Random Links for Jan 8, 2006
1. Despair, Inc: Demotivators Calendars
< http://www.despair.com/ >
Three 2006 calendars:
< http://www.despair.com/2006collection.html >
The Wishes Calendar, Business As Usual 2006 Calendar, 2006 Best of Demotivators
Example (from The Wishes):
"Compromise: Let's agree to respect each other's views, no matter how wrong
yours may be"
2. Billboard - "Time-lapse Phonography"
< http://lukedubois.com/billboard >
Someone has taken the "spectral average" of each of 857 songs that have
topped the Billboard chart since 1958. Then he merged these together to
create a single chronological sequence of sound. He's dubbed the technique
"time-lapse phonography".
3. The Forbes Fictional 15
< http://www.forbes.com/home/lists/2005/11/29/forbes-fictional-rich
_cx_mn_de_05fict15land.html >
"To qualify for the Fictional 15, we insisted that members be both fictional
(in the sense that we excluded mythological and folkloric figures) and
characters (meaning they are part of a narrative story or series of stories).
Great wealth was required to be one of the primary attributes of the
characters on this list--in other words, we looked for characters that were
known, within their universes, for being rich."
4. Lost Civil Liberties Mug
< http://www.philosophersguild.com/index.lasso?page_mode=Product_Detail
&item=0236 >
"Pour in a hot beverage and watch your civil liberties disappear! Mug features
the complete text of the Bill of Rights, but pour in a hot beverage and see
what remains thanks to the Patriot Act!"
5. Y Can't Park
< http://flickr.com/photos/ycantpark/ >
Flickr photo album of examples of bad parking.
