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1. The New Yorker on truth, beauty, and string theory September 26, 2006
2. Radar surveys the 8 worst hair trends on Capitol Hill September 26, 2006
3. Allsimps.com links to streaming video of all the Simpsons episodes September 24, 2006
4. A video of Matrix-style table tennis September 19, 2006
5. Lipton has decided to make tea bags that contain full-leaf tea September 18, 2006
6. Cato Institute has a new paper about Doublespeak and the War on Terrorism September 17, 2006
7. A fundamental way newspaper sites need to change September 17, 2006
8. A couple articles about speechballoons in comics and their evolution September 13, 2006
9. The Mises Institute has gathered up some of the latest economic indicators September 13, 2006
10. research on given names and child development September 10, 2006
11. Sculptures made from incredibly intricate cuts on sheets of plain white paper September 8, 2006
12. an odd little opinion piece in the New York Times September 7, 2006
13. Looks like some folks need to brush up on the whole managing sensitive September 7, 2006
14. Some good tips on breaking the omnipresent writer's block September 6, 2006
15. A Year's Worth of Spending September 4, 2006
16. photographed himself every day for more than 6 years and made a video out of it September 3, 2006
17. A list of Biblical Horror Movies at McSweeney's September 3, 2006
18. The BBC has a photojournal of life inside a Bolivian jail September 2, 2006
19. My latest distraction has been the Google Image Labeler September 1, 2006
20. A particularly clever bit of telemarketing revenge August 31, 2006
21. learn about existing in ten dimensions August 30, 2006
22. visualizing enormous numbers with pennies August 30, 2006
23. One-minute vacations are short sound recordings of various places on the planet August 30, 2006
24. Rembrandt painted almost ninety self-portraits in his lifetime August 30, 2006
25. If you miss the original Zelda, you can get help August 29, 2006
26. provides free, user-recorded audiobooks for works in the public domain August 28, 2006
27. Free (as in speech) beer August 28, 2006
28. The 9-11 Report: A Graphical Adaptation August 27, 2006
29. Hugh MacLeod has 10 questions for Seth Godin August 26, 2006
30. Here's an oldie, but a goodie August 26, 2006
31. The Mises blog points to another victory in patent warfare August 24, 2006
32. Red-Hot and Filthy Library Smut August 24, 2006
33. Here's a piece in the BBC August 23, 2006
34. DejaVu.org offers a brief history of the internet August 23, 2006
35. Orwell's 11 essentials for A Nice Cup of Tea August 22, 2006
36. Nick Hornby writes about How to Read August 22, 2006
37. the Kool-Aid Man wears pants now August 22, 2006
38. cool visual tools that will make the ticket shopping less complicated August 21, 2006
39. Hazards of the New Online Collectivism August 21, 2006
40. The Unbearable Lightness of Being Scott Williamson August 20, 2006
41. GigaPxl Project August 20, 2006
42. In 1919 in the city of Boston, 21 people were killed in a flood of molasses August 20, 2006
43. I remember being fascinated with stacking things when I was younger August 20, 2006
44. an exhibit featuring items stolen from other art museums August 20, 2006
45. Jason Kottke points out that Wal-Mart employs 1.8 million people on the planet August 18, 2006
46. Gettysburg Address in PowerPoint August 17, 2006
47. Zap Reader is a little web service that makes speedreading easier on the web August 17, 2006
48. Han van Meegeren forged 7 Vermeers in the mid-1900s August 17, 2006
49. 3 more official planets in our solar system August 16, 2006
50. L.A. Has Become the Finest Place in America to Think and Write About Nature August 16, 2006
51. the British Library lets you explore almost 700 English accents and dialects August 15, 2006
52. Julian Beever creates pavement drawings that look three-dimensional August 14, 2006
53. Make your own motivational poster August 12, 2006
54. Scientists rethink the collapse of Easter Island society August 12, 2006
55. article in New York Times Magazine about rebellious branding August 10, 2006
56. Rebecca Blood has posted an interview with Jason Kottke of kottke.org August 10, 2006
57. A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way August 10, 2006
58. Test how well you know your 80s lyrics August 9, 2006
59. Stephen King tells us everything we need to know about writing August 9, 2006
60. A nice write-up examining the Atlanta Aquarium with a designer's eye August 8, 2006
61. The internet's reach is only to about 1 of every 6 people on the planet August 8, 2006
62. Happy Birthday, Internet August 6, 2006
63. In praise of boxer-briefs August 4, 2006
64. Here are some links & photos to some of the worst-named government documents August 3, 2006
65. We may be raising a nation of wimps August 1, 2006
66. Scientific American weighs in on expertise and experts July 31, 2006
67. One man's trash is another man's trumpet July 29, 2006
68. Kazaa is slowly getting out of its legal quagmire July 27, 2006
69. collection of a couple thousand posters from our dearly-departed USSR July 26, 2006
70. Six-and-a-half billion people on this planet July 26, 2006