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+ Sun, October 31

→ UMich student goes as working iPod for Halloween – Also has the sweet Nixon Bowling poster seen in The Big Lebowski.

+ Fri, October 29

→ They were four nice, dorky boys in thrift-store T-shirts and thick specs — who were selling 50,000 albums a week. – A nice article detailing nicely what I love in Weezer (though I find the term “emo” cringe-worthy)

+ Thu, October 28

→ Clearview – New highway font
→ Video: How to fold a shirt absolutely perfectly in seconds – This stunned me

+ Wed, October 27

→ SBC naming of Michigan-OSU game revoked! – The classics don’t need a sponsorship, thankyouverymuch.
→ Hobbits discovered in Indonesia – Well, sort of…
→ Airbag Industries unveils Special Edition Ashlee Simpson iPod – See also: Special Edition Daring Fireball iPod
→ Microfiber?  Please.  We’re talking living fiber, baby.
→ jkottke: Normalized data is for sissies
→ Halo2 Guide: Dual-wielding tactics

+ Tue, October 26

→ Michigan/Ohio State football game is now the SBC Michigan-Ohio State Classic – Lame
→ Nerds make robot that beats Super Mario Bros., continue to not get laid.
→ Richie Robb: The man who will call the election?

+ Mon, October 25

→ Leveraging Movable Type to power your new S5 slideshow – (S5 for those not in the know)
→ Guinea Pig – The other dark meat

+ Sun, October 24

→ Want very, very badly.
→ Royal Navy allows Satanism – Check out the quote at the end from parliamentarian Anne Widdecombe: “Satanism is wrong because I don’t like it”.  Brilliant Anne, brilliant.

+ Sat, October 23

→ Also, Pat Buchanan’s conservative magazine backs John Kerry – It is quite obvious in the midnight hour that the whole world has actually gone topsy turvy.
→ Iran, Axis of Evil member #1, officially supports he who labeled them, President George W. Bush – What does this say about how our enemies view this man?  (props, kudos, nickd)

+ Wed, October 20

→ A friend of a friend of a friend wrote this piece on how George’s christianity (doesn’t) align with his policies – Well written, researched and planned.

+ Tue, October 19

→ Bungie’s guide to Halo 2 gametypes – First up: Swords
→ Bush and Kerry, cousins 11 times removed
→ Someone spied the redesigned Jetta on the highway – Not sure I’m a fan yet.  We’ll see when they’re official.
→ Bush’s Big Joke – Video of Bush making cracks about the lack of WMD’s in Iraq.  Reminds me of a slogan I saw recently: No one died when Clinton lied.  Thanks Pat
→ Matt Haughey in Business Week on registration-required news sites – With corrections from the man himself.
→ What glue to use? – Handy tool tells you the best glue to use to glue any two things together
→ Doug Bowman: reckless fool, extraordinaire – Where do I sign up?
→ Tucker Carlson (attempts) a return jab at Jon Stewart

+ Mon, October 18

→ Collaborative Magnetic Poetry

+ Sun, October 17

→ Return Of The King Extended Edition preview now available! – I can hardly wait for this one to drop
→ Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
→ John Hicks redesigns and it is good

+ Sat, October 16

→ Jon Stewart’s brilliant appearance on Crossfire – Stewart in 2008!  Stewart in 2008!
→ Bush’s taped thank-you to troops in Iraq leaked – Watch the video here, he can barely complete a sentence in this scripted and planned appearance!  Sincerity at its best, folks!

+ Thu, October 14

→ Mr. Sun mockchecks last night’s debate into a hole in the ground

+ Wed, October 13

→ Resolution-based css layout! – Brilliant!
→ Hard Working George

+ Tue, October 12

→ Greg Storey: Morally Upright Political Man Extraordinaire
→ The iPod’s got a 92.1% market share

+ Mon, October 11

→ Registration required websites be damned! – Kudos to nickd, I’ll be using this site fervently, that’s for sure.
→ The Onion’s 2004 Election Guide – Great stuff in this one
→ ABCNews.com redesigns – Mike Davidson explains

+ Sat, October  9

→ This sneak peak makes Delicious’ Library look fantastic

+ Fri, October  8

→ Does Ralph Have Any Friends Left?
→ Hire John Gruber! – He will make whatever it is you’re working on insanely better
→ President Bush’s resumé – Past, present & fully linked.

+ Thu, October  7

→ Office Space Special Edition! – Woo!  Props to Marty.
→ Hack-a-day – From the cool kids at Engadget
→ Oops: Cheney and Edwards have met before, a few times in fact – Among other blunders and lies

+ Wed, October  6

→ 37signals: Pattern-based web design
→ Daring Fireball chars Microsoft CEO on a grill of facts and sanity
→ And it’s official: No WMD’s were in Iraq – Bwoum, bwoum George.
→ Remember when Dan Rather interviewed Saddam and he swore he didn’t have WMD’s?  Andrei Herasimchuk did

+ Tue, October  5

→ Wales falls off official EU map – What a blunder
→ Husky or Maltese Whatever – This is the true power of a blog.
→ Black be gone: Ars Technica redesigns! – Joy of joys!  Now with readability!
→ Anheuser-Busch creates blasphemous concoction – Beer, caffeine, ginseng, eye of newt.
→ Rummy just doesn’t know what to think
→ Eric Meyer - Turning the tables using CSS

+ Mon, October  4

→ Finally he breaks the news: Congrats to Zeldman and his healthy baby girl
→ Meet the world behind Halo 2

+ Sun, October  3

→ These color photographs from WWI are outrageous – Really, you must look through these
→ A medley of the best of the RNC – (via a whole lotta nothing).

+ Sat, October  2

→ Search for words in the debates – “terror” was only mentioned a paltry 44 times