Monkeys Have Accents Too
I've suspected this for years. I can hardly ever understand the ones from South America. I think it's the way they roll their "r"s. They talk fast, too.
Wes Phillips
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RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
From <I>The Onion</I>, of course.
David Byrne's DMCA Rant
I love Radio DB and I rave about it all the time. Basically, Byrne programs about two hours of streaming music, which he changes each month—usually thematically linked—and I usually end up buying one or two (or more) of the discs he streams from.
Caffeine Gives Brain Boost
Also, water is wet.
The Treadmill Bike
The SUV of bikes.
Accordion Guy Mashes Up H.P. Lovecraft and The Family Circus
If you're geeky enough to get both references, you're my kind of guy.
Definition of a Gentleman
Someone who can play bagpipes, but doesn't. Definition of having too much money Paying $5000 for digital bagpipes. Of course, I'm not Scots—or José Ángel Hevis.
Terry Pratchett Interview at SciFi.com
The man's a marvel. Gives good interview, too.
It's Twue! It's Twue!
Why everybody is disappointed in the final product.
Beating Swords Into Plowshares—Literally
Buy a Kalishnakov, let a Sierra Leone blacksmith turn it into farm tools. Buy a tank, keep five blacksmiths busy for a year—and give 100 families the means to feed themselves.