The Ultimate Insult

Archive for March, 2008

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Fold-Ins, Past and Present

See Mad Magazine Fold-Ins from 1960 to now using Flash. Good work NYT!

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

The Wall Street Journal

Thanks to Garry for pointing out to me that the Wall Street Journal’s web site is already (secretly) free.

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Abandoned Stations

Take a tour of abandoned subways stations in New York.

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

South Park Studios

If you haven’t seen it yet: South Park Studios has every episode online for free. And yes, it’s legal.

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Andy Kaufman

I don’t think I’ve ever seen the whole Andy Kaufman on Fridays bit before now.

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Concertalino

Concertalino is a well-done and more clever that usual “escape the room” game. For hints/help, go here.

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Old Time Radio Shows

Old Radio World has tons of “Old Time Radio” shows to download. They also have a great collection of commercials and World War II news broadcasts.

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Life and Death Masks

I was on vacation for a bit, but I am back and ready to post. I think.

The Laurence Hutton Collection of Life and Death Masks is a great place to browse if the images of death masks are what you seek.

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Parody Guitar Videos

So sorry about the downtime. Life in the way you know.

How did I miss this earlier? Santeri Ojala does the best guitar videos around. Clapton actually sounds like me trying to play now.

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Grand Central

The telephone service Grand Central is a neat idea. If you’re looking for an invite, try this link. It works as of March 6th, 2008.

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Airbus A380 Cockpit

Take a look around the inside of an Airbus A380 cockpit.

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Never Ending Level Game

If you’re looking to kill time with a maddening game, the Never Ending Level Game might be worth a peek. I have up at level 25 for now, but I’ll be back.

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

40 Movie References From The Simpsons

It’s a bit slow loading, but this page has images showing 40 Movie References From The Simpsons. I was surprised that I had not noticed a few of these as movie references before.

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Slang of the 30s

It’s about time I caught up with slang of the 1930s. I’m surprised so many are still used today, although not as commonly as then. A phone call should still be termed dil-ya-ble.

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Visual Harmony

The Whitney Music Box is a cool idea that I can’t explain properly. Read more about it here.

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Lil Markie Sings

This is pretty old now, but today was the first time I saw video of Lil Markie singing. If you check the related videos you will see more clips of the terrifying man live.