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Google adds another GB to GMail accounts. Google, being as nice as they are, is giving everyone 2gb of free storage as a birthday gift for GMAIL being 1 year old. This one's from Campen. I realize it's April fools', but this is pretty legit.

The Straight Girl's Guide To Sleeping With Chicks From Ryan: They talked to this author yesturday on the Stern show.
Step one: buy this book as a late anniversary gift for Karen.
Step two: steal it as good bathroom reading.
Step three: Quote it as often as possible on BHendrix (even if it doesn't apply). Then I'll be cool cause people know I read.

Home Star has gone pay. It's a sad day for all. Stolen from Fark.

Taking a Mercedes SL65 to the drag strip. 604HP and 738lb-ft of torque. Runs in the 11s. With the A/C on. Tremendous.

Woman with MD stripped of Ms Wisconsin throne because she can stand up. Make no mistake, she's definitely handicapped. It's just that for brief periods she can appear as though she isn't. Thanks to boot for this one.

English soccer fan wrecks voice after yelling too much. Rings a certain bell regarding a certain someone we all hold near and dear. Thanks to JT for this one.

Miolla's commentary re: this site. He's chosen to express himself in a visual medium. I have been punk'd.

After taking in 'SNL's Best of Will Ferrell Vol. 2' this past weekend, T Hendrix and I would like to issue a warning to those thinking of buying or renting it: Don't. There is one funny W sketch and the rest is just a bunch of one-chuckle (if that) bits. Vol. 1 - Rules. Vol 2 - Sucks. Just watch Vol. 1 twice.

The complete archive of Howard and Nester comics. This would be the comic from Nintendo Power.

If college basketball were played by No Child Left Behind Rules... Humorous interpretation of a humorous system.

PA Bill to allow 'intelligent design' to be taught alongside evolution. Seeing as this applies directly to where I 'live', I'll be sending my letter tomorrow. Pittsburgh and Philly with Georgia in the middle.

Google Maps adds satellite imagery. Go to your regular map and then hit the satellite link in the upper right. Freak out. For Instance. Some areas have much better resolution than others, so results vary a bit, but man is this crazy. And my head is still in tact. Update Cool things to look at: Punch in any airport code: e.g. ORD, LGA and it goes right over the airport. Go to Washington, DC. Zoom all the way in. The WWII memorial is still under construction, I think. And then pan east to the capitol. Crazy.

GM chief takes more control. Lutz and Cowger lose power.

Peter Morici, a professor at the University of Maryland's school of business, compared it to "moving around the chairs on the deck of the Titanic."

DU is getting evicted. This is still pending a final decision, but it's not good news for anyone. Except CMU, who will be getting zero of my dollars. Again. Thanks to JT for this one.

Cousins in Pittsburgh Marry in MD. This one's from jm, who adds So the term, genetic discrimination is being throw around. That's a good one. I prefer the term, "Future parents of three armed children." However, a certain friends wedding behavior makes more sense now, with his Beaver Country Roots. Anybody want to buy a house? Pays for itself.

Krugman on why there are so few Republican University profs.

In its April Fools' Day issue, Scientific American published a spoof editorial in which it apologized for endorsing the theory of evolution just because it's "the unifying concept for all of biology and one of the greatest scientific ideas of all time," saying that "as editors, we had no business being persuaded by mountains of evidence." And it conceded that it had succumbed "to the easy mistake of thinking that scientists understand their fields better than, say, U.S. senators or best-selling novelists do."

In case you were wondering about 'Lysenkoist', here's an explanation.

Limited Edition IWG Mercedes CLS So, as if I didn't lust after this vehicle enough previously, there's an excellent special edition. I want to see more piano lacquer being used everywhere. Also in Pianos.

Drunk driver paralyzes kid. Beer vendor, NFL, the Giants, and the stadium owners sued. The Giants, the NFL, and the stadium owners all settled. The beer vendor - Aramark was hit for $75 million. Drunk owes $60 million. Oh yea - the drunk was an admitted alcoholic, had 10 beers not at the stadium and 1/2 a bottle of champagne at a strip club. Oh yea - he was also high on pot. Congratulations to the nanny state for holding the wrong people responsible. And that kid should have been in a child seat.

Kenyon college student dies from alcohol or exposure. His father, Daniel Boyarski, was the head of the design department at CMU. I figured some of you might know him.

Teamster's Tollbooth strike last Thanksgiving has backfired. EZPass registrations are way up, and there are plenty or applicants at free-market prices. Follows up on this.

I totally re-did http://text.bhendrix.com so now you can (hopefully) use it when the man is cracking down on you. All of the links to internal pages off that page should look about the same, but if you see something that looks whack, let me know. This one's going out to Bobby D.

Body Suspension convention coverage from Providence RI. If you are squeamish, DO NOT CLICK THROUGH. Seriously. I don't want to be responsible for you depositing your lung butter on your computer. If you're really sacked up, though, check out the photo gallery. Yow. I marked this No Desks just to make sure there were no accidental clicks.

Gyroball Similar to Marble Madness, but different.

Woman says Mike Vick gave her the herp. I nominate him World's Greatest STD carrier. Previously covered here and with the poll. Via Fark.

A little more information on Mitch Hedberg and a LOT of jokes. I'm more bummed out about him than the pope. Thanks to my dad for this one.

I have no idea how this guy can take himself seriously. From miolla. It starts out and looks like it could be a joke. But it is not. Two words for you. A. Mazing. I almost marked this NSFW just because I'm laughing so hard. Easily one of the funniest things I've posted.

Fringe's new buggy 'Blizzard' Bean (who else?) sent this in. What will be the slogan? "No one may be able to beat the house, but...a big snowstorm would certainly keep them from rolling. Yeah." I was thinking more along the lines of "It blows and it dumps." I like mine with Peanut M&Ms. In related news, I still hate this kid. If you know of his whereabouts, please punch him in the face.

