Every second you watch this, you’ll think it can’t get any more preposterous. And then, Emeril-like, they kick it up a notch. These knuckle-dragging meatheads make Bon Jovi look like Bob Dylan. However, they seem to have stumbled on the magical, “your-chocolate-got-in-my-peanut-butter”-like combination of tits and fire.
Oh, and they’re Dutch or something.

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Why haven’t I heard about this? Will it work well or will it suck worse than reading on my old Handspring Treo? Can I get one for Christmas? Who will give it to me? How many trees will live on because I’m not murdering them?

Online retailer Amazon has unveiled an own-brand wireless electronic book reader [...]

Great piece on the disturbing subject matter of Sesame Street in its early days. Here’s a representative sample:
Snuffleupagus is visible only to Big Bird; since 1985, all the characters can see him, as Big Bird’s old protestations that he was not hallucinating came to seem a little creepy, not to mention somewhat strained. As for [...]

Here’s a guest contribution from Seek, who’s an avid — some might say chronic — gamer.
Top Ten World of Warcraft Euphemisms for Masturbation:
10. Buffing the Raid Leader
9. Fitting the Gnome with a Monocle
8. Pro-tossin’ (For the Starcraft Heads)
7. Admonishing the Paladin
6. [...]

Not many people know this, but as of December 12th, all food in Canada (not just pre-packaged mass produced stuff) will require nutritional labeling.
Consider this a cautionary tale:
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway’s largest erotic chain store was forced to change the labeling on products such as penis pasta, candy cuffs and chocolate body painting, to [...]

This is too weird. An Indonesian man contracted a rare fungal disease that caused him to “grow roots” in a completely literal sense. Apparently he will be getting Vitamin A therapy which will greatly improve his condition.

Not to make light of it, but Mark, who sent me the link, was sorta pointing out the fact [...]

Here’s a great idea that, sadly, probably won’t change anything. It’s a site allowing you to report a stolen bike.
Some people say that the best way to deter bike theft is to avoid buying used bikes and avoid retailers who sell used bikes. Virtually all of them are stolen. No customers, no market.
That could be [...]

Via Presentation Zen, here’s a great talk by Lawrence Lessig on the tension between creativity and copyright. It’s long, but should not be missed.

There’s nothing fresher than a pirate metaphor.