Nicky P. tells us of…
McVideogame: the Flash-based management game where you attempt to keep McDonald’s in business.
{ it’s more difficult than you might think }

They Thought You’d Say This: Unlikely Quotes from Real Phrasebooks.
{ learn how to state ‘I’d like to go to a Komsomol party’ in Russian; give the excuse ‘Because I was out buying a pair of wooden shoes’ in Vietnamese; or negotiate for footwear in Gaelic with ‘Hand me over those moccasins. — They will not help you much, they are like a singed cat.’}

I guess it doesn’t matter what the people want; when large companies want laws in their favor, they get them. Internet Neutrality Amendment Dies.

This is about a ba-thousand times better than simply writing "Wash Me" on a filthy car window.

Major Hanttula.com Exhibit Updates…

Bunnyocalypse
{ added: 2 final episodes for 2006! } 

Museum of Food Anomalies
{ added: 15 new images }

Circus of Disembowled Plush Toys
{ added:  1 new, unfortunate teddybear }

Taking the "Do Not Press" psychological ploy to its logical (and somewhat humorous) conclusion.

How awesome does Chessboxing sound?  I can hear the movie pitch already: "It’s Rocky meets Searching For Bobby Fisher."  Sounds like money in the bank.

Does it seem that, along with each great idea comes someone or some group that wants to crush it? Evidence from the automotive industry: Tucker cars and the electric vehicle. Now, cable & telecom companies want to hold back internet technologies that don’t directly benefit them {e.g. they want to kill the use of the internet to make free telephone calls}. I hope someone can save the internet { but, that would mean we’d have to be able to learn from the mistakes of our past… }
{ now updated with CORRECT LINKS — thanks Nicky P. }

Almost a year ago, a women decided to wear a single brown dress for all her activities… for the entire year.
Track her progress here as she nears the end of her project.

Welcome Back. Apologies to anyone who missed the site while it was down for the past day. There were some server… issues. It happens.

Why you’re not watching Tiki Bar TV is beyond me.
Quite possibly the most entertaining video podcast one could hope for … with SCIENCE!
Here are all the past episodes; it’s difficult to recommend a good, introductory episode — so just try a few on for size.

{ new music… mostly free! }
Tribute to John Peel offers a selection of "sessions" of which the site owner’s believe John Peel would approve. Each session (there are currently 6) offer an album’s worth of music from emerging artists. Worth a visit.

Then there’s the amazing Gorilla vs. Bear a blog of music samples & show information; introducing you to new tracks & very good artists. Well edited; well worth your time.

And don’t forget: Danger Doom has their new EP free for the downloadin’ over at Adult Swim: The Occult Hymn EP 

I’ll have what Bond’s having.
{ one person’s collection of all the cocktails served in James Bond films & stories. }

I nominate this video for Basement Jaxx’s "Where’s Your Head At" for most nightmare inducing thing I’ve seen all week.

I kind of wish this was a joke…
Former child actor Dustin Diamond (known as "Screech" from ‘Saved By The Bell.’) is selling t-shirts to save his home from foreclosure.
Visit GetDShirts.com to see his sorry mug asking for your help. He only needs to sell 30,000 shirts.