Learning to ski jump. Also, how do ski jumpers go so far?

Lost ski areas of New England.

Singing Bridges. [via coudal]

Jerry Garcia's 1966 Gibson Byrdland guitar. More.

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Russian Marketing Blog.

AP: Houston Cracks Down on Motel Prostitution.

AP: Woman Accused of Driving Bloodmobile Drunk.

US Navy versus Somali pirates.

Battered sausage. Also, successful beef cookery.

Decadent chocolate recipes. Nothing wrong with that.

Camel acupuncture. Also, acupuncture for dogs gaining acceptance! I had no idea.

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A list of Italian-American entertainers.

Phish - Divided Sky - Glen Falls, NY - 1994-10-31. [video]

Looking to liven up an event? Birthday, Rave, Nightclub, Wedding, Conference, or any special occasion. Discover the excitement that only a fire performer can provide. -Indeed

Hypnosis in the media clichés. Also, hypnosis for the seriously curious.

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The Code of Conduct of the South African Association of Hypnotherapists.

Inside Saddam's Baghdad bunker.

Canada's winter ice roads. Interesting. [via metafilter]

'Walking Oil Drum' -One of Jerry Zimmerman's drawings.

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"I'm letting people live at my house while they look for a place," Armantrout said. "Right now, I have an oyster shucker and a cook living with me." -New Orleans restaurants in dire need of workers.

A large person's guide to Disney World. [via fawnjotters]

Naked man struck and killed on freeway. Do not try at home.

Sculptures made of steel oil drums by Haitian artists.

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1877 guide to camping out. [via robotwisdom]

Bananas and Donuts: Sweet Dreams or Satanic Nightmares?

What exactly causes "new car smell"?

When you stink.

A page of old yam labels. Part of labelland.com.

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AP: Bedbugs Hit the Big Apple and Beyond.

BBC: Beer drinkers 'eating more junk'.

The 52 hostages held at the US Embassy in Iran in 1979-81 received lifetime passes to any Major League Baseball game. [via sportsfilter]

Sweet cross-country skiing photo.

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Alleged photo of a shadow being. Some trickery may be involved.

Before and after photos of artificial lawn installation. Hmm.

Photo gallery from the pro choice/pro life rally in San Francisco Saturday.

One of photographer Gene Anthony's shots; part of the California Historical Society's exhibit on San Francisco's Summer of Love.

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Useful Ask Metafilter thread about Google tricks.

Ski-biking photos. Ski-biking?

Bartending simulation software?

Sightings of the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus.

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Fond-u-like website.

A fuzzy white monkey teaches you to make deviled eggs.

Chinese New Year food.

The women of the Grateful Dead family.

Eleven things you should know about women in prison.

Neat collection of cook stove art from various chili-making competitions.

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How satellites work.

Thieves with spiked boots climbed power poles just outside Yakima, Wash., to cut down 600 feet of copper cable for historic trolleys that carry tourists through a hillside gap, closing the ride for the season. -Scrap metal theft on the rise.

From stage one of Australia's Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under.

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Snow biking in Sweden, Russia, and Chicago.

Hot dog cookies.

Crab Stew - From a five page photo gallery of Cajun food.

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Trends in the vinegar market. Also, margarine vs. butter research summary.

Condiment dictionary. Also, a salad dressing personality quiz.

Calls made on hospital bedside phones are very expensive.

A Jack Kerouac bobblehead doll. God help us all. Also, a scan of Charles Bukowski's driver license. Both from San Francisco's Beat Museum.

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Kerouac's 'On the Road' first draft on display at the San Francisco Public Library.

An alumni group is offering students up to $100 per class to supply tapes and notes exposing University of California, Los Angeles professors who allegedly express extreme left-wing political views. -God help us all.

Detailed stage routes for next months Tour of California cycling race.

Ostrich riding photos. Also, ostrich meat preparation tips.

Playpen, live electric fencing, barbed wire, mixed media. -A piece by artist Jack Daws. Would have been really useful for us last year. May still be of use. [via jafproject]

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A chicken wing dictionary. Also, wing eating techniques.

The guy who owns it really should do the lottery because the chances of sending out a signal from a digibox and sending out precisely and exactly on a major emergency channel are far more than 14 million to one. -TV digital box inadvertently sends SOS signal.

A database of airline vegetarian meals. Also, a vegan Super Bowl Sunday!

Hot dog recipes. Also, a recipe for marinated porcupine chops.

Another entry from the ongoing VeloNews reader photo contest.

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Anti-telemarketing counterscript. [via boingx2]

Friday, April 13, 2029. Good luck.

The view late last month from 22,000 feet over somewhere in Ohio or Indiana.

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Make your own fairy wings!

The music of Ray Riddle, who appeared on last week's 'Country Boys' documentary on PBS.

The Ozone hole tour.

What to do for fun at night in Connecticut. I think.

Legendary psychedelic/Grateful Dead artist Stanley Mouse has updated his website. Good stuff.

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Useful site for finding (or avoiding) bicycle climbs.

How fast can you really skate?

Chinese food photo album.

Top grossing concert tours in 2005. [via robotwisdom]

The kidneys - What, Where, and How.

A collection of telephone ads through the decades.

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History of telegraph and telephone companies in Nova Scotia.

The Aurora Borealis and the telegraph. Also, telegram stories.

