“Jenna got one a them, too. I didn’t reckon it was permanent when she called it a ‘stamp’ though. Heh.” [via Buzzfeed]

This makes me more than a little homesick. God bless these boys.

via who else but The Triumph of Bullshit

Howell Raines has a pretty compelling piece on the story that isn’t being reported about gas prices

Rather than focus on the supply/demand angle, reporters should be looking at what oil companies are doing with those record profits.

Vanity Fair nails it.

Knol, Google’s Wikipedia competitor, went live this morning

Seems to be taking the “authoritative” approach, which I swear Wikipedia tried (and failed at) back when it was Nupedia. But Nupedia didn’t have a gazillion dollars to bank on, either.

Because I got the BlackBerry from Forbes, for free, and I couldn’t see buying an iPhone and carrying both of them. And, um, in case you hadn’t noticed, I’m not actually Steve Jobs, you dumb fuck.

—Dan Lyons, aka Fake Steve, over at his new joint. I’m pretty optimistic that Real Dan Lyons’ blog will be as good as Fake Steve Jobs.

Japanese iPhones always have a shutter sound to deter upskirt photos

Apparently, this feature is unique to Japanese versions of the 3G iphone. The shutter always sounds, even in silent mode.

Sweetcron is a self-hosted web activity aggregator

Like FriendFeed, etc., but you host it yourself

Travel by cargo ship

Apparently, many shipping companies will let you pay to ride along. For $80-$140 a day you can travel in the high class style of all that crap we buy from China.