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Redsox

2007-10-27T14:44:00.000-04:00

Riddle!

2006-10-11T19:46:00.000-04:00

Name three countries that shares no letters found in the word:

MACKEREL

Why does Mark Foley not use a book mark?

2006-10-10T00:20:00.000-04:00

Why does ex- congressman Mark Foley not use a book mark?

Because he can always just bend over the page.

2006-10-05T02:48:00.000-04:00

Menomana

A keyboard for Pirates

2006-09-20T11:38:00.000-04:00

2006-09-09T11:55:00.000-04:00

Face Neck Series #2

part 2

2006-09-09T11:01:00.000-04:00

Face Neck Series #1

First in a series with more to come.

2006-09-05T16:27:00.000-04:00

Secos e Molhados - Vira - TV Tupi 1974

No need for more.

2006-08-11T12:54:00.000-04:00

David Ortiz dominican erectile dysfunction commercial

The State of Idaho passed a resolution commending the film Napoleon Dynamite

2006-08-11T09:53:00.000-04:00

The State of Idaho passed a resolution commending Jared and Jerusha Hess for the production of their film Napoleon Dynamite.

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Larry Legend vs. Big Papi

2006-08-03T14:11:00.000-04:00

Bill Simmons discusses who is the most clutch.
Includes the line:

The difference: Bird actually had to guard people and expend energy on the defensive end, whereas Papi gets to sit in the dugout, kick back, watch videotape, give hot foots and fart on Gabe Kapler while he gets psyched for his next at-bat. EDGE: BIRD.

Pints in a Keg?

2006-08-01T15:29:00.000-04:00

Pints in a Keg

2006-07-31T16:39:00.000-04:00

A triple play

Strike em out, throw em' out, throw em' out.

My first attempt at garage band

2006-07-25T16:13:00.000-04:00

first try
second try
third try

Perhaps the greatest argument for changin the way we eat.

2006-07-19T19:41:00.000-04:00

This Harpers article entitled The Oil we Eat is a impressive and eye opening explanation of The Green Revolution and the history of modern agriculture. Worth the read...

Corn, rice, and wheat are especially adapted to catastrophe...Eventually the catastrophic niche would close. Farming is the process of ripping that niche open again and again. It is an annual artificial catastrophe, and it requires the equivalent of three or four tons of TNT per acre for a modern American farm. Iowa’s fields require the energy of 4,000 Nagasaki bombs every year.

A two-pound bag of breakfast cereal burns the energy of a half-gallon of gasoline in its making. All together the food-processing industry in the United States uses about ten calories of fossil-fuel energy for every calorie of food energy it produces. That number does not include the fuel used in transporting the food from the factory to a store near you, or the fuel used by millions of people driving to thousands of super discount stores on the edge of town, where the land is cheap.

Trivia for The Big Lebowski

2006-07-12T17:15:00.000-04:00

Trivia for The Big Lebowski as found on IMDB.

The second time we see Treehorn's thugs, they've swapped clothing!

Possibly uniquely for an American movie, a bad guy wields a cricket bat rather than a baseball bat.

The Dude says "man" 144 times in the movie, nearly 1.5 times a minute.

Want more.

My Family in 1984

2006-06-16T11:31:00.000-04:00

Protect the nest

2006-06-16T11:24:00.000-04:00

Long Awkward Pose

2006-06-16T11:18:00.000-04:00

This guy tricks people into thinking they are getting their pictures taken, but he is really taking video. Very strnage makes you feel a bit uncomfortable.

2006-06-14T22:14:00.000-04:00

Zuiikin Gals II

This is amazing, I am learning the moves as you read this.

Thanks Neal, This guy splices 3 instructional videos

2006-06-13T18:25:00.000-04:00

This guy splices 3 instructional video for various instruments.

The Simpsons almost disprove Fermat's Last Theorem

2006-06-10T19:44:00.000-04:00

This is so cool; remember the Halloween episode where two dimensional Homer gets sucked into the third dimension? Remember this innocent-looking equation: 178212 + 184112 = 192212 floating by?

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This is america 2006

2006-06-09T09:39:00.000-04:00

This is america 2006

Librarians forced to shush about Big Brother's watching!

2006-06-02T12:07:00.000-04:00

A group of 4 Connecticut [Windsor] librarians recently announced that the US government had requested to view private patron records and also threatened imprisonment if the librarians spoke up about it.

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Oozinator

2006-05-31T16:32:00.000-04:00

Bridge under Water?

2006-05-31T11:04:00.000-04:00

story

I believe in barbecue

2006-05-30T16:34:00.000-04:00

amen borther

2006-05-26T00:52:00.000-04:00

weeds in the sidewalk

Invasive Weeds Pose Threat to New York City Parks

2006-05-26T00:50:00.000-04:00

Invasive Weeds Pose Threat to New York City Parks

GOT WEEDS? GETTING CITY CITATIONS?

