If there are to be as many crashes as were present in the originally presented concept, I think the car whose crash caused the whole incident needs to have its brakes cut.

Speaking of cars (notice the subtle segue there?), my BF is writing for a car blog and if you want to read his stuff, please go to [link] If you are inspired to leave a comment, that would be fabulous and give the site some support, too!

His name is Jason, by the way. And he is the WBB.

Speaking of blogs...okay, not that useful a segue. Whatever.

Anyone have any interesting podcasts or places to look at listening of podcasts? I really don't know what's out there, but am putatively interested in technology and science stuff.

In theory.

All I know about is iTunes's podcast directory, and I don't find it that helpful.

Putting the call out here as well for anyone who understands the axiom of separation and can explain it in the next half hour or so to please let me know, here or at profile address or on AIM (profile address contains my ID).

All I know about is iTunes's podcast directory, and I don't find it that helpful.

iTunes made some sounds at me like it was loading a directory, but I don't know where it went.

Posts on LJ yesterday inspired (that's a big word for a little thing) me to make a playlist of cover songs. The effort underscored why I'm not in the music thread. Man, I know crap all about music. Lots of guessing and web searching, just to come up with 14.

MAKE's Mostly Under $100 Gift Guide 2005!

MAKE proudly presents a gift guide for the holiday season with listings you certainly won't find anywhere else. We asked a few MAKE staffers and pals to send in their favorite maker-friendly gift ideas for mostly under $100, as well as Associate Editor Phillip Torrone's personal picks...happy holidays! May all of your warranties be voided!

Lots of cool ideas.... (MAKE is a blog of do-it-yourself tips on making stuff, hacking other stuff, etc.)

Doesn't the new Bornean carnivore look like some sort of lemur (the round head) or ring-tailed cat?

How to make your own robotic M&M sorter: [link]

Identifying color is easy with the new Texas Advanced Optical Systems (www.taosinc.com) TCS230 frequency to color sensor. This is a high-sensitivity low-noise light-to-voltage optical converter that incorporates on board blue, green, and red optical filters. The sensor combines a photodiode and an amplifier on a single monolithic CMOS integrated circuit with a color filter over the photodiode. What’s really neat about this sensor is that it provides standard RGB color values with 90% accuracy!

I wonder if it will work with Skittles?

Doesn't the new Bornean carnivore look like some sort of lemur (the round head) or ring-tailed cat?

You just know some local guy is going to look at the "discovery" and be all, "Yeah, those are good with this mango/chili chutney my mother always made..."

3-D Pong: [link]

Fun! With slightly-non-worksafe "meet girls" ad at the bottom of the screen.