Mouse Skill Tester. Friday Fun or Friday Frustration depending on your temperament.
posted by srboisvert at 7:37 PM PST - 9 comments

Regeneration: Contemporary Chinese Art From China and the US.
posted by hama7 at 5:23 PM PST - 3 comments

Bad Mags. The Flip Side of Popular Culture As Seen Through Magazines and Tabloids! [via The Cartoonist] [NSFW]
posted by soundofsuburbia at 4:51 PM PST - 10 comments

Kerry-Edwards: so much love
posted by miscdebris at 4:05 PM PST - 32 comments

Catch bubbles. (Flash, via littlefluffy.) Pop.
posted by brownpau at 1:51 PM PST - 10 comments

With Jack Ryan dropping out of the Illinois Senate race due to the sex club allegations, who should replace him on the ballot? For one group of Illinois Republicans, there's only one man for the job, a man who already has plenty of name recognition and knows a little something about winning...Mike Ditka.
posted by SisterHavana at 1:44 PM PST - 25 comments

Obsessions come in many sizes and flavors - small, tall or veinte. Meet the man who is living the Traveling Salesman Problem by attempting to visit every starbucks.
posted by elwoodwiles at 1:41 PM PST - 25 comments

Put Up the Hoop Sooner: lessons of parenting, gleaned through the rear-view mirror
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 1:18 PM PST - 19 comments

War of the Worlds cover art from the last hundred years or so. (Plus, related artwork and the Martian-Canadian conspiracy, finally uncovered!) [via kottke]
posted by arto at 12:29 PM PST - 5 comments

Brown Equals Terroist - the story of a photography student who refuses to provide his ID to a security officer, and is swiftly confronted by Homeland Security. His ongoing struggle with the event is chronicled in the related blog.
posted by falconred at 11:18 AM PST - 112 comments

Home is where the heart is. Karl Taro Greenfeld, journalist and author of Speed Tribes, among others, has a nostalgic piece in Time Asia (Aug. '03) recounting his heady youth in Tokyo alongside his thoughts on his ailing Japanese grandmother.
posted by gen at 10:18 AM PST - 5 comments

Where are the women in web design?
posted by erisfree at 9:04 AM PST - 68 comments

"Disposable" Instant Messaging. Click a link and chat to someone with just your browser*. "Include [a link] when you create eBay auctions, Craigslist personals, weblogs, moblogs, personal websites, Friendster, etc. and viewers will be able to contact you instantly." *Requires Flash.
posted by Blue Stone at 9:01 AM PST - 20 comments

free games ~ Rockstar Games gives you two of their classic games, Grand Theft Auto (the original) and Wild Metal, modified to run on modern machines. [note : download at your own risk, windows only executables]
posted by crunchland at 7:50 AM PST - 25 comments

I Gave My Cat an Enema .
posted by Space Coyote at 7:29 AM PST - 24 comments

Friday Fun! It's good to see a local advertiser with the guts to go for a "funny" ad campaign. I imagine these get a good response. If I lived in Oregon, this place would get my business (well, if they sold Hondas). Viva la Trunk Monkey!
posted by Ynoxas at 7:05 AM PST - 14 comments

Rush Limbaugh site manipulates Kerry/Edwards photo to show Edward's outstretched waving hand completely obscuring Kerry's face, then crows, "This Says It All." Can't he just leave them alone? After all, they are clearly in love. (First link via Linkfilter)
posted by Otis at 6:39 AM PST - 41 comments

Alien in 30 seconds As re-enacted by bunnies. (via Milk and Cookies)
posted by psychotic_venom at 6:21 AM PST - 7 comments

The dog ate my service records. The Pentagon has announced that the payroll records for National Guard service for three months between 1972 and 1973 have been accidentally destroyed. These three months coincidentally cover the disputed period of George W. Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard. (Similar Google link here, via dKos)
posted by XQUZYPHYR at 5:00 AM PST - 71 comments

A tribute to a lost friend.
posted by reklaw at 3:59 AM PST - 24 comments

Play it loud! The Polyphonic Spree. This is just great for a bit of Friday distraction. It sounds as if it's right out of the Sixties.
Enjoy!
posted by essexjan at 2:58 AM PST - 37 comments

While attempting to climb out of the pit, the initial victim was overcome and fell to the bottom. The grandson then entered the pit to attempt a rescue. He too was overcome and collapsed. What produces Methance, Hydrogen Sulfide, Carbon Dioxide, and Ammonia at the same time, naturally? Your friendly center for disease control will be happy to explain.
posted by Keyser Soze at 12:00 AM PST - 29 comments