This labor of love took six months to complete… fun story. Don’t miss the photo gallery link! Business 2.0: 5 hot products for the future – Jun. 9, 2006

Coolest thing I’ve read today. Howstuffworks “How Safecracking Works”

All the graffiti around here either says HELP or NORTH or sometimes HELP NORTH. What’s that all about???

Websites as graphs – an HTML DOM Visualizer Applet (filmcritic.com)

Oh fun — my Wired piece on the 10 Stupidest Engineering Mistakes of all time is finally online. Check it out! Wired 14.06: START

What was No.1 on the day you were born? Why did it have to be a Donny Osmond song??? (At least in the UK it was Diana Ross.) This day in Music ::

I feel bad about the dearth of updates lately, so here’s a nutty Japanese TV show to take in. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n_q_SsPQdg]

Clamato Tortilla Chips – Single Serve Snacks

This is great… somehow another person’s SSN has been mixed up with mine on my credit report. He didn’t pay a bill at some hospital and now we’re in a pickle. Getting through to Experian via the number they provided isn’t much use: They just try to sell you credit report scores and the like.…

Best news of the week: Kicking and Screaming (Noah Baumbach’s movie, not the horrid Will Ferrell soccer vehicle), will be released on a Criterion Collection DVD in August. I’ve been spreading the love of K&S for 10 years now, and finally a broader audience will be able to see the film on DVD. Pre-order now!

How is it that every hotel in America uses the same detergent to wash their sheets? No matter where you stay, from snazzy places to Motel 6, the linens all smell exactly the same. Maybe when you’re over $1000 a night they break out something with lavender in it… but I just don’t understand how…

IMG_7463 Originally uploaded by Yahoo! Tech Monkey. Don’t flag as offensive, mmm kay?

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In New York on Monday? Come by Bryant Park and see the Yahoo! Tech Challenge. I’ll be there personally starting at 11am. Yahoo! Tech ChallengeMonday, May 1510:00am – 4:00pmFountain Terrace Are you a techno-phobe? Challenged by electronics? Yahoo! Tech makes it so easy a monkey could do it! Come to the park and test your…

I bet it’s like one of those “Escape the Room” games where you have to click just the right spot to get out. » 100 million pixels of virtual reality | Emerging Technology Trends | ZDNet.com

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Who would you bet on? (These are REAL, bettable odds, by the way.) Al Gore 75-1 Al Sharpton 1000-1 Alan Keyes 750-1 Alberto Gonzales 75-1 Arnold Schwarzenegger 250-1 Barack Obama 70-1 Bill Clinton 300-1 Bill Frist 30-1 Bill Maher 2500-1 Bill OReilly 750-1 Bill Owens 50-1 Bill Richardson 50-1 Bob Ehrlich 75-1 Bob Graham 150-1…

We’re all just fighting for our equal rights. SmitHappens – White Rapper Video!!

Thanks for the fun interview, Daniel. bitemarks: Turntable: Yahoo! Tech’s Christopher Null Stomps on my Beta Machine