Some of the student designs for the Michelin-CSS Design Competition are really incredible. I especially like this wheel. It\’s so outrageous, it\’s cool.

I\’m a pretty liberal guy when it comes to tattoos and piercings, but this body modification is just too much. Dave and Ryan are identical twins; Dave voluntarily had his right arm amputated and surgically reattached to Ryan\’s right side. Check out that picture! Weird. I still can\’t decide who got the better end of the deal.

I got a summons for jury duty again. That\’s the 3rd time this year, they must really want me. I don\’t think I can get excused again this time, cause I\’m out of school and I only have a part-time job. Whatever, I think I\’ll just go. Nothing else to do. Maybe I\’ll meet a cute girl there.

A captured member of Al Qaeda claims that other members of the terrorist group gained employment at Microsoft and tried to plant trojan horses and bugs in Windows XP. What the fuck? Most people at my school couldn\’t get hired by MS. And I\’m sure it can\’t be that easy to just put bugs into Win XP without anyone noticing. This guy\’s full of shit.

The trailer for Panic Room, David Fincher\’s next film, is now available.

EETimes has an article about an interesting new file transfer technology. Instead of actually sending the data, you send an equation that tells the receiving computer how to create a copy of the data. It\’s faster than the usual FTP cause it eliminates most of the back and forth communication. The company developing this technology, Digital Fountain, had to create \”proprietary algorithms to create a mathematical model of the data being sent.\” Geez, I can\’t even imagine the kind of math involved.

My coworker was laid off earlier his week cause of budget problems. So that leaves me, the CTO, and the CEO(it\’s a small company). Hmmm…I wonder who\’s next? Man, I\’m gonna be so pissed off if they make me do his work.

Nude Rampage On Campus

A nude Evergreen State College freshman burst from a dorm and began assaulting people, striking two female students and a couple walking their dog before officers subdued him Wednesday afternoon, campus police said…

The student also tossed a flower pot through a window and shattered a Jeep\’s windshield with his head…

Heh heh, which head?
[ From Cattle Mutilation 101 ]

So the Taliban were overthrown and the people of Kabul were finally freed after years of oppression. What\’s the first thing they do? Buy satellite dishes and TVs. Christ, I don\’t even have a satellite dish.
[ From Geeknews ]

More car stuff:
The 5 Safest Cars of All Time
The 4 Deadliest Cars of All Time.
I found the deadliest cars article more amusing cause the cars themselves aren\’t inherently unsafe, it\’s the way those cars are driven. I guess it makes sense, cause, come on, your grandma\’s not gonna buy a Camaro and drive 30 in the fast lane with the blinker on.