Whitenoise
Every link I've ever posted to Whitenoise. Most recently posted at the top; stale fare at the bottom.
Klick Holiday Video
I’ve only been with Klick for a short time but it’s been a great place to work. We put together this video for the holiday season. It’s the best yet!
Martin Amis
on the nervous breakdown of the GOP
“Communicating with James was difficult.”
New York Times profile of a deeply troubled man.
Bill Nye on Creationism:
It’s not appropriate for children!
How to Suck at Your Religion
A cartoon by The Oatmeal
Texas claims abandoned Walmart
and turns it into an award-winning library.
Beer Cocktails.
Learn a bit of history about the Shandygaff!
In Mumbai, a man points out people are drinking sewage water.
He now faces charges and arrest.
Google Computers Teach Themselves To Spot Cats on YouTube
The implications are astounding…
Can you call a 9-year old a psychopath?
A fascinating New York Times article on psychopathy in children.
Knowing Your Enemy
Sam Harris Delivers a Crushing Blow to Chris Stedman and PZ Myers.
Up on the Roof
Oh My, That’s Not What I Thought You Had Up There
The Rarest Eclipse
is (apparently) the transit of Venus across the sun.
Training the Emotional Brain
Sam Harris Interviews Richard J. Davidson on his work and new book.
25 Years of Gaming History
in about 3 minutes.
Dan Savage Discusses the Bible
at a High School Journalism Convention
Why do they hate women?
Mona Eltahawy on misogyny and hatred in the Middle East.
Bryan Stevenson: We Need To Talk About Injustice
This is an extraordinary talk!
James Randi Speaks
Not in the Name
Tron-Inspired Dance Routine:
Worth watching. I wonder what gear they’re using. My guess is wearableDuino & xBees or similar.
The Beetlecam Project
A neat project: using remote-controlled robotics with DSLRs to get nice wildlife photos…
Postnatal care
in France. Interesting!
The Snuggle Sutra
For Valentine’s day.
Movie Posters
re-imagined in another time.
Pepper's too pushy!
Nominating a new consort for Salt…
Was Marilyn Monroe fat?
Simon Doonan reveals what he discovered when rifling through the icon’s belongings.
Bill Hicks
would have turned 50 recently.
Ross Douthat,
Gravedigger
Slate's Announcement
of Christopher Hitchens’ passing.
The VICE Guide
to North Korea
HIV vaccine trial approved by the FDA
Let’s see if this gets resisted like the HPV vaccine has been.
What if there were rules
in science journalism?
Museum for Bad Art
In Boston, MA
Craft-Beer Road Trip
in America’s Northeast
Great collection of 50+ family Christmas Photos
I’m not sure which is my favourite.
Tocky
The alarm clock that runs away from you.
Buddhist Retreat
Why John Horgan gave up on finding his religion.
Mark Laita's "Created Equal"
In this photographic work, Laita equates polygamists and prostitutes, gangsters and Mafioso, etc.
How to Give a Good Gift
Even if you have Asperger’s.
The Great Silence
SETI and the problems with searching for alien life.
Kate Bolick on why marriage
is a declining option for women.
Is it possible to get a good night's sleep
while sitting up?
"Feast"
A Short Film about Food
Four-Story Home in Amsterdam
Converted from an old factory.
Inquiry Grew into Concerns of a Coverup
Troubling account of the Penn State sex abuse scandal
Who is John Galt
and why is he on LuluLemon Bags?
The Old Fashioned
The seminal cocktail of a pluralistic nation.
Can 17-Year-Olds Vote in Mississippi?
Fascinating implications of a farcical amendment.
Google's Self Driving Car
Is incredibly exciting. I hope to see this technology in full swing in my lifetime.
Mitt Romney's Mormon Problem
Hitchens tackles the debate surrounding Mitt Romney’s Mormonism
29-Year-Old Woman Born Deaf Hears Herself
For the first time.
Reconstructed HIV used
to fight cancer.
Bamboo Bikes
These aren’t just really cool… they’re gorgeous.
Harmless soil-dwelling bacteria successfully kill cancer
I don’t fully understand this, but it seems promising.
The Neverending Nightmare of Amanda Knox
Perhaps there has been a miscarriage of justice in Italy.
Alexa Meade makes human models
look like walking paintings.
Dear Photograph
A really neat blog idea: Old pictures held to fit the view where they were taken.
Vintage Pin-Up Girl Drawings
and their sources of inspiration!
Example – Kickstarts
Good dubstep song, with a good video.
True American Dog
This is some really creative nonsense. Really neat, sometimes very funny.
Revolights
Really cool idea for bicycle illumination.
Vision Research's Phantom 1210 and 1610
do slow-motion in style.
Big Ben has a Twitter Feed!
Kudos to whoever came up with this.
