Super Mario Theme Race Car

I really enjoy cool vids, and obviously everyone's definition of cool varies wildly, but this is pretty awesome!

Take a remote-control race car, line up dozens of empty wine bottles with precise amounts of water in them, and it plays....

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/04/super-mario-the.html

RIP: The last of Disney's "Nine Old Men"

Ollie Johnston passed away Wednesday.

http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/04/geekdad-bids-fa.html

Star Wars In Real Life

A very cool series by a skilled photographer. Unfortunately he's more of a photographer than a web site designer, and his flash navigation kinda sucks. Click on Series off the top row, then look for a small arrow in the middle of the right side of the image.

http://www.cedricdelsaux.com/cedricdelsaux.html

California woman committing identity theft by stealing dead people's SSN's

I have to admit, it's a clever approach.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/feds-charge-cal.html