It's Mayan Time. Anyone looking for a Gregorian to Mayan calendar converter? more inside

The Rock That Grows - Mildred Price is a collector of bric-a-brac & weirdness. The weirdest thing she owns has to be the rock that she claims has grown since she found it - and is still growing. more inside

Curious, GeorgeWhat are your favorite books? What books shaped your life? What are you reading now? What do you recommend? If you could bring only ten books to a desert island, which....well, you get the idea. more inside

So, this guy says he turned his G5 into a PC (hoax). Wonder how would the most zealous members of the Apple community would react? This is not trollbait. I'm not arguing that all apple users are elitists, much less zealous. It's just a fun read, and I do like/use Apple computers. Peace!

Mad Cow II. The USDA's mad cow test program turned up another winner Friday. While the USDA assures Americans it is “very likely" the cow will turn out to be negative, industry sources say the BioRad test has a false positive rate of about 0.1%. BTW, only 200,000 (0.2%) of all United States cattle are subject to testing.

wordPhoto Photography is often a battle against motivation. Much like writers block can slow down the best authors, photographers can often get lazy without something specific to shoot. This site presents photographers with a challenge - take a new photograph specifically for the word of the day, and post it for the rest of us to see. The only description and caption you get to include with your image is the word of the day (which the site does for you).

A Sensitive Guy on the Road: Fifty Dates Across the States

Google : A proposal to help fight deceptive Internet software Google attempts to draft some rules for those things they describe as deceptive softwar, but the rest of us call spyware. Is this a case of the kettle calling the pot black? more inside

I, Robot: Classics Butchery Vol. 284. The trailer is out, and I couldn't be more disappointed. Even the website sucks. When will I stop expecting Hollywood to do the right thing?

The handover of power in Iraq is happening sooner than we thought. Instead of the planned June 30 date, it seems that the handover was brought forward for security concerns. Details (and informative links) are scarce right, but it seems that Baghdad has already been handed over, with the rest of the country changing hands right now. We've got history in the making here, folks. What will this mean for Iraq and the US?

The Best Link Ever
I've contributed well over a hundred links here at MoFi; some great, some not so great. I can say without hyperbole that this is definitely the cremedelacreme. more inside

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Are you a Coffee Geek? Do you consider coffee geeks to be snobs or connoisseurs? Have a favorite bean? Favorite roast? Winetasters have nothing on coffee cuppers. Want to roast your own green coffee beans? You need nothing more than an old air popper (popcorn) - but make sure you use the right type. Or use another method. More than you ever wanted to know???

Consider a taut string (or wire) fixed at both ends.

Why Freeganism?

Mad Magazine's long running cartoon series Spy vs. Spy is now helping Mountain Dew shill soda with two new spots. [Via Waxy]

A Global Power Shift in the Making. "Asia is rising fast, with its growing economic power translating into political and military strength. The West must adapt -- or be left behind." more inside