iPhone phunnies

A little bit of humor for my Apple-loving friends:

• "With the push of a button, the iPhone shuffle randomly selects a contact from your address book and dials."
• "Don't worry, I have my iPhone with me!"
• Worth1000's Photoshop contest to design Apple's next product
  

Cthulhu for Kids

For the parents among us: how would you like your child to be able to snuggle his very own Plush Cthulhu doll while taking a nap on his Necronomicon Pillow? Well, this site has what you need.

Samurai saves police

So if this whole IT-thing doesn't work out, maybe I'll become a mysterious ronin do-gooder and move to England.

Fighting the Front in Second Life

The surreal story of a protest-turned-battle against the racist and xenophobic Front National in the virtual world of Second Life.

Doomsday Clock going to move

It is anticipated that on January 17th the Doomsday clock will move one minute closer to midnight.

UPDATE: The clock actually moved two minutes. It is 5 minutes to midnight.

dire 'non' à 2007

French marchers, in a parody of the typical French protest, called on the UN and leaders of the world to stop the, "mad race" and declare a moratorium on the future.

Genius knows no bounds

So, some really really smart guy emailed attrition.org and asked them to hack his GPA. The email exchange that the attrition folks orchestrated is beautiful, including such nuggets as:

"First, let's be clear. You are soliciting me to break the law and hack into a computer across state lines. That is a federal offense and multiple felonies. Obviously I can't trust anyone and everyone that mails such a request, you might be an FBI agent, right?

So, I need three things to make this happen:

1. A picture of a squirrel or pigeon on your campus. One close-up, one with background that shows buildings, a sign, or something to indicate you are standing on the campus.

2. The information I mentioned so I can find the records once I get into the database."

3. Some idea of what I get for all my trouble."