June 2006
| 6/30/06 |
Your Friday Music: Lisa Loeb and Elizabeth Mitchell posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) For the last couple of days I've been listening to a kid's CD that I downloaded off of eM... |
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| 6/30/06 |
Friday Frivolity: Bleep Bleep Blam Blam  posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments)For those of you old enough to be taken back, the online game Gamma Brothers will indeed take you... |
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| 6/30/06 |
1,000,000,000 for 100? posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) California congressional representative Dan Lundgren has an idea that he details i |
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| 6/30/06 |
Rotten Kids! Get Off My CyberLawn! posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) I find this unaccountably endearing: a 35-year-old man grumps that he doesn't "get" MySpace... |
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| 6/30/06 |
Moblogging and Embedded Video posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Journals Editor Joe is talking about two new AOL-J capabilities for you to try in beta: Mobloggin... |
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| 6/29/06 |
Weekend Assignment #118: July 4th Memories posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) Kids on swings, fireworks, barbeques and volleyball games: What else could it be but July 4th? An... |
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| 6/29/06 |
A Fix for Gap-Toothed Smiles? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This is just about the most interesting thing I've read in a while: Canadian scientists are regro... |
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| 6/29/06 |
The Textures of Life posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Some very cool pictures out of this week's Photo Shoot, which asked people to go about their hous... |
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| 6/29/06 |
Stock Up posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I posted this, and then AOL Journals ate it (I seem to be having access issues today), so here it... |
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| 6/29/06 |
Attack of the Cloud Hippos! posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Does that cloud not look like a large, somewhat cartoony hippo? As does that large, somew... |
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| 6/28/06 |
Looking for July 4 Blogs posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Journals Editor Joe has a casting call out for July 4th-themed blogs to highlight this week... |
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| 6/28/06 |
Your Wednesday Author Interview: David Louis Edelman posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) For this week's Author Interview, we head back to the future with David Louis Edelman and his sci... |
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| 6/28/06 |
Revenge! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Well, maybe not revenge. Perhaps proof that humans don't make for good eatin': Early human... |
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| 6/28/06 |
Here, Look at Some Cool Photos posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) First, a stop in Austin, Texas for a guy who makes artwork from the dust that settles onto his ca... |
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| 6/28/06 |
Juxtaposition -- Your Assurance of Quality Linking posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I was over at the MSNBC.com site today and I noted a fascinating pair of links. The first goes to... |
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| 6/27/06 |
True Headlines! posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Today is a day you can tell headline writers were having fun: "Canadians The Happiest When... |
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| 6/27/06 |
A Coalition Against Exploitation posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Here's some interesting news about AOL joining forces with other online service providers |
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| 6/27/06 |
Saturday Night Fever? Try Saturday Afternoon Feeding posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I bookmarked this the other day and am only now getting to it, but not to worry it's still good: ... |
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| 6/27/06 |
Soylent Energy is People! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Remember in The Matrix, when people were used for energy? |
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| 6/27/06 |
I'm the Lawn Man, Yeah, I'm the Lawn Man posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Look! It's the lawn care man, in his funky, bug-looking little lawn care car, spritzing my lawn w... |
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| 6/26/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Patterns and Textures posted by johnmscalzi (24 comments) Part of the idea of the Monday Photo Shoot here is to try to look at familiar things in new ways.... |
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| 6/26/06 |
More Chores posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Your chore, er, Weekend Assignment this last week: Describe the chores you hate the most. Here ar... |
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| 6/26/06 |
Wi-Fi Sharing? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Here's an interesting question: Would you make your wi-fi connection to the Internet open to ever... |
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| 6/26/06 |
Some Brain Teasers for Your Monday Morning posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Wake up! Here's an interactive IQ test to get you going. You have 13 minutes for 38 questions. By... |
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| 6/26/06 |
Chatting On Your Journal posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I'm fiddling with a new service called Gabbly, which can add a chat room to your Journal (or what... |
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| 6/25/06 |
