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08.18.08

Longest Home Run Ever Hit by Baseball Almanac Asides2 | (0)
fantastic article about the home run [thanks frank]

Tagged: Baseball, home run, Interesting, mlb, Sports
08.15.08

ESPN - Paying Manny $100M would set a dangerous precedent - MLB Asides2 | (0)
Really interesting article by Jayson Stark:Paying Manny $100M would set a dangerous precedent

Tagged: Baseball, ESPN, Interesting, mlb
06.15.08

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Asides2 | (0)
A link almost exclusively for Ethan...that is, unless you think you might also be interested in a book published in 1499 called Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, belonging to a group of books collectively referred to as incunabula and printed with a printing press using movable type before 1501.

Tagged: Ethan, history, Interesting, kottke, too smart for me
06.11.08

Top Tourist Spots that Americans Can’t Visit Asides2 | (0)
The Top Tourist Spots that Americans Can't Visit

Tagged: americans, asshole foreigners, Interesting, tourism, travel, vacations
06.04.08

The Allure of the Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie Card Fancy Tickling, Hot Shit, Life, Sporting | (0)
An absolutely fantastic article on that one Ken Griffey Jr. card we all remember: the 1989 Upper Deck rookie. Aside from explaining the incredible overproduction of the card, which was something completely unbeknownst to me, the article goes into detail about the beginnings of Upper Deck and that 1989 set in general, and there's some great stuff in there: The Griffey card was the perfect piece of memorabilia at the perfect time. The number the card was given only furthered the prospect of his cardboard IPO. Junior was chosen to be card No. 1 by an Upper Deck employee named ...

Tagged: Baseball, cards, Interesting, Ken Griffey Jr, pulitzer-prize winning, Sporting, Sports
05.26.08

Biggest Drawing in the World Asides2 | (0)
The biggest drawing in the world. UPDATE: This ended up being bullshit. I knew it from the beginning but just didn't tell anyone, I swear. .

Tagged: crazy, Drawing, gps, Interesting, liar, link, Nerd
05.26.08

extinctiontimeline.jpg 1500×1061 pixels Asides2 | (0)
Extinction timeline of everyday things. Real interesting.

Tagged: Extinction, Interesting, Learning, Nerd
05.26.08

Soda Seal Asides | (0)
Clearly the next big thing in soda-can-technology-development design.

Tagged: Interesting, Links, Soda, technology, Weird