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Quickbeam and Bombadil are: The Lords of the Rhymes. It’s gangsta rap, Tolkien-style, and it’s actually pretty good. Listen now!

“I knew Walt Disney. Walt Disney was a friend of mine. And, Michael, you’re no Walt Disney.” I couldn’t resist paraphrasing Lloyd Bentsen when I read Michael Jackson’s latest statements in court. It’s too bad that he’s turned out so screwed-up, because he really does have talent, or at least he used to.

The British have discovered that cheating on your wife can kill you.

How droll.

Remember asking “What will I ever use this for?” in school? Well here is your answer.

Mathematics unravels optimum way of shoe lacing

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Landsat imaging satellites, NASA has posted an Earth As Art site that has some beautiful satellite imagery of the Earth.

Although this interview with Ilan Mitchell-Smith, the actor that starred with Anthony Michael Hall in Weird Science, begins with the obvious question of “What was it like to kiss Kelly LeBrock?,” it’s actually a good read and reveals that Ilan wasn’t your typical ‘80s teen actor. Still, that scene with Kelly LeBrock had to be just awesome, dude!

In an experiment that could revolutionize digital imaging and data storage, researchers at the University of Oklahoma were able to store a black and white image 32 pixels square as binary data within the interactions of a single molecule’s atoms. I’ve always been mystified by the uncertainties and statistics associated with quantum physics, but this is just way over my head. Imagine how much raw information could be stored within molecular media if this technology is perfected…

In case you are ever abducted by aliens, you owe it to yourself to buy this special dog tag with “several methods of locating Earth in the Galaxy.” I guess if you leave our Galaxy you’re SOL…

Take a look at this great Flash version of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire.” The author has put a lot of work into finding images for each historic citation in the song.

The German counterpart to the CIA is marketing their own branded merchandise. Items for sale include t-shirts, calendars, pens, jackets, and more. Gifts for him include underwear labelled “Verschlusssache” (Classified,) “Streng Geheim” (Top Secret), or “Amtlich Geheim Gehalten” (Confidential). Unfortunately, it looks like Mrs. Santa Claus will have to travel to Berlin for this shopping spree, and the store won’t be open until next year.