"Someone is trying to share Opinions and Experiences about you via our website." A very creepy scam preying on everyone's common paranoia that people are talking about me. (More inside)

Don't Drive With Drunken Idiots! Safe for work, but rather unsettling. more inside

Peter Posnette, the saviour of modern chocolate, has died. Until I read his obituary, I had never heard of this man brought so much pleasure into my life--and helped keep afloat the economy of one of the world's poorer regions. In his honor, let's celebrate the world's unsung heroes. Come on, monkeys--tell me about the folks I've never heard of, but who deserve my thanks.

Steve Albini gives a talk on analog vs. digital and other audio engineering questions (.mov, really long)
If you're not familiar with his engineering (most famously: Nirvana's "In Utero" and the Pixies's "Surfer Rosa") or his bands (previously Big Black and Rapeman, currently Shellac) then you've might've heard of Albini's infamous essay, "The Problem With Music" on why artists in the biz are usually facked. more inside

Wakayama officials drown 20 wild monkeys.

The psychology of cyberspace. We're all pathological.

Emotion Eric! Truly, the diversity of this man is remarkable. more inside

Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (Warning: string orchestra, mp3, Penderecki)

See? They still know how to have fun at MeFi... Warning: Contains SPOILERS, lots and lots of SPOILERS! more inside

Band In A Bubble What do you get when you take three musicians, two producers, and a VJ and seal them in a 60-square-metre perpex dome in the middle of Melbourne's Federation Square for three weeks to record their fifth album? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Regurgitator, the Band In A Bubble.(warning: heavy flash) more inside

Classic and not so classic US TV themes. Bad design, fun music.

RealDoll Wow. I mean, wow. Kinda sad, really. (NSFW)

George Bush wears unearned award. Busted! Georgie-boy was photographed wearing a military ribbon he didn't actually receive (via MeFi). more inside

First they came for the nailclippers and i did not complain, then they came for tweezers and i did not complain... But i'll be buggered if i let them take this away from me!

Prosecutors To Ask Judge To Dismiss Bryant Case "The prosecutors in the Kobe Bryant case will ask that the charges for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball star be dismissed without prejudice..."

"the news will be embarrassing for George W Bush" The DOJ is forced to drop a case that had been hailed as a "milestone" in it's war against terror. It seems that is now shown to have been a milestone in overzealousness and government-based deception. more inside

The Earth Today (Discuss)

A board tally of the cost of the war in Iraq for the US. Not much to say about it. Here's a rundown of where they got the figures.

Get your Christmas shopping done early! (NSF the Squeamish.)

MIT's OpenCourseWare: "a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world." more inside