Pagan/Buddhist ( Read more... )

Lest you ever call yourself a "nice guy".

Five cat photos taken near you, via laughsquidfeen.

Why the words "President Palin" scare Matt Damon, via mactavish

Jon Stewart on the Daily Show seven years ago.

Abi Sutherland asks for comments about how normal our lives are on this day on Making Light.

simplykimberly went to Oregon to bake a sea-shore themed cake for her "sister's" ( Read more... )

Alberich Mathews's under-water photography on Flickr.

Not-a-morning LOLcat

Care and feeding of a red panda on Cute Overload

Like wet cats? Buy the book.

How to use Web-2.0 sites to track your every move. Now with bonus BedPost commentary.

Sarah Palin's LinkedIn profile, typos and all. The fact that they haven't been fixed even though the ( Read more... )

This year's prize as the UK's oddest book title was If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs. I like to say that when you write for the web, you should give away the story in the heading. The publisher of this book seems to have taken this advice to heart. It's a self help book for women by a male American author using the ( Read more... )

The Associated Press' science writer, Malcolm Ritter, wrote about a study published in Wednesday's issue of Neurology. At SFgate.com the article had the heading Big Belly Boosts Risk of Later Dementia.

This is exactly the kind of headline that makes Sandy Szwarc, the Junkfood Science blogger, see red. In an article with the headline Computer ( Read more... )

Under the heading SUP's Anton Nosik introduces LiveJournal users to European "customer service" Valleywag reports about Nosik's infamous interview. The snark is funny, particularly the last paragraph.

I sent in a tip about this yesterday. Today they asked how I wanted to be credited. I declined and sent them the link to Nosik's explanation in his ( Read more... )

So Microsoft is making an offer to Yahoo that is bordering on the hostile after previous overtures were rejected. Valleywag has all the coverage.

The most interesting article is the live blogging of a conference call with Steve Ballmer and other Microsoft top execs. Valleywags commentary is suitably snarky.

Steve Ballmer's formal offer letter ( Read more... )

• Top ten signs your cat knows your password
• MikZ is in Santiago, taking pictures and enjoying his holiday.
• Valleywag's take on the H1 cap is quirky: free from patriotic bluster as well as do-gooder sentimentality.
• SFgate's year in pictures amuses, scares and sparks thoughts.

4 minutes and 23 seconds of baby pandas wrestling from CuteOverload.

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2000-year-old Romano-British skeleton in lead casket found in Yorkshire.

Engagement ring lost when the owner died on-board of wrecked HMS Opal during WWI, found by divers. They traced the family. The ring will likely go to a naval museum on Orkney.

Only known Anglo-Saxon burial place in north England found by freelance archaeologist. The 109- ( Read more... )