Monthly Archives: March 2007

Artifacting Is Stopped By The Great Firewall Of China

By hubs | Published: March 30, 2007
Unfortunately, like hundreds of other interesting websites, the strong arm of communism has not reached across the mighty oceans to firmly smack Artifacting down.Click here to see if your website is banned in China too.
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Monumental

By hubs | Published: March 29, 2007
The World Monuments Fund has a list of the 100 most endagered sites in the world. The list is announced every two years and calls attention to cultural heritage sites around the world threatened by neglect, vandalism, armed conflict, or natural disaster. The list covers 55 countries and all seven continents. Several of these endangered [...]
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Songs About Food

By hubs | Published: March 29, 2007
525+ Songs about food. No downloads unfortunately.
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The Revolution Will Be Archived

By hubs | Published: March 28, 2007
I’m not a huge fan of Prince or his Revolution but I know there are readers here who are. So I wanted to point you out to a great post by Pete over at ickmusic, which includes a download of Prince And The Revolution’s last live show. Pete says, “So the last official gig with [...]
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Very Rotten Tomatoes

By hubs | Published: March 27, 2007
Rotten Tomatoes has recently put out a list of the worst 100 movies of all time entitled “The Worst Of The Worst”. The list rounds off with these final ten: 10. Half Past Dead 9. The Master Of Disguise 8. Twisted 7. National Lampoon’s Gold Diggers 6. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 5. King’s Ransom 4. [...]
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Idiots Guide to Slayer

By hubs | Published: March 21, 2007
It’s a bit long but incredibly informative with a ton of downloads: The Complete Idiots Guide To Slayer
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Talk Derby To Me

By hubs | Published: March 19, 2007
A Denver roller derby documentary flick – Talk Derby to Me – plays Wednesday April 4th, 8pm @ the Gothic Theater in Denver. Tickets are $10 in advance and $14 at the door. The Denver Roller Dolls, The Calf Branders, and the 18 Wheelers will be there, so should you. Thanks Joe.
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To Be Irish

By hubs | Published: March 17, 2007
“To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.” – Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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Twitter Is Your Nagging Girlfriend

By hubs | Published: March 14, 2007
Todd Levin‘s brilliant take on Twitter (and the rest of the sxsw nonsense / cool-kid factor): “Twitter is a very simple concept to explain. Imagine there is a tiny invisible girlfriend sitting on your shoulder, constantly whispering in your ear, demanding to know what you’re thinking at that precise moment. Now, imagine you decide to [...]
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Henry Chinaski

By hubs | Published: March 9, 2007
It was thirteen years ago today that Bukowski drank his last beer. Seems as good a time as any to pre-order his two poetry books The “People Look Like Flowers At Last: New Poems” and “Come On In!”. Sleep well dear friend.
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Free Coffee

By hubs | Published: March 8, 2007
Next Thursday, March 15th, plan on stopping by your local Starbucks between 10am and 12 noon for free coffee.
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Kustom Lowrider Bikes

By hubs | Published: March 7, 2007
An image gallery of cool kustom lowrider bicycles.
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Stormy Weather Since My Man And I Ain’t Together, Keeps Raining All The Time

By hubs | Published: March 7, 2007
Download a zip file containing 72 different versions of “Stormy Weather” from WFMU (Warning: 263 megs).
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Surnames In The USA

By hubs | Published: March 7, 2007
Find the distribution of your surname throughout the United States. My map can be found below.
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Catcher In The Bananafish

By hubs | Published: March 6, 2007
Last October I told you about the unpublished chapter of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. But I think this tops it. Uncovered at this link are the “under-published” works of Jerome David Salinger. This collection consists mostly of out-of-print short stories. Salinger has deliberately kept most of these works out-of-print or off the market, so [...]
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