Just in time for carnival, g-g-g-g-gmail, P.I.M.P. All from derek.

Gameroom devoted to NES. From derek, adding you'd think, with all this crap, he'd have a cooler tv. Indeed. My guess is he blew the cash on a top-load NES.

Elija Wood is Very, Very Gay. I'm not saying he is. That's just the name of the page. Anyway, good for a laugh. Reminds me a bit of some mioll-isms. Update Marked 'No Desks' because I guess it could be work-offensive.

Penny Arcade's Spy Handbook. It's for Splinter Cell, and it's pretty entertaining. They just put out the final page.

He's not in many movies, but he sure knows how to pick 'em.

So the line has already started for SW: Episode III, a full six weeks before the movie comes out. Their site is pretty entertaining, I particularly like in the FAQs where they address what to do if you have a job and can't stay in line full time. All from Oof. I can only add that these losers are sitting outside the wrong theater. For some excellent nerd-on-nerd combat, check out the related Slashdot story. As jm the Emporer said, 'Fight.'

The Intelligent Design joke from Scientific American. Get your cut-and-paste-and-email ninja skills ready. This is the full article that Krugman was talking about this week. Bob sent it in, so thanks Bob.

Leonard Nimoy should eat more salsa web site. Their excellence is excellent. I guess this has been around for a while, but I found it amoosing.

Baby Got Book 12MB WMV Video with sound. This guy is serious. That makes it funny.

Total Eclipse of the Heart. 5MB WMV Video with sound. I chuckled. Both of these are from Jane.

Wireless Bluetooth headphones for iPod. We've been talking about this for a while, and now somebody did it.

Wireless USB that runs at full speed. No more connecting your iPod, or running a cable to your dektop hidden under your desk. Hopefully coming very soon.

New similar search created by Airliners.net. From Philippe, who adds I think Hendrix should do this for bhendrix.com. It's actually pretty cool. It analyzes the pictures and then tries to match them, which is way, way, way beyond anything I know how to do.

This one's from oof: Ed Markey of Massachuesetts asserts that daylight saves energy. And now he is working to get his Congressional colleagues to agree, and change daylight savings time. I just laughed when he was quoting as saying, "The more daylight we have, the less electricity we use." - as if some Congressional action can change when the sun rises. And Daylight was an excellent movie, especially when they go shooting out of the tunnel at the end.

Following on from CBS's movie-of-the-week, Sping Break Shark Attack, it seems as if real sharks are congregating and copying their digital, small screen brothers. Click on the picture it is pretty crazy. Update Oof sent this one in. I robbed him of credit. Sorry oof.

DC Shoes basketball hijinks. They set up a hoop in their 'training facility' and go nuts. Some pretty impressive trick shots. Click the 'March Madness' link in the middle.

Mercedes chief heckled by stock holders. Ahh, the glory of a public company. After securing his place in hell during the merger with takeover of Chrysler, I have absolutely no sympathy.

Schrempp nevertheless told the audience: "We have made clear progress," claiming the company reached its operating earnings target for the full year despite a drop in fourth-quarter earnings. "We reached our profit target. But we're not satisfied with that," he said.

NCSU election results video. From Fark via JT Fast Forward to about 6/10ths (or 3/5ths, for you reducers out there -ed.) of the way through to hear 'The Pirate Captain' basically win the election for student body president at NC State.

Also listen for cronie comments like "We got 44%, YEEARGH!", "Long live the captain" (chorus of cheers), and "Ye ship set sail, YEEARGH!"

Joe Scarborough gets into it with a Schiavo doctor. Underling and Joe get asses handed to them. I do enjoy Joe's spin at the end though. This was in a thread on Fark.

Some pics of PiKA buggy from the late 60's. I think the old stuff is pretty cool. I'm sure Bean can add more commentary.

Google can now provide factual answers. The article provides the example of typing "portugal population" into Google... it returns "10,524,145 (July 2004 est.)". From JT (and Slashdot), who adds The more I can do on Google, the less my brain has to think. Have you ever caught yourself just looking things up on the internet instead of actually just thinking about it for a second... even when you know the answer?

Cookie Monster changes his diet. In order to encourage kids to have healthy eating habits, they're phasing out "C is for cookie" and phasing in a new song, "A Cookie is a Sometimes Food." Sounds catchy. All from ms. minardo.

Pedophile cover provider Cardinal Law, formerly of Boston, to preside at Pope's funeral. He's only one of nine, though, so everybody that got molested by a priest and had it covered up by Law, go ahead and go on about your business. Oh yea. And no birth control. And no homos. Got it?

From oof: Here is a good chronicle of MGM's recent collapse. It emotes much of the nostalgia and sentiment around town. It's like the aged star in Sunset Boulevard who doesn't quite realize she is past her prime, and no one in business wants to have to tell her so.

Sony patents tech that goes straight to your brain. Hopefully they can't get anything out of there. Unless it's answers to test questions. That would be helpful. Oof sent the link in.

New Evil Mutual Fund. A CATO guy has come up with a new mutual fund to combat the hippies out there shunning corporations whose ethics and morals are on the Enron end of the good/evil continuum. Yea. Take that, people who have concern for the well being of others and the environment. Mayes, nino, feel free to commence with explanation of how the Free Market will save us all.

Undercover detective goes to high school. Busts lots of kids. The usual crap - pot, shrooms, ecstacy, and prescription drugs (ridalin?). I'm guessing it would suck to be the new kid at this school next year.

Kitten Cannon Fire a cat out of a cannon, watch it get fucked up, and compete for distance all at the same time. This is why they invented the internet. Besides for porn, of course... All from decker.

First MotoGP race of the season from Gizmag. Rossi took it home in the last turn. If you don't follow this at all, this is the highest level of motorcycle racing on the planet. 320 lb bikes with 240 horsepower from 1 liter normally aspirated engines. If nothing else, have a look at the pictures. As and added bonus, here's more about the winner's bike.

