Akkam’s Razor

Child pornography is detestable.  The Federal Government subpoenaing Google on a fishing expedition for database records is also detestable. Via Mefi.

Meet the little girl who named the planet Pluto.  Via BoingBoing.

If you browse the internet in China and land on a "bad" site, this is what you see (right before the secret police take you away).  Via BoingBoing.

Do you have some people at your workplace who still don’t get the use of email? (pictures in their signatures, multicolored fonts, ‘cc-ing everybody and their grandmother?)  Here’s a post from Lifehacker with some tips.

The Vatican bitchslaps the Fundamentalist Christians over the farce that is Intelligent Design.  Via Catch.

Tony Pierce defends Drew Barrymore’s display of unsecured mammaries at the Golden Globes.

The top 65 music video of 2005.  (Might have to look through this later, since I haven’t watched MTV since the 1990s.)  Via Waxy.

Some guy thinks blogs are going to die (or lose inflluence).  Good, I’ve hated blogs since they sold out and when corporate.  It was much better when they were alternative. /snark

Nielsen (TV-Rating) is merging with Buzzmetrics to track blogs.

The main justification for invading Iraq was something called Yellow Cake Uranium.  Go read this to find out about some loose ends.  Via Political Cortex.  Also, one of the head-cheerleaders in that debacle is now pushing hard for bringing. it. on. in Iran.

The Pentagon (via companies you do business with) is collecting data for recruitment from teens.  Via Political Cortex.

A whole bunch of photos on Flickr from Philadelphia’s celebration of Ben Franklin’s 300th Birthday.

Even though "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned", it appears men are somewhat fond of revenge as well.  Via Sploid.

Conservative Flunky John Stossel (Give Me a Break!) went out of his way to blame our dismall academic performance of our youth on teachers unions last weekend on ABC’s 20/20.  The Daily Howler is there.  Via SpeakSpeakNews.