Williams syndrome. The low I.Q., however, ignores two traits that define Williams more distinctly than do its deficits: an exuberant gregariousness and near-normal language skills. Williams people talk a lot, and they talk with pretty much anyone. They appear to truly lack social fear. Indeed, functional brain scans have shown that the brain’s main fear processor, the amygdala, which in most of us shows heightened activity when we see angry or worried faces, shows no reaction when a person with Williams views such faces. It’s as if they see all faces as friendly. (From the NYT Magazine.) (Be sure to check out the embedded video.)

Curious birthday George Tracicle's birthday is July 27. more inside

Biggest Bottom Evar I just gotta have more bass! YouTube video.via.

Yes, you can has a cheeseburger

Exhibition of William Heath Robinson cartoons. Rube Goldberg has been covered here, and has inspired many people to create their own versions for fun and profit. Games have been inspired by him, and games have been used to create virtual Rube Goldberg machines. more inside

Wireless Taser - coming soon to a protest near you.

More Sex Is Safer Sex : The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics. By Steven E. Landsburg. more inside

The Retro Encabulator or the Turbo Encabulator Order one today. For all your various Encabulator needs.

HBO Voyeur - what sordid secrets lurk behind closed doors? (Some bits may be NSFW if you have a huge fresnel lens on your monitor.) Via Ample Sanity.

Curious George: Sooo, is there anyway I could play a song thru YouTube and record it somehow on my hard drive? I'm trying to learn the words and hold the key. I'm not trying to rip anybody off, but this piece is right for my (bad) voice. I can't carry a tune, but I haz a buckit!

“Founding + Fathers + Roleplay + Harness” yes I know GareP has been posted before, but it was years and years ago, and not very much on the internet ABOUT the internet makes me laugh out loud anymore (except those proposals of life-in-prison for file sharing) but this did

The 7 Wonders of the modern World have been chosen A private intitiative by the New7Wonders Foundation has encouraged the public to vote on the successors to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Colossus of Rhodes. Next up, the New7Wonders of Nature! more inside

Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation. ...a 100-minute shot-for-shot amateur-video remake of the 1981 Spielberg-Lucas adventure flick, created over a span of seven years by a group of kids in small-town Reagan-era Mississippi...Filled with ingenious contraptions and overweening jerry-rigs, The Adaptation remakes Raiders on less than 1/2,000th of Paramount's original $20 million budget, conjuring exotic locales out of cardboard sets in parents' basements, casting tweens in Boy Scout uniforms as Nazi bad guys, and rolling a gigantic hand-crafted boulder through the family garage to create the film's signature scene. See footage here.

MY HERO This "Chap" is just "maaahrrvellous", in the best possible taste of course. Any links featured will lead you to the best laugh for the day.

The Artwork of Luke Brown. [Via Technoccult.]

The candy blog can, cause she mixes it with love and makes the world taste good. A blog. About candy. That is all. May cause hunger and/or sugar cravings.

Bankrupt MickeyD's! An evil, evil game.

Striking perspective shift illusion (possibly NSFW, and apparently hosted by a sex toy site). Via MindHacks, which has more background on the effect. more inside

The Cramps: Live at Napa State Mental Hospital. As the first song fades, the lead singer, Lux Interior, addresses the crowd: "We're The Cramps, and we're from New York City and we drove 3,000 miles to play for you people." "Fuck you!" a patient yells back. Video here.

Viruses Got You Down? A flamethrower and a couple of machine guns should do the trick. Flash Friday.