Monthly Archives: February 2008

Garfield without Garfield

Garfield without Garfield.
I always thought Garfield sucked, until I saw Garfield without Garfield’s dialog. And now someone’s gone one step further, and gotten rid of Garfield entirely.
(Thanks Brenden!)

Homelessness signs of Mark Daye

See more.
(Via Grinding).

Barack OBollywood


TSA Gangstaz


Obama assassination, and the Clinton “body count”

I think the threats of an Obama assassination are being drastically overblown by people who have watched too much 24 (though this is suspicious).
Those particularly concerned that the Clintons are gonna have Obama offed seem to be reading from the “Clinton Bodycount” chain e-mails that have been making rounds for over a decade. Snopes has […]

links for 2008-02-26

9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design
(tags: design usability)

Profile of Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in the Guardian
“Laid-back socialist who claims economy is doing just fine”
(tags: politics global)

Onion: Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early

Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early
(Thanks Nick!)

links for 2008-02-23

Bugout bag advice from Adam Greenfield
(tags: nomad)

Prostitute claims journalists kidnapped her as part of human trafficking story
(tags: global sex sexwork sexcrime media)

iBand the first iPhone band.
(tags: music video tech mobiletech)

Geek graffiti round-up

Part 1.
Part 2.

More police professionalism

Info here.
(via The Agitator).
Meanwhile, this isn’t as harrowing as the other stuff I’ve posted recently, but here’s a video of a cop wrestling a kid to the ground, stealing his skateboard, and threatening to beat him up:

links for 2008-02-22

US customs increasingly seizing cell phones and laptops
(tags: tech surveillance policestate)

Obama’s accomplishments

The other day a clip of an Obama supporter failing to be able to name a single accomplishment on the part of Obama spread throughout the blogosphere. It was a disappointing moment - could have named a few things. And I think Hillary supporters would have a much harder time coming up with any accomplishments. […]

Male deputies sheriffs strip search women who called 9/11, leave her naked in cell for 6 hours

Follow-up.
(Via Wendy McElroy).

links for 2008-02-21

Scriptwriters modelled West Wing’s ethnic minority candidate on young Barack Obama
(tags: 2008 politics obama media)

Unboxing the cheeseburger in a can

Above: Cheeseburger in a can ad (via Gizmodo).
Below: What it actually looks like:

More pics: Something Awful.
(via Robot Wisdom).

Keith Olbermann: Bush is a fascist, a (bad) liar, and a terrorist

(via OVO)

Mike Huckabee: President of Heaven

(via Wonkette).

links for 2008-02-20

The Evolution of Tech Companies’ Logos
(tags: design tech business marketing)

links for 2008-02-19

25 Firefox Extensions to Make You More Productive
(tags: lifehacks web2.0 internet tech)

Shepard Fairey interview on obama
(tags: art design obama 2008 politics streetart)

How to tell Clinton and Obama apart

Handy quick comparison of Clinton and Obama:
Read it at the Progressive Review.
I think this list is very good. However on the subject of the war on drugs and capital punishment, Obama has a distinguishably better record than Clinton. Obama supports continued drug prohibition, but has voted against stricter penalties and noted that the sentencing for […]