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Passive-aggressive notes from roomates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers. I'm glad I have a conscientious roomate. Here's my favorite so far. (via: waxy.org)

xkcd illustrated a Tolkien-style map of online communities (full version). See "The Compass rose shaped Island" for axis labels.

Please read this and tell me why patents are worth the trouble.

Clemson man figures out how to make gas prices + garbage trucks + GPS + wireless = more recycling, more efficiency and lower taxes.

The Executive Producer of "Everybody Loves Raymond," Phil Rosenthal, delivers his prepared testimony at the House Telecom and Internet Subcommittee "Future of Video" Hearing. He explains the insidiousness of product integration -- working commercial products INTO the story. Apparently the writers and actors don't get paid for this and, obviously, there's no way to TiVO it out. Wayne and Garth saw this coming in 1993. (via: AdPulp)

Two more installments of Star Wars. I'd rather eat a bowl of bees and broken glass than watch Lucas tarnish this franchise any more. Which brings up the question, when did Star Wars jump the shark?

Maybe we should take all of the immediately useful parts of CSS3 such as multiple background images, border radius and multi-column layout. Maybe we should take all the CSS3 properties, value and selectors currently supported by the likes Safari, Opera and Firefox. Maybe we should take all of this information and build a simpler, interim specification we can start using now. Maybe, just maybe, it’s time for CSS2.2?

I love my Creative Zen Micro (6gb). It's durable, reliable and has played every file format I've thrown at it... And it's not an iPod. Well, Creative just released a new addition to the Zen family: the 1gb Zen Stone...And it's only $39. I'm getting two. (ht: nobrainer)

His nose turns into a propeller and then he breathes fire.

Digg administrators censor HD-DVD AACS processing key stories. Revolt ensues. Democracy wins.