StrawPoll is a Twitter-based polling app
From Rob Goodlatte and Dan Romero. Clever, that, even for a couple of Dookies.
The Sharper Image files for bankruptcy
But… but… where will I get my shiatsu ionic scalp massaging raygun with electronic organizer and sudoku puzzle generator?!!?! Also, good riddance.
Iron Chef Boyardee
Village Voice on the fakery of Iron Chef. Say it ain’t so, Chairman Kaga!
AdSense for video now in beta
Contextual, overlay ads, will also apparently work on non-Google video networks like Revver.
It’s not like the Borg got religion and no longer thinks open source is a cancer. They still think it’s a cancer. They’ve just figured out a way to make money on cancer.
—Fake Steve on Microsoft’s interoperability announcement

T-shirts for venture capitalists. Like they’d be wearing anything other than a blue button down… [via tcritic]
People five years older than me are always deeply confused about what MySpace actually is, and people five years younger are deeply into it, but people my age are, like, ‘Yes, this is essentially where pedophiles are, and there is also music there'
—composer Nico Muhly

Everyone’s picking their favorite on this meme - how can you deny the power of the crystal meth goth girls?