My friend Phil from the NYAA has a new blog with his amazing drawings, paintings, and sculpture. I suggest you check it out if you like figurative art — Phil is a very dedicated, knowledgeable, and accomplished dude.

1. Always interesting: Harper’s Weekly Review »
2. A scientific estimate of how many of Shakespeare’s atoms are in your body »
3. Ars reviews the Joost beta for the Mac »
4. More Mac news: At long last, BonziBuddy has been brought to the Mac! »
5. Looks like Windows Vista only needs 4 gigs of ram for optimal performance »
6. Is Yahoo selling search results? »
7. Where the Bush administration tax cuts really go »
8. A review of Explode, a competitor to MyBlogLog »
9. Spicypage: Digg for blogs »
10. Behold, y’all: The first minute of the Aqua Teen Movie »

Check out this best-of-craigslist post with fifteen reasons why geeks and nerds are better to date. Most important: reason #7 — sex.

But what if you’re a cardinal geek and also an ex-football-playing jock? Hmm..

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1. Just in time for Mardi Gras: Top ten alcohol & boobie-related gadgets »
2. Hilarious Video Review: Dr. Ashen on The Best Game Console Evar »
3. C O M P L E X I T Y: A great HDR photo of a floating oil rig »
4. Read/Write Web’s comprehensive online video industry index »
5. Consumerist: Who’s more vile, Exxon or Time Warner Cable? Vote »
6. Fascinating timelapse of a year of online graffiti at drawball.com »
7. Very Cool: Digg will adopt OpenID »
8. Interesting: complex Amazon front page generates more sales »
9. Funny: FSJ on why the iPhone will be delayed »
10. How to be a giant douchebag playboy in 3 easy steps »

1. More on HDMI Cable Ripoffs »

   Ars Technica has a nice price comparison of HDMI cables that all produce the same image quality but have wildly different prices.

2. Remove DRM from HD-DVD Discs »

   The Inquirer discusses the latest release of AnyDVD, whick will remove DRM from standard and HD-DVDs. Huzzah for fair use!

3. Ruby Implementation Speed Shootout »

   Just what the title says, a very thourough comparison of several Ruby implementations. Looks like the next major release (1.9) will be much faster. This is great news for Rails sites.

4. World’s Largest Tropical Glacier Vanishing »

   Really not surprising, but the world’s largest tropical ice mass, in Peru, is shrinking by 60 meters per year. Sell your oceanfront property…

5. AOL is taking steps to support OpenID »

   This is a pleasant surprise to me. I hope OpenID becomes a standard — I hate creating new accounts at every website I join.

6. Why do we have pubic hair? »

   Hint: it’s all about the stink…

7. Cringely on the 40-gig Hard Drives in the AppleTV »

   Bob’s theory is that Apple will use them for p2p-enabled pre-seeding of downloads so that people can get HD iTunes content lickety-split. An interesting idea, but it would require a big installed base.

8. Folding Paper 12 Times »

   A math student figured out how to do this seemingly impossible task.

9. Project Babylon: The Story of Supergun Creator Howard Bull »

   A nice article from Damn Interesting on the tragic tale of Howard Bull, an artillery engineer obsessed with building a gun that could shoot satellites into orbit.

10. 8 diseases that give you superhuman powers »

    An interesting look at brain diseases that affect people in surprising ways.

This post is the first of what I plan to be a daily, annotated list of the most scrumptious geek giblets I find during my morning web gorging. Enjoy the regurgitation!

1. Don’t buy an expensive HDMI Cable »

   An engineer’s explanation of why those $100 Monster Cables Best Buy pushes you to buy are a complete ripoff.

2. ARS: MSN Soapbox Review »

   Ars Technica has a nice review today of Microsoft’s YouTube competitor, discussing UI, video availability, and browser support.

3. down2night »

   This site brings the Digg model to local events, allowing users to add venues and events. Nice looking & nice concept, but the UI could be improved.

4. Hugg »

   Another Digg-style site, focused on environmental news.

5. tree-nation »

   A site that lets individuals pay to plant trees in Niger, thereby counteracting desertification and poverty. The site is very rough, but it’s a great concept.

6. FreeYourID »

   A commercial service that sells .name domains (firstname.lastname.name) domains which can then be used as OpenID credentials and email addresses.

7. BrowseGoods »

   A new visual shopping engine that should be familiar to anyone who’s used Google Maps. (See my mini review of the site).

8. Twingly »

   A Windows screensaver showing a nice interactive global visualization of blog activity.

9. Some good programming tips from Delicious Monster’s Wil Shipley »

10. Last but not least,
    

    Valleywag’s hilarious how-to on building an online video powerhouse »

Sheeit, that almost rhymes. Anywho, it’s Saturday, so I feel like sharing some fun & interesting links with all my non-readers:

• The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs »

  I’m absolutely addicted to this satirical blog. Anybody who’s into Apple or has watched Steve Jobs over the years should get a kick out of this frequently-updated site.

• Useless Account »

  Do you groan every time you want to try a new site out and you have to create a new user account. Do you hate the way sites nag you that your profile is “only 27% complete”? Then check out this funny parody site.

• Lovepixel »

  Have a fetish for pixel art? Then check out this page, which has to be the most ridiculously ginormous pixelated isometric-viewopoint metropolis on teh intarweb. Be patient — the goodness takes a while to load.

• 13 Things That Do Not Make Sense »

  This article is about just that — thriteen still-unsolved mysteries of science, from the placebo effect to the effectiveness of ultra-diluted homeopathic remedies.

• Big Brother Pwns You! »

  A study showing that images of “watching eyes” taped to walls will keep people more honest when nobody else is around. Big Brother is watching you masturbate!

• We Regret Virtue More Than Vice »

  This one is a bit ironic for me to point out, as I’ve always tended to stay more on the virtuous, overachiever side of things, and I currently spend most of my time working at my computer. But hey, do as I say, not as I do, right?