"Drano Drops"

I've been using these since I was young. They are absolutely horrible, but they most definitely get the job done. I love how they're listed as a military accessory. ;)

Car Repair Pricing

Service Manuals for a BUNCH of stuff

Sad that people are this gullible

http://consumerist.com/5039903/fake-debt-collectors-are-trying-to-intimidate-you-out-of-your-money

Today in History: "Open Source" photography

This is pretty cool...

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/08/dayintech_0819

France gave them each a pension and they released the info into the wild instead of patenting it.

The slideshow is very cool - some neat pix.

Awesome Bikini

http://tastybooze.com/2008/08/geekini-nintendo-nerds-everywhere-rejoice/

Recipes

http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/recipes.asp

http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/recipedetail.asp?sessionid=&login=yes&id=321&agree=yes

Best Resume ever

http://nothired.com/2008/08/14/there-are-no-words/

"sudo" for Vista

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc162321.aspx

"elevate" acts as sudo

DoT Agrees: Speed Limits are Bogus

FHWA-RD-92-084 -- 85% is still the magic number - people will drive at
the safe speed of the road, regardless of limit.

http://www.ibiblio.org/rdu/sl-irrel.html

"Summary of Findings" is the best section to browse.

Very interesting, because lowering the speed limit raised accidents,
raising it lowered accidents, but people supposedly barely changed
their speeds.

"The data collected during this study indicate that there are no
benefits, either from a safety or operational point of view, from
establishing speed limits less than the 85th percentile speed."

The Chrysler Turbine

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/08/1963_chrysler_turbine.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Turbine_Car

17MPG - I wonder how that compared to other cars at the time.

Epic Fail award goes to...

Debian!

http://pwnie-awards.org/2008/awards.html#fail

(Great QuickTime write-up: http://pwnie-awards.org/2008/awards.html#bestclientbug )

All new levels of dorkiness

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/04/best-star-wars-wedding-ever-i-declare-you-mon-calamari-and-wife/