2006-05-26T00:48:00.000-04:00

GOT WEEDS? GETTING CITY CITATIONS?

NOXIOUS WEEDS

2006-05-26T00:46:00.000-04:00

NOXIOUS WEEDS

WarOnWeeds

2006-05-26T00:43:00.000-04:00

war on weeds

MIT Prank: Fake Police Car on Top of Campus Dome

2006-05-23T18:12:00.000-04:00

This is an interesting prank performed at MIT in 1994. Those guys are smaaart.

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Science of baseball

2006-05-21T21:37:00.000-04:00

Damn I like baseball. I just went to two games here in Philly. Sox beat the Philles twice, Beckett homered, ortiz hit a moon shot, and the stadium is real nifty. Well anyway the Exploraturim has a great site up entitled the science of baseball.

SkypeOut now FREE for US & Canada!

2006-05-15T13:22:00.000-04:00

Yes. It is really very, very free. There's no prepayment, no minimum use, no subscription, no monthly fee, no nothing. You just download and install Skype and then you start calling. Both the caller and the number called must be in either the US or Canada. There are no strings attached.

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Soviet Synth

2006-05-12T09:42:00.000-04:00

"I just sit back and let the tunes flow" -Dog

Necklaces on ball payers...

2006-05-11T16:18:00.000-04:00

Uniwatch features a great article on the memorable neckwear of certain baseball players.

Turk Wendell. When you brush your teeth between innings, wave to the centerfielder, and wear No. 99, you're a character. When you insist that every financial figure in your contract end in "99," you're eccentric. But when you go hunting and put the teeth and claws of the animals you've shot onto a big, garish necklace, which you wear during games, you're just a freak.

Check out this guy.

click

A converstion on the movement of eyes...

2006-05-05T10:59:00.000-04:00

Why do we roll our eyes while thinking?

World's Largest Pyramid Discovered in Bosnia

2006-05-01T14:55:00.000-04:00

Archaeologists have begun to unearth a massive pyramid which had been masquerading as a hill in the Bosnian town of Visoko. At an estimated 722ft in height, it is expected to be 1/3 taller than Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza.

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The archived version of apple.com from Oct. 2001 with first iPod

2006-05-01T01:31:00.000-04:00

It's funny how dated it looks, and also notice that apple has since droped the blue apple from their current home page.

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Neil Young's new album

2006-04-28T15:12:00.000-04:00

Neil Young's new album, Living With War, can be heard in its entirety on his web site. The NYT s has a great article documenting the amazing prodution of the album.

"On Tuesday[5-02-06] a higher-quality version will be for sale as a download from online music stores, and a CD will be in stores next week as soon as it can be manufactured and shipped. Eventually a DVD will be released with video of the recording sessions, which took place March 29 to April 6. Many of the songs on the album were first takes, recorded immediately after Mr. Young taught them to the band. On March 31 he wrote three songs: "Let's Impeach the President" before breakfast, "Looking for a Leader" after he recorded "Let's Impeach the President" and "Roger and Out" the same evening.

A Flickr group for photos of a Frank Zappa Bust in Vilnius

2006-04-27T18:15:00.000-04:00

In Vilnius, Lithuania there is a sculpture bust of Frank Zappa. There is a Flickr group where users are sharing their photos.

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My odometer rolling over

2006-04-17T22:53:00.000-04:00

replace the word

2006-04-12T17:54:00.000-04:00

Replace the work 'Knitter' with 'Fucker'. Click

What other words would work?

Is that moving?

2006-04-12T17:40:00.000-04:00

Click on it for a better view.

I move out of Massachusetts and in comes free health care.

2006-04-06T16:31:00.000-04:00

The NYT is reporting that Massachusetts has passed a bill to offer universal health care to its citizens. This is the first time a state has been able to offer this right to its citizens.

"Individuals who can afford private insurance will be penalized on their state income taxes if they do not buy it. Government subsidies to private insurance plans will enable more of the working poor to be able to afford insurance and will expand the number of children who are eligible for free coverage. And businesses with more than 10 workers that do not provide insurance will be assessed a fee of up to $295 per employee per year."

It also will provide insurance to %95 of the current uninsured population of the state. This is a remarkable and should act as a model for other states or perhaps the federal government to address the health care crisis in this nation.

"'It is not a typical Massachusetts-Taxachusetts, oh just crazy liberal plan,' said Stuart H. Altman, dean of the Heller Graduate School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. 'It isn't that at all. It is a pretty moderate approach and that's what's impressive about it. It tried to borrow and blend a lot of different pieces.'"

Clutch Hitting

2006-04-06T15:30:00.000-04:00

I have always hated the term 'clutch hitting.' I always preferred ‘situational hitting.’ If a hitter knows when (count, situation, etc.) to take something off his swing or swing for the yard or go to the opposite field, then he will be a better hitter all around. And isn’t a run scored early in a game just as important as the one that wins the game for you. A hitter can not be in a situation to win the game with out that earlier run. ESPN page 2 elaborates. Great article.

