Stupid Comics: “Since it’s November, that means Thanksgiving and turkeys. Here at STUPID COMICS we can’t think of more appropriate turkey than STARDUST THE SUPER WIZARD, one of the great Golden Age creations of that great artist Fletcher Hanks.”
Monthly Archives: November 2005
Papercraft Toys
Barnacle Press Barnacle Press has posted a collection of 1922/1923 papercraft toys.
Ottawa Garage doors work after mystery signal vanishes
CBC: As oddly as it started, the widespread problem with some garage doors in the Ottawa region had disappeared by Friday. The powerful radio signal causing the problem stopped transmitting on Thursday afternoon, around the time CBC News contacted the U.S. Embassy to ask if it knew anything about it. The embassy categorically denies that it had anything to do with it. The signal was being transmitted at 390 megahertz, a U.S. military frequency used by the Pentagon’s new Land Mobile Radio System.
History’s Worst Software Bugs
Wired News: “Last month automaker Toyota announced a recall of 160,000 of its Prius hybrid vehicles following reports of vehicle warning lights illuminating for no reason, and cars’ gasoline engines stalling unexpectedly… With that recall, the Pruis joined the ranks of the buggy computer.
Roger McGuinn’s Folk Den
Roger McGuinn has recorded hundreds of folk songs and offers free downloads of the mp3 files. Includes lyrics, chords, and historical information about the songs and previous performers.
Peyote Won’t Rot Your Brain
Death renews iceman “curse” claim
BBC NEWS: The death of a molecular biologist has fuelled renewed speculation about a “curse” connected to an ancient corpse. Tom Loy, 63, had analysed DNA found on “Oetzi,” the Stone Age hunter whose remains were discovered in 1991. Dr Loy died in unclear circumstances in Australia two weeks ago, it has been announced, making him the seventh person connected with Oetzi to die.
Fruit Crate Labels
National Apple Museum
Thirteen pages of fruit crate labels representative of the labels that were the principal advertising medium used by commercial fruit growers to advertise their produce to brokers, wholesalers, and buyers from the late 1800s well into the 1900s.
Position Is Everything
/* Position Is Everything */ Modern browser bugs explained in detail.
The Acid2 Browser Test
Web Standards Project: Acid2 is a test page, written to help browser vendors ensure proper support for web standards in their products. Please take the Acid2 test!
Eric A. Hegg Photographs
::: Eric A. Hegg Photographs :::: 736 photographs documenting the Klondike and Alaska gold rushes from 1897 to 1901. Images include depictions of frontier life in Dawson City, the Yukon Territory, and Skagway and Nome, Alaska.
Creating RSS feeds with Dreamweaver
Ronald Northrip Software Inc.: Tutorial on using Dreamweaver plug-in