This picture supposedly shows a giant camel spider that bit a US soldier stationed in Iraq. The spider was allegedly hiding out in his sleeping bag. Snopes cannot verify the claim but also doesn’t dispute that it could be real.
You decide.
The Adbusters blackSpot sneaker campaign is a counter-branding game aimed at Nike:
RETHINK THE COOL
Once upon a time, we the people sang the songs and told the stories and generated our culture from the bottom up. Today, a handful of mega corporations like Nike generate a commercial, mindfuck, pseudo culture from the top down. Now […]
300 Images From 1800 Sites has tiny arrows, shopping carts, bullets, mail, and “post” icons from hundreds of websites.
A very cool visual comparison of web designers’ variations on a theme.
The Smoking Gun reports:
APRIL 23–Just in time for the final three episodes of “Friends,” a California appeals court this week reinstated a harassment claim brought by a woman who worked on the hit show as a writer’s assistant and claimed that she was subjected to an array of racial and sexual harassment, including enduring sexually […]
make-believe.org has created a javascript button that displays the topographic layout of a page. Useful for web designers, it displays how “deep” nested elements are on a page.
Here’s the button: 9) c=’#FCC’;e.style.color=’white’;e.style.background=’none’;e.style.backgroundColor=c;e.style.borderColor=c;}crawl(document.getElementsByTagName(’body’)[0], 0);})()”>Link
(Internet Explorer users can drag the preceeding link to their sidebar to use.)
The Programmable Matter Corporation does nanotechnology-based research on the ability to adjust (in realtime) the physical properties of substances through the application of light, voltage, and magnetic fields.
Through the application of geometric/insulative barriers and electric fields, it is possible to manipulate the electron structure of semiconductor materials, and thus alter their electrical, optical, thermal, and […]
Do you suffer from hyperhidrosis? Have trouble keeping your sweaty hands from flying off your mouse?
Mouse Grips has a solution:
What are Mouse Grips?
“Pre-cut pieces of high quality neoprene material.”
What are Mouse Grips for?
“Mouse Grips are for computer mice and trackball devices. Mouse Grips are designed to absorb sweat, oils and make your computer pointing […]
Congress is considering a bill that holds venue owners liable if a patron uses drugs at a concert or nightclub:
The Ecstasy Awareness Act (H.R. 2962) would throw anyone in jail who “profits monetarily from a rave or similar electronic dance event knowing or having reason to know” some event-goers may use drugs at the event. […]
taken from this craigslist rants & raves post:
Hey Crackhead
Reply to: anon-27499971@craigslist.org
Date: Sat Mar 27 15:36:01 2004
Yes, you. You sick fucker. On Wednesday morning I emerged from my girlfriend’s building by U.N. Plaza to find that you had sawed the tops off both the sparkplugs on my motorcycle. At the time, I had no idea […]
Boston.com is reporting that volunteers from the $90 billion entertainment industry are going into classrooms and teaching children that downloading copyrighted material from the internet is ethically wrong.
Critics say that the program does not adequately explain the public’s rights in copyright law, nor does it discuss the proliferation of legal websites that offer free music […]
