Category: Linklog

FIFA is expected to use a football containing a microchip as part of new goal-line technology. The game’s governing body has agreed to the experiment in a bid to end controversies over goal-line decisions.

GeoURL comes back online in 2.0 beta form just as most people had given up on it. All we need is LocalFeeds to come back so we can rock this bitch like it’s 2003!

Fred Durst has had his SideKick hacked too, and it ain’t a pretty sight. Seeing Fred Durst bone some chick was extremely low on my list of things to see… Accept it as not safe for work.

Firefox 1.0.1 is now readily available. So get it while it’s hot and/or steamy… This is a security and stability update so not much in the way of new feautures.

Want to get paid $100,000 a year for watching The Dukes of Hazzard? You might be able to drive the General Lee too! “Just the good ol’ boys, never meanin’ no harm, beats all you never saw, been in trouble with the law, since the day they was born…”

Word on the street is Flickr has been bought lock, stock and barrel by Yahoo! First Bloglines is sold to Ask Jeeves, now Flickr to Yahoo! What good ideas are left? [via]

Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch has parted ways with the hard rock act, citing a recent religious awakening. Woah, I didn’t even know Korn were still around…

MetaFilter dissect the news of Jason Kottke’s donaton drive. “The only person to market a successful diary was Anne Frank. And we all know what happened to her: the Nazis came and took her away.”

Experts say the CSI series of TV shows paints an unrealistic view of forensic science. No, you don’t say…

Hunter S. Thompson, founder of “Gonzo Journalism,” has shot himself to death at his Colorado home. “There he goes. One of God’s own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.” – Raoul Duke

Jeff Gordon wins the Daytona 500. It was one of the wildest finishes in the 47-year history of NASCAR’s biggest race, which saw four lead changes in the last nine laps.

Fans vote Jason Richardson’s “Between-the-Legs And Behind-His-Head” from the 2003 All-Star weekend in Atlanta as the best dunk ever in an NBA Dunk Contest. He took second too with an “Off-the-Glass And Between-the-Legs” from 2004, Vince Carter’s “Off-the-Floor And Between-the-Legs” with the assist by Tracy McGrady in 2000 came third… Michael Jordan’s legenday “Free Throw Line Dunk” from 1987 came fourth.

Google Maps query for “miserable failure in Washington DC.” An oldie, but still a goodie… [via]