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December 30, 2003
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December 28, 2003
A Meme: “Username: blog; Password: blog”. Pass it on
Let’s create a common solution to onerous registration at news sites
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December 25, 2003
A Big Fat Iraqi Christmas
What Christmas is like for the 3% of Iraqis who are Christians
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Photos: Death Valley coyote, from Emese
I hope that was a long lens she was using...
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Photos: Chrys in Iraq (last of a series) and a
nice story, too.
A fellow PixelPiler goes to Iraq, and finds a few moments for photos in his 14 hour work days
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December 24, 2003
Photo: Blue Christmas
Some New Mexico snow from Garret
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December 21, 2003
Web design patterns
An interesting work in progress
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December 20, 2003
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December 18, 2003
PETA tries to make children cry at Christmas events
They’re handing out fliers saying ‘Your Mommy Kills Animals’ to youngsters whose mothers are wearing fur
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December 16, 2003
Dont Mess With Texas ... especially not with a vibrator
Texas housewife sells vibrator to undercover narcotics officers posing as a dysfunctional married couple in search of a sex aid, faces a year in jail
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December 14, 2003
4096 Color Wheel
Beats the heck out of 216, eh?
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This may be the saddest political endorsement I’ve ever seen
”...I take one tiny pearl in my hand and walk all the way to the edge of the sea. With every step, that tiny pearl keeps growing until it becomes the Moon. I see this happen. My job is to trust it”
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December 13, 2003
Photo: Chinese Santa takes a dive
The pink flippers do it for me. A culturally bizarre photo, on more than one level
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December 11, 2003
The funniest commercial I’ve seen this year: Human Dominoes
It seems like the best commercials are always during the football games, and that’s the only place I’ve seen this one
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Stumped by a question? Ask MetaFilter
Another great idea from Matt, but I hope it eventually becomes searchable.
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New Scientist: “Pretty women scramble men’s ability to assess the future”
Just a *picture* of a pretty woman can cause a man to make an irrational choice
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It’s a Quagmire
“Crime, terror flourish in ‘liberated’ Kosovo; Ethnic cleansing, smuggling rampant under UN’s aegis”
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December 10, 2003
Photo: Cat Fu
Kitties, do not try this at home without a spotter
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December 09, 2003
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Dear Dr. Laura
An oldie but goodie
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If. And. Then.
A political theory...
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How to Solve All Image Problems in Flash
It’s all about the image axis and its registration
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Has prominent conservative Grover Norquist been compromised by Islamist radicals?
“If unarmed Islamists were able to secure access to Mr. Bush and his subordinates, law enforcement and intelligence professionals got the message that they were not to interfere.”
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December 08, 2003
Webloggers who take weblog awards too seriously
It’s a highly contested category, with many contenders
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Photo: What’s wrong with this picture?
His momma told him to come in out of the rain, but must have skipped snow
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U.S. News: How billions in Saudi oil money spawned a global terror network
As if we need it, more evidence that Al Qaeda is largely funded by Saudis
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December 07, 2003
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December 06, 2003
Want to know what to do next in space? Listen to Buzz Aldrin
I wonder how many ‘experts’ were consulted about Bush’s allegedly upcoming announcement on a return to the Moon
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December 05, 2003
Economists: Georgia’s growth to lead U.S.
“At some time during 2004, the number of jobs will be greater than Georgia’s pre-recession number ... Metro Atlanta added 65,400 jobs in the past 12 months -- more than any other metropolitan area”
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December 04, 2003
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December 03, 2003
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The James Bond Stealth Camera
Way cool, and just in time as a holiday gift for your favorite photographer!
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A One Gigapixel image of Bryce Canyon
A 300dpi print of this image would measure about 11 feet wide
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December 02, 2003
2003: An excellent year for Mug Shots
“Mug shots have the intimacy of vacation photographs; they depict celebrities on break from their constraining image managers”
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Selectutorial: CSS selectors
From the folks who brought you the Listutorial and Floatutorial