On a side note, an article in Cycle World had Ricky Gadson running in the 9's on a stock 600cc yamaha R6. It was lowered and had a race exhaust. In the 9's.

The hendrix-cam has gone missing in action. After surviving several continents and countries, not to mention lots and lots of bars, I managed to lose it sometime after a visit to falling water and before a cheese steak. I haven't replaced it yet, so I won't be taking any pics at carnival this year. If you are going to be there, I will post any and all pictures you want to send my way. So if you're thinking to yourself this weekend, "Man, I'm glad Hendrix is getting a pic" it's time to take a pic.

Also, I updated the '25 Latest Comment' page so that it resets the cookie that determines when you have New Comments. That way you can sit and reload the latest comment page and then come back to the home page and not get a false positive for the 'New Comments' signal. I think this probably affects me, and probably four other people, but I thought it was worth mentioning. In typing this I realized that the same cookie feeds the New Photo Comments thing, so I've screwed that up. Fix coming tomorrow.

A bunch of people on several occasions have recommended 'Alias' to me. I got the first 7 episodes on DVD this weekend, and subsequently stopped doing everything else. If you haven't checked it out already, it is an excellent show. It's fast-paced, intriguing, well-acted, funny, and overall, just a great show. I really can't say enough about it. Also, Jennifer Garner is über hot. In watching the commentary about the pilot, though, she seemed kind of um, like a stereotypical sorority chick (not that I know any of them), which seems odd. So thanks to those who put me onto this, and for the rest of you: check it out.

Compubookie 2005 2nd. "Without their incredible luck, PiKA would place second every time." Can't view it on IE, here's your reason for needing to download Firefox. I'm working on the second part of that. This one's from prabhath and JT co. UPDATE I put it up on bhendrix.com for you IE people - HERE

Pictures of Walls

just random graffiti. Some of it is rather funny. All from derek. Reminds me of the time... I saw this.

The move to impeach justice Kennedy.

Schlafly called for passage of a quartet of bills in Congress that would remove courts' power to review religious displays, the Pledge of Allegiance, same-sex marriage and the Boy Scouts. Her speech brought a subtle change in the argument against the courts from emphasizing "activist" judges -- it was, after all, inaction by federal judges that doomed Schiavo -- to "supremacist" judges.

Former representative William Dannemeyer (R-Calif.) followed Schlafly, saying the country's "principal problem" is not Iraq or the federal budget but whether "we as a people acknowledge that God exists."

Theta replacing DTD This is all from Will.

Some gems in here:

According to Weber, the [sorority] chapters have an average of 60-65 active members in them. “They’ve been increasing rather exponentially in the four years that I’ve been here,”

“We’re pretty indifferent about it, [but] whatever happens, they’re going to be friendlier than our last neighbors,” he [KDR president] said. “It will be a step in the right direction to helping the Greek community get back on its feet.”

And also, John Kubasiak is a pike.... i think.

To that I can only add: "Theta Busts Out".

Racist morons pissed because Harry Potter's first girlfriend is Asian. This has come to light because they're filming the 4th book. Keep in mind that the book has been out for about 4 years with nary a complaint. Proving once again that idiots can't read.

The America F-Yea mash up with the United We Stand crap. Goes along with this.

Romeo and Juliette -- Trailer Park Style From Boot.

My husband's not a violent person. He's been in the United States for 24 years and he's never been in trouble," Lisa Riojas told WJXT-TV of Jacksonville.

In answer to his question, not really.

The Pandas are mating. This is one of those times I would have taken their word for it. Who lies about this kind of stuff?

11th year senior going for one more. He's sort of a Van Wilder kind of guy. I will not draw the links to others.

Tiger's shot on the 16th hole. I'm sure they've been playing this nonstop on ESPN, etc., but in case you missed it, or just want to watch it again, here it is. WMV video format.

Wendy's chilli finger lady sues everybody. She's got a history of lawsuits against anybody and everybody. In other news, the #6 combo is still delicious. Follows up on this. Got it from the Fark.

EA has wrapped up college football license for 6 years. I have no idea what kind of impact this has, but thought some of you might find it interesting.

Fuel Cells for laptops

This has nothing to do with booze, but in its defense, it has nothing to do with buggy. All from derek.

Google Ride Finder Announced This feature lets you track cabs in your city (sorry Pittsburgh) in real time. Cool... All from Brick. This was announced on April 1st, but it appears to be legit.

Camel jockies replaced by robots. Once again, robots save the world, and by world i mean 4 year olds racing on camel back. Thanks to Jay Park, aka Ron Mexico for this one.

An article on cmu.edu about Carnival.

The most important part of this article is the link to cmutv to be able to watch buggy races on-line, a link ALL of you will definitely be using between 8 am and 12 pm EDT on Friday and Saturday if you are unable to make it to Carnival this year. There is also info on how to buy a DVD of all cmutv buggy coverage from this year. This is all from Bean-o.

Animated version of 'Creep' Whether you like Radiohead or not, this animation is pretty great. JT sent this in. I thought I had posted this before, because I know I've seen it, but I guess not. It is pretty cool.

beyond a real description except maybe yeesh. All from derek.

Russ Feingold to divorce. I know that at least Rob knows his family, and a few wisconsinites read the site, so here it is. Also, I guess he on the 'short list' of presidential hopefulls, which is interesting. There's conjecture in the linked post about how it will affect him with voters. It seems like the thing that would affect him most would be being single, not necessarily divorced.

Russ Feingold of Wisconsin recently announced his divorce, and some are questioning how this affects his plans to run for president in 2008.

Colgate (University) trying to force greeks to sell housing. All from jm, who adds This sound familiar to anyone?

A lesson in poor logo choice. From will, who adds Who are the adwizards that came up with this one?

Atwood, Kansas webmaster takes down site after town denies him (and all other homosexuals) rights. In its place he put one of the more thorough critiques of homosexual discrimination I've seen. Worth a look. Update The text has been mirrored to another site.

