Slacker is on Hulu. To know this film, is to know Brian Griffin.

Happy Birthday, Linux. The OS I’m proud to call $HOME is 17 years old.

I’m not sure of the story behind the Explore Panda, but I think it must have been inspired by this drawing.

New video for the theme of the upcoming Bond film Quantum of Solace. “Another Way to Die” performed by Alicia Keys and Jack White.

The Speech Accent Archive contains audio clips of people from different regions reading the same paragraph of English words.

Map of oil consumption by state. Texans use 1,129,174,000 barrels a year. HOWDY! :!:

Bug is a modular system that consists of individual pieces that snap together to build gadgets.

Each BUGmodule represents a specific gadget function (ex: a camera, a keyboard, a video output, etc.). You decide which functions to include and BUG takes care of the rest, letting you try out different combinations quickly and easily. With BUG and the integrated programming environment/online community (BUGnet), anyone can build, program and share innovative devices and applications.

Interesting infographic from the Economist depicting the outcome if the entire world could vote in the U.S. presidential election.

James Bond’s London landmarks mashed up into an interactive map.

I’ve made this argument more than a few times. Why should rock stars (or movie stars for that matter) expect to be rich?

A rock star used to be a demigod who bathed in money each morning. In the future, they’ll look with envy on Java programmers or hedge fund managers.

“Bartender, we’ve had a long week, please linus up some torvalds.”

A Texas designer’s map of the world.

David Attenborough’s Life of Mammals – Part One. Parts two through ten are also available. Fascinating!

Unsurprisingly, the LHC runs on Linux.

Generic names for soft drinks by county. Guess what they call ‘em in Atlanta.