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May 31, 2005

Futurama may return...
perhaps as a direct-to-dvd series

Google + Keyhole = Google Earth
When can we expect the Mac version?

Oceanic Airlines
The numbers (4 8 15 16 23 42) will lead to new clues about Lost Season 2...

Apollo Pony
Contagious video clips

Even Better Than The Real Thing
In the words of Bono, "This is really, really fucking brilliant"

Pint Lock
Protect your ice cream

The Old Negro Space Program
"The Shocking but False story of America's Blackstronauts"

TPMCafe goes live
Josh Marshall starts his blog empire

May 30, 2005

Devils mad over proposal to change name
NJ legislator hopes to force the NJ Devils to change their team name. Related: The Face Painter

May 27, 2005

Abolish the Bar Exam!
Unfortunately, this won't happen before July...

Birth of the personal journalist
Distributed journalism and the democratization of media. See also Jeff Jarvis on The future of newsgathering. [via]

May 26, 2005

May 25, 2005

May 23, 2005

No ban on subway photography
The MTA will not enact regulations banning photography in the subway

May 20, 2005

May 19, 2005

May 18, 2005

50 Fun Things To Do With Your iPod
besides listen to music

Ankaman
Paul Anka makes today's greatest hits swing

Letter from Jane Jacobs to Mayor Bloomberg
"If you follow the proposal before you today, you will maybe enrich a few heedless and ignorant developers, but at the cost of an ugly and intractable mistake."

Gentrify! Gentrify!
How to start a real estate craze

May 16, 2005

A Hamburger Today
A burger site from the creators of Slice

May 12, 2005

How to clean up maple syrup
"Liquid nitrogen, and a chisel. Quickness depends on wether you keep liquid nitrogen around. Easy depends on how brittle the floor is. Fun, however, is pretty much assured."

May 10, 2005

Democrats vs. Republicans on the Economy
"Democratic presidents have consistently higher economic growth and consistently lower unemployment than Republican presidents."

May 08, 2005

Small stuff matters
"You [would] really abandon us over 75 cents?"

Only the Freshest Pages Please!
Date limit a Google search

Everything Bad Is Good for You
Kottke discusses and links to media coverage of Steven Johnson's new book

The law review hustler
Get those bluebook skills to pay off

82 percent of law students rated their schools "good" or "excellent."
While 63 percent of students said they received scant support in job placement.

May 06, 2005

May 05, 2005

May 03, 2005

The Darth Side
Vader's blog

Cage Fighter
Make Mail in Tiger less ugly

Apartment 300 G
Name your price for vacating a rent controlled apartment

May 01, 2005

A better bite of the Big Apple
"The sense of sweet separation from Manhattan even stretches as far as the beer."