Neat info on Mt. Rainier lahar potential.

Saw these folks on Modern Marvels. They have a fascinating underwater city of the dead for crematory remains.

Want.

July 29, 2007 - US Wheat, durum and barley failure from drought - crops fed to cattle instead of sold because of drought and pricing. Ranchers selling herds because they can't feed them.

July 28, 2006 - European veggie crop failure from heat. Yields down up to 40%.

July 27, 2007 - US cattle dying from heat wave. Births down. Poultry experiencing similar losses. Dairy production down.

December 17, 2007 - Food prices up by more than 40%, cereal reserves "severely depleted".

December 5, 2007 - Higher consumtion rates + crop failures + grain marked for biofuel instead of food= world food use exceeds production 5 years running.

November 20, 2007 - US & Brazil 2008 grain and bean crops threatened by drought.

March 2008 - Unusual weather caused shortages in the hops crops in Europe Czechoslovakia and Slovenia. Because farmers have been converting hops acreage to other, more profitable crops (like biofuel grains), this means a worldwide shortage.

April & June, 2008 - Expect spiking prices on beer and wine, due to weather-oriented shortages of hops, grains and grapes.

June 17, 2008 - US Midwest flooding raising corn and beef prices - corn and soybean crop failure anticipated.

Info on various costs involved in owning a freezer.

The donors think Obama should pay off Clinton's campaign debt?! WTFFFFFF?! What a bunch of fucking assholes.

Fascinating look at his professional life, in a nice clean format.

Pictures of Jadie, the Yorkie I'm in NYC to hang out with while her people are on vacation. We always have a terrific time together. We nap a lot.

*hearts*

“We’ve realised it’s good for business. Like Gabrielsen, he refers to American research showing companies with the most women in top positions return higher profits than those with the least number of female directors.

Catalyst’s work is rooted in our research. We study women and men across levels, functions, and geographies to learn about women’s experiences in business, barriers to career advancement, and individual and organizational strategies leading to success

Send Obama-smearing emails and rumors to this site, and they'll debunk. Often with videotape.

Fox News, would you just please DIE ALREADY??!! Un-fucking-believable.

This looks like a lovely weekend activity.

A tool for comparing local gas prices (by zip code) to determine best price in your area.

Is it our storytelling brains, or just our inability to grok that the movies =/= real life? Ponderable.

I'm not a seafood fan myself, but this looks like an incredibly informative site for those who are. Stuff on what is sustainable and what isn't, and region-specific info for fresh seafood.

The project: How to remotely disable security cameras nondestructively from quite a distance…

::snort::

"It is important to remember that Roe v. Wade did not mean that abortions could be performed. They have always been done, dating from ancient Greek days. What Roe said was that ending a pregnancy could be carried out by medical personnel, in a medicall

Holy fucking hell. I hope this teacher never gets into another classroom.

Fascinating.

If you read this article, you might note that we live just south of Passaic, on Calhoun Street. Amazing stuff.

Everyone should read this. It's free. And then start using TOR. And encrypting everything. SRSLY.

Inspired by Cory Doctorow's Little Brother, this is one of a series of sets of instructions for keeping your privacy.

Inspired by Cory Doctorow's Little Brother, this is another of a series of sets of instructions for keeping your privacy.

List of howtos inspired by Cory Doctorow's Little Brother.

The Onion Router anonymizer. Start using it today!

I have run out of words.

What utterly bigoted crap.

Some interesting stuff to be found here.

The what, now?

Crazy ants in ur elektroniks, muckin everthan up (or, Hey look! It's yet another super-mutant insect species attacking!)

Truth really IS stranger than fiction.

For women, orgasm shuts down much of the brain. ... Well, that certainly explains some things.

An entire website dedicated to things that look like ducks. I heart the intarwebs.

Fucking useless, wasteful, arrogant bastard politicians. I swear, I think that every bit of frivolous bullshit these assholes waste time and money on should get them poked with a high-voltage cattle prod.