Any serious travel is looking like it’s some time away at the moment – I’m thinking of New York (and looking through old photos) and wishing I was over there.
This is a remarkable building which still holds its own in a city full of amazing skyscrapers.

Max!

A stream of consciousness meditation on crime from the perspective of a semi-libertarian bleeding heart cynic whose 1990 Mistubishi Galant was found violated and stripped of its CD player this morning:

Fuck.  I am not really angry so much as just really, really irritated at how inconvenient this is.
It took me a whole day to do [...]

This site is just… wow.  Like a clown dying, both creepy and hilarious.

(thanks to Erin)

One of the “highlights” of Adelaide’s CBD are the bronze pigs on Rundle Mall (often the subject of late night, beer fuelled photos of people riding them). Some inspired person has seen fit to protect us (or them) from deadly swine flu:
(Source of photo unknown).

The diametric opposite of a non-tactile iphone: the SparkFun Electronics “portable rotary phone“:
It’s actually a mobile phone – you just stick a sim card into it and you’re set.  It even supports international roaming and has 5 days battery life (I guess minimising size and weight were not issues).

“Commissar Markov has long been a loyal party member, but I fear his growing influence in state policy. Perhaps it is time to cash in a favor from my friends at the Kremlin.”
More Яolcats here. This is why the internet was invented (ok, maybe not, but it should be why the internet was [...]

At last, a way to infiltrate OfficeWorks and Ikea undetected – urban camouflage!

Follow the link above for a demonstation of this awesome technology in action.
(thanks to Sam).

You may have come across software “End User Licence Agreements” before in the course of installing Adobe Acrobat, Windows or other software.  These are documents which typically require a person wishing to use software to click “I Agree” (or similar) to the terms before they are permitted to do so (called a “shrink-wrap” or “click-wrap” [...]

I don’t know what this is, but I like it: one man documents the extraordinarily bad shoes worn by his crazy Russian housemate’s prostitute(s).
Somewhat NSFW, but not completely (depending on where you work).

Fight Club is starting to look somewhat prophetic this week – a number of recent events are reminiscent of ‘Project Mayhem’, Tyler Durden’s plan to bring down the structures and sensibilities of conservative/capitalist America (apparently loosely based on the Cacophany Society).
Specifically:

U.S. broadcaster Comcast ’somehow’ showed 30 seconds of porn to some viewers during its broadcast [...]

Continuing with the emerging theme of “totally repulsive things you should never actually eat”, Erin points to this masterpiece of high-energy, low nutrient food: various McDonalds products on a pizza.

The gun in the final picture is presumably there so you can finish yourself off rather than waiting another 10-15 years for the effects of the [...]

Random website of the week: spEak You’re bRanes.  An hilarious collection of mockery and analysis of the UK equivalent of the Australian “we grew here, you flew here”/”Australia: love it or leave” brigade.  Oh, and it’s probably NSFW.
Here’s one for you. If you lived next door to a mad tiger who kept raping you and [...]

This reminds me of my own battered batter project (the secret is to roll the first round of batter in flour to reduce oil before re-battering): french fry coated hotdog.  Truly, they are years ahead of me.

You know you want it.  Thanks to Karloskar.
Edit: I have to add a link to this, too – if [...]