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."
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.
Slate's end of year Movie Club is always worth a read.
The Mystery of Britney Spears' Breasts (Flash, PG-13, Highly Amusing)
Another new page in get your war on. (Profanity and strong opinion warning!)
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.
Did you know there was a Brazil nut effect?
Yeah, me too!
Yet another cool online comic: Bee.
TINY Lizard - "The Jaragua Sphaero or dwarf gecko measures just 1.6 centimeters (three-quarters of an inch) in length
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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.
A web interface to procmail: Procbuilder. (Via aaronland.)
New page in the ongoing get your war on. (Warning, profanity ahead.)
Interesting: The True Story of Cisco.