1 November 2006

  • Saw III premieres, paramedics called.
  • Capitalism gives us many variations of a "Wide Left Turn" signs.
  • In honor of All Saints Day, a list of patron saints of ecology, neurological diseases, waiters, etc.
  • Moscow's football club Metros it for free when traffic gets too bad.
  • The Polling Place Photo Project wants you to document your (presumably straight-ticket Democrat) voting experience.
  • Probably not fair that western countries are more promiscuous and developing countries are more STD-ridden.
  • Lego shortage looms just in time for Christmas.
  • Al-Jazeera's English-language channel to debut in two weeks.
  • A new, non-gangrenous leg is yours for $2,000.
  • In today's Mp3 Digest, Llewellyn Hinkes takes aim at genres.
  • A simultaneous translator can make you sound bilingual--and the Language Log calls bullshit.
  • Life on Skid Row in L.A.
  • Where to celebrate Dia de los Muertos in New York.
  • The new Joy of Cooking is a rewrite of its popular 1975 edition.
  • Bush stumps in Sugar Land, Tex.--for a write-in candidate?
  • P-Krunk wants to know if we are feeling his Corolla.
  • More fun than voting: Send us your fake election signs and you'll get real versions of these fake buttons.
  • Slow nuclear clean-up a boon for Washington state residents--but probably not their unborn fetuses.
  • Video: The world's largest skateboard ramp.
  • Iraqi PM surprises Americans, demands they withdraw Sadr City blockage--and they do.
  • Kerry's flubbed joke, Bush's demand for apology keep election focus on the war in Iraq.
  • ...Though the biggest issue in the 2006 elections is still George W. Bush.
  • Slide from military briefing shows Iraq is leaning more toward "chaos" than "peace."
  • Spies share classified info on Wikipedia platform; will Citizendium make for a more trustworthy Wikipedia?
  • Strange things afoot at Harvard's Crimson: the plagiarist columnist and the plagiarist cartoonist.
  • NYC Health Dept. wants to require calorie counts on fast-food menus, Wendy's predicts small type.
  • Israeli troops carry out major Gaza operation, intended to quell the rockets that have been shooting into Israel.
  • Halloween violence: Seven shot in San Francisco's Castro district; man stabbed in Greenwich Village.
  • Monitoring the nastiest campaign ads: part one, part two.
  • By cutting its oil supply in September, China directed North Korea to return to nuclear talks, a dynamic that should make for interesting diplomacy in years to come.
  • Blogger slapped around by George Allen campaign staffers. (Video here.)
  • Brits grouse about painfully ungreen products.
  • Anti-smoking ads that depict parents talking to their children about not smoking have unintended effect.
  • "Powerful but fickle" teens declare MySpace totally over.
  • The Bloodninja strikes out.
  • Household robots mildly amusing, fairly effective.