We've Created a Monster!
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Three programming geeks use monsters and metaphors to turn the Sci Fi Channel into the best little horror house in the movie business. By Gary Wolf from Wired magazine.
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Well this weekend we dropped the engine out of the red MR2, tore it down to the shortblock, changed out the headgasket, and put it back together.  I had a restful sleep and the next day we took the 5SFE engine out of the white one and bolted the 3SGTE into it. I started it up, pressed the gas, and drove to the moon on the 10 billion horsepower I had. Then my penis got really big from working on cars and I had a lot of sex while drinking and smoking.  If you haven't been following the Diary Section, the tag for the back story is Kuro5hin Chopper.
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Blog: We nail down the kind of camera used to video the famed Loch Ness Monster.
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The shape-shifting robots of "Transformers" have taken on a new form: Huge piles of cash.
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WALES red dragon will be breathing fire and brimstone today. Pride, passion, the burning desire to bring down the might of England ... all the fuses are ready to be lit.
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God vs. Satan cast out space creatures at the box office.
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Tycho:  Kotaku carried a story yesterday that is (basically) the Nintendo DS version of that Playstation Pornable scare from six months ago.  You can see it here, and you should, because it's awesome.  It depicts a scenario so imaginative that it juts into the realm of speculative fiction:
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Yet another family gagfest emerges a big winner.
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Unless you work for UK.gov Analysis The UK government granted us ownership of our own DNA yesterday with the launch of the new Human Tissue Act.â¦
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How to sell a robot for pleasure and profit Robo Developer Right now, commercial robot builders are planning to invade our homes with their mechanical creations.â¦
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what would it take now? (More blood? Color? Actual slashing? Two guys with knives instead of one guy with a knife? A CGI monster with a CGI knife?
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Tycho: And so, our own pilgrimage comes to a close.  Thank you!  I think we all had fun.  I should stress that "we" refers to your cruel hosts, Gabriel and myself, who over the last eight years have tormented you thus with such dedication and enthusiasm.
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The Aqua Teen Hunger Force guerilla marketers caused chaos, but are they criminals? Plus: Mooninite "explosive" hits eBay (briefly). In Table of Malcontents.
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Tycho:  With PAX coming up this weekend (!!!), we didn't really have time on Friday to invest in Virgil's Wikiscanner - that mystical oracle that takes a raw IP range and then excretes a list of that organization's Wikipedia edits.  This is the pulsing, possibly Martian device that dished up last week's awesome Electronic Arts edits.    I wasn't sure if we should feel sorry for them or not - now that EA is situated in the number two slot, does that make them the scrappy underdog? - but I quickly realized it probably doesn't matter.  They can come right out and say "Yes, we edit it all the time," mischaracterize the nature of the edits, and by the time it's on the second page the events in question never happened.  People don't remember anything these days that isn't on the first page of their feed aggregators. In any case, the entire affair is talking place  on Wikipedia.  Kudzu will grow over the propaganda soon enough.    Though time was indeed in short supply, we did fritter some portion of it pawing through ancient email headers, scraping for filth on old enemies.  Or enemies with whom we have resumed talks.  Or enemies who are now friends!  Even people I hope to make enemies in the future by my careless commentary must fall beneath the scanner's baleful eye.    Like a chugging trawler, we hauled up net after net of treasure onto the deck, sifting it on hands and knees.  I'd never expose it, of course - sparking a desperate arms race to find self-serving commentary is a conflict I'm likely to lose.  And with the deep catalogue of nemeses we've inspired worldwide (and even below the world, in the warrens of the pale Gambrya, where hate is eternal) it's not what I'd call a fabulous scenario.  For us, at least; no doubt, our foes have already begun their malevolent harvest.
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Working Daleks only a matter of time Aficionados of the killer-robot world barely get time to catch their breath these days. Yesterday was no exception, with two military droids making their debut.â¦
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Your data center is our play thing Evergrid has become awfully ambitious since we checked in with the start-up at the end of last year.â¦
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There is a part of gamer psychology that is rarely discussed, but incredibly important: We are thrilled by wanton destruction. We need it like a form of food. Commentary by Clive Thompson.