See the Official Ignobel Prize winners here for scientific study which really shouldn't be repeated.

Ghetto bird snacks

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Albuquerque police have taken doughnut runs to new heights, swooping down in a police helicopter for a late-night snack.

FRIDAY, 10/5/2001, 11:00am HST by Raul

I haven't posted a piece of desktop hardware in a while. Drempels is a "psychotherapeutic screensaver and desktop enhancer" that looks like swirling tie-die. Some variety and a good deal of customizability.

On the night the Boston Bruins opened the 2001-2002 season, Ray Borque's number 77 was retired in a pre-game ceremony that was graced by the presence of the Bruins' most famous players from the last few decades. The Bruins rode the emotion to a 4-2 victory over Anaheim.

Here's the lyrics to that damn Fabolous song.

Well Sim City Classic for Palm has been out for a little while, further proving that a Palm is about equivalent to a 386 or or 486 desktop. But recently, Sim City 2000 for PocketPC was released, showing that there are undeniable benefits to the PocketPC platform.

From Gspot: Here's a page by Italian reggae artist Hobo. The sound is very Wailers-esque, but the lyrics ... well, they're in Italian. Like nothing you've probably heard before.

I'll be posting this as an addendum to the E-10 FAQ later. It's a listing of E-10 CF card compatibilities.

THURSDAY, 10/4/2001, 10:Ish pm HST by Penfold

GSoHappy says that the cat video subtitles says something "I'm hypnotizing you".

The 2001b version of ICQ is ready for testing. Be warned, it is an alpha release, so it might be buggy. Looks like they finally started to store your contacts on a remote server. As a MS Messenger user, that was always my biggest complaint about ICQ, having to add everyone on a new install. Read about the new version here. Get it straight from Mirabillis here.

THURSDAY, 10/4/2001, 1:30am HST by Raul

Well, I STFW'd and found the Straight Dope on the candirú (the infamous penis fish). Here's a followup Straight Dope with a translation of the Web page Penfold posted.

Hockey is probably the only professional sport in which you don't automatically get thrown out of the game for fighting. In fact in most cases, it's a pair of cancelling 5-minute penalties. Hockey is fucking cool.

Where was I? Oh yeah, here is a page with oodles and oodles of hockey fight video, just to satisfy the spectator in us all. My favorites are the goalie fights, they really swing. Must be all the extra pads -- they have to get extra nuts to hurt the other guy! Check out the Patty Roy fights or the Salo vs. Cloutier fight for proof. Also, check out the two Scott Parker fights towards the bottom of the page. I wonder if hockey announcers feel like boxing ring anouncers sometimes.

Remember Rodion Hererra? Well maybe not unless you were a die-hard Rainbow Six or Rogue Spear freak back in the day. Rod was one of the first modders to post tutorials on the Web. Well he's god his own hosted site now and it making custom maps, too. Cool.

Speaking of which, lately we've been playing with ARMM's NATO 3 mod, which adds a bunch of guns and ammo, much in the style of their Nato 1 and 2 mods for Rainbow Six. The other night, Gspot and I tried the Mint map for Rogue Spear, which was put together by a Red Storm modeler that worked on the original Rainbow Six project. Unfortunately, it does not interact perfectly with NATO 3, and we had to choose between see-through (and shoot-through) gratings, railings and bars in the Mint, and a see-through aiming reticle! Guess which one we picked.

For you RTS freaks ... check out the latest addition to the Lucasarts Star Wars franchise, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds.

Okay that's it for now, gotta wake up early tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY, 10/3/2001, 10:Ish pm HST by Penfold

It feels so good to come home, turn on the TV, and see wonderful hockey on again.

Quite a useful little page for those who have the NTK. Even has some stranger ones like CERCLA and CINCPAC. WTF BFG AFAIK

Little fishies

A group of explorers in South America will wear condoms to stop fish swimming up their penises.

The New Zealand team plan to swim in the Amazon and don't want the small catfish in their bladders.

