Letter Never Sent

Via metafilter, JT Leroy De-Masked. JT Leroy is actually two forty-something women.

Video from the point of view of an elusive Iraqi sniper. Warning: Depictions of violence, albeit from far away. Interesting inside view into war.

Carmakers widen seats for wider … seats “The 2006 Civic offers front seats that are three-quarters of an inch wider than those in the 2005 model. Purpose: “To meet the growing needs of our customers,” spokesman Sage Marie says.”

Do you work with office nazis? The kind of people who abhor slacking off and “unapproved” software like AIM, MSN Messenger, etc. If so, you need to check out Meebo. It’s a cool web front-end for AIM, YahooIM, Jabber, GoogleTalk, etc. Very cool.

The Book: “Love You Forever” by Robert Munsch, Illustrations by Sheila McGraw Read it online… it’s short. My mom bought this for me several years ago. Aww.

The 11-Year Quest to Create Disappearing Colored Bubbles “Kehoe grew up in a stoic Irish house, but Sherri came from a big, raucous Italian clan. During Kehoe’s first Christmas with his future in-laws, the grandmas and cousins and kids all gathered in the living room to play Pictionary. The game was boisterous and hilarious, and Kehoe couldn’t believe what a blast he had. That night he left with a new calling—to, as he puts it, “solve the problem of how to have fun.”

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The warning label generator. Friggin’ sweeeet.

How singing unlocks the brain “People seem to enjoy doing something jointly with other people and there is a lot of evidence that being socially engaged is good for people with dementia.”

A website with flipbooks

Skype to make U.S. retail debut “More than 3,000 RadioShack locations nationwide on Monday will begin offering the Skype Starter Kit, which includes the software that enables a customer to use Skype’s free computer-to-computer telephone service, a headset and 30 minutes of Skype’s premium service, with which a user can call a landline or cell phone, company executives said.”

Nokia boosts enterprise push with $430m Intellisync buy “This, alas, will bring it face-to-face with Qualcomm Inc, which has just applied for an injunction to halt the sale of Nokia Corp’s handsets in the US, alleging it is infringing its patents.”

Historian Charged With Denying Holocaust “Irving was detained on a warrant issued in 1989 under Austrian laws that make Holocaust denial a crime, Golia said. If formally charged, tried and convicted on the charge, Irving could face up to 20 years in prison, said Otto Schneider of the public prosecutor’s office.” You have to be kidding me. What next, a law against moon-landing deniers?