Deep Sea Creatures Washed Up from the Tsunami

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UPDATE: It's all a hoax, evidently. Read on.

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My New AIM Robot: SmarterChild

So, my friend Will asked me if I read about SmarterChild in the current issue of Wired. I said no. He says quite simply, "Add him to your buddy list."

I did and this is SmarterChild's response:

"How are you?
Hi (my AIM screen name), I'm SmarterChild!

I'm your new robot friend. I bring you the info you want faster and easier than ever! Click here to see my privacy policy.

During the course of our conversations you may see sponsored messages. These messages have the word "sponsorship" at the end. Sponsors help me remain free of cost to you! To learn more about sponsored messages, click here.

I can't wait to show you what I can do, but first I'd like get to know you a little.

May I ask you a few general questions? (To do this later, type "skip." You can also skip any question.)

Basically, SmarterChild is an AIM robot that can retrieve basic information for you. For example:

Here are the things you can do:

1 Get info such as news, weather and movies
2 Visit my library including Shakespeare, U.S. presidents and a thesaurus
3 Have fun with manicdotes, horoscopes, 4-in-a-row and more
4 Use tools like conversions, calculator and dictionary
5 Join in - tell me about a crush, find out how many people are IMing me, create a poll and more
6 See what's new - I've got something new to tell you about now!

You can make your window bigger and scroll down to read better.

Next time you want to see this menu, just type "home."

I asked who won the Knicks game, it gave me a quick synopsis. I asked when it will snow again in my area and it gave me the 5-day forecast for the NYC area.

It asks a few basic questions up front -- demographics/psychographics and such. Of course, with those answers, you get the targeted sponsored links.

For more information on SmarterChild, visit the Conversagent site. Or for the FAQ on SmarterChild click here.

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More Phat T-Shirts and Gear

This is TurntableLab.com. There are ten pages to the clothing section, not to mention a solid selection of audio equipment. And if you're in the NYC area, they're located down on 7th Street.

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Link Link Link Link Link Link Reset

Here's a surprisingly addictive game called Grid (I've also seen it called Grid Game.).

From the site: The objective of the game is to get a chain reaction of tiles as long as possible. Tiles will start each other if their lines are connected. Click on a tile to start.

My high score was 1208. I dunno -- what's the best strategy?

Update: I got a new high score of 2023. Hey, it's Sunday morning with no football on today, okay?!?!?!?

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Theo Jansen and His Animaris Rhinoceros Transport

Theo Jansen is an artistic and engineering genius. You want proof? Here and here.

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Attention Stress Heads: CH-CH-CHILL

Excellent Flash work. Visit Coca-Cola's new site and tell your local stress head to chill.

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The AIGA Design Archives

What an ambitious and important project. AIGA Design Archives.

Hooray for the AIGA.

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Please Spray Your Suit On Before Going on Your Space Walk

This is cool, but, how do you take it off?!?!?! The spray-on space suit.

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hoogerbrugge.com

From the people who brought you the ever creepyHotel Oscar Tango Echo Lima, I present hoogerbrugge.com.

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Why I Should Never Get a Pilot's License

Over a hundred (photographic) examples why I should never get a pilot's license.

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Bill Gates' Toy Breaks in Front of Everyone at CES

Bill Gates is not just a dork. He's a dork of a company whose products don't seem to work. Okay, so maybe he's a disgustingly rich dork, too.

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I Should Have Visited at Midnight New Year's Eve

This link is an oldie but a goodie. What a fun Flash animated clock.

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REALLY Trippy iPod Comedy Sketch

Courtesy of the BBC.

By the way, don't you think the sign above should have said "Podestrians" instead?

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Family Guy 2005: Uncancelled Behind the Scenes

Watch a behind-the-scenes return of Peter Griffin.

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Insanely Great: Over Two Decades Later

It's funny to look back at the original introduction of the Macintosh back in 1984 and realize just how simple computers were before its introduction.

The crowd was hooting and hollering at the word "Macintosh" scrolling across the screen. And Steve Jobs, the born showman he is, made a point to be obvious about plugging in something called a "mouse."

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To All Japanese Visitors: Two Lessons on Learning English

Okay, so what if it isn't the most useful English/Japanese lesson online?!?! I find it quite entertaining anyway!

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I Love Letterpress

I wish I had the time and money to own my own letterpress. Here's a nicely done news story about a letterpress company in New England.

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LoftCube

Although I don't think this will work in Jersey City, it's still a beautiful and cool design, not to mention a hip living space.

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Music Video Vault

Great source of music videos.

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It's the Size of Long Island and It Made a Hard Landing

From the newswires...

NASA satellites shows the sea ice adjacent to the B-15a iceberg breaking up quickly while the iceberg remains intact. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board the Terra and Aqua satellites shows hundreds of cracks in the sea ice near the Drygalski Ice Tongue. Scientists expected the berg to hit the Ice Tongue over the weekend, instead it appears to have grounded on a submarine shoal when it was just 2.5 miles from the tongue. Warmer temperatures and possible shifts in ocean currents are probably responsible for the break up of the sea ice nearest the iceberg.

To see NASA's composited movie, click here.

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UPDATE: European VW Ad That Surely Won't Air

It's a hoax (thank, God). Adweek got official word from VW and its agencies that they did NOT create the ad.

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European VW Ad That Surely Won't Air on U.S. Television

I'm usually pretty open about controversial ads from overseas, but this one really gives me the creeps.

I was able to download it from the orginal site but I'm really not too sure if some conservative group will make them take it down. You never know nowadays.

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Threadless: Nude No More

If you're a T-shirt fiend and you love great design, visit Threadless.com.

They have a weekly contest where they select the highest scoring submissions to be included in their shop.

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Pentagon: "Do You Want to Shag Now or Shag During Battle?"

15 January 2005 -- From New Scientist Print Edition. -- The Pentagon considered developing a host of non-lethal chemical weapons that would disrupt discipline and morale among enemy troops, newly declassified documents reveal.

Most bizarre among the plans was one for the development of an "aphrodisiac" chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers sexually irresistible to each other. Provoking widespread homosexual behaviour among troops would cause a "distasteful but completely non-lethal" blow to morale, the proposal says.

Original article.

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Guess the Dictator/TV Sit-Com Character

Here are the rules: Pretend to be a dictator or television sitcom character. The web site will try to guess who you are by asking simple yes/no questions. If you're not sure of the answer to a question, answer "No". If you forgot who you were pretending to be, go take a nap, you're obviously under too much stress. Also, drink plenty of fluids.

To begin playing, click here.

CAUTION: this game can be addicting if you either have a Ph.D in history or if you watch more than your share of television sit-coms.

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Rock n' Roll McDonald's!!!

Thank God McDonald's isn't THIS bad. Although it's pretty damned close to the truth, no?

By the way, that's not Jack Daniels being poured into that bottle.

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I Feel Great and You Look Hot. Let's Get Married.

I just love watching this NutriGrain ad over and over and over again!

Apple's Quicktime required.

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Virtual Breakdance

Even online, I can't dance.

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I Want to Eat This Pillow

Just dip this pillow in soy sauce and I'll eat myself to sleep.

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Design Intervention

Holy crap! I should be praying every time I come to work now! At least from now on, I know which saint to pray for!!!

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Make Your Own Time Bandits Map

I really loved Time Bandits. I watched it over and over again when I was a kid. And if you loved this movie, too, you can make your own weathered time bandits map!

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Fly with the Hornets

Really useless, but amazingly fun!!!

Requires the Macromedia Shockwave plug-in

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Wish #1 for the New Year: President Bush in 2005

This is the George Bush I'd vote for.

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