Wisconsin considering cat hunting. They're talking about house cats gone wild, to which I say, good hunting. If the thing doesn't have a collar and is on someone else's (or public) property, let 'er rip. The owner obviously doesn't care what happens to it. Hunters shooting cats with collars, should be collared and hunted by the rest of society. Hopefully via the interweb. Or one of the internets.

Kerry uses The Onion as a Reference From Fark via JT, who adds Who are the fact checkers getting paid to do this work? In other news, W uses the CIA. At least the Onion is funny.

50.1 carat Diamond to be auctioned. Cool picture. I'd like to be the guy that uses two months' salary for this.

Idaho congratulates Napolean Dynamite Creators with a House resolution. Read the whole thing. It is tremendous.

WHEREAS, Uncle Rico's football skills are a testament to Idaho athletics;

WHEREAS, any members of the House of Representatives or the Senate of the Legislature of the State of Idaho who choose to vote "Nay" on this concurrent resolution are "FREAKIN' IDIOTS!" and run the risk of having the "Worst Day of Their Lives!"

City Council hopeful Rick James just wants his signs.

Hef turns 79. Picture of him and 3 girlfriends.

Maddox's April 1st Page. Jim sent this to me a while ago, I just forgot to post it.

JT poses this riddle:

Q: Who's going to hell first?

A: The people on this webpage

B: You for laughing at them

More Q&A from JT:

Q: What is the difference between this kid and Shek?

A: The 12 year old wakes up after passing out.

Some cool tools for Windows machines. JT sent this in adding It has two great extensions for FireFox. I'm installing the Tab extension in hopes that it will let me 'Alt-Tab' between FireFox tabs...

I'd also like to recommend NetStumbler, since the bundled Microsoft wireless setup licks nuts.

VT Teen Accused of Stealing Corpse's Head Derek, friend of neither the capital letter nor the punctuation mark, sent this one in.

A Morning Chuckle explaining W's macho attitude. Update Link fixed. Thanks JT.

Britney is carrying Cletus's third spawn. Mrs. Federline announces she's knocked up. Her E! True Hollywood story now warrants extra 1/2 hour.

More animated music videos. New Gorillaz single. From rcr, who adds Derek watched it without sound and said the windmill was still creepy. I have to agree. I would also add that streaming video was Hard in 1995, and the amount of buffering I sat through makes me think Microsoft hasn't made any progress since then. Cool video, though.

Will threw down a gauntlet. I answered with uh, some code. Anyway, the interface is pretty messy, and you may notice more than a passing resemblance to Google, but I think the comment thing is working.

If you think a comment is really good - Funny, Interesting, whatever, just check the box. I'll tally up the results whenever I feel like it and post it on the front page. This was all Will's idea.

Engadget is giving away a Razr to the person with the best pic of why they need it. I feel like Carnival weekend might be the perfect time to get said shots. Anyway, free stuff.

You need this.

Your friend,
Brian

More BMX video footage. Of particular note are the dirt contest, the front brake rampage, and Dave Mirra attempting triple tailwhips. Ow.

randomly generated paper accepted to conference. This one's from ms. minardo, whose shift key I can only assume is broken.

randomly-generated CS articles for technical journals. spits out somewhat readable garbage that sounds like a real paper. one was accepted for presentation to a conference and authors are planning to present. the kids at MIT apparently have too much time on their hands.

In case you needed more proof, check out the USB controlled disco dance floor.

Day of Truth vs. Day of Silence. Day of Silence is where people don't talk for a day to support homosexual rights and protest bullying and harrassment. Day of Truth is the opposite of that day, sponsored by a Christian legal group. Anyway, this is sort of interesting, but the article is full of excellent statements. Johnson is the dude behind the Day of Truth.

"No one is for bullying and harassment," Johnson said. "But that's cloaking their real message -- that homosexuality is good for society."

Johnson said the event is meant to be "peaceful and respectful," but made clear it is motivated by belief that homosexuality is wrong. "You can call it sinful or destructive -- ultimately it's both," he said.

Amateurs sue for right to play for the Stanley Cup. It doesn't look like they've got a leg to stand on, but still, it's a nice thought.

"...I'm just frustrated with the fact that there is no hockey being played. I don't think that's what Lord Stanley intended. I think he had a higher purpose for his donation."

Review of an 'econ' book that looks into very general issues. e.g. Do real-estate agents really represent their clients' interests? Why do so many drug dealers live with their mothers? Which parenting strategies work and which don't? Does a good first name contribute to success in life?

But the best part is the analysis that says legal abortion dropped the crime rate. This has been around for a little while, but I always find it entertaining. Now about that birth-control-in-the-water thing...

Jilted husband selling his wife's crap. She's been cheating on him, so he's getting a little revenge. Tremendous.

KFC manager turns sprinklers on PETA protesters. There was also a guy walking around with a bullhorn supporting beef. In other news, chicken is still delicious. Stolen from Fark.

Wiccan teen suspended for lipstick and eye makeup. Includes picture.

Placing bets for the next Pope... All from Shoof.

From Oof: So this 15-year got mad at the kid who ditched him, and decided to punish said offender with a blow to the head using a baseball bat. Wait, I saw that in a movie once... Damn you Hollywood and your gratuitous and irresponsible violence.

House passes bill to eliminate the estate tax. Senate up for grabs. Currently it affects all estates above 1.5 million (~2% of people that die) at a rate of around 45%. The cap will be going up year by year and the rate will go down until 2010, when it is repealed for a year and then reinstated in 2011. There's a lot of hype from both sides of the issue, including false 'testimonies' of people hit by this and overestimations. Bottom line is that it will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to repeal when we don't have any kind of replaacement available. The most insightful piece I found was from NPR.

