Pimpstar wheels.

Click here for a brief video demonstrating some amazing wheels; they have LEDs embedded in them. And you thought there was nothing cool to blow your profit sharing on? Word on the street is a set of pho will put a brotha back about 12G.
You want these. Especially Kmac.

Building your own Breeder Reactor?

I guess this story slipped past me since it is about 10 years old now, but anyway, it's interesting.
Here's a quote from the story of how a 17-year-old did it.

When David's Geiger counter began picking up radiation five doors from his mom's house, he decided that he had "too much radioactive stuff in one place" and began to disassemble the reactor. He hid some of the material in his mother's house, left some in the shed, and packed most of the rest into the trunk of his Pontiac.

Star Wars Hands

The climactic seen in Star Wars re-enacted using hands.

Zombie Apparel

Show your love for the zombie.

Happy people destroy the Earth

Take this 5-minute survey here. Based in the UK, it will tell you how happy you are as well as other neato details. Not sure how the Brits are in a position to measure that, but whatever. Then, as all Europeans like to do, they point out how you are using up 4.87 planets worth of resources because you checked "American". They recommend cycling to work and donating clothes. Let's see these UK researchers move to Dallas and suggest that with a straight face. Life is so straight-forward when your whole country is the size of a super walmart, but without the ammo section.

Optical Illusions

A little something to stimulate your primate brain.
Optical Illusions!
This site has explanations and stuff too.

Way to Go George! First "Darth Vader" Car

I guess if I were worth >$3billion, I would get one too. The first Mosler MT900S.

Bananas Over Texas

Plans are afoot to place a giant banana in geostationary orbit over the Great Free State of Texas. So, if you are a structural engineer knowledgeable about bamboo, or a cultural critic, sign up today!