Give it All Away posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Wow. Warren Buffett's planning to give away most of his fortune -- close to $37 billion of it by ... |
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| 6/25/06 |
When Children's Programming Was Cool posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Dig this, groovy cats: Stevie Wonder, in 1973, doing a totally awesome version of "Superstition".... |
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| 6/24/06 |
Zap posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Evidence that God doesn't like cell phones: According to a letter published in this week's... |
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| 6/24/06 |
Drive Yourself Nuts on a Saturday Morning posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) This fun game requires you to figure out paths between one colored dot |
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| 6/23/06 |
Two for the Trekkers posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Seems that a couple of years ago, Paramount thought about repackaging the original Star Trek epis... |
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| 6/23/06 |
Feeling Not So Alone (If One is a Writer) posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) This would be useful information to me if I lived in New York, was not married, and was the sort ... |
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| 6/23/06 |
Feeling Alone posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) This is an interesting, if more than vaguely depressing, story: Social Isolation Growing i... |
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| 6/23/06 |
That's Strange... posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) ...This envelope arrived today with no return address. I haven't opened it yet. I wonder ... |
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| 6/23/06 |
Ringing My Geek Bell posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) The Worst Video Game Names of All Time, including "Zeitgeist," "Princess Tomato in the Salad King... |
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| 6/22/06 |
Weekend Assignment #117: Chores You Hate posted by johnmscalzi (31 comments) Why is this trash can trying to eat my head? Perhaps as a reaction to this week's Weekend Assignm... |
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| 6/22/06 |
Still Life with Still Lifes posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This week's Photo Shoot was |
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| 6/22/06 |
The 80s Are Back! With Slightly Better Hair! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Yesterday afternoon my brain collapsed on itself like a flan in a cupboard, and I was reduced to ... |
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| 6/22/06 |
Gaze Upon the Black Sun posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) What happens when a million European starlings join forces and fly together during their annual m... |
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| 6/22/06 |
Meat Without the Murder posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Hey! You got your burger in my science fiction! Edible, lab-grown ground chuck that smells... |
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| 6/22/06 |
Posting Directly from AOL Pictures posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Over at Magic Smoke, Journals Editor Joe points out that |
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| 6/21/06 |
Those New Yorkers -- They're So Polite! posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Here's a perceptual shake-up for you: According to Reader's Digest, the most polite major world c... |
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| 6/21/06 |
The First Swing of Summer posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Here's what the first day of summer looks like from the vantage point of Athena's swing set. What... |
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| 6/21/06 |
Oddly Enough, It Makes Me Want To Go To Sleep posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Your sappy yet genuinely touching |
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| 6/21/06 |
They're Paying For Their Crimes (And Not Just Against Fashion) posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Here's a story sure to get a chuckle out of everyone who thinks baggy pants |
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| 6/20/06 |
Late Spring Crabapples posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) It occured to me today was the last day of spring (Summer officially begins tomorrow, logically e... |
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| 6/20/06 |
An ARM and a Leg posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) This is no good: People who took out adjustable rate mortgages over the last couple of years to t... |
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| 6/20/06 |
Damn, And I Had Just Gotten Used to My Peach Facial Scrub posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Memo from the Department of Man: "Metrosexual" is out, manly manliness is in: Leo Burnett,... |
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| 6/20/06 |
For Those About to Get Coffee, Two Sugars, No Cream, We Salute You posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Here's something for all y'all kids who are starting your first college internships: Top Ten Inte... |
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| 6/20/06 |
Three Unrelated Things, Because, You Know, Why Not? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Sometimes you just want to lump three entirely unrelated things into a single blog and then unlea... |
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| 6/19/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Still Life posted by johnmscalzi (20 comments) I've got a peaceful, easy feeling, and it's not just because I'm listening to stoned-out 70s rock... |
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| 6/19/06 |
From Dad posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) For this week's Weekend Assignment, I asked: What do you share with dad -- or what do you as a da... |
