Looking for a new weekend activity? Apparently psychedelic mushrooms are
legal in England, if you buy them fresh, not dried or processed. And kits to grow your own are legal too.
And you may have already seen the
Dave Barry Gift Guide. You can find pointers to such wonders as Caffeinated Soap, Bird Diapers, a Talking Toilet-Paper Dispenser, Bacon-Flavored Dog Bubbles (heck, our dog is crazy for regular soap bubbles), the Food Suit (lots of pockets, for hot and cold, and a catheter and waste reservoir), Doggles (uh, just what they sounds like -- dog goggles), the 'Love Triangle' Turkey Decoy Set (2 jakes and a "3-position hen"), and more. Yes, we've missed Christmas, but some of these deserve their own holidays anyway.
Explore Mars with
the program that NASA scientists use to operate Spirit. Solaris, Linux, Mac, and Windows versions available.
A new
hydrogen-storage method -- requires very high pressures initially, but subsequent storage works at normal pressure but low temperature (feasible with liquid nitrogen). "The findings also could help explain how hydrogen becomes incorporated in growing planetary bodies."
From the
Rolling Stone: "Bush is sabotaging the laws that have protected America's environment for more than thirty years." (Yes, didn't we all expect this?)
22-year old student caught with 854 stolen thongs. I'm just staggered by the sheer volume.
PhotoShop and PaintShopPro can apparently detect that the target image is US or Euro currency. From
SlashDot.
"This site provides
live scanner audio of DeKalb County, Georgia Police, Fire, and EMS radio communications."
Snyder's of Hanover now sells "Coney Island HotDog with Mustard flavored Potato Chips". The MemeStreamed
link is just a picture of the package though. They were really hard to find on
Synder's web site, where they're just called "Coney Island".
And Mr. Happy Crack tells us
"A dry crack is a happy crack!" (It's foundation repair, but the slogan is so good....)