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Compiled by Donald E. Brown, a brilliant list of the things we share.

The lead singer of the late Dismemberment Plan covers Ludacris.

Full text and audio database of Top 100 American Speeches by Rank Order

"The following are step-by-step instructions on how to whistle using your fingers."

Fun things to do with microwaves.

How to make a lamp from a 100-CD spindle.

"The various bars in Final Fantasy 6 were changed to 'Cafes' in Final Fantasy 3."

"Comedy Central's self-described 'funny monkey' rehashes the dressing down he gave Crossfire's stubborn hosts."

"On June 17th, every year, the family goes through a private ritual: we photograph ourselves to stop a fleeting moment, the arrow of time passing by."

Interpretation and investigation.

"The faith-based presidency is a with-us-or-against-us model that has been enormously effective at, among other things, keeping the workings and temperament of the Bush White House a kind of state secret."

"'You're part of their strategies. You are partisan hacks.'"

"A repository for every keyboard secret in OS X. Some of these are well known, some are not. This list should grow exponentially over time." Nifty, especially the text-related ones.

"My hopes are to create images that are both beautiful and eerily haunting." Mission successful.

"Designers from more than 72 countries explored and visualized personal and portable timekeeping 150 years into the future."

"Terra and I are still denied 1,049 federal rights automatically granted to heterosexual, married couples."

"Computer people are fine human beings, but they do a lot of harm in the ways they 'help' other people with their computer problems."

Regarding the bulge in Bush's shirt during the debate.

"The Art of War was written 2,500 years ago."

"Between them the Remainders have published over 150 titles, sold over 200 million books, and have been translated into over 25 languages, but for one week a year they are rock stars."

"Back in the day Nintendo was constrained by hardware."

"This guide is a starting point for people wanting information on voting in the upcoming national election on Tuesday, November 2, 2004."

"Give ordinary aluminum spoons ... to professional jewelers and convince them to make something resembling pieces of art out of these spoons."

"'Today we have made history. Today we go to the stars,' said Peter Diamandis, co-founder of the X Prize Foundation."

On why The Daily Show is successful and important: "'This is big because there is this gigantic imbalance and something has got to fill it. ... Young people get the attitude, the deflationary truth-telling attitude of these shows...'"

"Scientology sees children as valuable personnel assets and has a history of endangering them."

"'Some people, well, if they don't like Scientology, well, then, fuck you.' He rises from the table. 'Really.' He points an angry finger at the imaginary enemy. 'Fuck you.' His face reddens. 'Period.'"

"whereas the dogma of most cults originates with some form of alleged divine revelation, the core beliefs of Scientology grew out of the business venture launched by a conniving bullshit artist."

"Data from a private security company on attacks over the last 30 days show that every province has been hit at least once. This period was neither the most violent nor the most quiet over the past year."

"Particle Man is about the conflict between science and religion." "NO! NO! NO! THERES NO MEANING TO THIS SONG!" "...and poor Person Man gets hit on the head with a frying pan, which may or may not have been invented yet."