Archive for May, 2007
How To Make It In The Music Business
12 Comments Published by Alex May 31st, 2007 in DIY, Music. Share ThisI spent a number of years working for a small indie label that was surprisingly well-funded. This morning, a friend asked me if I had any pearls of wisdom to pass on from that experience for a friend of hers that she really believes in, who has sacrificed a lot, both personally and professionally, to [...]
All times eastern.
• 6PM, History Channel - Modern Marvels: Future Tech. Paper-thin television; hydrogen-fueled vehicle; brain-computer interface; robotic soldiers; commercialization of space; Mars base-station.
• 6PM, Discovery Channel - How It’s Made: Car radiators; hatchery chicks; phyllo dough.
• 6PM, Science Channel - Galapagos: Beyond Darwin: Advanced scientific equipment yields new discoveries of marine and terrestrial life [...]
Forget “of the Week.” This is the best headline of the year. Perhaps in the history of the press: “Designer vaginas grown in lab” [ABC.net.au/Reuters]
Japanese Forza 2 Custom Car Designs
9 Comments Published by Joel May 31st, 2007 in Cars, Games. Share ThisIf you just look at these user-made screenshots from the Xbox 360 game Forza Motorsport 2, you might not realize why they are so cool—putting a fancy paint job on a videogame car isn’t exactly difficult, you could presume. But the thing about these cars is that Forza 2 doesn’t let you upload graphics into [...]
Slate’s capable Daniel Gross looks at the falling profit margins of big chain steakhouses, which aren’t exactly dying quite yet—they’re still making a profit—but are clearly taking a hit. For one: increased ethanol production is causing corn prices to spike that could otherwise be used to feed cattle. That’s a good thing in my estimation: cows are supposed to eat grass. [Slate]
That “Monster Hog” from last week isn’t as big as it seems, according to Stinky Journalism. It seemed pretty obvious from looking at all the pictures together that it was a big bastard, but not as big as it seemed from the one picture that predominated the news stories. [StinkyJournalism.org]
State of the Blog: I’ve Got a Big Ol’ Idea
26 Comments Published by Joel May 31st, 2007 in Announcements. Share ThisThe Modern Man’s Guide to Life, now tragically out of print, was the primary inspiration for Dethroner. So much so that I have forced myself not to consult it while working on the site, lest I rip the content right out of the book and slap it onto the screen.
What made Modern Man (and its [...]
All times eastern.
• 6PM, Discovery Channel - How It’s Made: Electric baseboard heaters; molded pulp containers; video games.
• 6PM, History Channel - Modern Marvels: Death Devices. Societies rid themselves of criminals.
• 6PM, Discovery Health - Code Blue: Croassroads. Shooting victim; motor-vehicle accident; broken bones.
• 6PM, Discovery HD - American Chopper: Mikey Special. Mikey plans a [...]
A nice guide to restoring cast-iron cookware. Cast iron is usually cheap to begin with, but if you can find old pieces that are a little worse for wear, you can pick them up for a song. [Curbly]
Here’s one for the cringe file: a man getting a decorative scar by slicing a wound in his flesh, filling it with gunpowder, then igniting it. [Modblog.BMEZine]
Homebrew Xbox 360 Racing Cockpit
0 Comments Published by Joel May 30th, 2007 in Cars, DIY, Games. Share ThisA poster at videogame forum Quarter to Three has built a custom racing cabinet for just $17, using the sort of “Let’s just dick around at Home Depot” engineer acumen I think we can all appreciate. Sure, it’s clearly made of raw lumber, but you can’t beat the satisfaction of DIY, especially when the full-sized [...]
Thieving Bastard of the Day: Francois the Raccoon
6 Comments Published by Joel May 30th, 2007 in Tonic. Share ThisWe just got back from a long weekend in the woods, where we hiked up a waterfall, photographed mushrooms, and tried to outwit this raccoon, who ended up being more clever than we. Here he is eating my hot dog bun, which he had plucked from the cooler despite it being shut and weighted down [...]
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