The EPA: Making the world safer. The EPA have been working on cleaner engines. For ICBMs. "Thus, if the Minuteman III ICBMs have to be used in some future nuclear war, their rocket motors will not pollute the atmosphere. EPA regulations do not apply in foreign countries, so no changes are being made to reduce the harmful environmental effects of the nuclear warheads." more inside

Some 3-D fun photos. Links of some older photos of landmarks and nature stuff. Wowww, Whooo! via [presurfer]

Dustbowl Photographs. Some amazing images. Via Plep.

We don't live anywhere near Perfect, and we'll keep it that way.

Stand Up and Holla!! An uber-essay contest! Share your entry in the comments.

Forgent sues 31 companies over use of JPEG. Like the spectre of the GIF/Unisys monster that would not die, Forgent Networks is rising up to haunt the industry. It filed lawsuits Friday against Dell, Adobe, Apple, Agfa, IBM, Xerox, Macromedia, JVC, Panasonic, Creative Labs, and dozens of other companies for violating patents on their compression algorithms which are allegedly used in the JPEG format. The company talked licensing fees back in 2002 but the community balked or turned a deaf ear. Legit suit or a quick buck? (Also on Slashdot)

A Duck Amok. Donald makes a career move.

Things That Go Off Whoosh (Or More Often Bang) from neilgaiman.com, who has a really fun post up today.

Hardboiled Slanguage of the '30s and '40s Tough Guys and Deadly Dames more inside

RIAAMix. The Remix is Dead. Long Live the Remix. more inside