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links for 2007-12-18

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 17, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• Pixar In-Jokes and Self-References
  A big list of Pixar’s inside jokes and self-references throughout their movies.
  (tags: animation entertainment movies reference)
• Regret the Error » Crunks 2007: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections
  (tags: 2007 funny lists)
• Jason de Caires Taylor – Underwater Sculpture
  While these underwater sculptures are a really cool thing, I still find them quite creepy.
  (tags: sculpture art underwater gallery)
• Collection: Cultural Revolution Artifacts
  (tags: propaganda design)
• start [Jiggy]
  Jiggy is the easiest way to create applications for the iPhone (or iPod Touch).
  (tags: applications iphone)
• Lost – eggmann.blog.is
  Woman from Iceland detained by New York airport security and treated horribly. WTF is wrong with our country? How do we get these bastards who do this out?
  (tags: politics policestate travel torture)
• My Business Card Is a Ball of Putty
  Yep.
  (tags: design funny identity)
• Reuter’s Pictures of the Year 2007
  (tags: 2007 photography photos lists)

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links for 2007-12-17

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 16, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• ADL commends N.Y. police for arrests in anti-Semitic subway attack – Haaretz – Israel News
  The war on Christmas turns violent. Of course the violence comes from Christians, because that’s how they roll.
  (tags: religion violence christianity intolerance)
• Matthew Yglesias (December 14, 2007) – Class Warfare (Domestic Policy)
  How much Bush’s tax cuts helped the rich and screwed the poor.
  (tags: politics class)
• Iraq orders policewoman to turn in their guns — Newsday.com
  Because freedom is only for a select handful of people, of course.
  (tags: misogyny feminism rights equality)
• Charitable giving guide, the 2007 edition – Boing Boing
  Great ideas for geek altruism.
  (tags: charity gifts technology geek)
• Glitter Graphics
  (tags: animation graphics illustration fun)
• Organization for Transformative Works
  (tags: fanfiction)
• Inside the CIA’s notorious “black sites” | Salon News
  A first-person account of our goverment’s secret torture facilities by a man who was imprisoned for 19 months without trial or recourse.
  (tags: rights torture government crime politics)

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One of many reasons

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 16, 2007
• Post category:Politics

why Mike Huckabee shouldn’t be president of the U.S.

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links for 2007-12-16

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 15, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• Going Jesus: Cavalcade of Bad Nativities
  (tags: funny religion holidays)
• 8 important consumer trends for 2008
  I think there was a hell of a lot of hot air in this article, but I read it anyway.
  (tags: 2008 ideas culture green shopping)

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Goodbye, Julia

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 15, 2007
• Post category:Indiana/Indianapolis

I did indeed love you.

Check out this wonderful video of Julia speaking at the Rosa Parks Memorial. Sparkling, funny and well-loved.

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links for 2007-12-14

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 13, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• Top 100 Biggest Cities
  Indianapolis is 12. Boston is 25. Quit calling us hicks, ya rubes.
  (tags: cities data culture)

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links for 2007-12-13

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 12, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• November Fire
  Pretty cool goth shirts.
  (tags: shopping clothes shirts goth)
• Detroit Red Wings Fan Tradition: The Octopus
  From our lunchtime discussion – why hockey fans throw Octopii onto the ice during games.
  (tags: traditions sports)
• Roar (TV series) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  I really liked this show, but it got canceled part way through it’s first season.
  (tags: television history)
• Fez-o-rama – Handcrafted custom fezzes, fez hat makers.
  (tags: fashion wishlist cool)
• the Cult of the Eye – Everyone’s Favorite Secret Society!
  Nice hat.
  (tags: culture community tiki)
• The Tin Man Art.com
  cool tin ceiling art tiles
  (tags: tin art)
• Large 17′ diameter wind turbine
  (tags: energy turbine)
• Wind Power
  (tags: turbine energy green)
• Hacker’s Bench : Inexpensive DIY Anemometer
  (tags: diy wind Anemometer)
• Hacker’s Bench .com
  (tags: creative design gadgets lifehacks projects)

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links for 2007-12-12

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 11, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• Guardian Unlimited: Jodie Foster comes out – at last!
  Really? No kidding.
  (tags: lgbt)
• Huckabee comment alarms Ryan White’s mom | IndyStar.com
  Huckabee wanted to quarantine AIDS patients back in 1992, long after it was clear that HIV wasn’t spread through casual contact. He “stands by” his 1992 statements today.
  (tags: lbgt rights equality homophobia)

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links for 2007-12-11

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 10, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• The 53 Places to Go in 2008 – New York Times
  we can probably afford to go to Detroit.
  (tags: tourism travel 2008)
• AfterEllen.com’s 2007 Naughty or Nice List | AfterEllen.com
  (tags: lgbt popculture)
• ‘Cat Lady’ Conundrum, The – New York Times
  This is the strangest story I’ve seen. And now I’m terrified I have cat parasites.
  (tags: cats science)
• The New York Times Magazine – Year in Ideas
  The most interesting or unusual ideas of 2007.
  (tags: ideas 2007 culture)
• 100 Notable Books of the Year – 2007 – New York Times
  (tags: 2007 books)

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links for 2007-12-10

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 9, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• CR Blog » Blog Archive » Dexia Tower and the light fantastic
  LED light show. I’d love to do this to our house for Christmas.
  (tags: lighting design technology)

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