Probably a sign of my misspent youth, but I know that nothing good can come from a project where Japanese scientists drill towards the center of the earth.

How many decimal places can you take it? The Pi trainer can get you further.

Google Middle Earth.

Stretchable silicon gonna be the next big craze.

It's <I>Double-Tongued Word Wrester</I>&mdash;one-stop shopping for slang, jargon, and geek speak of all categories. Why didn't <I>I</I> think of this?

Tastes like "physics."

1. <a href="http://www.sonicyouth.com/">Sonic Youth</a> &#151; my favorite band &#151; is working on a new album.

This time last year the music industry was ready to celebrate. Compact disc sales were up for the first time in years, peer-to-peer file-sharing networks were reeling from lawsuits, ringtone sales were proving unexpectedly profitable, and legitimate (paid-for, that is) downloads were rising. But this year, Jim Urie, president of Universal Music Group, told <I>The Wall Street Journal</I> that Christmas 2005 was "a bleak holiday season at the end of a bleak year."