But I'm not well (Flash video thing.)

British sofa sets new 92 mph speed record. More details: "The souped-up sofa from furniture-modder Edd China laid claim to the top spot in the Fastest Furniture category in the Guinness Book of World Records reaching a top speed of 92 miles per hour. Sofa-driver Marek Turowski (who won his place in the driver's seat in an eBay auction) described the record-setting run as 'terrifying,' adding that 'you feel every bump... worse, you feel like you might take off.'" The previous speed record was also set by a British sofa.

Man buys 'Boost Plus', gets what he paid for.

UK 2012 Olympics Logo causes fits So far, the reaction to the logo is uniformly negative, with only one brave pundit trying to make lemonade...but in addition to grave concerns for epileptics, one witty commenter noticed that it looked suspiciously like Lisa Simpson performing an indecent act.

Curious George: myspace judicata Should I create a MySpace profile for my business? more inside

Demotivators, a spin on the always-annoying motivational posters. more inside

Ebay-1 Yahoo-0

Bzuh?? Is this good thing or bad thing? Because at first it looks like Extra Super Greedy Evil Expoitation Supreme, but then you read further and it looks like they're providing goods at drastically reduced prices, and creating jobs for the poor. We can't blame corporations for wanting to tap new markets, but is this beyond the pale? Will this benefit more than a handful of poor people? more inside

Sharks on Prozac! more inside

Keep your lolcat off your keyboard! PawSense detects when your cat is trying to send lolCode messages to other kitties, and uses INVISIBLE HIGH-PITCHED NOISES to deter them.

How can a software utility know if a cat is on my computer? A: If you carefully measure cat paws, you will find that practically all cat paws are significantly larger than a typical keyboard key.

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Picture This A selection of photography galleries for your enjoyment and to bring a little beauty to your workday: The Photography of Lilya Corneli, Desiree Dolron's photography and artwork, Chris Anthony's rather spooky/Goth photography, and Hours of Darkness, featuring both night/low light photography and galleries of photographs of modern ruins.

LOLfeeds
Riding the crest of the shark-jumping wave of lolkitty mania is LOLfeeds; featuring pictures of cute fluffy kittens labeled with up-to-the-minute captions from CNN, the Beeb, Boing Boing and our sister station Mefi. My personal favorites, though, are the personal ads from Craigslist; some of which are eerily appropriate. Post yer faves here.

Find the star! We missed the Phlash Phriday due to an Uberlord Mind Blip, so here's something I found on the *cough* blue place. more inside

Corporate capitalism sucks. (From The New York Review of Books.)

Acquire your very own squirrel dressed up like your most favourite public figure. Do it. Only $3!

We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.

The Crazy Dave Tapes
Absolutely NOT SAFE FOR WORK... Presuming you work around people who may be offended by profanity, violence, screaming, loud noises, men in pig masks and diapers simulating copulation with cardboard cutouts of Dolly Parton, grotesqueries, misogyny, misanthropy, masturbation, gross out humor, rock and roll, deformity, flashing lights, pointlessness, bigfoot wrestling a grizzly bear or partial nudity. more inside

Truth, fiction and Lou Dobbs.

The London Russianistas

Gary Parker takes portraits of people, some of them quite special. I stumbled on the Little People Galleries, and found the photos wonderful in their treatment of the subjects, their bonds with family and others, and in the case of Brad Jordan, the breaking of bonds with the earth. more inside