1 September 2006

  • New York's currently: possessed and undressed
  • It's the last Friday of summer and everyone's on the beach--be safe, have a good weekend, and raise a glass to Agassi.
  • The world is a bit tired of being publicly judged by the U.S.
  • "The Scream" has been recovered--but what will the cops do with all those M&Ms?
  • Yet another sign of his fall from grace, Tom Cruise's child's feces only worth $41.
  • Tanzanian muslim leader vows to cancel restaurant's Freddie Mercury party.
  • Headline of the day: "Body Parts Trade Lacks Oversight."
  • Katie Couric hazed for taking new job, though what she left behind seems less sweet.
  • DIY DNA fingerprinting.
  • Men's hostility rating closely tied to lung power--the madder he is, the less he can shout about it.
  • Stalin, commandos, goths, creative drunks alive and well on the Moscow subway; British hedgehogs no longer threatened by McDonald's.
  • "Iraq Star"--think "American Idol" in the Babylon Hotel--now beaming across the Middle East.
  • These days patterns requiring more than 100 steps are common. The digital revolution and extreme origami.
  • Papercraft killing machines take Japan by storm.
  • Sarah Hepola on the week in videos in today's TMN Digest.
  • Twenty-seven money tips for new college students.
  • Concert ticket generator.
  • Oldie but goodie: Michael Gondry's three-minute drive across America.
  • How to find free drinks in New York, L.A., San Francisco.
  • Author tries to collect payments for product placements he wrote into his sci-fi novel.
  • Tic-tac-toeing genotypes / Gives birth to Mothras. Haikus sought for phylogenetic database.
  • The man who ate everything has consumed seven television sets, a pair of skis, a coffin, and a Cessna airplane.
  • The ultimate dessert that is mille-feuille.
  • How many cats is too many?