GSoHappy says it's Portuguese. His guess is as good as mine. anyone here read Portuguese?

WEDNESDAY, 10/3/2001, 11:45am HST by Raul

I finally found a half-decent stash of Web-based hockey games. Some are better than others, none are all that much like real hockey, but they are all certainly better than the crap I've posted before. In the first game on the page, when you score on the goalie too much, he comes out and jacks you.

My picks for overall execution are the air hockey games, with "Goal 2 Goal" on top. The closest thing to hockey is Coca Cola Ice Hockey. The Bubble hockey simulation is actually pretty well-done, but kind of complex for a fast game.

Damn, how did I miss this?!?! Icebox.com was reborn in April! I don't see a lot of new content yet (I could be wrong, but at least there's no new Mr. Wong) but the site is back and in effect.

Yet another Gspot Flash link ... Bullseyeart hosts one of the best Flash cartoons I've seen in a while -- Makin' Moves. It's got everything fans of urban cultre could ever want -- sex, drugs and hip-hop. Just check it out, will ya?

Overall quite a cool site, despite the obnoxious popup format. If the cartoon page doesn't automatically launch, you need to lanch it from the page referenced above.

Gspot continues to send along gun links, this time to Remtek, a page on funky European military arms.

Gspot has an abnormal Flash fetish. Here's a page called Safe Places, which houses some downright cool interactive visual/audio art pieces.

Plus there's a slick music video here as well. Well, the song's pretty good.

From NateSnake: For the Iolani folk in the audience, remember these monkeys? Click on "about" ... Sorry, again, no direct links on Flash pages.

TUESDAY, 10/02/2001, 11:Ish pm HST by Penfold

No Columbus Day off for us poor wage slaves.

So what is the deal with the green ones. All I know is that M&M is pimping her pretty hard right now. See a commentary about it here. and some even stranger stuff here.

Or why small cats shouldn't mess with big cats. Due to limited server space, we'll host this until the next archiving, so look at it now.

PS is anyone can translate the subtitles, tell me what it means here.

Submitted by Mei-Li

Seems that Microsoft is releasing their first cordless, optical mouse. Since it's doesn't have a cord any more (read tail), it's called the hamster. No, I'm not making this up, see for yourself here.

Hockey dollars

CHICAGO, Oct. 2 -- The NHL’s most expensive ticket is for the Dallas Stars, who move into the new American Airlines Center this season. Fans will pay an average of $75.91 per ticket.

TUESDAY, 10/2/2001, 12:30pm HST by Raul

= Chengwin! What is this about? I have no clue, really. It's a semi-artsy film series about the adventures of a half-chicken/half-penguin in New York City. It must be seen, not described.

Gspot sends along this QTVR-ish shoot-em-up game. I have to give the execution only a 6 out of 10 though.

Very similar, but a little more up with the times: Kill Osama, a partially un-PC game that has you shooting Osama in a liquor store. I give this one 7.5 out of 10 for execution. There is a funny touch in it that's worth a look.

Well Intel today announced its latest value-line processor ... the 1.2 ghz Celeron. The jury has not even convened yet to figure out if it's any good, but it's got a .13 micron Tualatin-based core which ought to put it quite a ways above previous Celerons.

Ah yes, everything you always wanted to know about one of the most prolific military arms in the world, the AK. Actually this site has all kinds of Kalashnikov info. And here's a Russian Kalashnikov site.

What to do with all the leafy schwag? Bubble Bag it!

Along tangential lines: Better Sex Through Chemistry

Oh yeah, if you get a little postcard in the mail that has a stamp with two little peanut characters saying "WE'RE GOING NUTS TRYING TO REACH YOU" with a message to call a number on the back site ... it is a scam, just like it looks.

MONDAY, 10/1/2001, 10:Ish pm HST by Penfold

I'm finally back into my own office. While not as big as my old office, at least I can listen to my own music now.

Find out everything you ever wanted to know about the making and testing of your favorite little piece of latex or polyureathane here.