Did God Create the Universe?
Discovery’s ‘Curiosity’ invites Stephen Hawking to share his knowledge.
X-Communicated Mormon
Drinking Team. I’m rooting for them!
elevate.co
Cool UX development firm.
You're never alone
in the Chopping Mall!
Children's Reactions
to President Obama
Minimalist Back to the Future
An interesting take on posters for BTTF.
Malika Favre
Interesting Graphic Artist based in London
Very Interesting Ceilings
collected by the BBC.
A look into some Norway's
Maximum Security Prisons
Jimpressions:
Impressionist Jim Meskimen Does Shakespeare in Celebrity Voices
Christopher Hitchens on the Catholic Church
During an Intelligence Squared Debate. Fantastic.
Jenna Jameson
offers some words of inspiration.
Teetotal Nonsense
From Nathan Currier, supporting the temperence movement, a lithograph.
Hitchens on the Vile NOTW,
and Rupert Murdoch’s cynical view of what people want to read in newspapers.
Handy Internet Explorer 6 Emulators
Free from Microsoft. Great for WebDev.
This is how I discovered the truth
An ex-Mormon named Chris explains how he came to his senses.
The Ledge: a movie about an atheist
caught in a moral conundrum. Looks interesting.
Gay Scientists Isolate the "Christian Gene"
Interesting role reversal.
Photographs that Evoke
Classic Horror Films
One Man's Take
On how to fix the horror genre.
Surprise Verdict: Casey Anthony
found not guilty.
Daniel Radcliffe
apparently struggled with alcohol.
Photographs of Objects
that are intentionally dysfunctional.
Sex, Lies and Audiotape
William Saletan’s take on the recent developments in the Strauss-Kahn ordeal
KiraKira Waypoints
An interesting Flash game or interactive display.
Bush Vs Gore
is it more harmful for children to be exposed to violent videogames, or hardcore pornography?
Oddvertising:
18 great skittles ads.
Some very interesting architecture.
I like the Yellow Brick House
Capstan Table
This table is really, really cool
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's
50,000 dollars-a-month Tribeca Rental
A Strange Story
about a man’s quest to breastfeed.
Drop Balls, Draw Lines, Make Music
All with Javascript! Balldroppings.
Dichloroacetate and Cancer
P.Z. Meyers sheds light on the subject of dichloroacetate’s effects on cancer.
My Rapist Friended Me on Facebook
(And All I Got Was This Lousy Article)
25 Abandon War Monuments
in former Yugoslavia
Barack Obama sent Osama Bin Laden Two Bullets
Barack Obama’s Last Facebook Feed, from Slate Magazine
How to Stop Cats from Pissing on your Car
Creative, humane, and bloody funny.
Read between the lines…
this article is as damning of religion as they come.
A Collection of Digitized
Handheld Games. Neat.
What a brush with death taught David Eagleman
about the mysteries of time and the brain.
Should we all be
Mormons in the Matrix?
A.C. Grayling Suggests
Secular Books for Living a Good and Moral Life
Excellent Photography
by Steve Tsai!
A Billboard that Advertises
Nothing but Air.
40,000 Korans Burn for Free Speech!
I believe this was necessary, considering the violence that erupted in Afghanistan after the T.J. Koran burning.
Awesome List of Wallpapers
Thanks for the link, Vince!
Andrew W.K.
interviewed by Fox News
Review of the TomTom iPhone Car Kit
worth reading if you’re interested in iPhone/iPad navigation.
Space Tourism is Getting Closer
It looks like Virgin is giving considerable effort to make this happen.
Chandra x-Ray Observatory
Nasa’s Top Ten Facts about its Satellite
Drinking Dead Mice
from a Monster Energy Drink. Yuck.
Can Falling Bullets Kill You?
I’ve always wondered.
Good Service
… doesn’t seem to result in good tips.
Born to Create Drama
I think this is hilarious, terrible, and awesome all at once.
A Good Example
of how not to respond to criticism.
Hitchens on Iraq's influence in the Libyan
Uprising, and others.
Dogboarding
…spend more time with your pets
Many Britons
Identifying themselves as irreligious.
Interactive Map
showing how New York City grew. Neat!
Arranged Marriage
isn’t working out for these two.
Students Suspended by Catholic School directors
for exercising their democratic freedoms.
The 12 States of America
an interactive map outlining various demographics in the US.
History of Science Fiction
this is really neat.
Standing Idly By;
the effect can be brutalizing.
Downhill Bike Race in Chile
This is absolutely incredible
Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time
One of my favourite Youtube videos I’ve seen in a while.
Fred Phelps
is a majorly shabby character.
Book Sculptures
These are fantastic
Wes Anderson-like
films.
Oh the fun you can have
…with a sleeping baby!
