You think your fashion is bleeding edge? Not so gaijiin! Kevin Kelly -- Recomendo has a link to a new photo book called Fruits. This book is a collection of extreme Tokyo streetwear that makes your threads look like yo mama dressed you.

Worried about getting a subpoena from the RIAA? The EFF: RIAA Subpoena Database allows you to search through all of the filings for your IP address or username. I, fortunately, was not listed. Woohoo! (From Wasted Bits via boingboing)

The winner of The Smoking Gun's 2003 Legal Document of the Year!

This is a pretty interesting site. The NYC EMS Field Guide is designed to go on a PDA so that NY fireman can get information they need instantly. It has lists of all the codes they use for communication and diagnosis. There's even a whole section on Weapons of Mass Destruction.

OK let's break it down...Navy secretary appointee waiting on Senate confirmation dies of an apparant self-inflicted gunshot wound at his ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. Uh...nope, no conspiracies here.

There is something about the rural South that you can never find anywhere else. I think it's caused by all that toxic dumping, or maybe inbreeding to the point of singularity. "I am my own father!" From u l t r a m i c r o s c o p i c...

Here's a good article about science fiction vs. reality. kuro5hin.org || Sci-Fi Tech Coming to a Reality Near You explains a lot of the interesting concepts out there, and is relatively easy to comprehend. Besides, how can you not be intrigued by theoretical phenomena with names like Quantum Foam and Zero Point Fields.

For those of you looking for highly nutritional music that is 100% RIAA free, try RIAA Radar: Zeitgeist: Indie 100. This is the list of the top selling albums from Amazon.com that are not produced, distributed, marketed, etc. by "Big Media".

For those of you that are fans of the old Blue's Clues like me, you probably know that Steve left to "pursue other career opportunities". sniffle... Well Steve's Web Page explains what he's been doing since. He's recorded an album that will be coming out August 12th. You can sample it on the site and what I heard is actually pretty good!

I found this story via Boing Boing -- Wired News: Supreme Court vs. The Supremes. To be able to listen to the actual oral arguments in front of the Supreme Court is just plain cool. They also talk about how it could be a great teaching tool for law students.

Interesting read...NOW: Transcript - Bill Moyers Interviews Jon Stewart | PBS

The word is out and RL (Real Life) has gotten a fabulous review on Gamespot. Check it out! Or, just try it yourself!

Missed this last week, but very cool. A thirteen ton possible giant squid was found on a beach in Chile.

I hear the spin cycle running on this...

This story shows how dim witted most media outlets really are. Animals have been giving humans diseases since the dawn of our existence. Where do you think the flu, the plague, and thousands of other diseases comes from? There is not an increase of animal to human disease transfer. There is an increase of coverage of this phenomenon and maybe more incidences from countries that get reported by Western media. There is a better scientific understanding of these diseases as well. This is no sign that the end is near.

I have gotten quite addicted to explodingdog lately. These strange pictures seem to speak to me.

In the infinite fear of our own existence, the U.S. government will be building the largest database ever to store data on every human being on the planet. I'll just leave it at that.

Went and saw The Matrix:Reloaded last night at the 10:00pm Preview Showing. (No spoilers here) Overall I liked the film. There are a few things that irked me a little, but I understood why they had been put there. Compared to most Action movies, and don't kid yourself that this isn't one, it is grand cinema. It's really crazy though. I wish that they had less money to spend on these movies. I think part of the charm of the first one is that they didn't show a lot things because they couldn't afford the sets or effects. In this one they have tons of money to spend and they show everything. I think that takes away from it somehow. Ambiguity and mystery are powerful cinematic tools, but most producers feel like they have to spoon-feed audiences these days. Sometimes people forget that the silence between the notes is as much or more important than the notes themselves.

There are so many reasons why I don't like anything about our elected officials at this point I don't know where to begin. Although Tom Delay's comment at a Washington restaurant, after he was told that he couldn't smoke, I think sums it up:
Khandker: "I'm sorry, sir, but this is a federal building, and it's against the law of the federal government."
DeLay: "I am the federal government."

Sidenote: (Slight Spoiler) There is a scene in The Matrix: Reloaded where are bunch of images are shown of the evil things humans have done in the past. The last centered image before the edit is of George Bush. I wonder how many people will catch that?

Oh, and Healthsouth fired 80 more people.

On the lighter side...
Here's is a very cool Honda commercial not playing in the U.S.

I was looking for a name for a new server that we were setting up. I found a great site for mythology called the Encyclopedia Mythica. While looking through the Mayan gods I came across Ah Uuc Ticab described as "A Mayan chthonic deity." The word chthonic really caught my eye. Not a word you see every day. I remember the game "Call of Cthulhu", but didn't really even think about the relation or the idea that the word was not just made up.

Just got back from my sister-in-law's graduation from Sewanne. One thing that I have discovered is that I can no longer party with the best of them. Nope. My party endurance is gone. But at least I can afford good beer now. I know it's real hip and all, but PBR is just awful -- no matter what Dennis Hopper says in Blue Velvet.