Clown Shoes: only $200! They’re certainly nice looking. {via}

JS-909: addictive little drum-kit-like thingy.

“Could This Damage Your Car?”: I’m glad I read this because “flushing,” on the face of it, sounds like a good idea.

35 Stunning Black and White Logos: these are gorgeous! {via}

NaBloPoMo: I have a hard time supporting anything with PoMo in the title, but I do like blogging every day. (I’m just not very good at it.) Side note: NaNoReMo is belatedly looking for a No to Re this Mo.

“Buy American”: op-ed from Warren Buffett about why now is the perfect time to be buying up stocks. Money quote (pun intended): “Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn’t. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value. Indeed, the policies that government will follow in its efforts to alleviate the current crisis will probably prove inflationary and therefore accelerate declines in the real value of cash accounts.”

Beached: it’s tilt-shifted, time-lapsed video. I have no idea how it’s done but damn if I can’t get enough of it. Check out his Bathtub III and Bathtub II also. {via}

Dexter Gets His Own Newsstand: I’ve seem the Wired one in person. This is a very clever campaign.

The No Votes: Arizona was the only state where every Representative, Democrat or Republican, voted no.

Google Circa 2001: they’ve restored the index that was present back then. I’m glad that I’ve moved up from result #7 to result #4 for my name. {via}

Diesel XXX SFW: this is a porn video made SFW by animation replacing the underlying actions. There’s nothing shown, but the implication is quite NSFW. Absolutely hilarious!

U.S. Economic Freedom Index 2008: interesting look at which of the states are freest. It’s all relative, of course, since they’re all still under D.C.’s yoke. {via}

Oktapodi: well-done animated short along the lines of Finding Nemo but with octopi. {via}

Private Islands Magazine: this desert boy wouldn’t say no to private island living. I think.

The Gradual Made Visible: I don’t normally promote my other sites (what are you talking about?!) but I just finished this nice collection of time-lapse videos of people that you may want to check out.

A House By the Park: interesting blog about one man’s journey to building a custom home. The transparency and openness is neat.

Netflix Origami: an interesting use of that annoying leftover flap.

John McCain and Tina Fey on Cover of Life: cool, they look great together. Heh. Oh wait, Tina Fey makes any pairing right. {via}

Flickr Memory Game: Ze Frank’s little Flash app that uses your photographs in a game of memory.

South Ossetia Photos Taken By a Russian Soldier: wow. I can’t understand any of it but the pictures speak for themselves.

Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene on Vimeo: whoa, it’s like Photoshop for video.

Two Minutes to Wondermark: I grossly underestimated the amount of work that went into Wondermark. I’m equally impressed with Malki and Photoshop.

Springfield Punx: wow, these are exceedingly well-done renderings of non-Simpsons characters in The Simpsons style.

2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony: looks like quite a spectacle. You know what else looks like quite a spectacle? This. {via}

Fuelly: wow, this is easily the best gas usage tracking Web application I’ve come across. Here’s me.

“Uncle Bobby’s Wedding”: excellent response to those who would suppress differing viewpoints. {via}

Motivated Photos: this is a great site.

Super Mario Brothers Tribute in 20 Lines of Javascript: the lines are a little long, but I’ll concede them the point.

Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: this looks like an amazing resource for imparting an appreciation for chemistry. I will definitely work through this book with my kids when they’re old enough. {via}

Defining Political Correctness and Its Non-Impact: fascinating look at political correctness in academia and its effect on hiring decisions. Turns out that PC professors will say that political views don’t matter in hiring decisions. It’s like it’d be politically incorrect of them to say otherwise. Uh huh. The breakdown by discipline is very revealing. {via}

FLARE: this would be an amazing look for a building. I’m going to go out on a limb and say this is very expensive—both to install and to maintain.

Anecdotage - Steve Martin: the joys of being a comedian. {via}

Obama’s Berlin Moment: not a great article except for the notion of “premature inauguration.” Sorry, but Twitter’s out for scheduled maintenance—otherwise, I’d post it there.

Star Wars Ren: that is some serious Photoshop skills on display. The contest is to take famous art and give it a Star Wars taint. {via}

Totem Destroyer: excellent little Flash game. I played until I beat it and wished there were more levels. {via}

Terminal Sings Songs: wow. It’s no MP3, but it’ll do nicely. {via}

10 Very Rare Clouds: surprisingly beautiful. I had no idea they went beyond “wispy” and “fluffy.”

Wondermark Comic - “In Which Africa is Noticed”: nice—if only they were that candid.

