Afflictor: Considering changing dentists, since 2009. (Image by Honustart.)
- Old Print Articles: Operations on the brain (1895) + Eating dinners in pill form (1899) + Child star hauled into court (1881).
- Classic Photograph: The Nixons at the “Western White House” (1971)
- Featured Videos: Joe Pynes interviews satanist, transsexual and pimp (1966) + Pyne interviews Jerry Rubin, Lester Maddox and Jack Anderson (1966) + 60 Minutes predicts the electronic future (1970) + Electronic tattoos monitor vital signs of discharged patients + Cartoon clown controls the Earth (1928) + William Friedkin interviews Fritz Lang (1975) + NASA documentary about Skylab (1973) + Andy Kaufman visits Letterman’s short-lived morning show (1980) + Dick Cavett interviews Frank Zappa (1980) + Andy Warhol and Sonny Liston shill for Braniff Airlines + Iran Air TV commericial (1970s) + Star Trek technology inspired the cell phone + Ted Koppel examines the paintball wars (1987) + Donald Duck explains mathematics (1959).
- Recently Posted On NYC’s Craigslist: Anarchist hopes whole system craters + I’m drawing up a looting intinerary in case NYC gets London riots + My neighbor burns his trash + My car blew up the other day + Depressed hipster turns traffic cop + Need your hair for my art project.
- Rev. Jim Jones planned a 9/11-style act of mass terrorism.
- China’s booming economy has led to an increase in mistresses.
- Chinese tourists are given odd rules when visiting Taiwan.
- Stanford is offering its Introduction to Artificial Intelligence class online.
- Social network photos can be repurposed into identity recognition info.
- Baseball players warned to stop ingesting deer antler spray.
- Grantland recalls the life and times of NFL star Bubba Smith.
- Trash collector wins Lotto, wastes money, becomes trash collector.
- Innovative doctor has practice crushed by medical establishment.
- A 1993 report about the rise of the Internet.
- Are we asking the right questions about digital books?
- A look at the world of a blind mathematician.
- Bold predictions about life-extension science.
- Futurist Bruce Sterling is wary of digital storage.
- Your skin can be transformed into computer interface device.
- Ron Rosenbaum examines heady ideas entering the pop culture.
- Chris Burden turns Matchbox cars into high art.
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