http://www.partiallyclips.com/index.php?id=1623

The 2009 Ig Nobel Prizes have been awarded:)

http://improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2009

As a materials scientist by training, I like the Chemistry and Peace winners particularly; but they're all doing great work.

Massively impractical on a large scale, but I can imagine some businesses where this would be an improvement on the status quo.

(Note: some images in link moderately NSFW)

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/02/business-reply-mail.html

http://xkcd.com/627/

Tech support is easier than it looks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz-Oj2QgzYw&eurl=http://www.boingboing.net/&feature=player_embedded

A wonderful thing about science, too often ignored in science classes, is the chance that experimental results will not merely confirm an established theory, but will generate something new, not predicted or expected.

http://xkcd.com/585/

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/01/artwerks-map-of-his.html

(link has slight profanity)

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/01/et-tu-pooh.html

http://xkcd.com/556/

Randall Munroe is a genius.

What can I say, I'm a sucker for Peanuts noir.

http://www.cinematical.com/photos/frank-millers-charlie-brown/1419750/

See also:http://www.strangehorizons.com