Derek Lowe on Adderall

2006-04-05T23:49:00.000-04:00

This explain his inconsistent pitching and strange behavior on the mound.

Dad Diet Coke is alright

2006-04-05T14:40:00.000-04:00

All these years I have told you Diet Coke causes cancer, well I may be wrong. MSNBC is reporting no link between Aspartame and cancer. So drink up. Consider this an apology.

01:02:03 04/05/06

2006-04-04T00:11:00.000-04:00

My buddy Mike pointed out that for the first time in a thousand years something amazing will happen. Something that will not happen again for another millennia. On Wednesday at 1:02am with 3 seconds the time/date will read:

01:02:03 04/05/06

1,2,3,4,5,6.

MLB.TV compatibility

2006-04-03T19:44:00.000-04:00

I signed up for MLB.TV in the middle of spring training and a few days before opening day MLB released their new player. So far I have had success with both a mac (OS X) and windows (2000 and XP) with the new player. For a mac I use the flip4mac plug-in to play the stream in a new Quicktime window. You can force a new window to open by fiddling with the system pref. If you have quicktime pro you can then go to full screen mode. When running windows, assuming you have Windows Media Player, you are ready to go.
It seems like it should be easier for a mac user, or MLB should offer the feed in Real format to accommodate more users.

Tesla's dream finally realized?

2006-04-02T14:18:00.000-04:00

This is a joke, right? Wireless extension cords? The warning is pretty amazing:

"Warning: Even though these microwaves are about as harmful as the leakage from an ordinary microwave oven (not much), do not put computers, televisions, other sensitive electrical equipment, food, liquids, paper, glass, flammable substances, magnets, or living things in between the base and satellite units. Just in case."

When the world discovered wireless electricity I always thought their would be a celebration with a ticker tape parade or something. But to find this with no fan fair at all is kinda strange.

Tacos

2006-03-31T08:40:00.000-05:00

I am getting a lame philly taco for lunch today. Maybe I need to spend less of my day at work reading about tacos 3000 miles away. Why not become a cheese steak fanatic? why? Because they are not that good. The sad part about this is, if anyone, or the wrong person reads this, I could be castrated for saying so.

H(S)amm's Beer

2006-03-30T01:01:00.000-05:00

Sam and I used to drink Hamm's beer my entire second year at MassArt. This is in 2000 and we soon found out the beer had not been produced since 1996. Still one of the best beers I ever had. And the label is relatively unchanged.

This is me and i am afraid of it.

2006-03-29T23:38:00.000-05:00

facestange
Originally uploaded by shawnzam.

Thats right scared.

Historic baseball equipment

2006-03-29T20:05:00.000-05:00

I want to try playing catch with these gloves and balls. This site celebrates historical babeball uniforms and equipment. You can even order replicas and try it out for yourself.

Does your gas pedal stick?

2006-03-28T18:00:00.000-05:00

The feeling I get from fixing my own car is euphoric. Knowing I have saved hundreds of dollars and a headache is so satisfying. Well I want to share this quick fix to a common problem with all older cars. If your gas pedal sticks initially, from a stop, when you try to depress it, you have a gunk problem. There is a butterfly valve in the air intake of the engine where carbon goo is built up. What you need for the fix is a flathead screwdriver, rag/toothbrush and a bottle of carburetor cleaner (about $2.89). You just spray some carb cleaner on the valve and go at it with the rag/toothbrush. I did not have the smoke problem found here.

'Can I get an Amen' by Nate Harrison

2006-03-28T15:18:00.000-05:00

This L.A. artist breaks down the history of a drum solo from The Winstons' 1969 B side Amen Brother. This Break went on to become a foundation for hip-hop and Jungle. Harrison provides a history lesson and also his two cents on tough copywrite laws and their effect on culture. Thanks Anna for the Link

Julian Tavarez is nuts

2006-03-28T15:01:00.000-05:00

Julian Tavarez of the Red Sox punched Tampa Bay's Joey Gathright in the face yesterday. This is an amazing slide show of the incident. Also check out Tavarez's past. He is fucking nuts. He may be the meanest, ugliest person in all of Major Leauge Bassball. Come on, name another?

Europe hair

2006-03-28T14:28:00.000-05:00

Europe hair
Originally uploaded by shawnzam.

British police officer face hanging with the dude who is smoking a j and drinkin' a beer while blasting CCR. Oh yeah he is also driving.

Cuba doesn't get prize money from WBC

2006-03-28T14:00:00.000-05:00

Cuba finished second in the WBC a few weeks ago and ESPN is reporting that Cuba can not donate their prize money to the victims of Hurricane Katrin.