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    Important Yoshida Update

    Maven asks: Do I know about Mr. Yoshida’s sauce? Just a bit. Just enough to stay away, that is: “Junki proved himself a consummate brawler, slashing and battling with a…

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    Wired Science

    Holy… Somebody please record this for me – I can’t get BT to work on my line. Oh, and happy new year!

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    Internet woes for the new year

    There was an earthquake off the shore of Taiwan which damaged some undersea com cables – the repairs will take at least three weeks and updating here as well as…

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    Kismet

    I am a sucker for stories about drunken, farting dogs. That is all.

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    xmas tunes

    Go get some doper-than-average holiday tracks: Santastic II DJ Riko’s Merry Mixmas 2006 Highly recommended for those sick of hearing the words, “..but the very next day, you gave it…

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    Peppering

    This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while: Season Shot One question, though: Is it a joke? Cuz I’m pretty sure I’ve met people who would…

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    50 Amazing-but-True Holiday Facts

    * In the village where the original Saint Nicholas was born, children celebrate Christmas by giving gifts to old men with long white beards. * Children whose families celebrate both…

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    I miss Jim

    Over at NPR: Ray Manzarek on ‘Light My Fire’ The keyboardist for the Doors explains how he came up with the famous piano riff from “Light My Fire.” Simply fascinating.…

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    Ironwork Genius

    Quite possibly the coolest laptop in the world. If these guys did the innards, they’d sell like hotcakes, 10kg weight and $X,000 price tag be damned. Most definitely the coolest…