..except for that 3-2 upset to open our 2002 World Cup. This movie looks cool go watch it. Interestingly, they are releasing it in every market with a soccer team. If you don't have one, then petition your city to get a team. Team USA 2010 World Cup Champs in South Africa. Oof sent in all this hyperbole. I can only add that I liked this movie when it was called 'Hoosiers' and 'Miracle'.

A short quiz regarding the seperation between church and state. There's a fair amount of history in there as well. If you look at the title of the site, it will help your score immensely.

Sen. Santorum recently took several rides on the Wal-Mart coporate jet. To hop around Florida 'for Terri' and attend fund raisers. In Florida. He raised $250,000 people to run for Senator from PA. Your new poster boy for 'What's wrong with our government' - Dick Santorum. Congratulations, Dick.

Wisconsin governor nixes plan to hunt feral cats. He thought everyone was laughing at the state. I think he needs to strap on a set.

32 Hours 7 Minutes Documents a real race across the US. It took them 32 Hours, 7 minutes. NY-LA. Wow. From Bricker, who highlights the choice quote:Two speeds: 200 mph or stopped. and adds Fuck yeah!

While living there I discovered some of the backwards ways of our ancestors, but this is incredulous. Damn hippies. Oof sent along this well-formatted entry.

NFL Shops are halting production of any customized Mike Vick jerseys with MEXICO embroidered on the back. I can hear a single tear rolling down Jaimain's cheek right now. Boot sent this in.

General carnival wrapup. OldGuyatPHI sent the article. Prabhath sent the link to Coolest picture ever. I still enjoy this one, but there you go. Update If you mess with the URL by incrementing or decrementing the counter at the end, you can see some other good pics. Like this one or this one and the next 10. I built this little page to look at all those pics. Sorry Carnegie Pulse.

Young Republicans of UConn invited WWE wrestler The Ultimate Warrior to speakat their school. And all hell broke loose. Appears to be 100% legit and 100% hilarious. Miolla sent this one in along with tidings of joy: Enjoy Carnival Fuckfaces. I know that no one will see this till Monday.

From Boot: I saw this place on Food TV at a BBQ cook-off in Vegas. It's in the Strip. Check it out.

Stop Urban 4x4s. This one's based in London, home of paying criminals for fires. I agree that you are an absolute idiot for driving an SUV in London. Hell, I think you're an idiot for driving anything in London that has more than 2 wheels. However, their goals are just freakin' ridiculous.

Our goals are to make driving a big 4x4 as socially unacceptable as drink-driving and to increase taxes on the most polluting vehicles (almost all 4x4s fall into this group), including increases in road tax and an increased congestion charge in London. We are also seeking an end to 4x4 advertisements in the mainstream media.

The foosball robot. It plays at the level of 'an advanced intermediate' player, and they're tweaking it to play better. There's a commercial version coming as well. The videos are sort of creepy.

Monzy's edible interface. There's more over at monzy.com and monzy.org

Anna Quindlen on the Pope - Complex and Contradictory. She puts into words just about everything I was thinking. Weird, that.

Romanian Woman Thief Hid Mobile Phones In Her Hoo-Ha All from Ron Mexico, who adds I guess it's work safe since there are no pictures. (unless the word VAGINA is not work safe) And Ron, may I direct you here?

Lance will retire after this year's Tour. Andy sent the heads up.

Here is another one of Monzy's great inventions...and I do believe a much better one than the Edible Interface. Dany sent this whole thing in.

Ricky wants to get rid of fillibusters for judicial nominees. Right now, they need 60 votes to stop a fillibuster. Rick wants to reduce that to 50, which would allow Republicans to put anyone they want on the bench given their 55 vote majority. The issue regarding blocking judicial nominations has been going back and forth since at least the early Clinton administration, but there's a reason changing the fillibuster rule is called 'going nuclear'.

Top 10 Conservative idiots for the week. This is actually a pretty good roundup of people doing stupid stuff during the week. The Wolf Blitzer and Eric Rudolph sections are pretty nuts.

NWA with just the swears. Some of these are tremendous. This made it to BoingBoing and Metafilter.

Enginerds snag top-paying entry-level jobs. Super sweet.

Some excellent reporting on this year's buggy races from the Tartan. Here's a free tip - when you're getting information from WRCT, put down your pen and pick up a beer.

According to WRCT commentary, PiKA A’s buggy Blizzard’s brakes squealed, and the buggy veered slightly and failed to stop at the required line.

At one point, when PiKA began to tease the Fringe A women’s team, a group of students behind them began to chant “Drop test!” repeatedly. I believe the 'teasing' probably involved 'four more years' or maybe 'the house always wins'. *cough* push bar *cough* unitards *cough*

From Philippe: While waking up on Sunday with no voice and a massive hang over, we saw this on TV. New Pill Bottle design, looks like CFAG design people can actually do cool stuff (I know she did not attend CFA but I just wanted to use CFAG in a post).

From Derek: It's a chain reaction. I got a whopping 219. Bhendrix managed an 1147, but isn't sure how.

chinese are wierd

Pac-man hat

All from derek.

this one is wierd diagonals and block clicking Just read the help. Thanks to derek for this one.

Ron Mexico Name Generator From Nino:

I typed in El Nino and my ultimate disguies is "Rocco Senegal". I will now be known as "Hank Iraq". Thanks to Rocco Senegal for this one.

Drunk monkeys attack a village. That would be a good name for a band.

Reese Witherspoon has a run-in with paparazzi. This is nothing really new, but hotel rooms breed boredom and boredom means VH-1. I don't know if anyone caught the show where they talk about how intrusive these assclowns are, but it's nuts. If I were even semi-famous, it would be terrifying. (Unfortunately, I have to take my own pictures.) So here's my point: quit buying US, People, Star, and whatever other magazine features these ridiculous grainy shots of famous people doing ordinary stuff. If you don't pay their salaries, they can't pull this crap anymore. And yes, I'm done watching the VH-1 make-up/break-up shows.

