Random Curry

This is worth your two minutes just for the look on his face…

Gary Numan performs “Cars” with an orchestra of actual cars

(h/t BoingBoing)

From the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theater…

(h/t Balloon Juice)

UPDATE: Vuvuzelas for BP

Self-explanitory…

Mickey Mouse, amphetamine shill?

(h/t BoingBoing)

Scientists to map Ozzy Osbourne’s DNA

May I suggest some other subjects for this analysis:

• Keith Richards
• All members of Motley Crue

Ain’t science cool?

(h/t C|Net)

BP Kills Mario

(h/t GizModo)

I’m always up for interesting ways to display data…

Crime in San Francisco displayed as elevation

(h/t BoingBoing)

My birthday is coming up, so for those of you who might want to get me something, I’ll accept this…

Real life version of Minority Report’s user interface

This is John Underkoffler, who produced the computer interface for the movie Minority Report. It’s a fifteen-minute long clip, but it’s time very well spent.

If this is too expensive for a gift, a pass to next year’s TED conference would do nicely as well…

(h/t BoingBoing)

Nicely done…

The Empire Strikes Back (1950)

(h/t wwdn)

Resembles Yoda, this cloud does

(h/t Boing Boing)

Today, gentle readers, we talk about tools that make people’s lives easier and why people don’t use them…

Data Profiling with SQL is Hazardous to Your Company’s Health!