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Take a picture, talk to FBI. Be careful what you do, read, write, and say. The FBI's are coming to town. And they're looking for you.

Automated Burger Flipper at McD's After suffering through the idiocy at McDonald's, one comes to the logical conclusion that they should just automate the whole place. Trucks stop at the store daily/weekly and just load hoppers with burgers, chicken, toppings, and fries. Kiosk ordering menu, debit payment. Like the old auto-mats, but better.

BWeather.com up and about. Weatherford comes through with a web site featuring some excellent pics. Check it out.

Mitra B-Day pics from Jess Glassberg. Ahhh, the diferences between digital and film. Lots of mediocre pics vs. a few quality ones. Thanks to Jess for these.

DC Shoes video absolutely mindblowing I realize not many people are interested in this, but if you have a chance, watch the DC Shoes video. It will blow your mind, skater or not. Danny Way built a ramp in the dessert that he uses to launch a 75 ft. 360 on and a 24 ft air on a quarter pipe (on the same ramp). The rest of the video is equally as disturbing. Update: Here's a link to the home page for the video and a picture of Danny's ramp.

OLEDs are coming. Between these and carbon nanotubes, it's pretty easy to get excited about future technology. The image in this is a screen that can roll up like a poster. The company they mention is Here. Crazy.

So I get a summary of my logs that auto-generates every night. It's pretty entertaining, really. Part of it is the search strings that people use for various search engines that lead them to my site. I get a lot for 'bachlor party photos', 'montreal gp', etc. Today someone went to a search engine, typed 'girls 18 sex 16.mpg', and from the list of results, came to bhendrix.com. It's a weird world out there.

Two deaf lesbians try to have a deaf baby. So this is one rambling entry. But I read this article a while back, and it struck me as sort of sad, that parents would intentionally try to geneticly handicap their child. What made me think of this was this article about a guy developing a glove that reads and speaks American Sign Language (ASL). And there may be backlash in the deaf community due to a perception that they aren't handicapped. Also, the glove guy seems to have ripped off the idea from this kid, who won the westinghouse competition last year.

It was at 0% Fresh. This was at 0% Fresh when they had 17 reviews over at RT. Some of the reviews included are gold as well. Quotes like 'I wanted to hit myself in the face after it ended.' are not uncommon. Ben, for the love of god, go back to your hetero-life-mate Matt.

Old Men in action Just a few pics that I found while cleaning up my machine today. Wow.Some of these are 6 years old+.

F1: JPM takes German GP pole to pole. Schumi in 7th. Kimi, Ralph, Rubens screwed by Ralph at start. Not a goodweekend for the Schumachers. JPM has scored 50 out of 60 possible points in the past few races. It's go time!

Most Recent Comments Available... And for added time suck, you can check out all the comments made in the galleries in reverse chronological order. It's a vicious circle.

Talk to Me. So these two made a sign that says 'Talk to Me' and then set up shop somewhere in NYC periodically. Kinda cool.

Airlines vs. the Overweight If you take up two seats, you need to pay for two seats. If you can't sit with the arm rest down, you have to cough up for an upgrade or the other seat. How hard is this? The best part of the article is this part - "Organizations and individuals that oppose the practice of double charging make the argument that people who "disturb" passengers in other ways should also be charged. For example: parents with crying babies, blind people with guide dogs, or even people with unpleasant body odor." My answer is yes - except for the blind. You can't prevent being blind, and I'll gladly put the dog at my feet. They're better behaved than any spawn is. Maybe it would be like survivor on the plane. You get a discount if you don't mess with the other passengers, an charged extra for stupid crap. Cool.

Candide Thovex hucks himself 120 ft on skis. While flipping and spinning. This is just sick. There must be a limit somewhere, but damned if I'm willing to point it out.

The elusive Kegs of Whiskey burn. Quickly. Somewhere out there, there is a copy of Tombstone being watched without enough refreshment. Why has cruel fate intervened yet again?

Bush on Permanent Vacation "Bush has spent 250 full or partial days at his getaway spots -- 27 percent of his presidency so far." The getaway spots are his ran in Texas, which I guess I can't mess with, and Kennebunkport, which, take it from me, used to be a nice little town. Now, not so much.

Lebowski Fest just went down. 2nd Annual event. I didn't like this movie much when I first saw it, but every time I watch it, it just gets better. I love the internet. Got any Kahlua, man?

