There is some justice in this wicked world

When a spammer goes to jail for a few decades. Also, congrats, Tim!

Either something is very wrong or very right in the world

When a blind man is released from a mental care facility and becomes a Gospel singer. Probably both.

The state of public education

A little lighter reading after that last post (although, in a way, possibly more horrifying):

• Conversations Between Famous People as Imagined by Someone With an American Public-School Education Who Didn't Pay Too Much Attention in School but Who Did Just Enough to Pass the Exams


• Ask a High-School Student Who Didn't Do the Required Reading

Londonistan

Christopher Hitchens on the Islamization of England. Horrifying.

Bonus: Interview with Hitchens regarding Islamo-fascism. Excerpt:

Is London going to have another attack?

Of course. Everyone is. No city in the world is not going to have this. It's probably going to be the dominant fact of our future. They will be able to demonstrate with fairly convincing means that there is nowhere that's safe from them. It's coming.

The psychedelic Jim Henson

Why don't they make television like this anymore? (video: 56k okay. Turn up your speakers.)

Guitar Hero: The Band

Wired got it right: It was inevitable.

Calvin et Hobbes

An animated short from Italy. Gorgeous. (video: 56k, a-okay.)

Chat, ergo sum

Two chatbots chat at one another.

Ask a mathematician

Apparently, they're experts on art forgeries, too.

Like looking into the face of evil...

Al-Jazeera reports on the Moroccans and Polisario Front of Western Sahara talking. (Video: worth it if you care, 56kers.)

The most horrifying video you will see today

Unless you see something about osteoporosis; that stuff is scary. (Video: 56k, read a book

A nice combo

I love it when two things I enjoy come together nicely.
Feed Your Television

Presidential approval ratings

Politics. Sorry. Check it out, though. Things of note:

1. This graph is deceptive, as the lowest value is 20, not 0.


2. Nixon had lower approval ratings than I ever thought.


3. Clinton ended on an upswing.

Fun with clouds!

I love this stuff.

Get your own theme song

Amazingly, mine sounds identical to the "Imperial Death March" from Star Wars.

The secret to self-defense

You've got to get wrist control. (video: 56k a-okay.)

The mathematical lives of plants

I love flowers.

And if you weren't already addicted . . .

now you can appreciate your coffee as a work of art.

McFly 2015: The Campaign

Who needs presidential primaries? Let's vote for shoes!

More dry erase animation!

Like a poor man's Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Video: 56k a-ok.)

The Tap reuinted!

To save the earth (video: 56k, it's worth it.)

Cgi vs. Dry erase

Dry erase wins every time. (video: 56k a-okay)

Finally, one politician who tells it like it is...

Elections won't change anything. (Video: 56k, read a magazine.)

Madness reigns

I read this a while ago, and it's still as horrifying before: we're not just being dumbed down, we're being sent into dizzying madness.

A book that might actually be worth buying...

Photos of stuff you're not supposed to take photos of.

This is what I'm doing instead of finals...

Watching someone MSPaint the Mona Lisa (La Giocanda) and watch someone paint a movie poster for Supersize Me in fries and ketchup. As a side note, if any of you have any 12 to 15 page papers about Cartesian skepticism and dualism in comparison with David J. Chalmers' physicalism, I could use it. (video: 56k okay)