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Meet the Cheddar Cheesus.

Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

An intelligent and inquisitive being (it has the largest brain-to-body ratio for any mollusk), the tree octopus explores its arboreal world by both touch and sight. Adaptations its ancestors originally evolved in the three dimensional environment of the sea have been put to good use in the spatially complex maze of the coniferous Olympic rainforests.

Smack that penguin.

I’m going to a Microsoft workshop this Friday. Not very exciting, but I thought I’d share an agenda item. Straight up, this is cut and paste straight from the email:

4.2 MOM is an elemental manager in a manager of managers

Sometimes I wonder how I got into this job.

Rather nice collection of covers of pulp classics from the 40s, 50s and 60s. Shame you can’t get books like 69 Barrow Street (Their love was right, their sex was wrong) anymore. It would sure make Waterstones a more interesting place…

You need the sound on for this one. Very classy indeed.
Found at Digital Dialecte

A Vancouver Island high school student who does Web site design part-time is locked in a legal battle with one of the biggest companies in the world.

Apparently Microsoft don’t like his domain, Mikerowesoft.com…
Found at metafilter.

Psychedelic Republicans:

“I had nipple cancer. The doctors were going to slice them off and replace them with stainless steel valves. But using an organic patchouli salve, my shaman adhered Psychedelic Republicans� to my chest - and the cancer was banished!” - Tony Shriver, Satisfied Customer

Ah… Dubbya speak. Always good for a laugh. Just try and forget he’s the leader of the free world while you read it.

…and you decide it’s time to deal with your flatmate you may want to make use of Crime Scene Cleaners Inc. Among their services?

Homicide, Suicide and Accidental Death Remediation: Cleaning, disinfecting and removal of all contaminated items to restore the scene to a safe, non-biohazardous state

And

Fingerprint Dust Removal: Removal of fingerprint dust after evidence technicians have powdered the area.