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links for 2007-11-02

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:November 2, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• Church ordered to pay $10.9 million for funeral protest – CNN.com
  (tags: religion lgbt rights equality)
• Scienceline » Does the “Right Brain vs. Left Brain” Spinning Dancer Test Work?
  I linked to this awhile back – an inquiry into whether the spinning dancer really indicates how your brain works.
  (tags: science psychology research optical meme illusion)
• A hack of the spinning girl illusion
  A hacked version of the spinning dancer to help you see which way she’s going…
  (tags: psychology illusion brain perception)
• Why Turks no longer love the U.S. – Yahoo! News
  Way to go, Bush. You’re doing a heckuva job.
  (tags: politics world)
• Buggs Temple | Welcome!
  The Historical Buggs Temple building renovation and conversion is almost complete. Soon, Buggs will transform into a bustling, three story welcome center at the start of the canal with food and beverage vendors ranging from Ritter’s Ice Cream to a Corner
  (tags: food local Indianapolis historic)
• StormWinds by Hero Interactive
  (tags: steampunk games gamesOnline)
• Amy Winehouse – this year’s hottest Halloween costume?
  Surprised none of my friends did this one.
  (tags: halloween funny costumes)
• Endangered Species – The Chemistry Set
  Why chemistry sets are no longer an available educational toy for young people. (Hint: it makes them terrorists.)
  (tags: chemistry education Culture Politics)

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links for 2007-10-31

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:October 31, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• AT&T Explains Guilt by Association
  the FBI asked several phone companies to analyze phone-call patterns of Americans using a technology called “communities of interest”. How AT&T helped the goverment spy on your cell calls.
  (tags: privacy rights surveillance datamining)
• AT&T Invents Programming Language for Mass Surveillance on Threat Level
  (tags: privacy rights surveillance)
• How To: The Ultimate Consumerist Guide To Fighting Back (Revised Edition)
  Steps to take when you get screwed over by a company.
  (tags: consumer advice guide tutorials)
• Energyville
  An online sim game where you maintain a city’s power supply.
  (tags: gamesOnline gamesVideo energy)
• Magnum Photos – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Photography collective founded in 1947, members are some of the most influential in the business.
  (tags: photography wikipedia photos)
• Magnum Magnum : Books : Thames & Hudson
  Photography book of some of the 20th Century’s most influential photographers.
  (tags: photography photos)
• Some ‘Vampires’ Prefer Energy Over Blood – New York Times
  Electronic devices that use energy when in standby mode.
  (tags: energy green)

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links for 2007-10-30

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:October 30, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• Fast Food Items Highest In Trans Fat – The 88 least healthy foods.
  The 88 Fast Food Items Most Likely To Kill You
  (tags: food health nutrition statistics)
• Candy & Chocolate Bars Compared – Hershey’s, Nestle, Mars Nutrition Facts
  (tags: health nutrition Food)
• Breakfast Cereal Compared – Cereals from Post, Kellogg’s & General Mills
  (tags: food health nutrition)
• Supernatural Horror in Literature by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
  (tags: writing books literature)
• Five Easy Ways to Go Organic – New York Times Blog
  (tags: health nutrition food)
• Are Kids Getting Too Much Praise? – Well – Tara Parker-Pope – Health – New York Times Blog
  (tags: education learning kids)
• Memory – National Geographic Magazine
  Fascinating article on memory.
  (tags: memory brain psychology science)
• Evangelical Crackup – New York Times
  Religious people in red states are rebelling against political activism within their church structures.
  (tags: religion politics)
• Thirty Illnesses, Sorted According to Whether or Not You Can Eat the Victims.
  (tags: halloween mcsweeneys)
• The Last Supper in High Definition
  Zoom in to see the painting in high definition – very cool. And that is a woman in the painting; it’s very clear.
  (tags: paintings research)
• Ames room – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  (tags: illusion wikipedia)
• BuiLD YouR WiLD SeLF
  Build a half-animal version of yourself. Just don’t tell Bush you’re building a “human-animal hybrid.” They’re making laws ‘gainst that, ya know.
  (tags: generator funny animals)
• A Minor History of / Giant Spheres
  (tags: spheres architecture visualization curiosities)
• The Great Pumpkin House
  Halloween Pumpkins by the thousands decorate a Kenova WV house.
  (tags: halloween photography)

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links for 2007-10-29

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:October 29, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• » Steer clear of these 10 illegal job interview questions | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com
  I’d add googling the person to this list. Eventually it will be on here.
  (tags: career employment interview legal)

