General

Our cats are on a diet. I’m not.

Remember, if you don’t stop, not only will you go blind, you’ll go to Hell.

All webpages should look like this one.

Don’t blame me, kids. It’s the fault of those freaks over at Mass Distraction.

Just in case we get hit with a late “Mad Max” apocalypse, read this page to learn how to make your own biodiesel fuel out of ordinary household products.

Ever wanted to swim in Jell-O? Now you can, with the incredible, amazing Jellybath!

I can imagine using a little too much, and getting trapped in a shell of hardening gelatine, like some freakish Han Solo in bathtub carbonite.

I’ve linked to several articles by Bill Beaty, but for some reason I’ve never read his entire site.

Science Hobbyist is a mad scientist’s dream: there’s everything here from a huge collection of unusual phenomena to weird science to common textbook errors.

All throughout recorded history there have been tales of meteors, and many of them have included stories of sounds, as well as lights. Given the improbability of hearing a rapidly-moving object from so far away, these tales have been dismissed as sensory errors. Now, however, some researchers believe to have discovered the secret to these sounds. More info here.

Random and assorted site updates:

• I’ve made a new Minions banner. Yay!
  • Moved banners to the top
    • Removed the Blogger banner
      • Updated the Messagebox
        • Gave the Systembox a dropdown menu
          • Removed then replaced the Recent Blogger listing
            • Begged Rod to make a script that would extract recent updates from Linkwatcher
              • Put said list into a new box
                • Begged Robert to update Pinky so it now shows sites that have been updated in the last hour as red
                  • Added Humanclick

Yay! Amy redesigned Domesticat with Greymatter. If only she would enable comment-posting, so we could leave foul messages hiding in wait for her. [Actually, Greymatter has a configurable word-filter list, too.]

What wonderful times we live in: Lego Mosaic allows you to upload an image of yourself, and convert it to LEGO “Blocks”. You can then order a $30 LEGO kit that includes about 2000 bricks, a frame, and instructions on how to put it together.