Jimmy Kimmel's Laziest Person Contest
You can earn big bucks in the high-growth, fast-paced world of watching TV. From derek.

Really old, European white guy elected pope.

As such, he has also taken some uncompromising political positions, calling for pro-abortion politicians to be denied communion during the US election campaign for instance, or arguing that Turkey should not be admitted into the European Union.

Where do I sign up?

A guy jumps a 'crotch rocket' motorcycle into a foam pit. Sort of. It's a GSX-R, for those of you into that type of thing.

Crime and Incident Reports still funny JT sent this one along.

An unknown man, described as being of thin build with a beige jacket and short black hair, walked into Whitfield Hall, a Carnegie Mellon personnel building on Craig Street, and took a large amount of food meant for employees. No one at the time stopped or questioned the man, but simply allowed him to take the food (reportedly doughnuts) and walk out.

Crazy videos. There are a ton of videos involving just about any kind of trick/wreck you can imagine, focused mainly on motorcycles. Ryan, I recommend the Frenchman on a bike. Mayes, have a look at the rollerblader. Philippe, check out the X5 recovery. Some of these are pretty gnarly, just as a heads up.

Chris Tucker busted for doing 109. He was in his new Bentley, if that helps. As someone on Fark said 'Do you understand the Miranda rights comin' out of my mouth?' JT sent this along.

I once molested THIS many kids. The long-lost member of the Village People shows up at the Vatican.

The "Most Popular" Google Maps More fun with Google. Include Bill Gates House, Area 51, and The Neverland Ranch. This one's from JT.

Craigslist and google map hybrid. This is pretty slick. Charlie sent it in.

JEWAU
JT sent this along adding Sounds like a Hawaiian dance for Weinstein.

Tiger Cross

Slow as hell load times, but i think it meets the Extreme requirements

Alien Wars IV

I think its aliens meets star wars meets Indiana Jones - side scrolling fun for all. Derek sent all this in.

I've got some sweet new tech to combat false positives for the 'New Comments' tags, but need to figure out what is most useful for people.

All from derek: baby getting smacked by cat

Commando Hiding Cream

Pimp my shopping cart

Tetris shelves

Police looking for swat monkey

ddr sucks

Notes: The Tetris shelves are $7,000 for 10. The DDR thing is an insane video.

Another giant basketball player from China. Yo. Thanks to JT for this one.

From boot: My email editor had a field day with this one...

Santana Moss taking to Sean Taylor – both University of Miami graduates

"Santana calls me every day: 'Man, what y'all do today?' I'm like: 'Man, we ain't did nothing. We're doing the same thing you're doing in Miami, running and working out. You ain't missed nothing.' "

From Miolla: This looks like something I might have been involved with. But luckily enough, I was not. Nonetheless it makes for an interesting watch. Make sure to watch it 3 or 4 times.

I will not use this opportunity to bring up the time I lit Demmler's pong table on fire. -ed.

Do it yourself pet cremation backfires. From derek.

Lawsuit against Vatican for war profiteering allowed. An appeal was granted to allow victims of the Croation Ustasha regime, which was installed by the Nazis. I have no idea how this can be prosecuted in the US, but the opinon seems to be saying they should allow the suit because no one else is doing anything about it. I don't understand the law at all.

Ann Coulter in Time and her appropriate comments on Oklahoma City bombing. I still hold the opinion that it's an act, but there is such a thing as Too Far.

Interesting food cart on miolla's way to work everyday. All from Miolla, who adds I pass this twice every single day and I finally took a picture of it. Enjoy. Excellent tag line.

Berkley prof puts a serious scare into laptop thief. Classic. From JT.

Study puts priestly abuse at ~4% The 4% number is a little high, as it includes all allegations, of which a little under 1/10th were unsubstantiated.

4,392 of the 109,694 clergy who served in that five-decade period faced allegations of abuse.... Dioceses nationwide had received 10,667 abuse claims since 1950, according to the John Jay study. Of those, claims by about 6 700 were substantiated. About 3 300 were not investigated because the accused clergymen were dead. Another 1 000 or so claims proved to be unsubstantiated, the diocesan news release said. The national report also tallied abuse-related costs at $533.4m.

Remind me to start tithing.

Why people buy $500 jeans and what you get. They're pants. Made out of denim. Unless they're coated in Goretex, this is just dumb. Of course, this is coming from a guy with a $500 snowboard. Priorities.

Javelin Impales South Sound Student
Then some other kid got hit in the head with a shot-put

Derek sent in this multimedia extravaganza.

Pedro's House From JT.

Dick wants to limit what data the National Weather Service offers. He says it's unfair competition to the Weather Channel and Accuweather. Which might be a good argument, except for this little fact:

NOAA has taken no position on the bill. But Ed Johnson, the weather service's director of strategic planning and policy, said his agency is expanding its online offerings to serve the public.

"If someone claims that our core mission is just warning the public of hazardous conditions, that's really impossible unless we forecast the weather all the time," Johnson said. "You don't just plug in your clock when you want to know what time it is."

Sandals with bottle opender built in. Not sure how well it would work, but if you're buying sandals anyway... I linked to the douche bags from Gizmodo because their write-up is so f'ing stupid. Every drunk fratboy knows you need to slip in two roofies if you want to get the job done. They probably don't even pop their collars. Nerds. Update Crap. Jay Park sent this in as well adding this will go great with my belt buckle. Thanks Jay.

hollywood oof sent this whole thing in: In an act of clairvoyance, it seems a compromise may be reached between the two sides of competing next generation DVD. This is a win-win deal. We, the consumers, win cause we won't have to worrying about buying two players to play different studios movies. And, the studios, manufacturers, etc. win cause in the end only one format was going to win so by eliminating the costs of a protracted debate, they can better position themselves to swindling us out of more money by releasing more special uber two-disc editions of the same movies.

