Wow.

It defied logic when ’80s rock band Journey recently offered the job of vocalist to Arnel Pineda, a 40-year-old father of three from the Philippines’ Quezon City. Frontman for a Filipino rock and cover band called the Zoo, Pineda had played little more than dimly lit small- and medium-sized rock clubs in his homeland when [...]

Talk about too much time on your hands. But I have to admit it - I’m a sucker for this kind of thing.

Almost as good as the almighty Van Hammersley:

If I ever ask to be buried in these, please kill me.

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 [...]

Here’s a nice idea: Goodreads lets you share what you’re reading — and more importantly, ruthlessly poach other peoples’ reading lists. Go sign up, then add bloggerton as a friend.
Go

A new development in the ongoing search for adventurer and Richard Branson buddy Steve Fossett.
But as the search for the 63-year-old enters its second week, rescuers have received help from an unlikely source: Google Earth. The satellite imaging program has released new, up-to-date images of Nevada which, through a collaborative system run by Amazon [...]

No, that title isn’t an invitation to smoke a bowl and have a listen to Appetite for Destruction.

It’s a reference to this little gizmo:
How many times have you deleted something only to need it later. All the recovery software in the world might not bring it back and so we need a better solution. The [...]

I’d advise you all to save your work. More as it develops. Thanks, Freek.

Valleywag provides this pretty excellent clip from College Humor.com about bad internet business ideas.
I swear to God, if you haven’t been in this exact meeting, I sure as hell have. I’m just trying to figure out which of these assholes is me.
Go watch

Check this.
It’s a sound gag — strap on the headphones to avoid embarassment.