Links of the Week - Ralph Macchio edition...(Fri, 9 Mar 2007)

OK - looong week for me. I am ready for the weekend. Of course I will be sitting in a tent in the RAIN this weekend, but I am ready.

First off - sucky news - have any of you seen that badass one legged guy in REI in the wheelchair, selling bikes? He is actually a wicked mountain biker, who just got his ride STOLEN. Lame, lame thiefs.

http://www.seattlest.com/archives/2007/03/05/we_hate_you_bike_thieves_of_seattle.php

http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_020307WABstolenbikeEL.1159a892.html

If you haven't seen this - George Takei's response to Tim Hardaway's anti-gay tirade...great, semi-NSFW tho it WAS broadcast on a tv network.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA20dKc3kK8

Pretty interesting take on the end of DRM, from an unlikely source -

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/

I want your help in checking this test out, especially if you were raised with some sort of dialect (Anastasia). It seems (according to some podcasts I listen to) to be scarily accurate, even though it is only 13 questions.

http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have

I couldn't leave you without an EXCELLENT youtube movie - watch it and be overwhelmed by 80's nostalgia...watch for all of the cameos!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFlQNtL8F9s

Finally - find the attached PDF. A study to try and win an ignobel prize:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize

This was written by Adam Savage:

http://www.adamsavage.com/

of Mythbusters fame. (my favorite, favorite show). Definitely worth some laughs.

chad