Archive for the ‘Ephemera’ Category
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
This visualization at i-am-bored.com puts the Mariana Trench into (some) perspective:
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
I missed a call from 860-589-0220. Fourteen minutes later, I called it back only to get this recording:
According to http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-860-589-0220 it seems many different people have many different experiences calling to, and receiving calls from 860-589-0220.
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
The Re-up of Wired magazine came yesterday. And with it the revelation of NumberGossip.com offering: "Enter a number and I'll tell you everything you wanted to know about it but were afraid to ask."
What better sort of litmus/acid test than to let the site gorge on THE numbers -- 4 ...
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
Crap. Really do need a Tumblr blog for this sort of stuff -- like all posts here today so far. Especially for the error fetish.
But pictured is a $16.95 Ask Me About My Zombie Plan Shirt from Rooster Teeth.com. Buy it from them here.
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
After briefly reminiscing with Burcheck recently about the old days, I recall one day, many many years ago, where, during the absence of both brothers, the fate of the entire Bukowsky Empire rest solely in my hands. That day's only mission required faxing several ticket brokers. I did. And ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
As sort of a half-ass ode to bygone days of colleague Crayola obsession -- yielding an Internet Explorer toolbar name [GoldenRod] and an affectionate company clique known as "Grandpa B and the Goldenrod 5" -- I share this visual crayon chronology from Weather Sealed, basically showing the number of Crayola ...
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
Dancing Doll Dealer from Josh Dippold on Vimeo.
This colorful, car bound character was captured in Vegas demoing his wares -- funny looking doll-type creations. He song-and-dances them up and down the side of his car.
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Liu Bolin paints himself to blend into his surroundings; to become invisible, you could almost say.
He's in this last picture too. (Look closely.)
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Take a peep at some gnarly cardboard characters created by Bernie Burns.
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Someone sent me a message on ShoppyBag about six days ago, but I can't check it out. The site has been nonoperational for at least that long. I am now dieing to see what this service is all about. Props for their cleaver maintenance message.
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