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| 6/19/06 |
Loving Bloggers, Not Suing Them posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This is interesting -- after a couple of years of suing people who shared the music their artists... |
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| 6/19/06 |
Public Utilities posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) I spent the weekend (among other things) resurrecting one of my computers and reconnecting my hom... |
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| 6/19/06 |
For When You Need a Really Big Project posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) For those of you with a lot of time on your hands: How to build a planet -- in Photoshop, that is... |
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| 6/18/06 |
Oh, and In Case You Needed It... posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Things a Man Should Know: About Fatherhood, from Esquire magazine. Most of these are pretty usefu... |
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| 6/18/06 |
Dadly Advice posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Here's the thing: Athena was shooting baskets and constantly clanging on the underside of the rim... |
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| 6/17/06 |
Plink Plink Plink posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Brian Eno would love this: Pianolina -- flash game in which you bounce little squares off of wall... |
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| 6/17/06 |
The End of Cavities? posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Many of the cavities in your mouth are caused by bacteria that live there, eat sugars you leave t... |
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| 6/16/06 |
Insert Your Own "Well, Journalists ARE Clowns" Joke Here posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) His parents asked little Henry what theme he wanted for his 3rd birthday. He said: "The Ne... |
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| 6/16/06 |
What We Don't Usually See posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Athena and I were wandering about the yard the other morning when we came upon this: a web laid t... |
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| 6/16/06 |
Dust Something. It Won't Kill You. posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) For all us guys who like to avoiding picking up around the house, a warning: It's bad for you, an... |
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| 6/16/06 |
The New Netscape posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) I was going to make a bunch of comments of the new ve |
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| 6/16/06 |
Because You Can't Get Enough of People With Painted Faces posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Sports Illustrated has a slide show of World Cup fans painting their faces and bodies and generally |
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| 6/15/06 |
Weekend Assignment #116: The Things We Share With Dad posted by johnmscalzi (21 comments) Whoa, Father's Day is this Sunday -- And I am so looking forward to my tie! -- and so let's make ... |
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| 6/15/06 |
The Best Mistakes posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This week's Photo Shoot asked folks to find pictures that were technically bad but still interest... |
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| 6/15/06 |
Bears! in Hammocks! Auuuuugh! posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) What is it with bears in suburban New Jersey? First one gets run up a tree by a cat -- twice -- a... |
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| 6/15/06 |
How to Cheat Good posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Apropos of yesterday's entry about kids using the Internet to cheat, here's a fun little screed b... |
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| 6/15/06 |
From the Department of People Pretty Much Getting What They Deserve posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) People come up to me, like, every day, and they say, hey Scalzi, you seem like just the sort that... |
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| 6/14/06 |
Your Wednesday Author Interview: Pamela Ribon posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Normally for the Wednesday Author Interview I like to interview an author who has just h |
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| 6/14/06 |
Why, Those Little Cheaters! posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Those wacky kids are using the Web to do bad, bad things -- academically, anyway: One in e... |
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| 6/14/06 |
Hammering The Glitches Down posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Journals Editor Joe has the latest on the fixes for some of the glitches that popped up due to th... |
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| 6/14/06 |
Dropping the Mad Astronomy Linkz on You, Yo posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Sorry, I'll never do that again. Now: Look! The Andromeda Galaxy as you've never seen it befor... |
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| 6/14/06 |
Happy Flag Day! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Yes, today is Flag Day, a day in which we commemorat |
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| 6/13/06 |
Your Tuesday Poll: Ring Tones posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn perfectly sums up my feeling about ring tones: That cell |
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| 6/13/06 |
Use the Force, Gnarls! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Because at the age of 37 I don't actually watch MTV unless it's forced upon me, I missed out on t... |
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| 6/13/06 |
Wanton Geekery posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) I sometimes wonder at what point it was that I became such a big ol' geek and started lusting aft... |
