Link Wikipedia and Google Maps Put a pin in a Google Map, and link it to a Wikipedia entry. more inside

How vinyl records are made (youtube)

The Edinburgh Cow Parade

The Mr. Heterosexual 2006 Pageant was the brainchild of Pastor Tom Crouse, who believes that it is "time that heterosexuals were shown some tolerance." more inside

Lost and found. 14 yr old kid's wallet found, right where he dropped it in 1971. (No word on a circ-circ-circular impression.) [via obscurestore]

Mathematical Imagery from the American Mathematical Society. more inside

Don't Call Me Crazy on the 4th of July. Why couldn't Robert Lansberry get his mail? (Via Mindhacks, inspired by AskMe.)

A lesson on cleaning your hard drive before selling your computer. Amir sells his old laptop, claiming it works fine when it doesn't. The buyer, apparently unable to reclaim his money, finds some rather personal content on the laptop's hard drive including a doctored passport and lots of photos of women's legs.

The fantastic illustrations of Frank R Paul more inside

Rob Newman's History of Oil This 45 minute google video (some language NSFW) just blew my mind. via Metafilter.

Welcome to the Spock Casa - getting wired up at the coffee shop, down with kareoke, or just relaxing with James at the pool. (The above are YouTube links) more inside

Peruse or perish. With somewhat bemused interest, one has been absorbing opinion, garnished with a variety of perceptions and intelligent observation, the comments generated from the post of ActuallySettle. Thus one has been inspired to embark upon a quest for elucidation upon a subject one might venture to describe, mayhap, as one of miriad perceptions upon what constitutes an and/or descriptor of tribal social mores; mores one might say, which have evolved to become almost an entity separate to the desire of that initial drive toward a social structure. A social structure which evolved to ensure, individually and collectively, a sense of safety within such an agreed unity with one's fellows. To one's somewhat wry amusement, one discovered this site and link within; Aussie words

The fifty best places to drink beer in America

American police torturing suspected drug user...listen to the tape! When Tennessee law enforcement officials showed up at the home of Lester Siler, who they suspected of drug use, they asked Lester's wife and son to leave. They didn't know that Lester's wife had turned on a tape recorder in the kitchen...

Indonesian quake toll passes 3,000 And surely will go higher. My thoughts and prayers to all of my friends there...

Bits o' lives o' others: So yeah, I'm a sucker for decent photography, but I'm no expert. However, some nifty slide shows [flash] are too neat to pull away from, and I'm always interested in pics of geologic stuff like the Giant's Causeway (how else do giants get around?). But this, my friends, is the best photo series you'll see all day: Pug Still Life Series (created by my pal Dave, who works at my favorite kitsch shop, Archie McPhee).

Festevil! An international noise festival--make some noise wherever you are at 6:06 pm local time on June 6th! "send in your noise!! - 06/06/06 only happens once every 100 years! - make the most of it! - think of your noise as both contributing to and vanquishing evil, simultaneously!" more inside

Hey, Good-lookin', What Ye Got Cookin'?

Rematch - of possibly the most famous wine tasting ever. It's 30 years on (give or take a few days), so who aged better? more inside

So tacky and yet so cool. Monkeys UNTIE!! Help Trac get those anon links off the sidebar. Post till you drop. This is a post about happy things. A post about nifty things. A post about the greatest lawn ornament ever invented. This has history, people. This has controversy. We owe it all to this man.