Conan’s Version of Grand Theft Auto: “I’m just trying to get sheets.” {via}

Indian Baby Dropping Ritual: why hasn’t that caught on here in the states? I just don’t get it. {via}

Igloo Building Guide: that’s very handy. But does snow really get that hard that you can cut blocks out of it? I mean, outside of Scandinavia and the Arctic? {via}

“If Lee Had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg” by Winston Churchill: nutshell: World War I probably would have went the other way. {via}

Fish ‘N’ Flush: an aquarium made into a fully-functional toilet. The only surprising thing is why this didn’t exist before. {via}

Izola Shower Curtains: nice. I doubt it would go with many bathrooms, but who cares.

Virtual Magic: 3D modeling of Disneyland from satellite views. He eventually hopes to do the entire park: he’s off to a good start.

New Hancock First Look: another trailer for Hancock. This one really expands on the first one and I’m a little more excited about the film.

Barbie Massacre: slightly gruesome. Seems like a waste of dolls, but maybe they buy in bulk. {via}

Previously on Lost - What?: hilarious montage. {via}

Lost-Related Greeting Card: funny. And too true. {via}

Wordpress 2.5: I’ve upgraded and there are certain things I like, but much I absolutely don’t. Categories beneath the post: idiotic. Auto-saving draft: annoying as I often hit publish only to find out that it was in the middle of saving a draft and so I’ve got a draft to delete. Scrolling within categories: ridiculous. Navigationitis: irritating as it seriously clutters up the interface. The previous admin interface was no great shakes but this is awful.

Marker Bored: two roommates collaborate in a call-and-response fashion on a shared whiteboard. I’ve seen people do that at work too. {via}

Pen-Spinning Tournament 2008: holy crap! I’m a pen spinner but I have a hard time saying that after watching these videos! {via}

Porn for the Blind: it’s just not the same. [NSFW] {via}

Google Blogoscoped: best April Fool’s Day joke that I’ve seen this year! They know their audience, that’s for sure.

Virgle: Google’s April Fool’s entry. Feels a little phoned in. Sorry.

Improv Everywhere: retro Wordpress, today only.

UK YouTube: click on one of the Featured Videos. April Fool’s! Wife: “why does that bring you such joy?” Me: “I don’t know, but it sure does.” Wife: “that is more funny to me than anything else”

Food Court Musical: this is definitely one of their best scenes, but I think that was because it was staged with the mall’s complicity.

Chinese MC Hammer: ho hum about the actual video and the move-by-move imitation. What really gets me is the knitting lady in the background, apparently oblivious to the goings-on. {via}

Cubo: Kottke calls it creepy but I think it’s realistic enough—past the valley. {via}

Obama, Big Oil, and Fun with Charts: great article examining where all that “excess profits” from rising gas prices really goes. Hint: it’s not the oil companies.

Eighty-Five Ways to Decorate Your House for Christmas: oh boy, that’s rich!

“Craigslist hoax cost man his belongings, nearly his horse, too”: simply disgusting.

[UPDATE (4/2/2008): Not so much a hoax, apparently.]

Los Angeles Times Interview with Rick Astley: I’m with a commenter, every link in there should have been a Rick Roll. {via}

The Wikroll: saying that you’re linking to Rick Astley’s video only it turns out that it goes to a Wikipedia entry. Gotcha!

The Ayn Rand Institute YouTube Channel: I can’t wait to pore over these. I love Objectivism and I love free videos—match made in heaven!

“Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man?”: excellent article on gender bias in the sciences in academia. It shows the frightening attack to impose Title IX on science and engineering in higher education. The obvious agenda behind this is absolutely sickening.

Chuck Norris - Google Search: I’m a sucker for a Chuck Norris joke. {via}

Kill the Cliché: it’s true that journalists are guilty of being trite, but they’re more often guilty of being non-objective. {via}

Rolling Bridge: arresting concept.

Comment on “My Answer to Andrew Revkin”: excellent description of nearly every climate change enthusiast I’ve ever come across.

How to Pull Off a Rickroll in Real Life: wow. Just wow.

Not Always Right: tales of woe in customer service from the customer service provider’s perspective. They are unbelievable.

Neverland Ranch Expedition: I’ve only ever seen aerial photographs of it but it’s much more impressive from the ground. {via}

Amusing Tidbits From Warren Buffet and The Berkshire Hathaway Annual Report: here’s the original if you’re so inclined. Favorite line: “I’ve reluctantly discarded the notion of my continuing to manage the portfolio after my death—abandoning my hope to give new meaning to the term ‘thinking outside the box.’”

Glennz Tees: they’re well done, but I really like this one. {via}

Down for Everyone or Just Me?: this is a very useful service—it validates that some site is having problems and it’s not just your pathetic computer. {via}

Go Daddy Refutes Censorship Claim: the truth finally comes out. The retractions may commence.

Password Checker: nice little implementation from Microsoft. Happy to say that my password algorithm was always green.

Reporter Hates Anchor. Anchor Hates Reporter.: this is awkward and awful. In other words, great TV.

Shaq Rode in my ‘Lude: the pictures of Shaquille O’Neal scrunched in the front seat of a Honda Prelude are excellent.