I don't undertand how much clearer I need my movies to be, but cheers to the studios for finding a way to bilk us out of our cash for the same shit. While suing us of course. And adding DRM. -ed

Rolling Stone Article on Rivers Cuomo. Oh yea, he's also in this band called Weezer with three other guys and they have a new album. The phrase 'self-absorbed prick' comes to mind. JT sent this along adding It's always interesting to read about Rivers Cuomo... he's a whack job. here's his MySpace account.

Get Google Maps on your TiVO This is a hack on top of a hack. Excellent.

Google stock jumps 11 percent on news of nearly-doubled earnings. Maybe we can get the government to adopt the "don't be evil" strategy. Thanks to Nino for both of these.

Wendy's finger-in-chilli woman arrested. Bitch faked the whole thing. I'm just glad Dave isn't here to see this. In support of that little red head, I will be enjoying a #6 with no mayo today. I suggest you do the same. CB sent this along.

Jeff Mullen passes Connecticut Bar Nino sent this whole thing in.

EW says Dukes of Hazzard #7 hot movie of the summer. I only mention it because a) picture of Jessica Simpson in 'the shorts' and b) Jay Chandrasekhar, the indian dude from Super Troopers and Club Dread, co-wrote and directed it. This might not be awful.

Brother and sister charged with incest. His wife caught them. They're both in their forties and he was just diagnosed with cancer. Requisite mention of trailer included. They're facing 10 years. That seems a bit much.

Brother and sister charged with incest. His wife caught them. They're both in their forties and he was just diagnosed with cancer. Requisite mention of trailer included. They're facing 10 years. That seems a bit much.

Check out this frog fag nerd. I don't know who the hell would hire him but they should be put to sleep. Or have someone put a finger in their chili. Or better yet; be put to sleep. Someone sent this in, and his name rhymes with 'Riolla'.

Santorum weather position bought for $4,000. I didn't realize these guys came so cheap. I think I'm gonna get Bishop Santorum to name a day after me. Or maybe tatoo 'Balls' on his forehead. This would be a follow-up to yesterday's Santorum Watch. Tricky Dick. Oh, and the kos coverage headline is priceless: Santorum hates sunny weather.

Insane video of French-trained police dogs in action. Just watch the whole thing. WMV video.

We Found the Terrorists From JT

Woman breast feeds a tiger

A monkey addicted to cigarettes

Monkies are always funny. Thanks to boot for both of these.

no comments, no descriptions, no problem. your daily derek.

some guy's phd

I hate this guy be sure to check out the list of equipment. It will make you sick. -ed.

From miolla (obviously): For those of you with your head up your ass and missed Mark on The Apprentice the other night. This link is for you.

In case you missed it. Mark's company was on The Apprentice and his team helped a bunch of total fucking losers win their Trump Challenge.

And it's now a collector's item. As Seen on TV. -ed.

Carnival 2005 from Jay Park. As stated previously, the bhendrix cam is lost in space, so Jay hooked us up with these pics. A little too much booth action for my liking, but some all around excellent pics. Stay tuned for Bean's first foray into digital photography. The DP jokes are left as an exercise for the reader.

These are supposedly undoctoctored. Oh, AP, what are you doing?

Golfer hits ball onto alligator tail. The 'gator didn't move, but Chubbs Mike Rothermund took the drop instead of retrieving the ball.

Buy one of 8 known X-Wings. It's a fiberglass replica, but you drop a hemi in there. I'm talkin' some fuckin' mu-scle. This one's from oof.

So they're going to remake Land of the Lost as a movie with Will Ferrell and Adam McKay directing (Anchorman). This is from derek. I wouldn't know what to do with this one on HSX. - ed.

Video of some card tricks. Ron Mexico sent this in, adding this guy's pretty good I would also encourage you to wait for the money shot at the end.

CIA's final report says no WMD in Iraq. Thanks George. Thanks Colin. 1574 Americans killed and $165 billion spent so far. Here's hoping your place in hell is nice and warm.

The most and least depressed cities in the US. From Blum, who adds Philly has been dubbed the most depressed city in America. Is this why they booed Santa? Pittsburgh is in a three-way tie with Kansas City and Yonkers NY at 14. Lincoln and Madison represent!

You are scaring the crap out of me. While making me question reality. And be afraid. 4MB Flash video. This is more on the derek/will end of the humor interesting-weird-crap-on-the-web spectrum.

Students are rewarded for tattling Kids are being paid HUNDREDS of dollars to tell on other students. Forget after school jobs, you can bank by tattling...if you don't get your ass kicked first. This is all from Shoof.

Charlie sent this one in. Sums it up nicely.

Refresh Away. From JT, who adds This could be the funniest site that I have ever seen. I may have to agree. My stomach hurts.

Vin Diesel never needs to wind his watch. Instead, once every second he shifts reality into an alternate universe in which he is wearing a watch that has the correct time.

After going back in time to single-handedly lead the Greek army to victory at the Battle of Thermopylae, Vin Diesel corraled all the remaining Persian soldiers into a straight line and impaled them all through the gut with his enormous penis. He then used their corpses to kick around the disembodied heads littering the battlefield, thus inventing the sport of foosball.

Family Feud Continues Years After Appearance. From the Onion via Anagha.

"If you are a loser who can't name the top five things you'd find in a refrigerator, don't take it out on my daughter. Especially when your son is a four-eyes who takes two minutes to decide whether to play or pass!"

Alabama State Rep introduces bill to ban books involving anything gay from schools. I am not making this up.

But in book after book, Allen reads what he calls the "homosexual agenda," and he's alarmed.

"It's not healthy for America, it doesn't fit what we stand for," says Allen. "And they will do whatever it takes to reach their goal."

I stand for not being a close-minded bigot, and you don't speak for me.

Boot sent in one of the longest and best-formatted entry ever. Read away.

December 11, 2004, 25-30 Austin PD cops do a motorcycle ride for charity and afterwards head to a bar and get housed.

