An anti-Google privacy group bought some jumbo-tron time in Time Square to show this really creepy video. Their goal is to have legislation create a 'do not track me' list to allow people to opt-out of data tracking/mining.

I don't know, should we fear what Google knows?

Animated MRI scans of fruit. Thumb is from pineapple.

Mike Judge is back at MTV making new episodes of Beavis and Butthead.

I have seen the top of the mountain. And it is good.

Since I haven't posted anything in a while and since Carl won't post this until at least 2015... here's a link to some old and rare HST articles Carl sent me a while ago. There's some good stuff here, I particularly enjoyed the two on Big Sur and the one about L.A.

I didn't even know this existed until right now. The song is not particularly special but the video is crazy great.

A nice collection of user-submitted pictures that never should have been taken. The guy also made a book of of these pics that is available for those who want a hard-copy of what not to do when taking pictures.

More hand-selected pic's in extended.

Music video for a song by a guy called Reggie Watts. It entertained me for a minute today.

I don't know if this will actually work but I guess it's worth a shot, right? Someone came up with the idea to use a SQL injection type hack against image/text recognition camera systems used for speed and red-light cameras. If the syntax is correct and the input data not filtered properly, it's possible to actually hack the system running this database query and alter it in some fashion.

Wouldn't want to be the guinea pig on this, but it would be interesting if it worked!

Joke responses to craigslist ads, most of which are pretty hilarious!

Now fixed so that I didn't forget the link.

A new take on the classic.

It all began with an unusual discovery in the 100 acre wood...

I can't decide if this is funny or sad, so I will let you folks be the judge.

Just a youtube video but it made me laugh. For 3:18 you get 20 short films plus some filler material. Awesome!

In case you were wondering what a shitty American pop song would sound like when performed by a Ukrainian polka band.

I can't exactly call it good, but watching it made me really happy.

Lady calls in to Leo Laporte's "The Tech Guy" asking why her 'linksys' WiFi stopped working.

Video in extended.

TVTropes.org is a massive wiki-based repository of all the cliches and recycled bits that make TV and movies tick. Link goes directly to "The Bald of Awesome", which is a good place to start.

I don't know why but this cracked me up.

As writ by Mr. Adam Bertocci
Taking inspiration from Mr. William Shakespeare
and the Brothers Coen.

In a decision today, the US Supreme Court overturned previous bans on campaign funding by private organizations (i.e. corporations), stating that corporations were entitled to the same first amendment rights as individuals.

Based on samples from thousands of songs, FleshMap has a chart showing the frequency with which various body parts are mentioned in a variety of different genres. No real surprises, but it's interesting for a quick look.

This is my favorite TV show of all time. It's a Canadian half hour sitcom about some guys that live in a trailer park. Try it and you will love it.

A dude made an oversize paper model of his head for his Halloween costume.

Bitch You Breakfast.

A short story by Peter Watts based on John Carpenter's epic The Thing, which was in turn based on John W. Campbell's Who Goes There.

It's an interesting and thoughtful take on the movie that I quite enjoyed.

It's like the "Secret" for Aids.

Detailed instructions for making and using a special hat that keeps aliens from reading your mind.

I heart the internet.

Aliens will try to stop you from wearing the helmet both mentally and physically. Remember that they can read your mind. Before you make one they may try to influence you that you don’t need one. Once you start wearing a helmet they may harass you or perhaps threaten to kill a pet in retaliation. They are good at manipulating your spouse to have a conflict with you about wearing the helmet.

Wired: "San Franciscans may have noticed an odd, camera-laden car driving through city streets taking photos of everything, but this time, it wasn’t Google. The car belongs instead to earthmine, whose cameras capture more data than Google’s do, using a higher-resolution, stereo photography technique that assigns specific points in space to every captured surface."