Half-Life 2 After missing its original September 30, 2003 release date and the code being pirated, Half-Life 2 has been released!!! While I didn't stay up for the midnight pacific time release, I did get up early to play it for an hour or so this morning. Anyone else as hyped about it as I am? more inside

IT'S A LAPTOP! NO, IT'S A FERRARI, NO! IT'S A......WHAT? -_- weirdness...

Hardee's is introducing a new burger with 1,420 calories and 107 grams of fat.

It's the Jerry Garcia Autopsy! - The autopsy of a fat old hippy. Perfectly safe for work & the squeamish, because they use a doll. But it's based on the real autopsy, so the text is graphic, just in case that bothers ye. Please enjoy. :)

Curious George: what's your favourite coffee? What's your favourite coffee, and why? (link goes to my Flickr where I documented a recent coffee delivery) more inside

PictureOfEverything I was never good at drawing anyone recognizable. So I feel especially jealous that Howard Hallis can draw everyone, everywhere (and even make the picture wrap both horizontally and vertically). Click to Zoom in if something interesting leaps out at you. Nano Nano, Earthling!

Fray.com, an oldie, but a goodie, is Derek Powazek's (of San Francisco Stories fame) magazine/community/movement dedicated to sharing true stories by people for people. Where do you go when you're looking for a good free read on the net? more inside

Curious George: Are there any sites that have a breakdown of how many suicides take place at different universities each year? My google-fu fails me. more inside

The Iconographic Genesis of Shiva - The Sensuous Yogi.

Rate Your Music A great site where you can catalog, rate, and review your CD collection, get recommendations based on your collections from the site and other users - also a great music community board!

Jet Bike! (warning: quick time) The Madagascar Institute, an art collective in Brooklyn that previously held a Condiment War, put a jet on the back of a bicycle. I call it good.

Curious George: Population dispersion model? Reading some survivalism newsgroups I have been curious exactly what might happen in a hypothetical economic collapse and am wondering how one would go about modelling population dispersion into the countryside. more inside

Curious George: fun with the English language. So there are three deers in my parent's garage. And wednesday, "I'm going to help and gut them." more inside

Dopefish - Right, I hope this hasn't been posted before, since I am sort of new here. Anyways, Dopefish lives!

NBC: US Soldier Murders Unarmed Prisoner in Falluja. A television pool report by U.S. network NBC says that a U.S. Marine shot dead an unarmed and wounded Iraqi prisoner in a mosque in Falluja. via BoingBoing. more inside

When you're tired of drinking the coffee, there's always the coffee enema. I wonder--would a soy latte be more effective? Caramel macciatto? Will Starbucks ever administer these?

Old School Geekery - an ad for the a new Citroen pays homage to the Transformers of my youth. Soon to be all over the internets - I bring to you now. Video MPG File.

Boris! BorisWatch! BorisBlog! BorisBogOff! WhyWeLoveBoris! WhySomePeople,Er,Don't! more inside

Curious George: Recording lightning Yesterday we had a pretty good thunderstorm. On the news last night, the weather report included a computer animation of the region from the air with each lightning strike over sped-up real time. How do they know where the lightning hit?

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