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The top 10 ways to make a 4-year-old cry. I really like number 7.

Apple G5 LED Hack. This is so sweet.

They Stopped Calling It Rendezvous. Man meets woman using iTunes music sharing. Cute.

Avoiding Tolls on the Massachusetts Turnpike. This time, instead of throwing in $1.00, I decided to tape two pictures of rap superstar 50 Cent, because that adds up to a dollar.

This is the same person who a while back did an experiment signing random names on his credit card receipts, and a part 2 where he finally finds a store that checks his signature.

Doing kottke.org as a full-time job. Jason Kottke has quit his web design job and decided to blog full-time, living only off donations. It’d be interesting to see if he can actually pull this off…I’m a bit skeptical.

How to Find Nameless Songs. Nice feature of iTunes that I had totally forgotten about. Great way to find new music.

Highlights from this week’s issue:

Awkward Tension Mistaken For Sexual Tension.

Onion Love Coupons

Do-It-Yourself Smart Radio Station. Excellent write-up on how to make a playlist to get the most out of your music collection. I commonly run into the issue of only listening to a small selection of my music.

Car vs. Telephone Wires in Texas. Witnesses also reported that the driver jumped down from the vehicle and ran to catch a bus prior to the arrival of Engine 2 and the Harris County Sheriff’s Department.

Tunewear Aluminum Clip for iPod shuffle. There’s a nice little accessory that is actually really handy. I’ve yet to see a shuffle in person though, so I wonder how secure the cap is.

PanicGoods. Crappy t-shirts, awesome shopping cart.

The Infinite Cat Project

I Choo Choo Choose You. This card is such a nerd thing that I need to send one out just for the reaction. The following comment explains it all:

If you give one of these to someone, and they don�t get it, you shouldn�t get involved with them.

The Wisdom of Warren Buffett. Great advice we should all live by.

Sony Video Chief Admits Strategic Mistakes. What? You mean it was a bad idea to create new digital formats so you could own all of the rights yourselves? I never would have thought.

Link to my previous Sony rant.

Gene Kelly’s got new moves in the new Volkswagen Golf GTI commercial. Amazing the way they did this, it’s extremely well done. Here’s a quick write-up on how it was achieved. From Lawrence.

PostSecret. This entry sums up what the site is all about.

Flickr coincidence. Someone takes a photo of someone taking a photo, and six weeks later the person in the photo contacts the original photographer. Amazing.

The opening text crawl for Star Wars: Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith. My thoughts are best summed up by the comment made over on The Movie Blog: War! Huh! What is it good for? Absolutely Nothing!

Calvin & Hobbes snowmen brought to life. Man, I’ve always wanted to do this. Damn you So Cal and your tropical weather.

More pics of Batman Begins have surfaced. Still not too happy with the suit though; the shape of the mouth on the mask just looks wrong, like it’s too small and narrow. Notice that the cowl and the suit are indeed separate pieces, so the head can turn side to side. Still got my hopes up for this one.

Music video for Postal Service’s “We Will Become Silhouettes”. As mentioned in a previous post, this is directed by Jared Hess, director of Napoleon Dynamite. I dig the kitschy 70’s feeling.

I Stole Brad. I know far too many girls who would sport this.

Bill Gates Strikes a Pose for Teen Beat Photospread, 1983. Drool.

The Onion couldn’t come up with a better story.

These are pretty much everywhere on the internet, so might as well.

iPod Shuffle

Mac mini