Oregon's minimum wage: 1976-2002
Awesome (true) cycling story: the man who rode to the moon and back (twice) [via mefi]
The baby name wizard NameVoyager
I've been searching for a simple, easy-to-use book cataloging tool for a long time. Library Thing may be that tool. (It eve handles pre-ISBN books!)
Funny stuff — Hurricane Katrina in Magic cards [via nikchick]
Dolphin rescue: eight dolphins that were swept out of their oceanarium by Hurricane Katrina have been rediscovered hundreds of yards out at sea [via airbag]
An interview with Kim Stanley Robinson, one of my favorite scifi authors
It's biodiesel! Inventor fuels car with dead cats
How to disappear in America without a trace [via kottke]
The first half of this video is hilarious (up until the cat's "secret"): Cat News [via frykitty]
The intelligence of scrub jays — the birds exhibit planning, memory, and cunning [via mefi]
How to win at carnival games [via bb]
We had to kill our patients — euthanasia in the wake of Katrina
For the daring among us: how to make ball lightning in your microwave oven [via making light]
From AskMe: What words do people use that consistently make you cringe and wonder if they understand what they are saying? (see also: What tips do you have for better spelling of everyday words, and which ones peeve you the most?)
The ten stupidest Utopias [via waxy]
Bad science in the press [via waxy]
For my fellow Bearcats: the Willamette Collegian is available on-line