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links for 2007-10-28

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:October 28, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• Top 15 Manipulated Photographs – The List Universe
  The most well-know alter photographs.
  (tags: photography photoshop)
• Drinking stories that put yours to shame – CNN.com
  (tags: drinking funny history)
• English Russia » An Appartment in Kharkov Style
  One Russian guy in Kharkov, Ukraine preferred was obsessed with some idea which he tried to express in writing on any flat surface he met. All his flat carried his scriptures, the local lobbies and walls of houses also had not stayed untouched.
  (tags: photos artOutsider)

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links for 2007-10-27

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:October 27, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• myartspace>blog: Art Space Opinions: Kirsten Anderson on Pop Surrealism
  (tags: art popculture artist)
• Terror watch list swells to more than 755,000 – USATODAY.com
  Gee, that’s got to be effective. Way to protect the country there. Losers.
  (tags: surveillance terrorism privacy rights)
• Indy CrimeWatch
  Yeah, I just volunteered to be our block captain.
  (tags: crime local Indianapolis)
• Trovata
  (tags: inspiration interesting ideas)
• FEMA Meets the Press, Which Happens to Be . . . FEMA – washingtonpost.com
  FEMA does a fake press event about how well they’re handling the California wildfires – but the “reporters” are FEMA staff members, who, of course, are feeding softball questions.
  (tags: propaganda hoax government fraud media)
• Back to Basics in Transportation Planning | Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
  Why making wider roads and other “improvements” is making traffic problems worse, not better.
  (tags: planning urban transportation infrastructure)
• Out of Your Mind on Yahoo! Games
  game my friend maxine loves.
  (tags: gamesVideo)
• lookatthisdog on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
  look at this beautiful motherfucking dog.
  (tags: awesome)
• Any Three Words – Metal Typer Personalized Souvenir Coin
  Dude will make you one of those metal stamped coins and mail it to you if you type in a phrase.
  (tags: cool games coingames)
• For gay people, it’s anybody but Obama | David Speakman
  (tags: lgbt)
• globeandmail.com: Questions hang over airport taser death
  Airport security in Vancouver kill a man with tasers because he’s polish and couldn’t speak English.
  (tags: violence surveillance crime rights)

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links for 2007-10-26

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:October 26, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• What to do if you’re attacked by monkeys. – By Michelle Tsai – Slate Magazine
  Handy tips.
  (tags: monkey india travel funny)
• Vonnegut Dollhouse
  Awesome CD Jewel case/packaging.
  (tags: design inspiration designCool)
• Dada Dolls from Blue Chair Press
  (tags: inspiration art)

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links for 2007-10-25

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:October 25, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• Serial Diners Rules
  My friend MJ is thinking about organizing this for Indy. This looks like a fantastic idea for exploring area dining.
  (tags: food local restaurants)
• In Disasters, Everyone, Not Just Bloggers, Should Use Twitter
  Wired’s blog about why twitter is an excellent tool in emergency situations to let everyone know quickly how you are, with the lowest possible bandwith use, and without overloading cellular services.
  (tags: disaster twitter safety health)

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links for 2007-10-24

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:October 24, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• Aquatic Observation of Channeled Aetheric Energies (updated with color photos!)
  Awesome steampunk fishbowl.
  (tags: steampunk)
• Feministe » What Color Are the Holes in Your Parachute?
  Read this story about health care in the U.S. and find out why the Republicans who voted against SCHIP are a bunch of retarded fucking morons. Then pray this doesn’t happen to you, because you’re 2 steps away from it.
  (tags: class health republicans idiots)

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links for 2007-10-23

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:October 23, 2007
• Post category:Recently Read

• Going Local
  blog specifically about local Indiana foods. I’m so putting this in my feed reader.
  (tags: Indiana local produce Food blogging)
• Wisbech – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  English town where Charles Dickens was born.
  (tags: UK wikipedia reference)
• Textbook may have been gunman’s target | IndyStar.com
  IU law student shoots his textbook and shuts down his apartment complex for hours. I heard IU law was an unpleasant major, but dude, that book did nothing to you.
  (tags: IU education)
• Feed Me/Drink Me
  Another local food blog I’ve been reading awhile.
  (tags: blogs food Indianapolis recipes local)
• Brass Goggles
  Steampunk blog.
  (tags: steampunk blogs sculpture inspiration)
• The definitive goggles thread
  Excellent thread on steampunk eyewear.
  (tags: steampunk reference)
• Schrute Farms in Honesdale, Pennsylvania – B&B Reviews – TripAdvisor
  Heh heh.
  (tags: funny television)
• The Gentle People – Amish and Sexual Abuse
  Impressed by their piety, courts have permitted the Amish to live outside the law. But in some places, the group’s ethic of forgive and forget has produced a plague of incest—and let many perpetrators go unpunished.
  (tags: rape crime religion culture)

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