Special thanks to Tang Ho for the  Chinese language help.

The revolution comes home
" From the pensions system to the tax code, George Bush wants to overhaul America's economic institutions. Does his radicalism stand a chance?"

The builder's tale
"When a 43-year-old from Kent heard about the Asian tsunami, he dropped everything to go to Thailand - even though he didn't know where it was, let alone how he could help rebuild the devastated country. Ian Archer recalls his traumatic but uplifting week"

50 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena
(Visual Illusion · Optische Täuschungen)

This is a day by day account of our sailboat building project

ThinkExist
"Quotations Search Engine and Directory"

Kidney Stone Photographs

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

"Hayden White initiates his study in Metahistory with an arguments that all historical explanations are rhetorical and poetic by nature."

IMAGE INDIA:  
Indian Sculpture and Temple Ornamentation

Infamous January 2004
"These people have ended up on the wrong side of the law.  This is a partial list of the daily arrest and jail booking report of Ada County."

Faceanalyzer
The only automated face reader in the world

"There is an 80s song by Tommy Tutone called "Jenny (867-5309)" about a guy finding a girl's name and number on a wall and he wants to call it. The song led to telephone lines getting jammed when the song first came out, which led to the rumor that telephone companies don't give the number out or discontinued every 867-5309 out there. As you can see, I proved this wrong."

100 oldest dot com domains

Web Economy Bullshit Generator

.Wednesday, January 19, 2004

Crisis Pictures
"Current pictures of humanitarian crisis in Iraq and elsewhere. Nonpolitical and noncommercial, CPICS is an alternative to the mainstream news filter."

How copyright could be killing culture
"As Americans commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy today, no television channel will be broadcasting the documentary series Eyes on the Prize.
...the documentary series can no longer be broadcast or sold anywhere.
The makers of the series no longer have permission for the archival footage they previously used of such key events as the historic protest marches or the confrontations with Southern police."

Postal Experiments
"We sent a variety of unpackaged items to U.S. destinations, appropriately stamped for weight and size, as well as a few items packaged as noted. We sent items that loosely fit into the following general categories: valuable, sentimental, unwieldy, pointless, potentially suspicious, and disgusting."

I am a Japanese School Teacher
"I shit you not, I have to play Dodgedick with Japanese Jr. High kids on a weekly basis. Boys and girls! Age, gender, doesn't matter, they all want a stab at it."

The Great Blizzard of 1978

Bill Gates Strikes a Pose for Teen Beat Photospread, 1983

Neat photo wallpaper of FLCL on this French site.