26 August 2004

  • New York's currently: fiddling with this stupid internet connec-
  • "Roger, we won't shoot the mosque." Fighting continues, tension builds in Najaf as Top Shiite cleric calls for peace in the city, urges followers to join him there, but for what? And: Mortar attack kills 27 in neighboring Kufa.
  • Chief outside counsel to Bush campaign quits after giving legal advice to veterans behind anti-Kerry television ads.
  • The police officers beat some of the reporters and fired assault rifles in the lobby. Najaf police call "press conference."
  • Snarling begins as new faces arrive in New York. Related: Bush, Schwarzenegger looking for NYC firehouses they can bond in.
  • Video: Planet of the Apes reimagined as a Twilight Zone episode. Astoundingly good.
  • Investigation turns up little in Russian passenger jet crashes, although one plane had its hijack alarm flipped.
  • Adolescent bullying finds a new home: online.
  • Former Beanie Baby collectors cringe at the thought of plush critters.
  • Gore Vidal bids farewell to his retreat on the Amalfi.
  • Write a book: A database of opening hooks.
  • Because now you can: Make your own Lego head icons.
  • A gallery of death masks, including Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Flash tree that you can grow with your messages.
  • Director Wes Anderson seems to have a thing, bordering on obsession, for Futura. Great look at typefaces in movies, with stills.
  • Dave Matthews tour bus unloads 800 pounds of liquid human waste into Chicago River.
  • Game: Navigate the obstacles with an invisible cursor.
  • Fascinating pixel map of D.C.