Anil Dash: Cats Can Has Grammar

Anil Dash: Cats Can Has Grammar

Great look at the lolcat phenomenon.

Google Music Trends

Google Music Trends

Aggregated from the “show current music track” status setting in the standalone Google Talk app. Should be skewed toward techie interests, as most everyone else uses AIM or chats within Gmail.

FACTBOX-Hayden would be fourth "active-duty" CIA director

FACTBOX-Hayden would be fourth “active-duty” CIA director

I was wondering about this this morning.

Wired News: Last Piece of the Puzzle?

Wired News: Last Piece of the Puzzle?

The sculptor of the famous puzzle Kryptos on the CIA headquarters grounds has revelead a mistake in the puzzle that could lead to someone finally solving it.

The Straight Dope Mailbag: Why do people say, "Hear, hear"?

The Straight Dope Mailbag: Why do people say, “Hear, hear”?

Good to know.

Propellerhead: UNWINNABLE FREECELL?

Propellerhead: UNWINNABLE FREECELL?

Via Kottke, only one game of Freecell can’t be beat.

Town's Secret Star Wars History

Town’s secret Star Wars history

“A relatively long time ago, in a west Wales town not too far away… arguably the most famous spaceship in the universe was created.”

Newsvine - Oscars Red Carpet Gets Royal Treatment

Newsvine - Oscars Red Carpet Gets Royal Treatment

The practice of rolling out a red carpet for royal processions dates back thousands of years. Historians trace one of the earliest mentions to Greek playwright Aeschylus in 485 B.C. In one of his works, Agamemnon walks a red carpet fit only for “the feet

How to fold a fitted sheet

How to fold a fitted sheet

Culture's magnetic forces | csmonitor.com

Culture’s magnetic forces | csmonitor.com

Top 10 shared cultural experiences in America today.

Ahn'Qiraj War Supplies Server Rankings: Whisperwind

Ahn’Qiraj War Supplies Server Rankings: Whisperwind

This is only a daily temporarily, but you can see my WoW server’s progress on the AQ war effort. It’ll be interesting to see how long it takes. Also I think the way the community came up with this is really cool.

Flickr: Explore interesting photos from the last 7 days in FlickrLand...

Flickr: Explore interesting photos from the last 7 days in FlickrLand…

A random set of interesting photos. Always good stuff in here.

Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists | Applefritter

Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists | Applefritter

Homework (after reading this): now that you know what sorts of things the public can find out about you, think about how much Amazon itself knows about you. Or Google, or Microsoft, or Yahoo!

BBC NEWS | Magazine | 100 things we didn't know this time last year

BBC NEWS | Magazine | 100 things we didn’t know this time last year

Lots of good stuff here.

MeetWithApproval.com

MeetWithApproval.com

Looks like it does event invitations, but has a focus on helping figure out when people are all free.

How to Split a Shared Cab Ride?

How to Split a Shared Cab Ride?

The Wall Street Journal asks lots of economists their opinions on how to split shared cab fares.

The Forbes Fictional 15 - Forbes.com

The Forbes Fictional 15 - Forbes.com

The top 15 richest fictional people in the world.

WOMMA's Word of Mouth vs. Advertising: Your $1.2 Billion Tease

WOMMA’s Word of Mouth vs. Advertising: Your $1.2 Billion Tease

Advertising has almost no impact on army recruiting numbers. Why not give the money as a signing bonus?

Project Comet

Project Comet

If this is going to work like I think, I’ve been looking for it for a long time. Seems like a LJ-style “friends page” for non-LJ pages.

Boing Boing: Pornos rot slower than other magazines

Boing Boing: Pornos rot slower than other magazines

The need for lots of high gloss pages means that Playboy outlasts Newsweek in the landfill.