I don’t know why, but this totally makes me laugh out loud: Totally Sidetalkin’ Nokia N-Gage Style!! SIDETALKING 2003
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Build Your Own Segway
You can build a balancing scooter, or just get a Megway.
Indiana Jones vs. the Death Star
Fun little flash game! http://www.mausland.de/
The Olympics in Greece
The San Diego Union Tribune has an amusing aticle on how Greece still isn’t ready for the 2004 Olympics. Seems that whenever they start digging to build a new facility, they invariably hit some archaeological artefact.
Arrrrgh!
Another quiz this time it’s “What’s my Pirate Name?” Mine’s apparently “Mad Jack Kidd” (I always thought it was “the Dread Pirate Bob”)— what’s yours?
Superpower Science
Four really cool articles in Wired about the science behind superpowers: 8 Super Powers Being Invisible The Antigravity Underground A User’s Guide to Time Travel
Communism in Mario Bros., Daredevil
Here are two fun essays about communism in modern pop culture. They seem to be pretty tongue-in-cheek (or at least that’s how I’m taking them). Movie Review: Daredevil (or, “Da, Red Evil”) Super Mario Bros.: Hit 80s Video Game, or Subtle Communist Propaganda Campaign?