With the economy in free-fall, interest rates are plumetting like no tomorrow. And the Fed Reserve Board is projected to cut another half percent tomorrow. If you need a car, some dealers are offering 0% interest. So, buy now.

SUNDAY, 9/20/2001, 7:Ish pm HST by Penfold

Hehe, yes, it's back in only a few days.

The Return

And just when you thought it was safe, it comes back. For the week of September 30, 2001.

• ESPN-22 Wed, Oct 3, 2001 2:00 PM "Colorado Avalanche at Pittsburgh Penguins"
• ESPN-22 Wed, Oct 3, 2001 9:00 PM "Colorado Avalanche at Pittsburgh Penguins"
• ESPN2-21 Thu, Oct 4, 2001 1:00 PM "Florida Panthers at Philadelphia Flyers"
• ESPN2-21 Thu, Oct 4, 2001 4:00 PM "Detroit Red Wings at San Jose Sharks"
• FSW-42 Thu, Oct 4, 2001 4:30 PM "Phoenix Coyotes at Los Angeles Kings"
• FSWH-41 Thu, Oct 4, 2001 4:30 PM "Phoenix Coyotes at Los Angeles Kings"
• ESPN2-21 Thu, Oct 4, 2001 10:00 PM "Florida Panthers at Philadelphia Flyers"
• FSW-42 Fri, Oct 5, 2001 9:00 AM "Phoenix Coyotes at Los Angeles Kings"
• FSWH-41 Fri, Oct 5, 2001 9:00 AM "Phoenix Coyotes at Los Angeles Kings"
• FSW-42 Sun, Oct 7, 2001 2:00 PM "Minnesota Wild at Los Angeles Kings"
• FSWH-41 Sun, Oct 7, 2001 2:00 PM "Minnesota Wild at Los Angeles Kings"

SUNDAY, 9/30/2001, 3:25pm HST by Raul

It was bound to happen, thank goodness it was Megasoft2K that did it .... Megahockey is about the first real(-ish) hockey game for Palm ever made. It's not really like a game, more like practice shooting, but the graphics are nice and the gameplay is surprisingly addicting (if you are a hockey nut). Thing is, I don't know if I'd pay $15 for it -- that's a lot to pay for ANY Palm app.

Also:

The idea of Pong for Palm is not all that inspiring -- unless you can play it head-to-head via the IR port! Grab it here. Note: It doesn't seem to work on my IIIc (fatal exception, soft reset needed) so use with caution. Probably just a IIIc issue.

I am not sure what to make of this site, but it is cool for sure. Electronic Miracles, the homepage for Eness, a application development company, takes advantage of Flash and Quicktime VR to do some truly unique stuff. The ideas and implementations herein are really original. Just navigate around it a bit and see for yourself. Start by watering the plant.

Redstorm has gone live with its site for Ghost Recon, a semi-sequel to Rogue Spear set in a European theatre war zone. Be sure to check out the screenshots and the movies. Looks damn good.

Also, Redstorm has gone live with its Rogue Spear:Black Thorn site. However, the latest word is that they have delayed the release of the game indefinitely due to the Sept. 11 attacks. They have apparently taken some flack about this decision from RS fans, but their story is they need to rework some of the storylines to tiptoe around the sensitive issues left by the tragedy. I wonder if there was a WTC-esque setting in there ...

What's better than an optical sensor in a mouse? Two optical sensors in a mouse.

Here's someone's archived page of an eBay auction for Hitler's pubes. Ew.

Gspot sends along this link, with images of just about every firearm imaginable. Above is a FN P90, a really unique bullpup SMG chambered in 5.7mm, a relatively new anti-armor pistol round. Looks big, but it's actually really tiny. Gspot says he saw Ice T in a movie with two of these little gems.

While you're at it, check out Serbu manufacturing, makers of some pretty damn tweaky weaponry.

Inviso

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -- A heat-activated, antimicrobial gel under development, known as the "invisible condom," was able to prevent the transmission of HIV and herpes when tested on cells in the laboratory, Canadian researchers report.