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Awesomeness: Speed test between a 1986 Mac Plus and a 2007 AMD Dual Core Athlon machine. Care to guess which machine wins? It takes the MacPlus 11 seconds to boot to desktop, but 63 seconds for the modern machine. [via Dana!!!]
Mashup: Boogie Nights vs Star Wars [via kottke]
Major and minor pests of the strawberry — We have a spit-bug infestation, and it's affecting our strawberry crop. (Not to mention grossing me out.)
Coping with death on the web [via Dave]
Science fiction writers join the war on terror [via Joshua]
I'm telling you: Leo's Zen Habits is my favorite blog right now. (Leo is one of my "imaginary colleagues".) Here's how to make exercise a daily habit and 7 ways to build the exercise habit.
What's cooking, grandma? Grandmas of the world share their special recipes.
Amazing story: If a great musician plays great music from great composers on a great violin, but no one cares, was he really any good? [via Paul J.]
Why I won't see Pirates 3 (Actually, Pirates 2 is why I won't see Pirates 3.)
A glimpse behind the scenes of successful blogs. Amen. This stuff is work, make no mistake. It just happens to be work I love.
Overclocking your reading speed — ironically, at Leo's blog but not by Leo
Via Paul J.: Collect-me-nots: "The owner of Napoleon’s penis died last Thursday in Englewood, N.J." [NYT registration required]
For Sabino: Creed Thoughts, the blog from the Director of Quality Assurance at Dunder Mifflin Paper Company
More from Leo: Create a morning writing ritual
Via Jeff: Obi-Wan buys a car
The last ten seconds of every first-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. (How I loved this show!)
MacMozy, a backup app for when I ditch .Mac
7 ways to crank out articles, from my pal Leo
Trouble with women (1959)
Via Rich: How many of you remember The Gong Show? Well, here are some classic clips. Dig the popsicle twins!
2007 Kentucky Derby on YouTube — I've always loved horse racing
Matt on how to talk to the press — This is something I'm doing more of lately.
I love this: Brad's A Childhood Saved, records of a natural and personal history.
Astronomers report biggest stellar explosion [NYT login required]
Cat Town — an early precursor to LOLcats?
E-mail bankruptcy — Welcome to my world. I've declared e-mail bankruptcy twice in the last six months, and am dangerously close to a third instance. I must find a better way to deal with e-mail.
Mexican Coca-Cola is the "Real Thing": It's made with sugar, not high-fructose corn syrup. Coke officials would have you believe nobody can tell the difference, but reality is somewhat different. Apparently, most people can tell the difference, and prefer the real stuff. Some (all?) Costcos are selling Mexican Coke.
For Nick: The animated Bayeux Tapestry
For all my geeky friends: Marvel vs. DC
Paul Carlile recommends some new bands: The Black Angels, Silversun Pickups, and Band of Horses