Where I grew up. A lot of people ask me what Maine is like. Aside from pretty cool, it's tough to describe. Here's some nifty pics.

DO NOT LOOK IF YOU ARE SQUEAMISH. Photo Blog of surgical operations. For some reason, I found these really interesting. Must be EMT tendencies re-surfacing.

Winged Bureaucracy The Airlines suck. Yet the government continues to prop them up. Theyre not the Soviet Union, but clarity can be found in the last paragraph. "No company has an inalienable right to exist forever. No company is indispensable."

Ninjas on the loose. I guess these guys aren't too sweet, but still, points for originality.

Not Photoshopped. X Games start in 10 days. Freestyle MX guys have wired backflip combos (witness pic) and there are rumors of 360s being landed out east. Fire up the TiVO.

Lots of lists about good books, movies, and music. I found it ridiculous that neither The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged were on the Random House list created by the editors yet they were 1-2 on the reader's list. Also for fun, check out how many Pulitzer Prize winners have been films.

Kindergarten Cop ready to lead. Okay, so you've probably all heard this, but there are two other interesting aspects to this guy running. 1) There is a movement in the Senate to overturn the section of presidential eligibility to include people born in other nations. This would make the Eraser eligible to run for Pres as well as the Michigan governor, who was born in Canada. Hillary vs. Conan (Barbarian|Destroyer) in 2008? 2) Now that Hercules is a public figure, the tabloids are gonna have his ass. The Last Action Hero has always been willing to sue the crap out of anyone for anything. Now he's fair game. I'm looking forward to this.

JT Comes through with more Mitra Birthday Somebody had to leave the country temporarily. La La La. Good stuff in here.

Marries a No word on how many roles he played in the wedding, but they may have included priest, altar boy, maid of honor, and of course, groom. Thanks to Andy 'Dave Grohl' Jackson for this one.

Researchers didn So in order to prove the 6 degrees of seperation, some researchers set up a test with a bunch of seekers, and lo and behold, it works. It just takes some effort.

The madness behind Slashdot I realize most people don't read it, but this is an interesting profile of a site that is 'changing journalism'.

George Bush - Action Figure It's ironic, beause he went AWOL in the Air National Gaurd for like, a year. Oh well.

Gore Speech at NYU Where was this guy 4 years ago? "So I would say to those who have found the issue of honor and integrity so useful as a political tool, that the people are also looking for these virtues in the execution of public policy on their behalf, and will judge whether they are present or absent." He takes the current administration to task on two items: 1)War and 2) the Economy. And his daughters are still hot.

Rapid Prototyping update This stuff is sooooo cool. It doesn't make me want to crap my pants, but picture designing something in CAD and then creating it. Immediately. They've also had a 3-D fax for a while, which creates the data file for you from a current object.

Halliburton only one eligible for govt. contracts. Bechtel pulls out of bid for contracts in Iraq because the way they are structured and the timeframes imposed make it almost impossible for anyone but Halliburton to win them. Please recall that Halliburton is the former home of the animatronic puppet known as Dick Cheney, which made him about $36 million in 2000. I love URLs like this one: http://www.isdickcheneydeadyet.com. And here's more about Dick. He has served under Nixon, Ford, George I and George II. It's time to go. Thanks to Jim, Philippe, and Sperl for pointing this one out.

NYC and The Annual Pandemonium ensues when bth makes his long-awaited trip back to the Big Apple and then out to 'the Island'. Big thanks to Cara for hosting, Bill for driving, and everyone else for showin' up. No thanks to the 'girls' in line in front of us.

Smart, good platform, young. Georgy for Governor. Not that I can vote in the 3 ring circus that is California politics, but shit, if you're gonna vote Ariana or Ahnuld, why not? Interview upcoming on /.

Rush vs. The Blog Not to be confused with the Borg. I'm not a Limbaugh fan, obviously. And the guy writing this article doesn't seem to get it. Rush does a lot of research, but it's all to prove the points he wants to make. He's a journalist but without the ethics. The argument that he is entertaining and blogs aren't is just laughable. And I don't give two shits about his golf game or anyone else's. I just want the information. So are we heading down the road toward Ender's Game? Will Valentine and Peter control the nets as children and then the world? Stay tuned.

The West Wing is now on every night at 11 EST on Bravo. They're running the episodes in order, too. I know what you're thinking: It conflicts with the Daily Show! Fear Not. Daily Show is repeated every day during the day. So watch West Wing live at night (or Replay it then). Replay (or VCR) Daily Show. Problem solved.

