I have dabbled with org-mode, so this sad story is familiar, but you could substitute just about any other tweaky, option-laden system and it would be equally apt. These are all rabbit holes I have fallen down.

Science merit badges. Some of the stories that go along with the badges are hilarious, particularly the ones which involve blowing things up accidentally, or causing the building to be evacuated. I'm eligible for a few myself, but you'll have to guess which!

Some good ideas here. A couple of times, I've used my iPhone to snap a picture of a train timetable at the station for later use. Quite handy.

Drool. Forget your fancy home cinemas, if I had millions of pounds to spend, I'd build a library just like this, assuming that I had a home bigger than this library, which I currently don't.

Interesting, lightweight blog engine, which writes static HTML from Markdown format text files.

Fantastic diy cycle jacket with turn indicators sewn into the fabric. That Arduino LilyPad controller looks very interesting. via BoingBoing Gadgets.

It's funny because it's true.

"Your nerd knows very little about a lot. For many topics, his knowledge is an inch deep and four miles wide." Frighteningly true of me.

Excellent comic: I like Joanna and her EMP cannon. :-)

Just plain hilarious.

Mr. Bsag would LOVE this. Pity I can't afford one for his birthday...

An ingenious tiny digital camera attached to a cat, taking shots at intervals and revealing the secret doings of your average moggy.

Excellent song: "Code monkey think maybe manager want to write god damned login page himself" [via Doug Miller's tweet]

Nice! I really like the idea of neurotransmitter earrings.

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I've never really got the hang of sed. This looks like a good introduction.

This is just fantastic, and the comments are even better.