Tower Climbers Group.

Young, single men are tied most often to workplace-related drinking, especially managers, salespeople, restaurant workers and those in the media. -7% of workers drink on the job. Only 7%? [tnx mjmc]

Merchandise available from the website of Burt Ward, the Robin from Batman & Robin.

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Video of a fancy table saw not cutting through a hot dog. [via brdg]

Ebay auction for an iPod preloaded with 30GB of Phish & Grateful Dead.

Paris-Dakar by bicycle. [via metafilter]

How to make & hit a gravity bong. Kids today... [via growabrain]

Is eating chalk harmful?

Nice review of 'Country Boys', the David Sutherland documentary on PBS this week.

A Southern Pacific freight train passing through Honby, California in September 1973. From a large collection of SP photos.

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All about snow.

A 6-sided snowflake designer. Also, how to make paper snowflakes.

How penguins survive cold conditions. Also, winterizing mobile homes.

"Weather has gotten a lot more integrated into the overall business environment. Companies are looking into ways to leverage weather, to better manage their resources. With energy supplies so constrained, the weather is going to become a more integral part of the business world." -Weather is the new bogeyman. Ugh.

The 2006 master schedule of Cactus League baseball games. More.

Northern California stolen bicycle database.

Mountainbike Militiamen movement. Good stuff.

The loneliness of long duration space flight.

The Wolo Wolf Whistle will attract immediate attention with its shrill, extra loud, two (2) tone whistle sound. The Wolf Whistle is built to provide many years of dependable service. Easy to install in any 12 volt vehicle. 103 decibels. -Perfect for your car!

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How to carry things on your bike.

2006 rosters for the top 20 Pro Tour cycling teams.

I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 -- to meet women. -From a quick, fun interview with Billy Joel.

Gospel graffiti.

You better be ready for a sharp jump in your social activities. When you are the star of impactful speeches you'll start getting invitations to parties, people will ask you to lunch, you'll get FREE theatre tickets, tours and lots of other freebies. -Tom Antion wants to teach you about the exciting and lucrative world of public speaking!

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Reptile recipes for the discriminating palate.

Find a foosball table anywhere in the world!

Electronic transport in Latin America.

Neat java animations at The Train Brain.

A ban on alcohol aboard the International Space Station could be lifted in 2006 to allow crews nips of liquor after grueling work assignments. -It hasn't been allowed!? [via robotwisdom]

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Three climbers killed on Kilimanjaro.

The people with holes in their heads. Also, is capitalism a fraud?

Boating China.

The website for Antarctica's Deception Island.

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Many, many Grateful Dead videos.

Supersonic AM/FM Binocular Radio w/Glass Optics - $5.99. Glass Optics!

A weblog about waterfalls in Thailand.

The Frog That Learned to Fly. (Frog levitation)

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A glossary of frequently misused or misunderstood physics terms and concepts.

The glossary of mathematical mistakes.

Unwise microwave oven experiments.

How do astronauts clean themselves on shuttles? Firstly, when washing their hair they must use a dry shampoo so that bubbles don't fly throughout the craft. They must then clean off the shampoo from their hair using a dry towel. -Washing in Space.

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So you wanna be a soap opera star?

How to act when stopped by a law enforcement officer.

While in captivity, adhere to some kind of sanitary schedule. "There’s dignity when you attempt to stay clean. Find comfort in having your circadian rhythms in tune. Make yourself aware when it’s morning, afternoon and night," McCann says, though he notes that can be difficult if you’re fed or let out for relief infrequently. -From an article on how to act if you're kidnapped.

What not to freeze.

Neuroscience for kids.

How to catch and spear fish. Also, fish movies.

Protect your brain. Nothing wrong with that.

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Sounds of a seahorse.

Buoy Identification.

Crossing Van Ness feels like entering a different world. Suddenly, the street curves and chaos and confusion of the last few blocks give way to the clean, modern architectural lines of cylindrical high-rise apartments, the stunning St. Mary's Cathedral and Japantown. As Michael Stipe ascertains on this contemplative ballad, it's a feeling not unlike leaving the real world behind for a dream world. -From a nice guide to San Francisco road music.

Returning GIs good for the Irish airport economy.

Caboose on the back of a pick-up truck.

Oil and acrylic paintings of trams and trolleys in Melbourne, Australia.

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A map of 1893 San Francisco cable car routes.

Morgantown, West Virginia's Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system.

The wild weather had nowhere else to go once the jet stream settled in this direction, pointing winds of 200 mph or so at an altitude of 35,000-40,000 feet straight at Northern California. -Interesting article on the origins of the recent storms out here.

An entry from the VeloNews reader photo contest.

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Freestyle Frisbee photos: 1979.

Sardine art.

How to buy T-shirts. Also, buying casual knit shirts.

Photo gallery of the storms which have been hitting Northern California for the past several days.

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Tips on laundering flood-soiled fabrics.

The residents were so fed up with the smelly faeces and urine of the sea lions in the plaza areas and along "Sailor Beach" on San Cristobal Island, that they formed a special sea lion task force to deal with the problem. -Galapagos sea lions stink. Damned evolution intelligent design.

What is a herring?

What exactly are smelling salts?

'Fish for Dinner' - One of many interesting paintings by British artist Paul Slater.

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Proof that my obsession with cycling continues: I rode 4,911 miles in 2005. Send help.