A police commander and her retired cop husband leave on a motorcycle. About a mile down the road, they wreck, crash and die. The wrecked bike's spedometer was stuck on 90mph

APD ordered an independent council to investigate the event which concluded that "it was not readily apparent to any APD employees the Jacobsons' were too intoxicated to drive."

The facts:

$109 bar tab receipt (talk to Prashanth about the discounted cop price)

The guy peeled out IN THE BAR before leaving, burning the linoleum

The driver's BAL (.24) was .09 less than the passenger's

(Nino: "at least the soberer one was driving")

About 20 other cops that afternoon were drinking and driving

As a result of the "investigation", the APD has stopped sponsoring events that provide "free or reduced priced alcohol to officers"

the related stories at the bottom are almost comical

Survey Finds Many Have Poor Grasp of Basic Economics This one's from the Nino.

Fewer than half the students could accurately define the term "budget deficit." And there was confusion about the purpose of mutual funds, with some students stating that they provided higher returns than individual stocks, and others stating that they guaranteed a steadier income. Only 15 percent of students understood that the purpose of mutual funds was to provide diversification.

Update I forgot to add one piece of good news - Americans are paying down their credit card debt.

The Parents Television Council

"Many American parents worry that their children are too glassy-eyed before their video game consoles and can't even find the door to play outside even as the weather gets terrific."

This one's from derek, who adds I'm under the impression that this website was soley designed for you to rant and yell about, Brian.

He is indeed right, as L. Brent Bozell and his brain-dead morality police can suck it. We've mentioned these guys before. They're idiots.

Making a coin-ring

Cooking with Lava

From derek. Everyone say 'Thanks derek'.

50% of Americans Now Say Bush Deliberately Misled Them on WMDs So when do the impeachment hearings start?

More on Danny Way's plans to jump the Great Wall on a skateboard. I've mentioned him a lot, but this has some interesting info on the cultural aspects of what sports the Chinese participate in. IF you need an LA times login, hit up bugmenot.com.

This is all from oof: Airbus's new 380 is massive, and unlike the Spruce Goose apparently got off the ground. Be sure to click through the pictures to see potential interiors. While I applaud bigger planes (cause well bigger is better, right?), what I really want is a faster plane. Wouldn't everyone win if some of those supersonic jets were available for passenger use.

Except for the people living under the sonic booms. I'd settle for commuter jets that didn't suck. -ed More pics of the A380 here.

The full Wedding Crashers trailer. Derek sent this one in. It seems to be heading for 'Meet the Parents' territory, which is never a good thing. I'm rating it 'hold'.

Crazy homepage for a sexy guy. Jeremy H sent this one to me, and couldn't tell if it was for real. I think it maybe was at one point, but the domain is gone and it's been picked up as part of a larger web-design firm. Anyway, it's awesome. Be sure to check out the videos of Pick-Up-A-Chick.

So the Chinese government is set to sponsor one of Europe grandest soccer teams. Basically, the Chinese government wants to advertise for the 2008 Olympics on Spanish soccer shirts. I realize that US Postal Service has been a long time sponsor of cycling, and specifically Lance Armstrong. This new action is just wrong.

Actually, Discovery has taken over for USPS this year, due to annoying questions like 'Why is the government advertising?' -ed.

DIY Pimp Cup This one's from Jay Park. Might be NWS due to advertisements.

bible class under the guise of 'history' or 'literature' in public high school. In Texas, of course. All from Ms. Minardo.

2007 Wrangler gets big. Real big. They're apparently going with the VW plan to upscale their small cars into something more. A 4-door variant and a truck variant may also be in the works. I can only assume their next move is to get rid of that pesky soft top. Or maybe the grill and headlights. What a bunch of ass-clowns.

Star Wars, Tranformers and GI Joe tattoos. Not having any tats myself, I don't know what would possess someone to do this. That said, there's some pretty impressive art in here. Stolen from BoingBoing.

Rollins made a new logo. Thought it was funny. Probably switch back tomorrow morning-ish. Thanks Dave.

Daily Show's 'Gaywatch'. If Mr. Stewart wasn't married and needed a hetero-life-mate, I would make myself available.

Sin City 2 and 3 get the greenlight. Rodriguez is shooting them back-to-back Matrix style. Here's hoping they don't suck Matrix style.

Providence cop killer. With gnarly pic. Ryan sent this one. Does anyone know what that thing is? Is it a Hannibal Lecter thing to keep him from biting? And can we just go ahead and execute this human garbage? Please?

The Sneak-a-Snack All from derek. I thought this had been posted before, but it warrants a double dip.

So yeah, I've come across these before, they're amazingly cheap chips featuring hip-hop artists. Of particular note are the Bel Biv Devoe (back at the) Ranch and the Dirt McGirt Sour Cream & Onion (the official sour cream and onion chips of Bob Douglassssss)

Since there's no 'snack food' category...I guess this goes under 'Music'

Fla. agency gets teen's abortion blocked Because obviously the 13 year old living in the shelter will have the ability to take care of the child.

I guess Kevin Smith liked the new Star Wars movie... From derek. There are spoilers in the review, so you've been warned.

The Stand-up skit from SNL. From Will, who adds I got nothing. But here it is.

Busted Tees.com Funny shirts. Like this, this, and this. Excellent. Update And this

Houston Bans Offensive Odor in Libraries This one's from 'The Zing of the Day', who adds The story only says libraries, but they really mean the whole city. There was also a special mention of a Jonathon Mayes, but I can't find that article at this time. Uh, zing, I guess.

From Oof: A Norwegian woman was recently convicted of rape. Unfortunately, the blurp does not offer more info about their relationship. Cause if this was just a random hook up I don't see what is so bad, and if this was two people in a relationship I don't see what is so bad. I wonder if this has ever happened in the US?

Movies in 30 seconds. Reenacted by bunnies. They're in the middle of the page. Thanks to Jay Park for this one.