Awesome gallery of some cool-looking factories. I\’d probably go crazy working at a place like that.

And this is amazing: a scale model of San Francisco done in jello. I love the lighting.
[ From Boing Boing ]

Things I like to hear about: Six Stabbed At 1-Year-Old\’s Birthday Party

Six people were stabbed early Sunday during a melee at a 1-year-old\’s birthday party, police said. It apparently started when a downstairs neighbor went upstairs to complain about the noise.
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Police said they received several 911 calls around 12:45 a.m. They arrived at a two-family home on Crosby Street to find dozens of people running around in a thunderstorm. Some were screaming and bleeding.

Homer becomes Omar for Arab makeover of Simpsons

The adaptation, which began in time for Ramadam when television viewing figures peak, uses the original Simpsons animation. High profile Egyptian actors, including Mohamed Heneidy, are providing the character\’s voices.

Oh my god, I have to get a tape of this.

This is a great article about how Origin, makers of the classic Wing Commander and Ultima games, was bought by Electronic Arts and gradually killed off. Origin was partly at fault, but can you blame them for going wild when they suddenly get huge budgets for their projects?

Documents Show Supreme Court Nominee\’s Close Ties to Bush

\”You are the best governor ever – deserving of great respect,\” Harriet E. Miers wrote to George W. Bush days after his 51st birthday in July 1997. She also found him \”cool,\” said he and his wife, Laura, were \”the greatest!\”

Miers also wrote in Bush\’s yearbook \”Have a gr8 summer vacation! See you next year!\”

I don\’t know what\’s funnier, the fact that Steven Seagal has an energy drink, or that his picture\’s on it.

Ricky Gervais of The Office wrote an episode of The Simpsons to air later this season. He has some storyboards on his site. Badass.
[ From Signal vs. Noise ]