Sunday, January 8, 2006

Random Links for Jan 8, 2006

1. Despair, Inc: Demotivators Calendars
   <http://www.despair.com/>
Three 2006 calendars:
   <http://www.despair.com/2006collection.html>
The Wishes Calendar, Business As Usual 2006 Calendar, 2006 Best of Demotivators
Example (from The Wishes):
  "Compromise: Let's agree to respect each other's views, no matter how wrong
   yours may be"


2. Billboard - "Time-lapse Phonography"
   <http://lukedubois.com/billboard>
Someone has taken the "spectral average" of each of 857 songs that have
topped the Billboard chart since 1958.  Then he merged these together to
create a single chronological sequence of sound.  He's dubbed the technique
"time-lapse phonography".


3. The Forbes Fictional 15
   <http://www.forbes.com/home/lists/2005/11/29/forbes-fictional-rich
       _cx_mn_de_05fict15land.html>
"To qualify for the Fictional 15, we insisted that members be both fictional
 (in the sense that we excluded mythological and folkloric figures) and
 characters (meaning they are part of a narrative story or series of stories).
 Great wealth was required to be one of the primary attributes of the
 characters on this list--in other words, we looked for characters that were
 known, within their universes, for being rich."


4. Lost Civil Liberties Mug
   <http://www.philosophersguild.com/index.lasso?page_mode=Product_Detail
       &item=0236>
"Pour in a hot beverage and watch your civil liberties disappear! Mug features
 the complete text of the Bill of Rights, but pour in a hot beverage and see
 what remains thanks to the Patriot Act!"


5. Y Can't Park
   <http://flickr.com/photos/ycantpark/>
Flickr photo album of examples of bad parking.