I Love the Internet

Am I the last person to find out about this? I caught this fantastic story on Studio 360 this weekend. Apparently Time covered it back in April. Thanks Gregory Brothers!

Crazy conservatives getting their panties in a twist about the State Department’s “Mosques of America” calendar. Also, this writer Jeff Johnson seems to be jealous over the fact that he didn’t come with Stuff White People Like. Get over it, dude. There’s a patron saint for the Internet? Meet Saint Isidore of Seville. The Star Pheonix: ‘Couch surfing’ site reveals cultural side of the Internet

Big ups to: Rick Karr for his new video commentary on Internet surveillance. Hamid Tehrani for his new post about anti-Semetic Iranian blogs. Glenn Strachan for his latest piece in Discovery about how badly America sucks at WiFi.

[via BoingBoing] Amy Walker was on NPR’s Day to Day in March 2008.

Gabe and Max answer questions on Boing Boing TV:

Apparently this has been making the rounds online, but it’s still pretty freakin’ funny. Gabe has also written these gems: Worker #3116 to Be a Father SUMMERSLANG 2005 It’s a great way to kill about 10 minutes this Friday afternoon. 🙂

Wow, now I’ll never get anything done ever again. Still, who wants to play?

Reuters: BERLIN (Reuters) – Knut, Berlin Zoo’s celebrity polar bear cub, is growing from a cuddly ball of fur into a shaggy, powerful predator who could soon pose a serious threat to his devoted human keeper who has nursed him from birth. The cub, which still draws some 5,000 fans every day, turns six months on Tuesday and his 28 kg (62 pounds) are starting to show. His snout is longer, his torso chunkier and teeth sharper. Here’s a video…

I just found Paul Wolfowitz’ home address using Google. The New York Times just published the above picture of Paul Wolfowitz coming out of his Chevy Chase, Md., home. The street address, 7104, is clearly visible. So, as an experiment, I typed in 7104 chevy chase wolfowitz into Google. My first result came back with this: Report from Paul Wolfowitz demo at his 7104 Pinehurst Pkwy, Chevy Chase home. Wow.

So here I am, minding my own business, reading The New York Times online, when I come across this article about Bush’s upcoming dinner with the Queen of England. The article mentions that it’s a “white tie” dinner, and not knowing what that is, I go look it up. Then I continue reading the article, and come across this line: Even so, as it does for every official state visit, the White House has been consulting with the State Department…