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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1191826,
00.html Andrew Sullivan wants to call the view that “religious faith is so important that it must also have a precise political agenda” Christianist (parallels Islamist). 07:44

http://www.slate.com/id/2141404/ Jack Shafer is not happy with the NY Times’s public editor. He’s been nowhere near as interesting as Daniel Okrent, that’s for sure. 07:34

http://www.ifoce.com/feature.php?action=detail&sn=28 “An Open Letter from Hungry Charles”—Hungry Charles, IFOCE’s commissioner, lays down the rules of competitive eating. Reminds me of 826 Valencia’s Gallery of Signs. I can’t decide: is “reversal of fortune” or “urge contrary to swallowing” the more amusing substitute for, you know, the V word? 22:01

http://www.theraconteurs.com/ The Apple II-style website of The Raconteurs, Jack White’s solo project. All Flash, and using the keyboard is mandatory! (“H for Home,” etc.) 19:57

http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/ The shapeless official website of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffet’s $136bn (+ $25bn in B stock?) holding company. The Message from Warren Buffet is also charming. 11:12

http://www.viceland.com/viceDiary/photos/Pool%20Dudes/ Random photo set, supposedly from some guy who worked for a real shitty pool company. “Here’s T-Bone pitching a pool skimmer into the truck. This was a real good pitch executed with flawless form. T-Bone could really pitch shit into the van. His brother was a wicked baseball player.” “Safety wasn’t a top priority with the guys. Here’s Kenny jack-hammering in sandals.” “And here’s T-Bone using a Sawz-All waist deep in water.” (background) 23:15

http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/05/the_incredible_
communicable_ya.php What’s known about yawning. (Seems like not so very much.) 19:24

http://gladwell.typepad.com/gladwellcom/2006/05/alright_
alright.html OMG in one post Malcolm Gladwell admits he is fallible, uses the word “alright” (three times!) and punctuates with a smiley. This is too much! Update: the “alright” is now “all right”! (Just noticed some people in the comments whining about this too.) Shame, the word is (somewhat) defensible, and the two-worder hurts the rhythm of the title a bit. 22:17

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/ipod-relief-for-trapped-
miners/2006/05/03/1146335764150.html Almost perfect story for the media: two miners are trapped 1km underground in a Tasmanian gold mine; they’ve been under ground almost a week, and are likely to be trapped for two more days, but have been able to receive supplies via a small opening. (They’ve been given iPods, which seems to be a poor practical choice given the poor battery life.) 22:02

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/47977 “NASA Announces Plan To Launch $700 Million Into Space.” You know where this is going, but it’s still a pleasant journey. 21:53

http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/ Don’t be mean, Apple! Also, the iLife ad is a bit unfair in that Microsoft wouldn’t be allowed to bundle anything vaguely similar with Windows. (It also seems like a rip-off of Gus Sorola’s Switch Parody. “Um … that puzzle game, with the Apple logo? That’s a great game. … I beat it but it’s still fun.”) The Which Mac are You? page pushes Intel Macs only. Nice tagline for the MacBook Pro: “Mobility’s Nobility.” 20:42

http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/04/25/Navigation/
177/204883/trapped.html Fire fighters (in sweet suits) chainsaw open the canopy of a F22 Raptor after it refuses to open, trapping the pilot inside for 5 hours. 14:13

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/01/news/skin.php Why is there such a big market for skin lightening creams in Asia? (“4 out of 10 women in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan now using some kind of skin-whitening cream.”) One thing I noticed in Singapore was that a surprising number the billboards there use Western models. (I’ve got some photographs documenting this somewhere, was meaning to write about this.) 21:45

http://jwz.livejournal.com/636475.html “I can appreciate this prank only by ignoring the fact that his description of it is filtered through the traditional Artist Statement Bullshitizer. It's a fuckin' gag. It's not a bad one. But couching it in terms like "this work" just makes me want to punch him in the junk.” 20:29