Man Loses $150,000 in "Nigerian Prince" Scam

WHEN WILL PEOPLE LEARN?! Where has this man been living that he didn't know that this was a scam? And how did he also manage to not have anyone in his life, some from whom he even borrowed money, that could have clued him in? And where does someone this gullible/dumb even GET $150,000? I don't know if this even qualifies as a scam anymore- more like an idiot tax.

Nazi Zombies

Is this a a bit of guerrilla marketing for the aforementioned Nazi Zombie flick? A agree with the wag at Crooked Timber-- the real zombies are presenting the local news.

"The Moment"

Gigapan and PhotoSynth of Obama's inauguration.

Two examples of giant photo tech. Well used.

Many Worlds QM and the Eels

Taken from the BBC Documentary "Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives", which is about Mark Oliver Everett -- better known as E, leader of Eels -- and hisjourney to discover the physicist father he never really knew and to understand something of his "Many Worlds Interpretation" of quantum mechanics -- at first, painfully ignored, but now taken quite seriously.

The Internet Writes Batman

As it says, "Because NOBODY knows better than the FANS!!"

It's things like this, and the reviews of Tarot (the pictures aren't really safe for work) that keep me going back to Chris's Invincible Super-Blog.

Anti-DRM Book

You know, for the kids.

Be Jackson Pollock

It's his birthday. Try this web app and make abstract splattery art:
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

EAT REAL FOOD

If you needed just one more reason to stop eating high-fructose corn syrup (and believe me- there were LOTS of reasons already!), I've got one more for ya: MERCURY.

Turns out that there are several food products out there that are still using mercury-tainted high-fructose corn syrup as a sweetener (mercury is used in the process of making it), and mercury is toxic at ALL levels. These are brand-name products, many of which are marketed to kids.

Go read the report for yourself; they also include a list of the products in which the mercury was detected.

Peachy

Rod Blagojevich. He's not going to his impeachment and neither are his lawyers.

Looking forward to him whining because he didn't "get to" face his accusers.

Excellent. I'm Moving.

Canon is urging workers to go home early and make more babies.

I'm in. Do we get daycare benefits, too?