tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35042082010-02-04T20:05:01.140-05:00Interesting findings in art, technology, culture, and the ever-astonishing strangeness of the human condition. Updated (mostly) daily for years and years and years from in and around Philadelphia, PA.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comBlogger5000125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-83411295140260226422010-02-04T20:04:00.000-05:002010-02-04T20:05:01.146-05:00<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/2/2/832988/-The-2010-Comprehensive-Daily-Kos-Research-2000-Poll-of-Self-Identified-Republicans">What Republicans Believe</a> (dailykos)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-8341129514026022642?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-7998554624450438882010-02-03T16:54:00.000-05:002010-02-03T16:55:15.868-05:00<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ski/detail?entry_id=56534">World's scariest ski slopes</a> (sfgate, with video)<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-799855462445043888?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-76904263192113115732010-02-01T13:18:00.001-05:002010-02-01T13:18:46.235-05:00<a href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4344036.html?page=1">How to fall 35000 feet</a>.<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-7690426319211311573?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-41769407629072352552010-02-01T11:09:00.002-05:002010-02-01T11:10:00.837-05:00The NYTimes is starting a column on math today. <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/from-fish-to-infinity/?hp">They start with the basics of number theory</a>. Now's the time to get in.<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-4176940762907235255?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-69366591219944929762010-01-30T14:27:00.000-05:002010-01-30T14:28:37.589-05:00<a href="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2010/01/18/la-maitresse-de-la-tour-eiffel/">The Largest Disco Ball ever made.</a><br />Video:<br /><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8750694&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8750694&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8750694">La Maîtresse de la Tour Eiffel | 2009</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2844429">Michel de Broin</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-6936659121994492976?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-39635995564314780082010-01-30T12:36:00.000-05:002010-01-30T12:37:07.789-05:00<a href="http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuer/news.newsmain/article/184/0/1604144/RadioWest/12610.Seven.Deadly.Sins">Interview with artist Jamie Wyeth</a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-3963599556431478008?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-82829396920922466612010-01-30T12:29:00.003-05:002010-01-30T12:31:03.593-05:00<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHw5hEUPq38&amp;feature=channel">Buddy Holly recorded a phone call</a> with his record company trying to get a release on songs that weren't going to be released. Record company acts like greedy jerks.<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-8282939692092246661?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-54997705261554154362010-01-25T21:27:00.000-05:002010-01-25T21:28:57.142-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mattsoncreative.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Lost-Poster-05.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 383px;" src="http://mattsoncreative.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Lost-Poster-05.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />For fellow Lost fans out there... <a href="http://mattsoncreative.com/blog/2010/01/18/lost-posters/">A collection of 7 retro-styled Lost posters</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-5499770526155415436?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-70621050397987850212010-01-25T21:24:00.002-05:002010-01-25T21:25:29.944-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://consollection.de/content/2.consoles/118.TVG-2002/tvg-2002_1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 200px;" src="http://consollection.de/content/2.consoles/118.TVG-2002/tvg-2002_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://consollection.de/">Consollection</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-7062105039798785021?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-47715514194391352822010-01-21T21:06:00.001-05:002010-01-21T21:06:23.983-05:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6eCBzfau4ac&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6eCBzfau4ac&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Bobsled split pants<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-4771551419439135282?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-70110871609044054432010-01-21T21:01:00.001-05:002010-01-21T21:01:19.460-05:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/T6c-umQ_hlc&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T6c-umQ_hlc&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />A History of Evil<br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-7011087160904405443?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-75980077622473914392010-01-21T20:59:00.001-05:002010-01-21T20:59:33.108-05:00If you haven't been to <a href="http://sodaplay.com/">Sodaplay</a> in a while, it's worth a trip back.<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-7598007762247391439?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-12365577480847809952010-01-21T20:56:00.002-05:002010-01-21T20:57:51.276-05:00<a href="http://www.secrettechnology.com/madethis/enemy6.html">"I made this. You play this. We are enemies"</a><br />yep, that's the title. Odd online game.<br />If it's your bag, there are <a href="http://www.secrettechnology.com/artgames.html">more art games</a> of this nature on the site.<br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-1236557748084780995?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-9592251037632538552010-01-21T20:44:00.001-05:002010-01-21T20:56:05.988-05:00<a href="http://gamebalance.com/games/orboxb.html">Orbox B</a> - a cool little flash game that requires no explanation<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-959225103763253855?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-72347248009445087182010-01-21T20:01:00.000-05:002010-01-21T20:02:40.231-05:00<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/21/ten-years-of-boing-b.html">Boingboing is 10</a><br />Happy B-day, boingboing!<br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-7234724800944508718?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-63687380066764176482010-01-20T11:13:00.001-05:002010-01-20T11:17:51.987-05:00<a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/01/hitchens-like-201001">"Like..."</a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-6368738006676417648?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-89357470534455340712010-01-17T12:52:00.002-05:002010-01-17T12:54:26.453-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wellmedicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/24.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 489px;" src="http://wellmedicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/24.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://wellmedicated.com/inspiration/45-vintage-space-age-illustrations/">A great set of Popular Mechanics space-age cover illustrations</a> from the 50's. Some of them, amazingly impractical.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-8935747053445534071?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-81135441168644139252010-01-16T13:34:00.001-05:002010-01-16T13:35:46.934-05:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eOR8-IJ4jIg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eOR8-IJ4jIg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Great, great video of a 5 year old tearing it up on a drumset.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-8113544116864413925?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-21615851965449659262010-01-09T17:05:00.000-05:002010-01-09T17:06:02.073-05:00<a href="http://listverse.com/2010/01/06/top-10-places-you-cant-go/">Top 10 Places you can't go</a> (via <a href="http://www.metafilter.com">metafilter</a>)<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-2161585196544965926?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-45536024879053169822010-01-09T11:33:00.001-05:002010-01-09T11:33:19.477-05:00<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/08/art-clokey-creator-o.html">RIP Art Clokey</a> (via boingboing)<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-4553602487905316982?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-76067884375575950602010-01-09T11:10:00.001-05:002010-01-09T11:11:25.173-05:00Not sure why I love <a href="http://vimeo.com/7809605">this short film</a>, but I do. Maybe because none of the architectural spaces so carefully filmed actually exist. <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-7606788437557595060?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-19582119777649190722010-01-09T00:59:00.001-05:002010-01-09T00:59:23.481-05:00<a href="http://www.baconorbeercan.com/index.html">Bacon or beer can</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-1958211977764919072?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-43404713746752349572010-01-08T19:26:00.001-05:002010-01-08T19:26:58.527-05:00<a href="http://vimeo.com/8332956">Brilliant</a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-4340471374675234957?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-43315806150973558092009-12-31T09:38:00.000-05:002009-12-31T09:39:17.553-05:00<a href="http://moveyourmoney.info/">MoveYourMoney</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-4331580615097355809?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504208.post-68151725606566970002009-12-30T14:47:00.001-05:002009-12-30T14:47:53.244-05:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13895571@N04/sets/72157614580046629/">Sharpie on styrofoam</a> cup illustrations<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3504208-6815172560656697000?l=www.joemurray.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695859510302836995noreply@blogger.com