered by some to be the Holy Grail of fractals. (skytopia.com/project/fractal/mandelbrot.html)
- 09/14/08 - the manipulator - The (touched up) photography of Jill Greenberg. (manipulator.com)
- 09/13/08 - craigslistindex.org - Data visualization drawn from Craigslist postings. (craigslistindex.org)
- 09/12/08 - the longest list of the longest stuff at the longest domain name - Long. (thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com)
- 09/11/08 - has the lhc destroyed the earth? - In case you were wondering if the LHC has caused a blackhole to swallow the known universe, they even provide a convenient RSS feed. There's also a convenient webcam with a live feed from the facility. (hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com)
- 09/10/08 - umbrella today? - "It's like totally the simplest weather report ever, Julie." Receive a text message to your phone letting you know if you need to bring an umbrella today. (U.S. Only.) (umbrellatoday.com)
- 09/09/08 - baboons are simply too small for leopard bait - The 10 oddest travel guides ever published. (slate.com/id/2196353/pagenum/all)
- 09/08/08 - curta mechanical calculator - The story of the first portable mechanical calculator. (darkroastedblend.com/2008/09/stunningly-intricate-curta-mechanical.html)
- 09/07/08 - how buildings learn - What happens after buildings are built? Why do some buildings get better over time and others get demolished? Stewart Brand says architecture is a prediction, and all predictions are wrong, so the more monumental the architecture, the more wrong the building is. An excellent series of videos to accompany Stewart Brand's book How Buildings Learn. An incredible read, and definitely worth watching if you are interested in design. (truefilms.com/archives/2008/08/how_buildings_l.php)
- 09/06/08 - words they used - The words that speakers used at the two political conventions show the themes that the parties have highlighted. Republican speakers have talked about reform and character far more frequently than the Democrats. And Republicans were more likely to talk about businesses and taxes, while Democrats were more likely to mention jobs or the economy. (www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/04/us/politics/20080905_WORDS_GRAPHIC.html)
- 09/05/08 - preparing to rescue hubble - A photo essay about the shuttle preparations for the mission to rescue the Hubble space telescope. (boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/preparing_to_rescue_hubble.html)
- 09/04/08 - microgravity menticulation - A partial answer to the question of what happens when you add Mentos to Diet Coke in microgravity. (rjwoodhead.blogspot.com/2008/08/menticulation-of-diet-coke-in.html)
- 09/03/08 - vpilf.com - Just a heartbeat away from being a PILF! (vpilf.com)
- 09/02/08 - spc - The self-portrait challenge. User contributed self-portraits on a variety of themes. (selfportraitchallenge.net)
- 09/01/08 - oddstrument.com - A blog dedicated to odd instruments, music, and sounds from around the world. (oddstrument.com)
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