drbeeper

why pubic hair?

Malcolm Gladwell interview with Rob Neyer
which leads right into some of his other great New Yorker articles :
Drugstore Athlete
To beat the competition, first you have to beat the drug test.
The Art of Failure
Why some people choke and others panic
John Rock’s Error
What the co-inventor of the Pill didn’t know
about menstruation can endanger women’s health.
Running from Ritalin
Is the hectic pace of contemporary
life really to blame for A.D.D.? Not so fast.

Fear and Loathing, 30 years later
don’t forget the Derby
(via Plastic)

Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails: LUPEC

R. Kelly charged with 21 counts of child pornography
— i hope he still believes he can fly

Science toys you can make with your kids

(via Corsair the Rational Pirate)

RadioAndRecords station playlists:
KFOG&nbsp(Jimmy&nbspEat&nbspWorld&nbsp-&nbsp33)
KITS&nbspLinkin&nbspPark&nbsp-&nbsp42)
KLLC&nbsp(Puddle&nbspof&nbspMudd&nbsp-&nbsp57)
KMEL&nbspCamron&nbsp-&nbsp63)

(via FARK)

RTFM

Skydiver Smashes Through Glider

The Enron Debacle
— In other, related news
Do executive-pay schemes motivate the big boondoggle?
That ugly beast GREED
— It’s fun to remember that for every stock that crashed, a few people likely got really, really rich. More money for fewer people; is that supposed to be surprising?

The Caption Machine

When there is no middle ground – Jon Carroll

Google programming contest winner
SACD format to become more real? (another format??)
(via /.)

Jamal Sampson, 1st round pick??

BBC debuts spamTV via TiVo

The Enron Debacle

Pakistan -vs- India, everyone loses
Safire (nyt)&nbsp&nbsp&nbspRushdie (nyt)

Go Fish !! – Topless Yoga Day 4

Roll your own
(via MetaFilter)

Amazon menu search
(via girlhacker)

Jeanty at Jack’s

“…they just don’t make brasseries like this anymore.”

Carnivore (FBI spy-ware) update

“led by a neo-Cromwellian sour-puss with the requisite disapproval of drinking, music and dancing, along with a pronounced loathing of women’s breasts both real and artistically represented and an uncanny fondness for firearms, whose only known distinction is having lost his Senate seat to a dead man”

(via RobotWisdom)

Miss Universe 2002

tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny — Guimp

Distinguished graduates, where am I? – Jon Carroll

Onion history – May 29, 1905

LAX Passur AirportMonitor
— too f’ing cool
(via Metafilter)

Women & Smoking
great ad campaign

Ass-O-Tron me

The Saudis : our enemies

TiVo hacking :
Hinsdale
MaximumPC
TiVoFAQ
TiVoCommunity