• Hey kids, dress up as your favorite corporate crook for Halloween. Dennis Kozlowski scares the crap out of me.
    [ From Boing Boing ]

  • Here\’s an interesting article about the Army\’s research efforts to develop a sandwich that\’ll last 3 years. The result is 2 sandwiches, pepperoni and barbecued chicken, which retain moisture yet don\’t get moldy. The reporter says they actually taste pretty good too. Looks like I have some new items to add to my apocalypse stockpile.
    [ From Ars Technica ]

  • The Boy Scouts are persecuting atheists:

    The Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts has given Eagle Scout Darrell Lambert about a week to decide \”in his heart\” if he\’s truly an atheist. If he insists on sticking to his belief that there is no God, the Council will terminate his membership.

    [ From Boing Boing ]

  • Son Dead, Father Critical After Kerosene Fight

    A man has burned to death and his father is fighting for his life after an apparent quarrel led to one of them pouring kerosene on the other and setting it on fire Friday night, police said Saturday.

    Jesus christ, that must\’ve been one hell of a fight.

  • NASA published its blueprint for the future last week. It includes plans for a big space telescope and another space station placed at Lagrange points, places in space where the gravitational pull of the earth and moon are balanced. I don\’t see anything about a Death Star though…I guess it\’s still classified.

  • The first of the new BMW Films is now available online. This one was directed by John Woo and stars Clive Owen again. It looks like all the films will feature the same car this time, the new Z4 (damnit, no more M5).

  • A couple of weeks ago I posted a cool case mod where a dude put a LCD in the front of a Shuttle small form factor computer. Well his efforts were rewarded cause the Register reports that Shuttle gave the guy a contract to create a design prototype. Nice to see a company that pays attention to the little guy.

    On a similar note, my old computer finally died so I\’m putting together a Shuttle system for myself. It\’s got a ton of built-in stuff: ethernet, audio, USB 2.0 and firewire. The on-board video sucks but it has an AGP slot so I can drop in a kick ass video card. Hopefully the LCD thing is a simple mod, I don\’t want to have to get a new computer already.

  • Ain\’t It Cool news has 6 cool teaser posters from the Matrix Reloaded. They look like Gap ads, but more badass.

  • The Best Religious Joke Ever by Emo Philips. Heh heh, religion\’s funny.
    [ From CamWorld ]

  • Heh heh, the telemarketing counterscript. I\’m gonna print this out and keep it next to my phone.
    [ From B3ta ]