LEGO Digital Designer: horrid interface (hiya Java) but awesome idea. {via}

Rational Triggers for the Emotoself: excellent query and excellent replies. My wife recently made a wall hanging that reads “Do one thing every day that makes you happy.”

Honda FCX Clarity: I love innovation in autos and I think fuel cells are an idea whose time has come.

Global Whining vs. The Truth: good little introductory article into the other hand of the global warming debate. OMG, did I just call it a debate? Debate implies that the matter is not 100% settled and it most assuredly is beyond the pale of doubt or questioning. How dare I question the vast, universal, assumed consensus among all scientists, politicians, and non-Flat Earth types!

Quit Coddling Your Kids: great advice for raising more responsible children. Anything less is a disservice to them.

“The Gas Prices We Deserve”: money quote: “Also disqualified from complaining are all voters who sent to Washington senators and representatives who have voted to keep ANWR’s oil in the ground and who voted to put 85 percent of America’s offshore territory off-limits to drilling.” Hear, hear! The ignorance surrounding gas prices is astounding. {via}

Interview with Jack Handey: he’s just as offbeat in person. {via}

Dean Kamen Unveils New Invention: awesome robotic arm! Sarah Lacy strikes out again.

[UPDATE (5/31/2008): Here's some Lacy-less video.]

Is an Idle Car the Devil’s Workshop?: that’s really fascinating. Conventional wisdom hasn’t kept up with engine developments, I guess.

Emma Spaulding Bryant Letters: trove of intimate letters from 1873 of half an accusatory conversation. They center around his suspicions of a gynecological visit that led to more. {via}

Google Street View Car Photo Pool: now I know what to watch for if I want to perform any hijinks.

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

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.

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!

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.’”

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

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.

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

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

“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.

Rembrandt Homer: I like it! {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.

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.)

Open-access is the Future: I agree completely. I just wish I had executed on the cool open-access journal software idea I had a couple years ago. *sigh* {via}

Apple//c Unboxing: holy crap! That’s something you don’t see every day! {via}

State of the Union Addresses: excellent resource! C-SPAN also has video of them since 1989.

The Budget Graph - A Visual Guide to Your Taxes: the Flash version of the poster is really kewl.

Every Day Normal Guy Rap Song: the anti-braggadocio rap song. “Because I’m not very confident/And I’m weak for a man.” And there’s more if you like this one. {via}

Make Mine Freedom: neat little cartoon from the 40s explaining a lot. {via}

Rules of Thumb: man did I love those books as a youth. They’re much better and more useful on the Web. {via}

Fancast: full episodes of television shows online from Comcast so it’s got to be legal. If only there was an easy way to integrate your computer and TV… {via}

Live from Macworld 2008 - The Steve Jobs Keynote: Merry Stevemas, as my friend said.

Tesla Founders: a blog from one of the founders of Tesla Motors, which apparently is one something of a downward spiral.

How To Actually Win A Fist Fight: this is highly useful information. I’ve never been in a fight and I know my first instinct would be to go flat-out crazy on someone so it’s good to find out that that’s not the best course.

“Reckless Mortgage Borrowers Do Not Deserve to Be Rescued”: hear, hear! But you lost me at the end.

Disappearing Car Door: this is absolutely sick but it leaves me with abundant questions. I blogged an earlier version of this but it looks like they’ve ironed out the kinks. {via}

God’s Eye View: Biblical scenes imagined as captured through Google Earth. IANAC, but these are pretty cool. {via}

The Road to Success Illustrated: it’s a long, hard road that’s for sure.

Amazon SimpleDB: I am in awe of Amazon. It would be incredible if in a decade Amazon’s revenue primarily does not come from ecommerce. The other amazing thing is that applications built on their EC2, S3, and now SDB platforms really don’t have anywhere else to go; I wonder if that’ll result in a backlash eventually.

The Gingerbread House Showcase: wow, that’s some impressive architecture there.

Cleaning up Quicksilver: demonstrating the benefit of open source when the developer starts to wash his hands of it all. {via}

Listography: your life in lists, an interesting idea though the execution leaves something to be desired. Also, a dead-trees edition. {via Lisa Nola}

Impress Your Friends with Mental Math Tricks: I don’t know about the “impress your friends” part but these little algorithmic tricks are super useful. There’s even a great book on the subject.