Singing Science
February 24th, 2008
Hilarious archive of science-based songs, including the original of TMBG's "Why does the sun shine?"
Archive for the 'archive' Category
Obsolete Skills
February 22nd, 2008
Exhaustive, and exhausting. I should go through these and try to figure out how many of them I have.
List of Songs about New York City
December 18th, 2007
Sure are a hell of a lot of these.
Public Health Image Library
November 13th, 2007
Much better than the National Institutes of Health image archive.
US Presidential Signatures
November 11th, 2007
An image library of all presidential signatures.
Internet Archive search for "78rpm", sorted by average rating
November 8th, 2007
I trust the reviews, because Mole in the Ground is second in line.
World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths
November 8th, 2007
Record of four thousand years of locations that solar eclipses were/will be visible from.
Wikimedia Atlas of the World
November 1st, 2007
Wikipedia continues to amaze.
Bookstores in New York City (Manhattan)
November 1st, 2007
It seems like this could come in handy sometime.
Readymade Remade
October 29th, 2007
Completist approach to Duchamp's most famous piece, and what is to be done with it. My high school Marxist Studies teacher (no joke) continuously used Fountain as an example of how ridiculous the art world is (fair point) but there's much more to it.
IMDb Language browser
September 27th, 2007
The result of trying to figure out if there were any movies that I could have watched in High School Latin. The lists include any movie that includes the given language. So it could be more interesting. Also, the >/< 500 division seems sort of silly.
Phantom islands
September 17th, 2007
via someone a long time ago. probably neil.
Voyager Golden Record
September 11th, 2007
Excellent, though sort of needlesslay flash-heavy interface for hearing/seeing the golden record sent out with the Voyager. Amazing: "Johnny B. Goode" is on there. via kio.
The Living Room Candidate
August 31st, 2007
Looks to be an incredible resource for those interested in the changing face of presidential politics in the television age.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
August 22nd, 2007
I like that Samuel Allen got in for the Flexible Flyer. Also, I wish I'd known this was in Akron like 3 years ago, so when I was passing through Akron I would have had something to do.
Baseball Cards, 1887-1914
July 4th, 2007
No, Federal government, thank YOU.
The Fantastic in Art & Fiction
June 16th, 2007
Ranging from treatises on prodigies from the 17th century all the way up to issues of Amazing stories.
Going To… Series
May 12th, 2007
Apropos of last night's Black Hole of Calcutta-esque show. Amazed that no one passed out. "Let's go to Maine out on the East Coast / Let's go to Maine right now / Let's beat the retreat / Let's hop on the plane / Let's get out of here / Let's go to Maine"
100 oldest dot com domains
May 10th, 2007
Its amazing that it took 2 and a half years to only run through the first 100. I mean, who the hell cared back then, but still. Were these prohibitively expensive back then, or just next to useless?
A Brief History of the Apocalypse
May 9th, 2007
At first I was all like "No way everyone stopped predicting the Apocalypse once 1700 rolled around," and then I was all like, "Oh, pagination." thanks, kio.