The World's Most Efficient Refridgerator? Not sure how practical it is, but it's a cool idea and a great example of the DIY side of energy conservation.

Blame Canada!!! Tired of being called "polite" and "boring," Canada starts international incident with Denmark...

Curious George Is it that hard to make heating and air conditioning work in buildings???? more inside

Lost! The last episode of the season airs this evening (at least in the USA). What do you think is going to happen on tonight's Lost? (possible spoilers within!) more inside

Curious George: What's the deal with MS Office's defaults? Do people use them? While I know that there is a Letter-size, A4 divide, some of these might apply regardless of the paper size. more inside

Pay with $2 bills, get taken to jail. (site registration required) A guy tries to get a little revenge on a store by paying in all $2 bills. The store calls the cops and has him taken to jail. America: Conform or we'll call the cops.

If you don't laugh at these, I'll kick your ass! As part of the build-up for Wrestlemania 21, the WWE has gone Hollywood in a series of commercials in which wrestlers re-enact famous films. My favorite, however, was the West Side Story take on the Royal Rumble (Windows Media files).

Think the Harlem Globtrotters are getting too big for their britches? Then why not support a smaller team: The Tiny Trotters -- a basketball team consiting of Little People (warning site is full of horrble java). The most brilliant idea for sports entertainment EVAR!!!

Battlestar Galactica now has downloadable podcast commentaries! (If you aren't down with podcasting you can also just download the mp3 of the commentary) You can listen to them as you watch the show (or tape the show and watch it again with the commentary). Who needs DVD's?

The V-Chip Do any parents actually use it? There was such a big deal about it when it was implimented and the TV ratings boxes still appear, so because I'm not a parent and don't know any parents of young kids I'm curious if this feature is actually used by anyone or was it just another moral panic?

Cross-breed animals. Love child. Never meant to be. But still really cool.

Outsourcing Drive-throughs When you go through the drive-through in Missouri, the person you are talking to is in Colorado Springs who then sends a picture of you and your order back to the McDonalds. more inside

Yet another IE only trojan... With all of these IE only bugs, why should someone ever use Internet Explorer?

Although the MSN Search isn't as good as the old standby, Google it can do one thing Google can't: Algebra. (via digg.com)

Vin Diesel Teaches Breakdancing I love it when a star's past comes back to haunt them! (via digg.com)

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

Mars Rovers Still Sending Back Fantastic Images Just because they aren't making the news anymore doesn't mean that the Mars Rovers aren't still up there on Mars moving around, grinding rocks and looking at stuff.

Firefox 1.0 is out There are tons of reasons to switch to it and stop using Internet Explorer. Why haven't you switched?

Halloweem Frights Creepy Unsolved Crimes more inside

Department of Homeland Security Keeping Store Shelves Safe by forcing Portland store to take pirated Rubik's Cubes off the shelves. ...Except the patent ran out and so it is legal to make knockoffs. more inside