Slate's end of year Movie Club is always worth a read.
This insanely addictive game was down for a while, but it's now back. Do not click the link unless you have a few spare hours.
Lord of the Rings was great entertainment. The only thing that took me out of the film was Hugo Weaving's Elrond; I half expected to hear "Welcome to Rivendel, Mr. Anderson."
Another new page in get your war on. (Profanity and strong opinion warning!)
The Mystery of Britney Spears' Breasts (Flash, PG-13, Highly Amusing)
Did you know there was a Brazil nut effect?
Yeah, me too!
Nice takedown of another silly Mark Steyn column. He still hasn't topped his September 12th screed that ridiculed dying handicapped people in the WTC, though.
Yet another cool online comic: Bee.
Interesting: The True Story of Cisco.
New page in the ongoing get your war on. (Warning, profanity ahead.)
A web interface to procmail: Procbuilder. (Via aaronland.)
Compare and contrast development styles: NASA Programmers vs. Linux Kernel Hackers. I think these two articles outline a general tension that is likely to exist in programming for a long time: artists vs. engineers. There are those that think that there is something almost mystical about good software, while others think you can engineer software perfection.
TINY Lizard - "The Jaragua Sphaero or dwarf gecko measures just 1.6 centimeters (three-quarters of an inch) in length
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