Geocities Johnny

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Infinite Eye Candy: Part I

There are a few sites, mostly tumblr blogs, where I can go to look at a stream of eye candy that doesn't seem to end. On these sites the images will keep coming. It could be breathtaking photography, pop-cultural finds, or excellent graphic design. In most cases, the blogger had no hand in the creation, and there may be a lot of cross-posting.

Here is the first one for you: http://are2.tumblr.com/
This one seems to specialize in both artistic remixes of nerd culture, and retro commercial photography.

A Plea for Your Attention

Hey peeps-- check out my site redesign. It's very business-like and accommodates LaTeX for math-lovin' geeks like me. Woohoo!

Now to post more often....

The Whedonverse Circle of Life

Former 'Buffy' star gives birth on her own birthday.

Superuseless Superpowers

Among the Aces, there are Jokers*:

SUPERUSELESS SUPERPOWER: Laser Pointer Vision*
Your gaze isn't strong enough to burn through anything, just strong enough to point things out. Makes prolonged eye contact particularly awkward and painful during romantic dinners and job interviews.

* Does anyone get this reference?

Crash, I'll Show You CRASH!

To Richard. and the rest of you, I present The Gallery of Exploding Servers, and Flying and Crashing Servers.

Cathartic.

20 Useful Visualization Libraries

Like the title says... oh shiny!

Harper’s Index: The Bush Years

Minimum number of Bush appointees who have regulated industries they used to represent as lobbyists: 98

Years before becoming energy secretary that Spencer Abraham cosponsored a bill to abolish the Department of Energy: 2

Number of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and North African men detained in the U.S. in the eight weeks after 9/11: 1,182

Number of them ever charged with a terrorism-related crime: 0

Percentage of Americans in 2006 who believed that U.S. Muslims should have to carry special I.D.: 39

Chances an American in 2002 believed the government should regulate comedy routines that make light of terrorism: 2 in 5

Percentage of the amendments in the Bill of Rights that are violated by the USA PATRIOT Act, according to the ACLU: 50

Read the whole thing and weep.

Ill Doctrine

Ill Doctrine is simply the smartest, funniest, most humane voice of hip-hop on the net. Jay Smooth deserves a wide audience.