27 July 2004

  • New York's currently: highly conventional
  • Democratic convention opens in Boston to high energy, speeches from Carter, Gore, Clintons, while Republicans huddle two blocks away, and the two fire embarrassing photos to each other.
  • With support fluctuating, voters demand more from Kerry on the issues.
  • Corporate sponsorship of New York mass transit could save the system but paint the 6 train IBM blue.
  • Stirring up concern over violent payback, Afghan president drops warlord as running-mate in reelection bid.
  • Video: You have bad taste in music.
  • Iranian rebels in Iraq given protected status, caught between countries' ire.
  • Seeking to curb identity theft, South Africa urges women to check if they're married.
  • New U.S. citizenship test to measure understanding of democracy, not just historical facts.
  • Eye-popping animation of stick-figures zipping and zooming.
  • She speaks as though she has cultivated a robust head cold. Deconstructing the ML.A. conference.
  • The World Handwriting Contest judges the penmanship that makes prescription-writers swoon.
  • "He's not Alan Alda, who's a little too sappy." On dating today's emo boy.
  • A collection of pirate flags that you might not recognize, including this particularly direct one.
  • March 25, 1911: The tragic spark that launched a thousand fire codes.
  • An in-depth, geographical guide to bird-watching offline, keeping track online.
  • "To raise the alarm if it was true" vs. "Opens up one eager eye": The lyrics of "99 Luftballons," translated from German.
  • Vintage catalog and ad archive of CD players, VCRs, and more.