Ferrari vs. Smart Car: wow, that is incredible. But it seems like it’d be unstable since it wasn’t designed to do that kind of speed. {via}

Bush Endorses McCain: sadly, there’s very little difference among any of the candidates.

Rural Mysteries of the North Fork Polygon: and you thought jerrymandering was only done in politics! At first, I thought this site was the demented ravings of a paranoiac but after careful consideration I now think it’s the demented ravings of an area booster.

Physics Limericks: quite the collection. Reminds me of the only science-related limerick I know (told to me by my high school chemistry teacher, Mr. Rickard):

Little Johnny took a drink.
Little Johhny is no more.
For what he thought was H₂O
Was H₂SO₄.

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation: what a tough time and subject matter. I’m sure the families appreciate and cherish the photos.

The Pink and Blue Project: neat photos. My girls like pink, green, and yellow. {via}

Shazam!!!: I haven’t linked to a LOLcat in awhile. Don’t worry, I’ve been reading them dutifully—just waiting and biding my time for one that made me LOL.

Star Wars vs. Saul Bass: that is some nice work. {via}

Undie 500: sorry, but that is not right.

The Meme Obfuscation Machine: I just whipped this up. It’s an easy way to mask a meme or prank. And I think the only cost for me is domain registration since it uses very little bandwidth.

Mucho LOL: sometimes you’ve just got to laugh out loud. {via}

8300 Crazy Celebrity Photos: I wonder why Will Smith was trying to balance a tack hammer on his head when there were cameras around. But I love the photo of Scarlett Johannson prancing around the Riviera in such a revealing bikini.

“Why on earth are those cats talking like that?”: I love the idea that there’s a backlash in the feline community about LOLcat speak.

Daring Furball: Daring Fireball automatically translated into LOLcat speak. Fantastic work!

Garfield Minus Garfield: if they’d removed Jon too, then you’d have something. {via}

Three Kings and the Wonderful Island: a coherent theory to explain the circumstances of Lost.

Tragically Hip Polo Shirt: I like it, it’s very subtle. I know I covered this t-shirt shop before

Stuff White People Like: the comments are perhaps funnier than the entries.

Ill-Advised Business Names: some are grin-worthy. {via}

A New Typography Term: FLICKING brilliant neologism from the inimitable David Friedman—if only I had more opportunity to use it.

Zomcon: fun site for a fun movie, Fido.

The Biggest Star Wars Collection in the Galaxy: wow, that’s dedication. It doesn’t appear to be for sale like other huge collections but it’s nice to look at.

Obersalzberg: cracked me up.

“To Stimulate the Economy, Liberate It”: this opinion piece exactly captures what’s been bothering me about the stimulus package, it seems to be more of exactly what got us into this mess in the first place. Let’s try something else for a change.

Nerf Vulcan EBF-25: ohhhhh. I have a soft spot for Nerf weaponry and this hits it square in the nuts. $39.99? No sweat. Fall 2008? NO!!

Single Serving Sites: I, too, am a fan of the genre.

Rembrandt Homer: I like it! {via}

The Deadly Huashan Hiking Trail: who would willingly hike that? Oh, right. American tourists.

Dubai is Nuts!!!: 3,900 foot tall skyscraper and 107 square miles of amusement park. Yeah, nuts about covers it. There must be a lot of money in oil…

The History of LOLCats: I’ve seen some dispute as to the origins. {via}

More Surface Temperature Measurement Goofiness: there’s probably warming going on, but the degree to which it is occurring is the important thing. If we’re talking about a 0.2°F difference over the next decade or two instead of a 20°F one, then the gravity of the situation is much less. That is why the accuracy of our measurements are so vital.

Best Wedding Dance… Ever?: I could agree with that. The groom’s got some funky ape-arms though. That creeped me out.

I Love Blocks: when you can’t afford the real thing, I guess planting the idea in the viewer’s mind is the next best option. {via}

Funny But No: rejected Valentines from Shoebox Greetings. {via}

Trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: oh yeah, I’ll be there. Lucas couldn’t screw it up enough for me to pass it up. {via}

SO, U WANTZ MARRY HER?: the first LOLcat proposal that we know of. SRSLY, your children will be so impressed.

Thank You for Being a Friend: Golden Girls-themed Valentine’s Day cards. A little late there, Baldwin. Coulda used those yesterday.

Musical Crystal Glasses Like Never Before: awesome work!

Animator vs. Animation - The Game: a more interactive version of those awesome videos I’ve covered before.

How to Illusion Knit: oo, this is slick. I’ve got to tell my wife about this. (Thanks to feed readers, I just did.)

Extraordinary Breastfeeding: whoa. Just wow. Good gravy.

Nice tweet: “_LOST_ video game should involve Ben shooting you, inexplicably regaining your trust, then repeatedly shooting you again. Forever.” First time I used the favorite star.

de-noted: showcasing currency defiling around the world. I myself used to cross out “God” in our country’s motto and write “MAN” in its place. What a dork past me was!

WikiVS: a wiki for comparisons. “VS” as in “versus.” Not much there and what’s there follows well-worn duels.