Yesterday, my favorite librarian turned me on to Live365‘s Pranksta Radio, which in turn pointed me at ccc’s mashups galore. If you check out nothing else, scroll down to "Stand By Me" and give it a listen.

It was developed as a fire suppression tool, but surely there would be other uses for such a way cool fluid. Check out its magical evaporation while extinguishing a tealight.

It’s never too early to plan for your county fair, especially if you’re planning on winning a blue ribbon. Hey, Craig, King County even has a bread machine category!

Some info on why growing an apple tree from an apple seed may be disappointing, from a question raised by a discussion of a Straight Dope column.

Know how the traffic is, right now!!! Or, listen to the radio.

A directory of free wifi hotspots, a special treat if you don’t feel like imposing on the unwitting generosity of others. It may need some research to expand the list, since there must be more than these…

Breakthrough scientific research reveals people who are feeling sad might want to talk to, or shag, or embrace someone. Who’d have thought that human contact would be useful in combating the blues? Unless you’re in Scotland, in which case you’d just rather get blitzed.

What Craig fails to mention about the Dr Who adventure is the fabulous tiny sweaters! The artiste’s mom seems to be a tiny sweater wiz.

Yeah, so there’s this funny article describing how to boot Linux on a dead badger. The really cool thing, though, is it’s published in a magazine that pays for sf.