Arthur C. Clarke Dies at 90 :-( You'll be remembered by the nerds of the world! more inside

Library of Congress posts 3000+ pictures on Flickr "Out of some 14 million prints, photographs and other visual materials at the Library of Congress, more than 3,000 photos from two of our most popular collections are being made available on our new Flickr page, to include only images for which no copyright restrictions are known to exist."

Gamer Jargon Becomes Word Of The Year A word widely used among online gamers has topped an online poll for Word of the Year run by US publishing group Merriam Webster.

Donald Trump Leaves $10,000 Tip Donald Trump tipped a waiter $10,000. Derober has a copy of the receipt from The Buffalo Club in Santa Monica, CA where the Trump left a hefty tip on a $82 bill.

Shocking! Unbelievable!The latest scandal! KINDERGATE!

Toddler fools the art world into buying his tomato ketchup paintings. The toddler in question is Freddie Linsky, who has fooled the art world into buying and asking to exhibit his paintings. more inside

9 Most Badass Bible Verses (Not safe to read while drinking anything)If the Bible had been written by King Leonidas and the rest of the Spartans from 300, it would probably read pretty much the same as it does now. It turns out, the Bible is already chock full of ass kicking.

Strange Sights Discovered in Google Earth Some of these are very interesting, and some just make you go "wtf ? firefox cropcircle?"

The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See (Youtube) The most terrifying if you're an oil or gas lobby, that is. An ~10 youtube clip on choices that you can make approaching the issue of Climate Change.

Facebook Becomes Big Brother Seller (TinyURL, Newsfilterish) Is it me or is this just a little creepy?

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon is making waves. I was surprised there was no mention of our gibbon comrades. Ubuntu 7.10 was released yesterday, to great acclaim.

The Artwork Of Katherine Dinger (Lot of pictures, takes some time to load, some are somewhat NSFW depending on your boss) She is amazing! Katherine Dinger creates mostly digital paintings. She keeps a blog. These are absolutely stunning.

You Convert It is a nifty little tool that lets you convert Documents, Images, Audio, Video, and of course Units into other forms. I find this really useful. (I searched, please don't let this be a double.)

Bulletproof Halo Suit Troy Hurtubise has created a bullet-proof suit inspired by Star Wars and other video games and hopes to market it to the military.[Tiny URL]

New York Times to Stop Charging No more will we be faced with the wall of 'Subscription Required.' via NYT

Sunglasses with hidden camera make you the ultimate pervert! Just think of all the possibilities! I think the MPAA is going to hate these. A lot.

The mother who suckles pet monkey. Lucky or unlucky monkey?

Pirate Bay Shut Down...Again. the action of the Swedish police has already generated fierce Debate. more inside

QE2 Sets sail for a new home. The Queen Elizabeth 2,arguably one of the most famous ships in the world, is set to become a 100 million dollar tourist attraction in a specially designed dock located in The Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. Some are very upset at this sale.

The Random Collections is a collection of "images gathered from the internet, from free sites, via e-mail from our visitors." The collection contains many kick-ass time wasters such as porn bread(NSFW), a penguin church, how to make a tampon pistol(NSFW), or even amazing metal art Warning! Dangerous to productivity! (Some entries NSFW)