Let's get the serious stuff out of the way:
chrisd put up a survey to track
what trade shows Linux Coders think are a good idea to go to. With the proliferation of cons, its nice to know what ones matter.
Oh, and if you're looking for beer, you should try
Heineken's BarTrek. its a PDA proggie with maps to bars and reviews of beer. And if you have GPS, it'll even lead you to it.
My guess is after a few beers, it better be a really user friendly app or you might wind up in a desert or something.
k-rist sent us linkage to
Pulp Simpsons! which I highly recommend.
An anonymous reader pointed us to a
15 pound Millenium Falcon made of legos.
CK-2 pointed us to what looks like the most impressive
real life light saber money can buy.
dave pointed us to
the site worth it.
notjenni,
a parody of
jennicam.
An AC pointed us to a
Swedish site has a photo of the Daytrading Yucca plant.
This plant is wired up to a computer to trade on the Swedish stock market in response to its electrical activity. If it makes a profit it is rewarded with water and light, if it makes a loss it is unwatered and sits in the dark. The plant has made an 18 percent profit in the last three months! God I hope this is true ;)
Effugas pointed us to a pretty good
parody of the Matrix.
regs pointed us to
MonkeyBagel which outta win an award for something. I don't really know what tho.
Random merchandising:
at0m noted that Copyleft now has Slashdot polos in
grey and
green.
Finally, what would quickies be without some porn?
Tolath sent us something graphic... if you happen to be
an electrical cord.