Haven’t done one of these in a while, so here goes:

Here is some commentary I liked about the world of Cars, a Pixar movie I rather enjoyed. I also wondered “so… what does it look like on the other side of the windshield?”

Not exactly fresh news, but one of my favorite Guitar Tabs sites is under attack by the copyright thugs.

Weird Al has a new album out, and you can download – for free – his new song Don’t Download This Song.

Speaking of not downloading songs, I’ve found this new service on the web called BlogMusik. It works well, is very useful and seems to be just what I’ve been looking for. This of course means the RIAA jackels will be tearing it apart in short order.

In other news, I’m also fond of Pandora. Also nice for music and expanding your genre knowledge.

TRUE BELIEVERS! Stan Lee does The Watchmen.

Microsoft has graced us with their iPod killer the Zune (now available in turd brown). It needs some work, but it does contain one new innovation – Viral DRM. Nice! So, even if you own the copyright to the music you have on your Zune, you can’t share it openly. Thanks, Microsoft. Thanks again.

Speaking of copyright, here is an interesting article by Michael Crichton that is, well, illegal.

Here is a little story that makes me glad I resisted all of those “fantastic mortgage deals” that they kept advertising here in California. I often wondered how people were affording $750,000 houses on their salaries – the answer is… they weren’t.

Finally, I don’t know how this guy did it but he managed to find a way to leave comments on eBay for auctions that he never participated in… and they are hilarious, but the truly funny part is the feedback comments that come with his insanity.

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• Here are the most popular titles on “manybooks.net”, a site devoted to publishing public-domain books that are classics. (We are defining a classic as “a book you wish you could say you’ve read”.)

• Here is a site that details using your CDMA phone (non-bluetooth) as a modem on your Mac OS X Apple computer. I may have mentioned it before, but it appears that it still works. Have fun.

• Jest for Pun here are some Humorous Quotes of Isaac Asimov

• Do you like to read the Cyberpunk novels (Johnny Mnemonic, Neuromancer, etc.)? If so, here is the definitive reading list.

• For when you absolutely need to find the nearest Wi-Fi hotspot in the USA

• Have a region-free DVD player? Like hard-to-find cinema? Enjoy the NetFlix model? Then this is for you. – also try HKFlix

• Here is a large collection of guitar tabs, perfect for learning how to play “Smoke on the Water”. Speaking of guitars, if you have a child who is interested in getting a guitar or other instrument you can go here to find instruments specially designed for children.

And for some reason I have a cluster of Zombie/undead related links:

• BoingBoing has a link to the serialization of the novel Zombie Apocalypse. Very good.

• FleshBot (NSFW!) has a link to a DVD of Ed Wood’s Necromania. Might I remind you Christmas is coming?

• Brains 4 Zombies, your one-stop-shop for all your brain cravings

• Perhaps all of these undead/zombies were created by the the coming atomic age that never… um… arrived.

And that’s it! I’m sorry to report I’m not done yet.

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This is a HUGE collection of links I’ve been collecting… I don’t know why. But, since I’m in the process of cleaning off my hard drive I had to have somewhere to put them. So here you go.

Clean up and optimize your XP system. – this really works, but it helps if you don’t have a PCI card that is going insane, too.

BoingBoing: The hidden rooms of the Winchester Mystery House. – I’m a big fan of the WMS, I always recommend seeing it. This was a fascinating look at some of the stuff we don’t get to see as tourists.

Old British military fortifications – the Maunsell Towers were built as anti-aircraft fortifications at the end of WWII, and are completely artificial. Most of it is still standing; I’d love to go see these.

It’s the historic Scott Opera House of FAIRMOUNT INDIANA. – Hey, I grew up there and I didn’t know about this. How did that happen?

Viral Videos – just what we need in the age of Bird Flu

PKD - How to build a universe that doesn’t fall apart two days later – For all of you writers out there, an essay from Philip K. Dick

Random LiveJournal Images – warning, very likely Not Safe For Work

It’s a trap!

Speaking of traps, here is a document on how to turn down the request by police that you submit to a search.

Monkey Cam! – It doesn’t get better than a free Monkey Cam on the Internet

Hey, I forgot this one in yesterday’s Episode III post – Yes, Cliff found it first. But I claim it.

Plastic furniture I would not mind owning

Boiled Alive – WARNING: Not Safe For Work, more than a little ‘culturally insensitive’. Ah, I’ve wandered into another one of those dark little corners of the internet. I had no idea this was even an area of interest – I wonder why all of the women are topless in almost every illustration?

Smash that baby! – yes, previously discussed.

Encyclopedia of the Obscure – very cool, and includes an entry for a movie I simply must find.

As a European Space Agency has launched a new Venus probe (due to arrive in 5 months), here is some coverage of the original Soviet Venus probes.

Books they don’t want you to read. – or, probably, Uncle Fester to publish.

Always end on a high note – Sleazy Science Fiction book covers of the past.

Here’s a nickel, buy yourself a real keyboard, kid

Cool films (QuickTime required)

Taking pictures of stuff on your cat? Have I got the website for you!

Oh, yeah, minor rant:

If I hear or read one more thing saying something is “coming of age” – “Silicon Valley is all about building communities now – it’s a sign that they are coming of age” – I’m going to puke. I hate that saying. Hate it hate it hate it.

As I said in the past, I’ve been hoarding a lot of links and photos that I’ve meant to post, but haven’t found time for.

In fact, there are enough of them that it would take a pretty large time to load them all if it were on the main page; that being said, and considering the fact that some of you may not be on broadband, I’ve placed them below the fold.

Simply click “More” to see them. Some pictures are clickable, some are not. I have a LOT more of this kind of stuff…

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This was all done manually to see how painful that would be. In retrospect I now think automated gallery tools are the way to go.

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First, we have this animated image of the wonderful Matrix Origami Battle that was cut from the film:

I loved this scene in the bootleg version…

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Next we have a picture of the new ride at King’s Island Amusement park – The Anal Surprise!

(Note to self: Skip King’s Island this year)

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Never get this drunk, you will regret it:

Mrs. Best regrets coming to her husband’s birthday party. Again.

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Gargoyle-like images on a cathedral are sometimes called “Grotesques”, and the National Cathedral in Washington has this one:

Unlike a lot of my crap, this one is true…

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I’ve got nothing to say here, I just like the old Star Trek series:

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Once, when I lived in California, I had the opportunity to see the fog come drifting in over the hills and curl down into the valley. It was spectacular. I mentioned this to a friend who said “Yeah? It does that all the time.”

Turns out this guy was from Hong Kong and, as you’ll see, that isn’t uncommon there:

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Infiltrator detected!

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How they kept Luke from losing it, too:

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War! It’s FAN-TASTIC!

From the civil war in Liberia, not from Hot Shots Part II

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Soylent Green is People!

The woman with the umbrella in the lower shot is getting the hell out of there…

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Lately Pam and I have gotten into watching Cowboy Bebop and are gleefully awaiting the arrival of Disk 2 from Netflix

And we are looking forward to the introduction of this character, Ed

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Just what does a Taco Zombie crave? Seasoned Beef? Lettuce?

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WRONG! It’s spelled M-I-S-O-G-O-N-Y!!!!

I really shouldn’t post this… now I’ll have thousands of Erin Grey fetishists eating my bandwidth