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The Scale model of the solar system site shows you the relative size and distance of the planets from the Sun by arranging them vertically on the page, allowing you to scroll down to see each one. I wouldn’t recommend that, as it could take some time to find the smaller planets; use the handy links provided for each one instead.
McSweeney’s presents The Lost Journals of Doogie Howser, M.D., including gems like these:
This New Year, I’m making only one resolution: to be the best doctor I can be. And if that means doing breast exams “the old-fashioned way,” then so be it.
i’m on doogs computer!!! i’m on doogs computer!!! doog is a boner!!! regards, vinnie.
Too funny… 🙂
“Now this is a fun Firefox plugin: the Homeland Security Threat Level Plugin for Mozilla indicates the current level of fear the US administration wants to put on you, so you can adjust your required emotional responses more easily.” Now I know how alert I need to be! 😉
Mandeville Special Collections Library presents Dr. Seuss Went to War: A Catalog Of Political Cartoons drawn by Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss himself, from 1941-1943. They are definitely a reflection of the times, ranging from the almost racist depictions of Japanese and Germans to patriotic war bond cartoons, and much more. I think the most interesting thing is that some characters look distinctly familiar, appearing in slightly different incarnations in his later children’s books.
Someone sure has a bone to pick in Fuck the South:
Well this gravy train is fucking over. Take your liberal-bashing, federal-tax-leaching, confederate-flag-waving, holier-than-thou, hypocritical bullshit and shove it up your ass.
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Please note that in linking to this, I’m not endorsing these views. I did think, however, that he had a point in some of the less antagonistic comments, and the closing thought was pretty damn funny. 🙂
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Are you confused over your feelings for William Shatner, “ready to quit your job, abandon all personal ties and live as a drifter on the outskirts of the Shatner ranch?” Then perhaps you should take the Standardized Should I Stalk William Shatner Test to see how committed you really are.
The Borowitz Report breaks the story that W “announced the first major initiative of his second term in office today, canceling the agreement between nouns and verbs…telling reporters, ’I has a mandate, and I intends to use it.’”
In other post-election news, The Onion led with the headline “Nation’s Poor Win Election For Nation’s Rich.” The article quotes Karl Rove, minister of evil senior advisor to W, “You have selflessly sacrificed your well-being and voted against your own economic interest. For this, we humbly thank you.”
Finally, Sorry Everybody allows the 49% of Americans who didn’t vote for W to apologize to the world in advance for his inevitably divisive, destructive, and moronic actions. Check out the gallery in particular…
Oh, and W sucks. :-p
Update: CNN reports that Attorney General John Ashcroft and Commerce Secretary Don Evans have both submitted their resignations. In celebration of Ashcroft’s departure, revisit Porncroft, a photomosaic composed entirely of pornographic images (most definitely NSFW), or listen to his horrible rendition of the song “Let The Eagles Soar.” Good riddance…
The Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith teaser trailer was released a couple of days ago. The trailer is only 90 seconds long and doesn’t reveal too much, but I’m cautiously optimistic that it might not suck. That’s a horrible way to approach this, I know, but having been burned with Episode I, and to a somewhat lesser extent with Episode II, I’m loath to get too excited about this, only to be let down. Still, the fact that Alec Guinness reprises his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi (as a voice-over) in the trailer makes me hopeful that this will tie up the loose ends nicely, although to do so it will have to be a fairly dark film. We have until next May to wait and see…
Mozilla.org reports that Firefox 1.0 has been released. This is the major release that has been talked about for some time, signifying that Firefox is finally out of “beta” and “preview” releases, although I have to say that I’ve been using it since version 0.5 or so without too many problems. The complete release notes have instructions for downloading and installing. Most of the “new” features have been ironed out in earlier versions, so this is primarily a release that addresses bugs and stability issues, and I must say that I’ve been satisfied on both scores for some time now.
Late last week Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 was also released; here are the
release notes for that version. I’ve been a convert to Thunderbird for a while now as well, migrating from Eudora a couple of releases ago. One of my only remaining wishes for Thunderbird is an easier way to synchronize Palm address book contacts, something that is possible via an extension but is too buggy to be reliable. As an e-mail application, I have only good things to say; the Junk filter does a very good job culling through Spam, and the application has been rock solid for me.
If you haven’t already checked out these applications, I highly recommend them both. In my opinion, they are head and shoulders above their Micro$oft counterparts, both in terms of the features they offer and in the security they provide; I could easily elaborate for some time, but I’ve posted about that enough. If you’ve already become a convert, you’ll probably want to upgrade to these latest stable releases.
Update: As czar pointed out in the comments, the Firefox extension site is running slowly because of the huge demand, but that should stabilize after a couple of days. Most of my extensions transparently made the upgrade, but I am waiting on updates for a couple.
The launch of Firefox 1.0 was definitely big news among bloggers and the technologically savvy, but articles about this release have quickly appeared in the mainstream press, appearing on the websites of CNN, USA Today, and the BBC, to name just a few. I’m glad to see Firefox finally accorded the respect it deserves…
Dark Horizons has an exclusive poster of Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. Tim Burton is directing the movie, reuniting with Johnny Depp, so it could be good, but I’m not sure that I want to see a remake of the Gene Wilder classic…
