Best NYT Front Page EVER!
Posted on November 13th, 2008 at 1:21 pm by Steve

IRAQ WAR ENDS and other great headlines in today’s (fake) New York Times (courtesy of The Yes Men).

A Purple America
Posted on November 10th, 2008 at 10:20 pm by dr.hoo

purple america

Mark Newman at the Department of Physics and Center for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan generated this awesome collection of election maps. My favorite is above.

H/T Andrew Sullivan

UPDATE:
As Steve and Josh commented, the red/blue colors can give a biased visual perspective. Here’s the same map with the hue rotated 120 degrees.

Hue Rotated 120 Degrees

Ding Dong the Witch is Dead! (Or at least a lame duck)
Posted on November 10th, 2008 at 2:13 pm by dr.hoo

witch dead
After the hoopla of winning the election, and a lot of wonk-talk about the cabinet posts, I was so greatful to read this today:

WASHINGTON — President-elect Obama’s advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials

I think that closing Gitmo as one of his firsts acts in office will send a strong message to the world, and americans at home, that morality is back on the table as an important american value.

NOTE: Pre-emptive anti-snark statement… I know the witch has many sisters and that Glinda herself has been known to cohort with lobbyists, but give a munchkin a chance to party a bit. ; )

“This Is What the Internet Is For!”
Posted on October 28th, 2008 at 5:31 pm by Steve

Mr. Mul-zany shared this incredible Flash video site with me today via email. Too freakin’ awesome!

Awesome and Personal InfoViz!
Posted on October 23rd, 2008 at 4:39 pm by Steve

Life Map

This came up as one of the sidebar images on the blog’s home page (it searches Flickr for photos tagged with ‘information’). He calls it a “Life Map,” and it shows his interests, academic and non-academic, apportioned through his life.

America: The Gift Shop
Posted on October 21st, 2008 at 1:11 pm by Steve

Abu Ghraib Coffee Table
Phillip Toledano’s installation America: The Gift Shop is definitely worth an on-line browse. Chilling and funny at the same time. (Pictured above is the Abu Ghraib Coffee Table.)

WANT!!!
Posted on October 14th, 2008 at 11:30 am by Steve

Dome house

I want to live in a dome house! I think…

From the pretty darn cool green-blog Inhabitat.

Cheerleaders Perform Mock Executions?
Posted on October 12th, 2008 at 11:29 am by dr.hoo

You know the country has reached a cultural high when high school cheerleaders are staging mock executions at pep rallies. Maybe Sarah Palin can hire them to perform at her hate rallies?

One student at the school felt it was totally inappropriate and spoke out against it on ABC News.

Do it!
Posted on October 10th, 2008 at 2:31 pm by lulutsg

Nice Robert Indiana remix I found in Brooklyn.

“Doing America’s Business”
Posted on October 7th, 2008 at 10:59 pm by Steve

Doing America's Business

In his closing remarks at tonight’s debate, John McCain recalled his childhood. He said his father was absent much of the time because he was “doing America’s business.”

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