Unusual "Reporting". Within Indian media, the Times of India is considered one of the most respectable publications. Hence, it is pretty surprising for them to have printed such a bizzarely reported yet thinly veiled story. FYI, the alluded brothers are the Ambanis, who manage Reliance Industries, which contribute 3% of India's GDP!!

The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite more inside

Simulation of various voting methods for close elections — in the market for a new voting method, but not sure which one to get? Why not try some out? more inside

Scrambled Eggs!!! Mr BlueCaller provides us with helpful hints for those of us "out there who crave a decent bout of testicular pain." more inside

The Spite Vote. "IT CAME ON suddenly and without warning. Fuck the Democrats. Fuck the liberals. I hope Bush wins. I hope Bush steals another election and urinates into everyone's wounds…" A wonderfully spiteful rant by Mark Ames, link coutesy of the equally vicious Steve over at Ethel the Blog. more inside

Primate shortage could slow medical advances. more inside

Minnie Driver is sooo punk rock... actually she's more jazz influenced. Apparently Miss Driver is a bit of a crooner. more inside

Frustration, anyone? [Flash game via Bifurcated Rivets]

It's a trap! No, no, not a Farkis, but rather a handy guide for the working girl on the lookout for undercover police. The Internet. Is there anything it can't do? more inside

Mis-Casting? It isn't unheard of for roles in movies to be miscast. Some would say it's merely a matter of opinion. more inside

Put on your boxing gloves and let's solve this as civilized people. (via ArtsJournal) more inside

Invisibility the disappearing cursor game

Curious George: Has anybody here used a flowbee? or perhaps a Robocut? I'd like to hear about your experiences and (mis)adventures with such things.

Want to smell like you just got a Hummer? Since destroying the environment is so much better when the driver (male only, of course) is properly accessorized, Hummer cologne is now available for consumption. '"It's got credibility with men," said Adrian Ellis, "What other brand for men would make more sense?"'

Fans of file-sharing have been handed a significant victory by a US court. US Appeals Court ruling goes against the RIAA and MPAA, saying P2P software makers are not responsible for the data transferred over their networks.

More Proof That Bush Is Stupid I laughed my ass off when I read this. Remember, this man carries the football with him. For you kiddies that don't know, it's a briefcase that has codes to launch nukes.

Boom! Big Boom. Large Boom. Larger Boom, followed by slightly smaller large Boom. Not Yet 2nd Largest non-nuclear Boom. Largest non-nuclear Boom. Non-nuclear testing for nuclear Boom. Also large. Big Boom with potential for more big Boom. Oops Boom.

F.W. Woolworth closed the last of its North American five & dime stores just over seven years ago. Woolworth's begat the "Cathedral of Commerce" Woolworth Building and stores all over the United States (Minneapolis and my hometown), Canada (Hamilton, ON), the UK (Camberwell), Germany (Heidelberg) and other countries. more inside

No concept of math? 1+1=2. Mathematics doesn't get any more basic than this, but even 1+1 would stump the brightest minds among the Piraha tribe of the Amazon.
Is it possible that language provides us with a conceptual framework with which we can think about the world around us and without that framework we will be unable to develop certain lines of thinking? In this case, the absence of mathematics in the Piraha culture appears to have made it extremely difficult for them to acquire the concepts later in life, "When faced with a line of batteries and asked to duplicate the number they saw, the men could not get beyond two or three before starting to make mistakes."

Soybellyflop?
"Pool Fool" beaten by police. The accompanying photograph=priceless.