holyshit. i should do this: Geekcorps.org

is this for real? Flat-D: Flatulence Deodorizer

new fish: katie’s first “pet”

good tech blog, nice name: StronglyTyped

whoops! unintended consequence of legalizing prostitution: Under Germany’s welfare reforms, any woman under 55 who has been out of work for more than a year can be forced to take an available job — including in the sex industry — or lose her unemployment benefit.

awesome: fantasy coffins from ghana

nice rims: Michelin Tweel

to read later: Cheap Eats at the Semantic Web Cafe…

email the newly confirmed secretary of education, margaret.spellings@ed.gov, to let her know how you feel about censoring diversity with respect to postcards from buster

go united church of christ! Absolutely, the UCC extends an unequivocal welcome to SpongeBob

family news: matthew and new girlfriend beth

news of the weird: Massive cow manure mound burns for third month

wow: serious icing

neat: PostSecret

carl’s pictures of christy’s 29 and 1/12 surprise birthday update: more pictures from christy

sad story: Forte says now that he should have stayed at Chapel Hill for four seasons rather than two

fun quote: Half were given perfume with…pheromone…isolated from a woman’s armpit sweat.

send an email to your state representatives telling them to Say “No” to Discrimination in North Carolina’s Constitution

whoa: WEYCO, INC is a non-smoking company that strongly supports its employees in living healthy lifestyles.

imagine a day when any table in an internet cafe could power any electrical device set upon it: One charging pad could power up all gadgets

damn! nice looking sweater, cory (what’s alice pointing at?)

photo of the day: john vickery’s brand new baby

documentary that looks interesting: ‘We Are Dad’: Fighting a Gay Adoption Ban

wtf? Razor Blade Soap

nice: Calvin & Hobbes snowmen

this is worth a link: Stop the spread of Viral Link Skank today

i am justin #16

this is why people were linking to heavy metel umlaut: Jon Udell’s 8 minute flash presentation on the development on an article in wikipedia

sun jan 30, 5:30pm: free screening of george lakoff’s How the Democrats and Progressives Can Win at Hanes Art Center (UNC)

something i might have to try: Hostess Twinkies Sushi

does anyone know anything about OZ?

a vulgar achewood i missed from a while back Excuse me, sir. Can you spare a moment to talk about the life of Jesus Christ?

this is a fun read: Heavy metal umlaut

co-worker (an economist) discovered to have a blog: Aging Disgracefully

quote of the day: The piece makes a point about the rentware world we’re fast approaching, where individuals are stuck in a kind of feudal relationship with commercial entities, who reach into our homes and track and bill us for the use of our household goods. (cory doctorow)

another fine product from justinsomnia.org: a dynamic local blogroll that is resorted every hour based on when the blogs are updated (more details coming)

PSA: According to reports, Wilson stated that he had consumed four bottles of Listerine and could not walk.

i find this scary: architecture of density

cool: taking apart the apple shuffle

does anyone know if there is a way to embed css pseudoclasses (e.g. :hover) in html inline style rules (e.g. <a href=’http://www.unc.edu/’ style=’color:white’>UNC</a>)?

unc begins digital music program where you have to pay to save music to a CD/ipod/hard drive

the blogger in me wonders, “but what if there’s no news?” Metro reporters will be expected to write 10 stories per week under new “guidelines,” and the front page will feature three local stories each day

neat tshirt: inane! rambling! rarely updated! the blog

quote of the day: May 1,000,000 hardware hackers descend on your tent

in the n&o: A chat with… Paul Jones, UNC-CH (nice photo)

photo of the day: yeah, baby. check out my OS.

five days old but such a good picture: boulder in road

neat: factoids about google

nice infographic: Apple’s Tipping Point?

i’m not sure how to pronounce that, but ibiblio now has a staff blog called the ibiblog

the coolest thing EVAR! humanclock

does anybody know this guy? apparently, David Feld is the news director for interactive media at the News & Observer (and he’s got a blog)

in case you haven’t heard, there were no weapons in iraq a-duh!

ouch: President of Fabricated Crises

hot damn! 1GB for $149!!! i gotta get me one of these: iPod shuffle

the word is out anton :)

holy crap! dan gillmor is coming?

whoa. time warner links to local weblogs

spencer dorm (where i lived for 3 years at UNC) to stay spencer dorm

these day after party photos bear a striking resemblence to the photos from abu ghraib, which suggests to me that these photos are disgusting and that the actions at abu gharib can be understood in terms of cruel college pranks

gasp! 2nd grader at the nc museum of art told to stop sketching works by matisse and picasso because they’re “copyrighted” (which is incorrect)

quote of the day! Having enemy soldiers throw down their guns and start humping each other: Priceless

in case these arrive in your inbox, they are not Closeup shots of the killer waves

bill proposed in virginia: when a fetal death occurs without medical attendance, it shall be the woman’s responsibility to report the death to the proper law-enforcement agency within 12 hours of the delivery. Violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor

the interface is simple and effective: Tsunami before after pictures

neat: arcade fire on NPR (thanks anton!)

long live free culture!

seeing our alphabet in a new light:

perhaps the worst (or the best) thing to come to mouse pads in recent memory The breast mouse pad ever!

fun with post-its: mario mosaic

ok, i concede, arcade fire is the shit (i mean, look at the brilliance i conjured while listening to it)

discovered a neat css property: clear

itching to write an essay about blogging for publication?

this scares me: One recent hire had 14 interviews before getting the job - and that was in the public relations department.

to read: Why Wikipedia Must Jettison Its Anti-Elitism (by larry sanger, co-founder of wikipedia)

neat: list of common newspaper names

on the demise of strong’s: Strong’s was not able to stay in business because although it “looked full all the time,” the customers inside would stay for long periods of time and spend little money.

link love from ruby over at OrangePolitics.org

apparently i’m not the only one who thinks asperger’s sounds like ass burgers

quote of the day: Leisure is permissible, we understand, because it costs money; idleness is not, because it doesn’t. (ibid)

maybe it’s not so bad not having asperger’s syndrome: On the virtues of idleness

cute video: Get My Stuff Done

my theory of hair color corroborated: assortative mating (also see the wikipedia article on assortative mating)

stumbled upon this, written by dr. newby (a former and excellent SILS professor): How UNC Screwed Me

excellent article: anatomy of a disaster