Thought I'd throw a couple of fun links your way. First one is a project that almost won $5,000 prize at the last Mashup Camp. It presents, shall we say, an innovative approach to user validation combining so-called business with so-called pleasure. HotCaptcha gets thumbs-up from me any day of the week.

The other is a supremely strong candidate for the title of the Worst Music Video Ever. It is an inspired effort that immediately induces cringing expression on your face and fails to release you from its grip until (in my case) 3 hours later. Have fun.

Let it be known that Yahoo! engineers are not without a sense of whimsy. Michael Radwin, who is the main engineering manager for my group, has been on paternal leave for the past 3 months. Evidently, his direct reports got somewhat lonely without the attention of the fearless leader and his friendly smile..

Now that's what I call an emergency supply kit.

Just a sample of the kind of emails I sometimes get. I have no idea why they decided that I am a 3D artist or that this is a good way to recruite someone to work on a shareware game without "a huge budget", but it's amusing. Good luck with the April 1 release date!

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying:
- "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."
- "OH NO!" the president exclaims. "That's terrible!"
His staff is stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the president sits, head in hands. Finally, the president looks up and asks,
- "How many is a brazillion?"

I didn't know that SatireWire was back until Jeremy mention it on his blog. Anyways, this interview with Ask Jeeves is one of the funniest things I have laid my eyes on lately. <wiping tears> Thanks, guys.

P.S. Maybe it's not really back. Oh, how easily dreams are crushed.