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| 6/13/06 |
Update Live posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Given that I was just able to post a long screed about the dangers of other people on the road wi... |
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| 6/13/06 |
If It Can Happen to a Super Bowl-Winning Quarterback It Can Happen To You posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Normall, here in Ohio where I live, something horrible happening to the QB of the Pittbur... |
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| 6/12/06 |
AOL Journals R6 Install Tomorrow Morning posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Just a head's up: the AOL Journals tech folks are going ahead with the R6 install tomorrow mornin... |
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| 6/12/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Bad Photos (That Are Still Kind of Cool) posted by johnmscalzi (19 comments) A look through some photos I took this weekend precipitated this Photo Shoot: Your Monday ... |
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| 6/12/06 |
Hola, Alberto posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Here comes Alberto, currently clock |
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| 6/12/06 |
The Saddest Story You'll Read Today posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) What happens when you die and your relatives don't claim your body? Coroners around the US ar |
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| 6/12/06 |
Your Highway Pictures posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Blink. Blink. Blink. |
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| 6/12/06 |
Your Monday Morning Chocolate Story posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Goodness! There is apparently nothing chocolate can't do: As if you needed another reason ... |
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| 6/11/06 |
Videogame-aholics posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) It had to happen: the first detox center for video game players has opened up: Video games... |
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| 6/11/06 |
Best Cat Story Ever (Today) posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) House cat chases bear up a tree. Twice. Dig the picture: |
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| 6/10/06 |
Getting James Bond on Ya posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Here's some nifty spy gadgets for those of you who are paranoid, and those of you who just like s... |
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| 6/10/06 |
Pretty As A posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Today's been a gray day around here, so I was happy for this: Nominees (and winners) of the Inter... |
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| 6/9/06 |
Not to Make it Sound Like an Afterthought or Anything posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) But: World Cup! Apparently it's huge with everyone who i |
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| 6/9/06 |
Cleanliness is next to something something something posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) You'll all recall from the picture here that as of last Monday m |
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| 6/9/06 |
From the People Who Bring You Squid Guts Ice Cream posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) I was watching Spongebob Squarepants recently, and it was the episode where Squidward goes to liv... |
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| 6/9/06 |
Next Up: The Pentagon's MySpace Page! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) You'll recall there was a bit of a fracas recently when it was discovered that the NSA was compil... |
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| 6/9/06 |
Friday Fun With Science posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Pretty, isn't it? It's what a spiral galaxy looks like, viewed on its side (that dark line is lig... |
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| 6/8/06 |
Weekend Assignment #115: Make Your Own Highway Sign posted by johnmscalzi (32 comments) I'm feeling in the mood of a little silliness, aren't you? So let's make this a fun and simple We... |
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| 6/8/06 |
This Photo Shoot Brought to You By The Letter "M" posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) This week's photo shoot asked folks to take a picture of something that begins with an M, l... |
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| 6/8/06 |
I've Got Pressure. You've Got Pressure. Why Did You Have to Provoke Me? posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) If you think it's only Americans who can totally lose their minds on public transportation, you'v... |
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| 6/8/06 |
al-Zarqawi posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) As most of you no doubt know by now, American forces |
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| 6/8/06 |
R6 On the Way posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Over at Magic Smoke, Journals Editor Joe is |
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| 6/7/06 |
From the More Money Than Sense Files posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) The 50 Dumbest Rock-Star Extravagances. From Bono flying a hat first class to Will Smith getting ... |
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| 6/7/06 |
Your Wednesday Author Interview: Tate Hallaway/Lyda Morehouse posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Like romances? Like supernatural heroines? You're in luck, because this week's author writes the ... |
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| 6/7/06 |
Behold, The Indian Call Center posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) This is no surprise: Not only to Americans have opinions about Indian call centers, Indians have ... |
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| 6/7/06 |
