Shanks
Inmates had the DIY thing down long before the neo-Marthas at make:

The Erosion Sink
Must be hell to clean, but if you're buying designer sinks, it's likely that you're not the one doing the cleaning.

Just don't slide across the hood, Luke Duke-style.

from the always-good ModernMechanix

Boycott Circuit City. Sickening corporate behavior.

"I don't think that I've got the stomach To stomach calling you today"
Ahhh, belt it, emo man-child...
The 20 worst lyrics evah. thx, pete.

"Smart" electronic sunglasses let you change the color with the twist of a knob (vid demo (I'm sure there's a good reason why the lab-guy needs to wear rubber gloves while handling sunglasses))
(via slashdot)

Some odd, but very well-executed illustration by Ben Kehoe

[Police State] NYPD spied on anti-Bush groups prior to 2004 RNC
It also spread to events in cities hundreds of miles away or months ahead of the convention, such as a group of concerts in October 2003 by Bands against Bush. The newspaper said that the majority of those who came under scrutiny had no intention of breaking the law.

Going overground. (metropolis)
neo-subversiveness in advertising

Paper cuts by Jad Fair and David Fair of the proto-punk band Half-Japanese

Inventory: 26 Songs that are just as good as short stories (onionavclub)

Yet another horrible guitar archive

A much-anticipated report from the largest and longest-running study of American child care has found that keeping a preschooler in a day care center for a year or more increased the likelihood that the child would become disruptive in class — and that the effect persisted through the sixth grade. (NYTimes, reg. req.)

War on photography
"Are you taking pictures for personal use or a company?"
"Well, it depends.. probably personal, but I suppose if someone wants to run them, they can... why?"
(getting in my face) "You ever hear of September the 11th?"
"Uhhh, yeah, but I'm not sure what it has to do with this."

Betrayed: The Iraqis who trusted the Americans most (new yorker)

New Musical Experiences at CityOfSound
is a large and well-thought essay on music, media, technology, perception, and experience

Early Chinese Buddhist sculpture (via gmt+9)

Junior Murvin - Police and Thieves

The news coming out of Iraq is starting to look less like reality and more like a Kurt Vonnegut novel. Now, our tax dollars are being spent on fake raids to cover inspections on buildings that our tax dollars rebuilt because our tax dollars funded blowing them up in the first place. What's next? Burning the buildings down again with gasoline-soaked piles of U.S. currency?