Kyocera has announced the Next Big Thing™ in digtial SLRs, the Contax N digital. Based on the acclaimed Contax 1N

You wouldn't be able to get away with this shit in Hawaii, even if your name was Lai Lam.

Arctic silver heatsink goo a little too pricey for you? Try arctic alumina, a cheaper alternative by the same manufacturer.

THURSDAY, 11/15/2001, 10:Ish pm HST by Penfold

Ay-LEASE

After being out for a month, Alexei Kovalev storms back onto the Pitt team scoring two hat tricks in a row. All things considered, they really didn't need Jagr after all. Now if Straka comes back....

It's exactly what they say it is, a stripper FAQ.

WEDNESDAY, 11/14/2001, 11:Ish pm HST by Penfold

Taking ironing to new levels, Extreme Ironing.

Submitted by Bluebell

Seems that Stalone wants to brush off the Rambo character and send him into Afghanistan to find Bin-Laden. Wasn't he just in Afghanistan in Rambo III? Read about it here.

First came along All About My Vagina. Then in response came All About My Penis. At least they covered both bases.

WEDNESDAY, 11/14/2001, 1:45am HST by Raul

Jui sends word that Iron Chef USA (pretty slick Flash site) is going to air on Friday, according to Ironchef.com. Will it work? Can the distinctive Japanese flavor that made the original production successful be maintained in an American TV production? How will the public respond? Whose cooking battle show reigns supreme??!?!

I apologize to all those who sent in photo submissions recently;I have not yet got around to posting them up. I brought them here to hopefully do in my spare time, but that's turning out to have been wishful thinking ...

TUESDAY, 11/13/2001, 11:Ish pm HST by Penfold

Fighting for peace is like fucking for virgnity.

A whole site dedicated to the wonder of Duck Tape Brand duct tape.

And even a book on duct tape origami.

Alamo files bankruptcy

MIAMI, Nov. 13 -- ANC Rental Corp., the parent company of the Alamo and National car rental companies, filed Tuesday for bankruptcy protection, a corporate victim of the retreat in travel since the terrorist attacks. “The drastic decline in travel after Sept. 11 has taken a tremendous toll on our business, and our current capital and expense structure cannot absorb the shortfall,” said ANC chairman and CEO Michael Egan. He promised to “continue serving customers while we stabilize the business.”

The webmasters' favorite topless enviromentalist is back in the news. Dona Nieto and eight of her friends staged a topless protest against logging. Ogle it here.

Hockey times

Hockey Times for the week of 11/13/01. Yeah, it's late, but at least it's up.

• ESPN2-21 Tue, Nov 13, 2001 11:30 PM "Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils"
• ESPN-22 Wed, Nov 14, 2001 3:00 PM "Philadelphia Flyers at New York Rangers"
• ESPN-22 Wed, Nov 14, 2001 10:00 PM "Philadelphia Flyers at New York Rangers"
• ESPN2-21 Thu, Nov 15, 2001 2:30 PM "Washington Capitals at Philadelphia Flyers"
• FSW-42 Thu, Nov 15, 2001 5:30 PM "Dallas Stars at Los Angeles Kings"
• ESPN2-21 Thu, Nov 15, 2001 5:30 PM "Dallas Stars at Los Angeles Kings"
• FSWH-41 Thu, Nov 15, 2001 5:30 PM "Dallas Stars at Los Angeles Kings"
• ESPN2-21 Fri, Nov 16, 2001 2:00 AM "Washington Capitals at Philadelphia Flyers"

MONDAY, 11/12/2001, 11:Ish pm HST by Penfold

Straight from the land of canucks.

Some assorted pics for you. This was the hotel I stayed at, the Westin Bayshore, a quite pimp hotel.
The next one is of my room. It was a big room, enough room for everything and the bicycle. Bicycling is the way to get around Vancouver, much more useful than a car.
And lastly, my rental car, the fine fine Ford Taurus.

Even in the frozen north, you can't avoid the rice.

Inspektorrr Bluebell says, "hmm I was with my brother in his car and we saw looked at its exhaust pipe to our astonishment it was a fake rice car! How to make your own fake rice car: Empty can of chupa chups.. the one that you normally put your coins in, some cardboard that lasts a long time, and some DUCT tape.. attach to exhaust pipe and voila! fake rice car complete with chupa chups can."

Taken in a skatepark in Whistler, B.C. In case you can't read it, it says "friends don't let friends rollerblade or scoot."

While in Vancover, I got to eat some French Canadian foods, especially something called poutine. Essentially french fries, gravy, and cheese curds. See a simplified (Disneyfied) version here.

Links submitted by Mei Li

MONDAY, 11/12/2001, 1:45am HST by Raul

Just some random Vegas shots for which I am currently too lazy to write cutlines. I put some other (crappier) ones in the Pics of the Moment bar.

SUNDAY, 11/11/2001, 1:45am HST by Raul

It's only been one night and I already spent too much.

This is just too damn early to be awake, let alone be at Honolulu International Airport trying to catch a plane. On the upside, aside from waiting in the Ag-check line for a good half hour until the darn thing opened up, there were no major hiccups in the experience, despite the added security. It was a bit odd to see uniformed soldiers standing watch at the airport (I didn't notice any guns on the ones at HNL, but they definitely had guns at McCarran), but it wasn't too big of a deal. Here are a couple more from HNL:

I arrived in Los Angeles before making the jump over to LV ... LA was looking pretty pallid, I assume it was smog? Yeah, sorry about the glare on that one, I wasn't in the mood to climb up to the window to get rid of it. Anyway, I arrived in Las Vegas around 4:30pm, which, to my surprise, is about when the sun goes down.

Oh yeah, here's that same picture I took last time, only with a better camera this time:

Shot at 320 ISO and sharpened.

Anyway, that's it for now, stay tuned for more.

Here's the one bit of link content for the day: It just don't get any less PC than this.