When gigantic vehicles are all the rage, I want a tiny car! How about a Vespa? Or a Messerschmitt? I would feel like the girl from the future in this one. And a girl from Italy in this one.

Sick of knitting sweaters and hats? Knit yourself a rock video!

For less than $500, you might soon be able to acquire a peripheral that would allow your correspondents to release scents when you display their messages. Why you would want to pay so much to give others control over your environment (and why the device requires a broadband connection) is somewhat beyond me.

Just in time, the dollar’s at historic lows.

Are you a smelly hippie type who can’t shake the old blood-lust? Check out pasture raised meat in your area, with the added bonus that you can see if you and your pals can eat a whole pig.

Trying to find out who wrote, or who else performed, that song? Try BMI‘s Repertoire search, or ASCAP‘s ACE search. The Cover Songs Database appears to have its heart in the right place, but is very sparsely populated right now. On the other hand, The Covers Project has a mystifying desire to create "cover chains" ("A cover chain is a set of songs in which each song is a cover of a song by the band who covered the preceding song."), but the one spot check I did yielded better results than the Songs Databse, so it looks like a fine resource.

Have you read Unshelved? You totally should. It’s even better than User Friendly, but I may have a professional bias.

Halliburton jumps 30 slots in dollar volume of defense contracts. It’s now number 7. With a bullet.

Just in case you have to go, basic Icelandic phrases.

They’re mean; they smell bad; we should all throw rocks at boys.