Wooden mirror messes with your mind. It's a mirror. Made out of wood. Well, 830 pieces of wood, anyway. Pretty awesome.

Tequila and Handguns Quote Correctly credited. Right, so I had the last quote on the quotes page about tequila and handguns wrongly attributed to Carl Gundlach. It was actually written by Mitch Ratliffe in 1992. Mitch has a pretty good blog Here. So the crazy part is that Carl Gundlach was the one that mailed me the correction. Or someone with a really good fake Carl Gundlach e-mail address.

Buffet and the Terminator Schwarzenegger names Buffet his chief economic advisor. I'm at a complete loss on this one. Honestly, this alone would cause me to vote for the muscled one. Apparently the rule that all rich and famous people know each other is exceedingly true. Thanks to Bean for this one.

Rolling Stone Olsen Twins Photos Since these kids are gettin' on in age (and cash), here's a lollapalooza of funny crap. The Olsen Twins Countdown. Stern weighs in. Forbes Power List Rating: 83 They made 18 million last year and reportedly have 100 million in the bank.

iBot is a-mazing This thing is from Dean Kamen, the guy that invented the Segway, except it's about a thousand times cooler. When it was first introduced in Paris, it climbed the stairs up the Eiffel tower. It just received FDA approval, which means it qualifies as a wheelchair instead of a mobility-device, like a Rascal. Awesome. And yes, this is ripped right from Slashdot. Here's the FDA Summary.

Pilots take back seat to Autopilot. As we were discussing previously, I have no idea who said this, but someone from the aerospace industry said "In the near future there will be just a man and a dog in the cockpit of the plane. The job of the man is to sit there. The job of he dog is to bite the man if he touches anything." The system Honneywell is making available 'perhaps in a few years' would be able to oerride the pilot if the plane was going to crash. A second system to prevent plane takeovers is going to be a little more difficult... Maybe they should just get the autopilot from Airplane. Thanks to Philippe for this one.

Grown Diamonds are coming These are real diamonds. Not synthetic. The two main target uses are: 1) Jewelry 2) Semiconductors. Why is this ridiculously awesome? DeBeers is a diamond cartel that has been banned from operating in the United States. They have control of about 95% of the world diamond market and keep prices artificially high by limiting supply. Diamonds are less scarce than many other gems, but they are the most expensive. With an uncontrolled flood of super high quality diamonds on the market, guess what happens to price? Even if you don't like cartels, how 'bout picturing the 10 year old African boy with no left foot who was forced to work in a mine to produce diamonds for the warlord that runs his country? The foot was cut off because his sister ran away from the mine. They're called conflict diamonds, used to fund wars with other countries, other warlords, whoever. They're illegal, but someone is still buying them. A diamond is a diamond, after all. The diamond 'manufacturers' are set to break the cartel. Rock Stars. Literally. The Semiconductor applications are also ridunculous, with the question being how to actually cool something running at these temps, but the hard part seems to be past.

91 Year Old Robs Bank. Caught. They probably tracked him down as 'the guy in the silver Buick with his turn signal on'. I guess they call him 'Red' 'cause he's Irish. Thanks to Philippe for this one.

Pierogies vs. Sausages I'm gonna be there, so I expect full on Russell Crowe gladiator shi-ite to be going down. If they finish together, there's gonna be hell to pay.

The Pierogies beat the living crap out of the Sausages. Pittsburgh rules. Just thought you'd like to know.

Whistle Tips Video - Bub Rub and Lil' Sis Represent. Thanks to JT for this one.

Random Web Pics This thing looks for standard camera format names, e.g. DSC0001.jpg all over the web. Kinda cool, yet voyeuristic. I promise no censorship.

Freddie Adu goes nuts. Watch this video. Then come back. That's Freddie Adu. He was 13 in this video. He's now 14 and has a $1 million contract with Nike. Look out. Props to Bobby D for bringing this one up.

Ferris Bueller

A trip to Chi-town to see Springsteen becomes a movie homage, complete with locations and costumes. Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look, you just may miss it. This explains the lack of updates last Wednesday.

Powerpoint as Art Medium This goes a little beyond spinning text. Pretty neat, albeit brief.

Bowling for Columbine and Roger & Me are out tomorrow (Tues) on DVD. Watch, discuss, debate, research. Marvel at Marilyn Manson's appearance as the most coherent and well-spoken person in the film.

