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Archives for April 2006

Not Exactly What They Had in Mind

This week’s news coverage of Chicago’s ban on foie gras is having a strange effect on me. It’s making me crave foie gras.

It’s funny when you use a boycott list to pick a restaurant.

Posted by PJ on Apr 29, 2006 | Comments Off |

How Long Before This Project Gets Shelved (Yet Again)?

It would appear that Lionsgate has a film adaptation of Atlas Shrugged in development.

As far as the casting options mentioned in Variety are concerned, I think Ms. Rand would have rather liked Brad Pitt’s gaunt and angular face. But can you imagine what she might have thought about Angelina Jolie and her preoccupation with the third-world?

(Hat tip to Phil.)

Posted by PJ on Apr 28, 2006 | Comments Off |

links for 2006-04-20

• Hybrids Consume More Energy in Lifetime Than Chevrolet’s Tahoe SUV
  The question every Prius driver should have asked.
  (tags: Cars Economics)

Posted by PJ on Apr 20, 2006 | Comment |

links for 2006-04-13

• Captain Capitalism
  The Cold War’s Hottest Hero.
  (tags: Animation Comics)

Posted by PJ on Apr 13, 2006 | Comment |

links for 2006-04-12

• Creature Co-op
  I need to remember this site next time I have to buy a gift for somebody’s kid.
  (tags: Shopping Toys)

Posted by PJ on Apr 12, 2006 | Comment |

links for 2006-04-10

• On a Bicycle-Wheelchair Built for Two
  This makes me happy.
  (tags: DIY Cycling)

Posted by PJ on Apr 10, 2006 | Comment |

links for 2006-04-07

• Arabic MySQL Query for PHP
  Uses the MySQL REGEXP and LIKE functions to retrieve better results from queries for Arabic text.
  (tags: PHP Programming MySQL)
• Akira Kobayashi
  A profile of the typographer who got to redesign Frutiger’s Avenir and Zapf’s Optima.
  (tags: Design Typography)

Posted by PJ on Apr 7, 2006 | Comment |

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