I'm hoping to spend some time away from computers for the next week or so (If I can), while I'm on vacation. Let my battle with internet addiction begin! No games, no Ebay, no reddit.com or popurls.com, and lastly: no email.

L Sharp, LISP based .NET Scripting language

Mad Magazine shows us the "Fanatic Four"

and speaking of comics, DC "Secret Files" of all thier main characters

Why the HBO show "Deadwood" is soo much fun to watch

7 Reasons the 21st Century is making you miserable

It's all about me: Why e-mails are so easily misunderstood

The advent of 300 channels and the Internet has fragmented audiences

An interesting new 3D rendering software platform
and a great example of that software

and lastly today, Interface Lift has some excellent wall papers.

Today's post is dedicated to the man whose name appears on several millions acoustic and electric guitars around the world. Because his work continues to be an inspiration, and also for all the joy his innovation has brought to my life as well as millions of others, today I raise a toast to celebrate the life of Leo Fender. Leo Fender was born on this day in 1909, and with the help of several musicians, and like minded entrepreneurs created a virtual standard in electric guitar design. Fender has become one of a select few household brand names, with regards to musical instruments, and has a presence known around the modern world. In his later years, after selling the company to CBS in 1965 (which eventually was purchased 1985 by a group of employees), he also found "G&L Guitars" with longtime business partner, George Fullerton. Along with inventor Les Paul (of Gibson fame), modern music has been changed forever.

Leo Fender (from Wikipedia)
Fender Musical Instrument Company
Official Fender History
G&L Guitars
Official G&L History
Leo Fender bio from the Rockabilly Hall of Fame
Les Paul (from Wikipedia)
Gibson USA

“I had no idea somebody was looking over my shoulder.” - AOL Searcher No. 4417749
3D DHTML cube
This is very cool, an animated jigsaw puzzle. It's actually pretty simple to solve, but could be much more complex given more pieces and a trickier animation.
An Interview or some perspective with Apple Computer co-founder Steve "Woz" Wozniak
I love images like this, where a split millisecond of time is captured
God Is In The Magic Mushrooms This just in: Psychedelic drugs could be very good for your mind, heart, soul. Can you believe?
Cyber-sex can be very dangerous( and ironically funny )
Apple Opens Up: Kernel, Mac OS Forge, iCal Server, Bonjour, Launchd

Humor at the expense of teenagers and thier sometimes lame science projects
"Don't stop dreaming, 'cuz when you stop dreaming, it's try to die..." - Shannon Hoon
Top 10 excuses made by programmers
How to build a travel electric guitar, just in case you need one.
Some spam scam revenge, turn the tables!
The mismeasurement of Female
KISS meets the Phantom of the Park, though my Gene Simmons autographed copy on VHS is still cooler
Blog feeds may carry security risk, Doh!
A widely held, but probably unpopular opinion of blogging, but it drives a few valid points
Google warns on 'unsafe' websites, why does Google index and serve these sites up?
Star Trek Inspirational Posters
and some fantastic guitar acoustic playing, in the style of Eddie Van Halen
ok, another YouTube guitar video

A longer than usual list today, I guess everyone else out there has taken some downtime from scouring the web for nifty links, wish I did:

• Al-Jazeera predicts World War 3.0
• Amazing Hurrican Katrina Photos
• A very passionate discussion about the methodology of Muslim extremism
• Are we really raising a nation of wimps?
• Or psycopaths?

• Dos and don'ts of XML (or how not to be an XML Bozo)
• Joel raves about the Javascript programming language
• Cranking up the "way back machine" for "Space Invaders"
  1. Space Invaders Link 1
  2. Space Invaders Link 2
  3. Space Invaders Link 3

• Art takes all shapes, and ball point pens are one of the best.
• Yet another online video website.
• 10 reasons "creative types" drive "business types" crazy
• Top 10 Reasons Why “America’s Pastime” is Past its Time - By Devo
• Top 10 Ways to Get (and keep) a Decent Guy (nudge-nudge, wink-wink)
• Top 5 Bozo Bit Phrase in e-mail by Dare Obasanjo
• Just when you thought everything had been bastardized, along comes "foofy" Darth Vader.
• Rock, Paper, Scissors (RPS) 2.0

Humor at the expense of teenagers and thier lame science projects
'Competing' serial killers terrify Phoenix
All this Web 2.0 Community, and not a penny to be found
(THE OTHER) TOP 10 MOST RIDICULOUS BLACK METAL PICS OF ALL TIME [NSFW]
The "Great Land"
Get Famous By Not Programming
Camps sign up freethinkers
A new Image search player, Riya.com [IE6/FF1.0 only]
"The effect of video game violence on physiological desensitization to real-life violence"
Now we know why all the geeks are really switching to FireFox [NSFW]
The top 50 movie endings of all time (according to the author)
The songwriting "Hook"