The Telephone EXchange Name Project
That used to be my grandmother’s phone number until I took over the line three years ago. The Telephone EXchange Name Project takes us back to the days when all phones (in the US) used exchange names for the first two numbers of a phone number.
Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records
Find the graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials, add ‘virtual flowers’ and a note to a loved one’s grave, etc.
Apple CEO Nixes iTunes Price Hike - Yahoo! News
PARIS - Apple Computer Inc. CEO
Steve Jobs said Tuesday he would resist music companies’ “greedy” demands for price increases on the iTunes music download site and warned that such a move would encourage piracy.
Ball wigs. As in: wigs for your balls.
(I think this is an article written by the brilliantly infamous stereolabrat)
Absolutely amazing slideshow of New Orleans from just before the hurricane hit to the flood waters that came several days later. Seriously take the time to look through each picture to get the full impact of the devestation. (Thanks, Auz!)
Sept. 11 a Dark Day in Chile, Too - Yahoo! News
Back on 11 9 73 one General Pinochet decided to take over the small South American country of Chile. Not to be outdone by another (future) historical September 11th, Pinochet had thousands of people killed and quite a few people poof.
Timeline of Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia has an extensive timeline fo the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina, its landfalls and the aftermath.
MI5 head warns on civil liberties
The head of Britain’s security service, MI5, has warned that hard won civil liberties may have to be “eroded” to protect people from terrorist attacks.
Hit The Road, Jack - September 6, 2005
Rather fascinating look by the US Navy into the psyche of later beat godhead Jack Kerouac, who they discharged for being a schizo after 10 days of service.
Video ? Kanye West offscript with Mike Myers
Actually, he seems like he’s drunk, or just nervous. Embedded QuickTime
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