Is It Friday Yet?

Instructables shows you how to make a giant match from 15,000 regular size matches and a 4×4. Safety first, of course… they warn you not to use chemically treated lumber because it might release arsenic.

Authorities say last month’s execution of four gorillas in the Congo’s Virunga National Park is linked to illicit charcoal trafficking.

About this time last year, Carl Huber sealed a strip of bacon and an egg in airtight plastic boxes to see what would happen. The results are in.

Our local newspaper has been into some hard-hitting journalism this week, but I’m shocked that they’ve missed this: Kevin Costner’s dog trainer.

In a move guaranteed to backfire big time, this Silicon Valley couple has designed their baby’s nursery with futuristic plastic furniture, artfully decorated laboratory beakers, the carcass of a Cray Y-MP supercomputer, and a poster of Thomas Edison, who shares his name with the baby.

(Oh, yeah. Better wish Mike a happy birthday today.)
(Oh, yeah. Better wish Mike a happy birthday today.)
(Oh, yeah. Better wish Mike a happy birthday today.)
(Oh, shit. Forgot to wish Mike a happy birthday yesterday.)

“Fan art” can be highly illogical at times.

I’m a big fan of Apple and am constantly amazed and impressed by the little design details I run across, like the little cloth to polish the chrome on your iMac, or the way the packaging is constructed to make you feel like you’re unboxing something really expensive. (Well, maybe it’s not the packaging.)

Anyway, iPhone owners who get replacement units are reporting that Apple helpfully includes a special tool to remove the “SIM card” that holds your phone number: a paper clip.