Download iTunes Trailers
Here’s a good way to do it, if you’re technically inclined.
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Goodbye, Tura Satana.
Fancy Parking Methods
How to Park Your Car
HuffPo and Search Engine Optimization
I read this because I’ve never looked into SEO before. Interesting.
Microsoft Kinect Interfaces
I had no idea the Kinect would turn out to be so useful!
Girl's Dog Breaks Dead Space 2 Disc
complains on twitter; gets this! Awesome!
If Filmmakers Directed the Super Bowl
Quentin & Lynch style.
Real-Life Angry Birds
This is rather well done.
Utterly Horrifying
An Infographic on the Disgusting Practice of Stoning.
Yoshi Island
Neat and Simple Javascript – 3D!
Happiest Toddler on the Block
I heard Karp talk on the radio yesterday. Interesting!
The Oscars seem to ignore
this very dark director.
The Anti-Social Network
Facebook probably makes you sadder
Free Wheels East
I want to see this. The synopsis reminds me a bit of 132k.
I Have An Action Item
What if Martin Luther King Used Powerpoint to Deliver His Legendary 1963 Speech?
Windowlicker
Aphex Twin. Awesome.
Carmageddon!
Laughed harder at this than any other video in a while…
On the venerable Judy Clarke
Insight into how she saves violent murderers from the death penalty.
Unconventional Wisdom
Fantastic collection of essays and articles put together by Foreign Policy magazine
Awesome Website
You had to be into DOS to get it. But great nonetheless.
How to Make
a Decent Cup of Tea
Collection of 50 Digital Artworks
Very pleasant to look at.
Nikumaroro
is a really interesting-looking place. I’d like to visit sometime. But not like Amelia Earhart.
Mental Health Issues
… are more widespread than you might think. Services to help those afflicted are badly underfunded.
Tommy Wiseau's The Room in 3D
This looks strange
Google Docs Animation
… really neat
Free Vector Images and Textures
from fuzzimo.com
Awesome Shot
… of the Miami Heat, taken with a Canon 5D Mark II
Has a cure for HIV been found?
I’m reserving my jubilation ’till we get some consistent results.
Dalhousie Course
teaches students to protest.
Ben the Bodyguard
Very neat website concept…
Apple iOS Sends Out Real Names in Invitations
Interesting… is this a step toward a You Dot Net-type social network?
Entire Population of the World
…killed inside a fortnight
Ghanaian Woman Burned to Death
…they thought she was a witch.
The Queen Haters
Funny spoof of the Sex Pistols (I think)
The Cookie Monster
…Wants to Host SNL!
15-Story Building Made in 6 Days
A time-lapse video of a building constructed in 6 days
Is Cancer Our Evil, Smarter Twin?
A new metaphor may tell us what we need to know about the disease.
Miss Manners And the Big C
Another essay by Hitchens on his illness
Slowcoaster – Great band
But they need a better website
Traffic-Swallowing Straddling-Bus
Interesting concept for traffic congestion relief…
Crocodile on plane kills 19 people
Insanity in wake of croc escape
New Police Chief
Brave Woman!
All Natural
Breasts May be the Key to Regenerative Medicine
Sex Dot Com
Apparently, the most expensive domain name sale ever.
Brooklyn Space Program
A dad and his kids make a balloon that goes to space, carrying an HD camera and iPhone
MapCrunch
See the world through google street view – one random location at a time!
Chilean Miner Rescue
I got anxiety just reading about this.
Revering Che Guevera…
is a sick, sad joke.
A Radical Pessimist's Guide…
to the next ten years.
Science & Religion Aren't Friends
Jerry Coyne Talks about the Incompatibility Between Science & Religion
On Harvard, Facebook, and Mark Zuckerberg
Nathan Heller talks about the new movie “The Social Network”
Interesting Article on Being Wrong
Susie Bright talks about being wrong.
The New Blackberry Playbook
This thing looks pretty impressive!
This Is How a Heavy Storm Looks Inside a Cruise Liner
Some pretty crazy footage here.
Dot. The world's smallest stop-motion animation character shot on a Nokia N8
Neat!
Tim Heidecker in CLUES – "You Have My Eyes Now"
Awesome music video I found through Parker Martin
Neat! YouTube Time Machine!
Go back in time.
White Fright
Glenn Beck’s rally was large, vague, moist, and undirected—the Waterworld of white self-pity.
50 sites that are better than mine (Graphically)
I just shake my head. Wow.
30 Awesome Blog Designs
These are ridiculous.
Dr. Feel-Heinous
Ever heard of her?
National Geographic – Timeless Design
Fabulous look at the little-changed design of National Geographic
New York Kiss
: We’ve all seen this kiss. Now from another perspective.
Chamomile Tea Party…[SLIDESHOW]
: Old school posters urge end to partisan bickering.