FMU's Country Fuzz Spectacular!

Frank Sinatra: A Voice in Time (1939-1952) (popmatters)
In the 1940s Sinatra was the original template for the phenomena of the teen idol. After the war’s end and a brief creative recession in which he heroically did battle against the forces of stultifying novelty recordings which had infiltrated postwar American record stores (those with strong constitutions should track down “Mama Will Bark”, his sole concession to this fashion), he returned to the spotlight with one of the most amazing second acts in American history. Along the way he established a template for sophisticated adult musicianship within a pop context, which has rarely if ever been matched in the many decades since.

A nice vid of the new GTA IV Box Art unveiling

Free and Uneasy: the First Year Out
Jeffery Deskovic on his wrongful conviction (nytimes)

NYTimes audio slideshow of factory in India where NYC manhole covers are made.

Photo of photographers photographing the most photographed barn in America

Posterizing the GOP

New Yorkers: Don't touch that bag! (nytimes)
One purse was found just sitting on a display shelf in the shoe department at Macy’s. Another one turned up downstairs, in Macy’s Cellar. Yet another rested on a chair in a Midtown McDonald’s, left by a woman who had stepped into the restroom.

In fact, all three items had been planted by police officers in plainclothes during the previous six weeks. And the three people who picked them up were arrested, and now face indictment on charges that could land them in state prison.

Another great holiday logic puzzle from coudal. I've got my answer in, and I'm keeping fingers crossed for the Chicago deep dish prize...

Ahmad Jamal - Darn that Dream

A great story tracing Pixar's history from a lab project at Xerox PARC
(via metafilter)

Magic Baseball Bat (youtube)

Meat Products (designboom)

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Grim Natwick's scrapbook at Animation Archive

Linzie Hunter's One-Liner Spam Art

Eine's Victorian Graffiti Alphabet. Nice work!

var'aq: the Klingon programming language. This page will have to do until O'Reilly title on this prints.

A great monowheels site with tons of pics and diagrams from the museum of retro technology. Want one!

Microslop strikes again! The biggest BSOD of all time.