This is of vastly more importance than anything else:

Someone did a clone of Quake in shockwave.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS!

http://www.cybernet.ro/Games/ShockWave/quake.html

Shockwave Quake!

I so want to make one of these things....

Homemade Motorcycle

The gentleman in this story was raised as white, believing a lie told to him by his mother that he was suffering from a disease that turned him brown.

Geez, I really don't know how to write this without sounding like a racist myself, so I'll just leave it for you to read. But his mother definately needs to continue her therapy, and this guy just needs to be accepted by all.

New Curves in Racism

Stanford does it again, this time finding a way to modulate (shutter) lasers at 100Gbit/s using germanium and silicon.

Give it about five years and we'll have fiber lines running that fast. Current DWDM implementations allow approximately 100Gbit/s per carrier (channels are 200GHz wide, every 20nm from 1300 - 1500 nm).

100Gbit/s Here We Come!

This program and hardware are being used to assess road conditions, but there is some talk of using it to register speeds and ticket accordingly. Is it just me or are people actively looking for ways to Big Brother each other?

Missouri To Track Through Cell Phones

This fellow has created a small, simple DIY synth that you can build (provided you have a little experience with electronics) at home.

DIY Small Synth

Eh.....

Pet Cemetery Moved

The Office Of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report indicating that the TSA does not have adequate network protection and security recently.

And these are the people who collect names and info without telling anyone, then leak it to a third party.

TSA Network Has Known Security Problems

FFT in Excel allows you to create noise.

Excel as a Synth

It's a fractal cabbage! Check it out!

Swiss Fractal Cabbages