Proof, If You Needed It, That the Internet Makes People Do Stupid Things posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) The Monkey Chow Diaries (note: language and imagery in the PG-13 range). In which a man decides t... |
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| 6/7/06 |
The Fact This is on a Tech-Related Website Makes It All the More Satisfying posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid. It's true. It's all true. Mind yo... |
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| 6/6/06 |
Your Tuesday Poll: Abominable Ice Cream Flavors posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) I was looking over here at some truly henious Japanese ice cream flavors, including favorites lik... |
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| 6/6/06 |
I Fell Into a Burning Ring of Fire posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Uh-oh: A volcano's gonna blow in Indonesia. Unless you think you can outrun a pyroclastic flow (h... |
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| 6/6/06 |
A Commencement Address I would Have Liked to Have Had posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Stephen Colbert's commencement address at Knox College: Today is about you—you who have wo... |
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| 6/6/06 |
Sunrise, Sunset posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) As most of you know, I'm a big fan of pictures of the sunset (I also like sunrises, although I'm ... |
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| 6/6/06 |
Ahhhhhh! It's the End Times! posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) I woke up feeling a little odd, and couldn't figure out why, until I got to a mirro... |
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| 6/5/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: The Letter M posted by johnmscalzi (33 comments) The Photo Shoot is back! After an untimely disappearance last week (due to me being trapped in ai... |
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| 6/5/06 |
That Was Then, This is Now posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) This last week's Weekend Assignment asked: What things do you like know that you didn't like in t... |
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| 6/5/06 |
Heart Attack on a Bun posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Given the number of people who sent this link to me and said "You have to write about this," I gu... |
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| 6/5/06 |
How to Raise a Chunky Child posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Athena's fine. I'm just playing with Photoshop. But it's a not entirely in appropriate pi... |
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| 6/5/06 |
The Exact Opposite of Being Blinded By Science posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Good morning! Today, to get your monday started: Pictures from the world of science! |
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| 6/4/06 |
Groovy Chemicals posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This is mildly awesome, in a geeky sort of way: A visual interpretation of the Periodic Table. It... |
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| 6/4/06 |
More Mentos! More Coke! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) You'll all recall the video in which I poured some Mentos into some Diet Coke and enjoyed the wil... |
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| 6/3/06 |
On the Other Hand posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) A couple of days ago I posted an article chatting about the upcoming Windows Vista operating syst... |
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| 6/3/06 |
80s Junk posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) Here's something for you 80s heads out there to argue about: the 80 Worst Songs of the 80s. I'm l... |
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| 6/2/06 |
Your Friday Music: Peter Gabriel posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) When I'm feeling physically out of sorts, like I've been feeling today, I have a tendency to list... |
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| 6/2/06 |
And On To the Next One posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) An author's work is never done: This is the picture of the title page of my next novel The Androi... |
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| 6/2/06 |
Here Comes the Flood, 2006 Remix posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) We've had a lot of rain recently, and last night we had a massive storm. When that happen... |
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| 6/2/06 |
A Parental Moment posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Look who got a Creative Writing Award for the second year in a row! Yeah, that's my kid. ... |
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| 6/2/06 |
I'm Alive posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) To the people sending me e-mails of concern: I'm not dead. I am, however, sick -- I slept in unti... |
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| 6/1/06 |
Serving All Your Castle Needs posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) You've got a couple million dollars in pennies lying around (hey, it's amazing what you can find ... |
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| 6/1/06 |
Weekend Assignment #114: Things You Like Now But Not Then posted by johnmscalzi (22 comments) As we go on in life, we find things we didn't like when we young we develop an affinity for as we... |
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| 6/1/06 |
Is There is Nothing Chocolate Can't Do? posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Chocolate! |
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| 6/1/06 |
Windows Vista in Detail posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I'm geeky enough that I've put off buying a new PC until after Windows Vista comes out next year ... |
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| 6/1/06 |
The People of Wiscon posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Gaaaah. I meant to link to this yesterday but got distracted by shiny bits of foil: As mo... |