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 access to email/skype will be limited until then. Happy new year!

“I’ve been asked by McSweeney’s to discontinue this feed. It will not be updated further.” Well, Happy Holidays to you, too, bitches! McSweeney’s sucks donkey balls recently anyway… That’s it, take a big step back, Timothy!

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

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 away.” (thx g-man)

Extra anus kills four-legged chick Now how the hell did I miss that last month?

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 actually buy it. (thx JV)

* 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 Hanukkah and Christmas have a 97 percent higher chance of getting socks as a gift. * The yule log was originally a symbol of good digestion following an overlarge Christmas feast. * The Japanese term for Christmas, Kurisumasu Omedeto, can also be loosely translated as “Morning of the Greedy Children.” * On December 23, 1775, as Ben Franklin staggered out of the Continental Congress Christmas Party on the arm of colonial party girl Patience Rutledge, a furious Mrs. Franklin hurled…

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. (thx, kiaa)

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 Fiat in the world. See the video, too.