Art Pension Plan

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/pension.html?tw=wn_tophead_7

That's a really great idea. They mention how it might apply to coders too, anyone with a more fickle work product.

Business Opportunity

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=2787

Apparently uncensored internet access would be worth $30 a month. Sounds like a good way for cash, I'd just hate to get caught and be shot for setting up mesh nodes.

Does not compute

13 things that don't make sense

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/space/mg18524911.600

Good conspiracy material there

Defense Tech Drone

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001432.html

Yet another thing I want to make me smarter

Summary: http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2005/03/bio_acoustical.html

Full article: http://www.modbee.com/life/friendsfamily/story/10121555p-10944288c.html

Bio Acoustical Utilization Device to stimulate a ADHD kid instead of meds.

The power of the Collective

Summary: http://sippey.typepad.com/filtered/2005/03/zopa.html
Site: http://www.zopa.com/ZopaWeb/

I'd want to read a bit more on logistics, but this seems like a pretty great idea for leveraging individuals. I imagine one enterprising person would be able to leverage a one year 0% rate on a credit card and maybe rotate that money around and make a pretty good profit.

DIY Lasertag

http://www.lasertagparts.com/mtdesign.htm

Crazy cool... maybe we could just equip every country in the world w/ this and war casualties would drop significantly. Plus the US could still display superiority by hacking the system and cheating.

Visual clock

http://media.urova.fi/~jangesle/last/themes/last/images/last.mov

Just watch the demo and try not to be impressed at the creative minds whom I wish ran the world.

"Elective" surgery for sports enhancement

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/start.html?pg=2?tw=wn_tophead_6

I've been curious about this for a while... what about plastic surgery to make someone more airo- or hydro- dynamic?