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Duct Tape Server


Duct Tape Server was built entirely from four rolls of gray Nashua duct tape, a quarter roll of translucent 3M duct tape, and these computer components:

Pentium P4 2.4 GHz
Intel SFF Motherboard
1GB twinned DDR RAM
80GB SATA HDD
350W PSU
CDROM
2 80mm LED fans

Tally Ho and Chocks Away!


The First International Talk Like A Pilot Day is Saturday May 19th. In the grand tradition of other International Talk-Like-Days, start practicing your phoenetic alphabet.

My Hovercraft is full of eels!


My hovercraft is full of eels! in many languages. You never know when you’ll need this.


We are so not worthy of this LineRider by TechDawg. The best!

Beautiful Mars Maps


Google Labs has a beautiful color-coded Mars map here. Just astounding.

42 Years of Phone Rental


A 82-year old widow, Ester Strogen, in Canton, Ohio was found to have paid about $14,666 for a now outdated rotary phone. She first leased the phone in the 1960’s. Strogen says she’s not a big fan of her new push-button phone.
“I’d like to have my rotary back,” she said. “I like that better.”

Shoe Lacing Methods


Ian’s Shoelace Site sifts through the 2 trillion mathmatically possible ways of lacing six pairs of eyelets on an average shoe and suggests 31 favorites. Odd but compelling.

And that’s no fufu


No more slogging over the pounding stones beating the yam and cassava into submission. Instant fufu is here!

Fripp to be on Vista!


The guitarist/composer Robert Fripp was seen putting sound down for the upcoming Windows Vista. At least the sounds will be State of the Art…

TUNAK rulz!


Here for you, the most awesome of all Music Videos.

Universe Gives Us the Finger!


Hey..what did we do to deserve this?

Snow sculpture erected


From the New Windsor(NY) Times Herald-Record, quite possibly funniest article title of the year. New Windsor police Chief Michael Biasotti worries the display might give others ideas.
“Now we’re going to get snow penises popping up all over town,” he said.