A future living room as imagined by A.D. Radebaugh ca. 1950 (see below).
Note the book being projected on the ceiling. Note the absence of a computer.
HOT
LINKS 66
by The
Staff of Magellan's Log
Amazing the stuff you can find when you're trying to escape a world of bad
news. This may be our best collection of Hot Links ever:
Great Books.
Quality matters. Slate reports on the steady, and surprisingly large, sales of classic
novels.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2081052/
Top 10 Languages
The most wisely spoken languages, and how many
people speak 'em.
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/toptens/languages/languages.html
The Perpetual War Portfolio
The site tracks the stocks of five companies selected because
they—given their products and their political connections—are likely to thrive
in the age of the Bush Doctrine of Pre-emptive War.
http://www.rationalenquirer.org/features/portfolio//
Naked
16 ordinary people agreed to disrobe for the camera and talk
about being naked. Fascinating stuff about us and our bodies. Flash presentation, worth
the wait.
http://120seconds.com/features/011207_naked/011207_naked.html
Star Trek Apt Riv Vw
From a firm called 24th Century Interior Design, whose motto
is "Bliss is a room without wires":
http://www.24thcid.com/Default.asp?xa=1
Classic Free Kiddy Reads
Public domain children’s book from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Viewable online
one page at a time, or each book can be downloaded as a zip file.
http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/
The Good Old Future Days
How the future looked from 1950. The remarkable graphics of A.C. Radbaugh.
http://www.losthighways.org/radebaugh.html
Stoned, ca. 5000 BCE
Up-close and personal in megalithic Europe (Stonehenge, etc.).
http://www.stonepages.com/
See What Makes Dubya Tick
George W. Bush X-ray.
http://www.gradis.net/xray.htm
Your Tax Dollars at Work
The Ashcroft Justice Department never sleeps. Their latest
action to make for a better America? Busting the owners of a website that sold videos of
women defecating. You can read the disgustingly complete 15-page affidavit here:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/poopvid1.html
Clear-eyed Patriotism
Micah Ian Wright’s fine book of re-worked propaganda posters.
http://homepage.mac.com/leperous/PhotoAlbum1.html
DIY Protest
Free, printable pro-peace posters.
http://www.anotherposterforpeace.com/
Coming in on a Right-wing
and a Prayer
William Kristol’s think-tank, source of much Bush administration policy.
http://www.newamericancentury.org/
Psychedelia meets Java
Take a ride on the old retinal roller coaster.
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/JCthugha10.html
They Don't Make Midi's Like
This Anymore
Bill Edwards’ ragtime piano, in full flower. Hundreds of
splendid midi files.
http://www.perfessorbill.com/index1.htm
Past Hot Links:
Links for the
Misbegotten (1999)
Hot Links (2001)
New Hot Links (2001)
More Hot Links (2002)
Still More Hot Links (2003)
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