December 20, 2005

All kinds of special info about the Rankin/Bass Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer special.

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: Behind The Scenes

A "behind the scenes" look at the Rudolph special including info about deleted scenes and why and the original sponsor and original airing details. Pretty interesting if you've been watching it your whole life like me. I'd love to see those commercials show up on a future DVD special edition.
Make sure to follow the links at the bottom of the articles to part 2 and 3.

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Ebola Virus Source Found

3 Species of Fruit Bat Found to Harbor Deadly Ebola Virus - Los Angeles Times

The likely source of the Ebola Virus was found in 3 species of fruit bat. Apparently people in Central Africa eat fruit bats pretty commonly and the researchers think this is likely the source of outbreaks.

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December 18, 2005

1K + 1 fonts

Download Fonts - 1001 Free Fonts

Lots of cool free fonts to use with your website or desktop publishing.

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December 16, 2005

SciToys

Science Toys

Cool Science toys you can make with your kids. Things like a Film Can Cannon, and a Soda Can Gauss Generator. Nice Step-By-Step directions and some kits.

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December 15, 2005

Cool retro patterns by Ragnar

symptomatica: My childhood blanket

Ragnar posts some cool retro patterns. Some remind me of the Disney Small World type graphics. Very hip.

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EatDogCatMouse.com

eat dog cat mouse

Cute funny little movie that reminds me of those Russian stacking dolls.

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December 12, 2005

local 22,000 christmas lights (in 2005) display synchro'd to music

WonderlandChristmas.com - 2005 Display Information

Here's the website for the local xmas light extravaganza set to music.

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December 09, 2005

Baby Names popularity graphic tool.

The Baby Name Wizard: NameVoyager

This is a great resource for names. Shows the popularity for each name based on the Social Security database since it was kept. Shows you when a name was at it's peak popularity limit. A neat tool.

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Cheap DIY macro photography

Photocritic.org article - Macro on the Cheap

Elcellent DIY on how to do macro photography on the cheap. The results on the page are pretty amazing.

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December 07, 2005

Another great knot tying site

I Will Knot!

Another site with great knot tying instruction.

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how to build a putt putt boat

Make a putt putt (pop pop) steam boat intro

Cool science project. Build a toy steam-powered boat.

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Film FX on a budget

{ { { { - - Sky Noise >>> » Blog Archive » DIY Video Hardware For Film-like FX

A great post regarding DIY FX tricks for the filmmaker on a budget. Neat post and great links.

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God. I want this shirt!

Threadless T-Shirts - Strangers With Candy, by Ryan Smith

This is such a cool design. Plus it looks like they are having a sale. Time to pickup some shirts.

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December 04, 2005

Hacking up a stereo digital camera

TeamDroid » DIY Digital Stereo Camera

I want to save this for the way he added the USB ports. Sweet job.

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Running Asterisk@home under windows: a tutorial

VoipSpeak - Running Asterisk@Home Under Windows

Nice step-by-step to getting Asterisk@Home running on a Windows box in a linux emulator. Can make for a sweet voice mail system.

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Serious Gaming Table

The Ultimate Gaming Table

One group's example of their "Ultimate Gaming Table". Nice use of plexiglass and well built. I especially like the plexi covered individual shelves and the cupholders. Very nicely done.

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December 02, 2005

SupaMonks

SUPERMOINE

A funny little quicktime movie about a bunch of vikings attacking a monastery and getting alittle more than they expected.

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The not-so-secret history of "Aeon Flux" comic

CulturePulp 041: The Not-So-Secret History of 'Aeon Flux' 

This is a funny little primer on who and what Aeon Flux is and where it came from. Really funny and refreshingly frank.

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Where are all the new pin-up artists.

Plati´s blog

A sweet blog devoted to vector-style art. A modern pin-up artist in the making. Out of Portugal, even.

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December 01, 2005

Some really nice papercrafts

Homespun Magixx - Downloads

This guy has some great papercrafts including some really nice SpongeBob Squarepants models and some neat puzzles.

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