Good Press for Airsoft?

I have a Google News alert setup for the keyword "airsoft" just to see what kind of pub our sport is getting. Needless to say the press paints a pretty scary picture of the sport (Cop: "I thought it was a real gun!") This article popped up recently and I have to say "Bravo" to the Orlando Sentinel for publishing it.

Build a HTPC for around a grand.

If you've been looking at pre-built HTPC machines for $2k+ you might be interested in this article at Engadget. It details their build of a nice HTPC for around $1,000.

The True Story of Atari's ET

If you don't know the true story of Atari's "crappiest-game-ever" ET for the 2600 read the article on snopes.com. Then watch this video from Wintergreen. Good stuff Maynard.

And You Thought Your Apartment Was Bad

Leaks? Bugs? Annoying neighbors that leave their 45 of "Brick House" cranked on their Ronco rack stereo while they go out to the bars? You ain't got nothin' on these people. Read about the chronicles of Trembicky and be glad she's not your landlord.

Link @ seriousdanger.com

Great Moments in Shopping: Bald Guyz Head Wipes

Check out this post at The Consumerist: Great Moments in Shopping: Bald Guyz Head Wipes.

Dude, you gotta respect the MRI.

This page is a collection of pictures of stuff that got pulled into the MRI machine. Seriously people, them ain't your momma's refrigerator magnets.

Link @ Simply Physics

The Internet Is For Porn!

WoW video on Google Video... "The Internet Is For Porn!" Not a porno, just a song about how the Internet is for porn.

Link @ Google Video

Lord Jobs and the Switch to the DARK SIDE!

Now we see what really happened behind the scenes when Apple switched to Intel...
Link @ Gizmodo to movie @ YouTube

Browse The Web On Your Apple ][

Woz would probably fall off his Segway if he saw this video. It shows a guy configuring TCP/IP and browsing the web on an Apple ][. So cool yet so useless, I can't help but like it.

Link to video @ YouTube.com

Newsweek Interactive: The Autism Quotient

Take this test to see how screwed up you are. Err... I mean how high your "AQ" score is. According to the test most women score around 15 and men around 17. My score was 42.

Link to test @ msnbc.com

Letterman to O’Reilly: 60% of what you say is crap

I didn't see this, mainly because I never watch Letterman anymore, but here is a link to a page with a transcript and video clips of Letterman telling Bill O'Reilly "I’m not smart enough to debate you point to point on this, but I have the feeling, I have the feeling about 60 percent of what you say is crap."
Link @ Hammer of Truth

Silly, Putty!

The stuff is awesome, if I had known you could order it in bulk I would have done so a long time ago!

Link to Google Blog entry about trials and tribulations divvying up 250 pounds of silly putty.

Link to Boing Boing article about how to break silly putty.

Link to video of what happens to a 50 pound ball of silly putty when it's dropped off of a roof.

Oh, yeah.

Flash: My Humps Christmas card

Quite funny if you've been forced to listen to the real song.

Link to My Humps Christmas card