Jesse James Profile. Read Up. There will be a quiz. "Junkyard Wars starts with junk and tries to make something out of it. We start with perfectly good stuff and turn it into junk." Bhendrix.com previously broke this story here.

More from chez Cara by Allen

More good stuff from the Island. A good time was had by all. Except maybe Sperl.

Ryan's b-day goes down plus other hilarity

Ryan had a birthday and we were there on the scene, along with a regulation pong setup and a keg of Aihrn. Then on to the grove, because, well, like Everest, it's there. In looking at the pics, I have none of the birthday boy. I am not a smart man.

Make a Snowflake This is so goofy it's fun. Enjoy.

White House Fantasies on Iraq "There have, of course, been positive accomplishments, but making a success of Iraq will require much time, many billions of dollars and real sacrifices. Pretending otherwise risks future public disillusionment." 'Nuf said.

Marriage Ends in Arrest If you think gays will ruin the sanctity of marriage, I present this evidence as to who will really ruin it. Note classy tattoo on left boob. Also, she's 18, yet wasted, and not charged with anything? Bring in the CMU police to crack this case.

Bubble Wrap Bra And Panties Probably not safe for work or kids, this is nonetheless tremendous.

Go to the light - err - the dark. One of the major companies in the energy probe surrounding the blackout is a Bush buddy. Actually, what's really weird is that last election, he gave $100,000 for inaugural activities. Wanna know what kind of party that throws? Watch Brewster's Millions. Good God. Buy a house for somebody.

Unbelievable digitial photo manipulation. All of these are unbelievable. Be sure to check out the horse composite, the two girls... wow. Thanks to Omari for this one.

Alabama Judge won It's called separation of church and state, jackass. Look it up. This is endemic of a ridiculous trend that dubya is leading. Believe in God all you want. Just don't let it interfere with my government. Arg.

I just got a letter in the mail from Northwest actually apologizing for cancelling a flight I was on. You gotta respect that. So fly Northwest, I guess.

Smandel Re-dux Seth updated his site. Excellent. Includes the other half of the Ferris Bueller Pics.

Take my money, I get to track you. As of 1999, the Federal Government required that all food stamps be distributed electronically to streamline the process and reduce fraud. So what they have now are electronic cards, like debit cards. I don't know about the whole ATM screwing people thing, but I do know that if you're on welfare, you give something up to get something. In this case, that means the ability to track your purchases for better or for worse. Get over it. This article is sort of old, but there it is.

X Games Ridunculousness Travis Pastrana and Brian Deegan both completed 360s in the Motocross freestyle competition. Deegan's was more an off-axis backflip, whereas Pastrana's is actually a whip whipped all the way around. If only physics teachers would offer a unit on this stuff... In other news, Burton has launched their new '04 site. If you know me, you will realize that this is as close to a religious holiday as I have.

Tom Hendrix Someone Asked. I complied.

Pittsburgh vs. Philly by SI This one's going out to Jackson Genuine Draft. I gotta say the 'burgh comes out on top of this one, and that's coming from a dyed-in-the-wool Tennessee fan.

Pittsburgh vs. Philly by SI This one's going out to Jackson Genuine Draft. I gotta say the 'burgh comes out on top of this one, and that's coming from a dyed-in-the-wool Tennessee fan.

the answer to life, the universe, and everything Warning: Nerdly Literary Reference Joke.

GOP carpet bombs newspapers. The GOP encourages all the spineless, mindless drones out there to go ahead and copy their crap and send it in to newspapers under their own names. Tom Tomorrow comes through. And the bar has been lowered. Again.

Lightbulbs that glow without power. Seems pretty cool. I'll really believe it when I see it, but there's nothing like some good internet hype.

Liberals launch traitorous parody of GWBush04.com Hilarity ensues.

Child Molesting Priest Strangled in Prison. After sexually assaulting 130 kids, priest gets assaulted. Good Riddance.

your = possesive. I'm going to kick your ass.
you're = you are. It's a contraction. Live it. Love it. Or you're dead meat.
it's = it is. Another contraction. It's a dog eat dog world out there.
its = possesive. Tell the dog to quit licking its balls.

Animal House Double Secret Probation DVD Tomorrow. This thing is packed to the gills with all kinds of extras. Failure to purchase may result in trouble. Thanks to Bean for pointing this one out.

