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Old Portland, a Flickr photoset [via frykitty]
Are you a CraigsList fiend? Try ListPic, which gives the site a new front-end. Not necessarily better, but different, and fun.
Weird Al video: White and Nerdy
Arrrggg... Portland Pirate Festival this weekend [thanks, Lynn!]
Screamin cat — this is what it's like living with Toto... [via Rich]
Nintendo Wii trailer — the system launches on November 19th and will cost $250 [via a GRS reader]
A review ripping Burning Man: "Burning Man is not run for hippies and not run by hippies. It is run by thugs and bullies for the benefit of thugs and bullies. It is a festival for the Freudian Id."
A Bend developer is building The Shire in Central Oregon, which doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense — The Shire is more like, well, Canby.
Waxy has the amazing tale of a sex-baiting prank on craigslist in which a couple hundred responders have been "outed". This is disturbing on many, many levels.
Madden NFL 07's Mr. Irrelevant — this is a great little article about player ratings in sports video games
Video: Hellzapoppin — fantastic 1941 clip of some mind-blowing Lindy Hop [via mefi, where you can find links to more]
The war-time diaries of Edward Alexander Packe. "In World War I he served as a private and as a commissioned officer in the trenches. In World War II he became an Air Intelligence Liaison Officer, interpreting photos taken of enemy territory."
Spam + Blogs = Trouble — I've been moaning about splogs for several months now. They're a curse, and they're only going to get worse.
Everyday (a work in progress) — guy photographs himself every day for 6-1/2 years, makes a video, sets it to music. The effect is mesmerizing.
Being an atheist in America isn't easy — "In the midst of religious revival, three scholars argue that atheism is smarter."
I love these t-shirts: I am not a terrorist.