Robot Suit Coming Basically an exoskeleton that responds to muscle impulses, this thing is pretty cool. How long before there's a military version?

Awesome little Flash Game Priceless.

Thanks to Andy 'benaffleckdavegrohl' Jackson, Oof-a-loof Wilke, and C.Harper Automotive Group for the moving assist this weeked. I would still be stuck in my stairway Ultimate Warrior style if not for you guys. Also, honorable mention goes to Ryan (of Ryan's truck fame) and Shek-tastic.

Dad with no science background starts biotech company to save his two kids. And it might just work. This is pretty unbelievable, and makes me want to tear my hair out over medical testing procedures, public company bullshit, and idiots.

Diagnose yourself into oblivion. Worried you're a paranoid schizo? Have a mild case of OCD? Find out here.

Alonso turns crap into Gold. If anyone had said to me this is a real quote - "Fernando Alonso, whose Renault started from pole position, utterly dominated the race" I would have laughed at them. 22 year old Spainiard is a Rock Star. Capital R Captial S. JPM is a point behind Michael and Philippe's boy Kimi is only a point behind JPM. 4 weeks to Indy.

they're = they are. Contraction. They're going to elect a new governor in CA.
there = location. Put the couch over there.
their = possesive Their collective IQ is less than my shoe size.

Recall Bush They've got a point. But the whole recall process is ridiculous. They're called elections. That's when you get to hand all the ass-clowns their hats and banish them to the lecture circuit. Thanks to Vilas for this one.

Guy solves it in 20.2 seconds. Wins Cash. This also reminds me of the coolest LEGO contraption ever - The LEGO Rubik's Cube solver.

Al Franken Interview by L.A. McClure Interesting, funny, insightful. Overall, very Fair and Balanced. Update Here's the "Savin' It" letter mentioned in the interview.

Budget Deficit set to top $500,000,000,000 next year. That's 500 billion dollars, folks. The US has to borrow it from somewhere, pay it back eventually and still pay interest on it. Is this insane to anyone else? It should be. Wanna know where all that cash is going? DOD, Medicare, Social Security, and Interest. Scroll down a bit to see expenditures. Everything else - Social Services, HUD, NASA, etc. is small potatoes. And guess what? See that tally at the top of this page? It's not included in the budget.

Mom Strips for Son's friends. I apparently have the wrong friends. To make up for a failed birthday party to go go-karting, mom drives to Ohio, gets beer, hands out dolla bills ya'll and strips. Thanks to Ryan for this one.

J20 brings us a masterpiece of weird games. Maybe Oof can explain what J2O is, but this is pretty fun and silly. Don't splash your trainers.

Pig-mobile parked outside of Daimler Chrysler If they didn't include a picture of this thing, I wouldn't have put it here. But the quality of work is pretty sub-par, I think. Also, don't they have better stuff to protest? Apparently they've taken it upon themselves to determine what a 'proper' emissions system is.

Politician in Austria wants to raise tax on contraceptives Contraceptives should be free - as in 0 dollars - as in here's a big basket of ways not to spawn. The reason for increased spawn tax credits and other breaks is beyond me. We should be paying people NOT to have kids. Here, here's a $100 for not getting knocked up this year. Good jawb.

Spellbound is great. This movie may not be for everyone, but it's pretty hilarious and often insightful. It's a documentary of 8 kids that go to the 99 National Spelling Bee. Booze is optional.

Adam Sandler Features & Shorts Hilarity. The Peeper is a classic, if a bit twisted...

New Orleans Times-Picayune urges a switch If you're using IE, here's a pretty good summary of points to initiate a switch to Opera, Moziall, Konquerer, etc. Have a read.

Financial Advice from 'Today' Pretty lightweight in some ways, but this is some good advice to start with.

Ahnuld's past comes around... Excellent interview with Ahnuld. Sex, drugs, bodybuilding. No mention of fiscal policy or social programs, though. Huh.

Woman crawls up the Mon Incline. Ummmm - wow. How drunk would I have to be to do this? Comatose. Apparently, she was too. Not sure what this is? Check this out. Thanks to Ryan for this one.

Old Famous Chick Makes out with Young Famous Chick Britney J and Madonna Got. It. On. No, really. Seriously. Who's the man on this one? JT's the man on this one. Thanks JT.

Wrist Trainer Uses GPS to keep the flab flyin'. This is pretty cool. A little pricey - $160, but you get a lot with it.