Though unfinished, this animated world is inventive, funny, and worth a look.

Aaarrrggg.com

The most startling part of this article for me, and the ultimate reason it got blogged is this:

“America is so pious that not only do 91 percent of Christians say they believe in the Virgin Birth, but so do an astonishing 47 percent of U.S. non-Christians.”

47% of non-Christians polled believe in the Virgin Birth?!? Why in Heaven’s name aren’t they Christians then?

Believe It, or Not
By Nicholas D. Kristof

“Today marks the Roman Catholics’ Feast of the Assumption, honoring the moment that they believe God brought the Virgin Mary into Heaven. So here’s a fact appropriate for the day: Americans are three times as likely to believe in the Virgin Birth of Jesus (83 percent) as in evolution (28 percent). “

Check out these cool touched-up images. They’re part of this fella’s portfolio and presumably on the web to attract employers. On their own they wouldn’t be very exciting, but you can roll over the images to see the originals.

Greg’s Digital Retouching Portfolio

Why can’t people blame the real culprits – parents?

Grand Theft Auto in the dock over US road killing

By gamesindustry.biz

“Videogames are on trial yet again in the US, as the family of a man killed by teenagers who shot at passing cars on a freeway file a lawsuit against Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two.

The two teenagers – William and Joshua Buckner, 16 and 14 years old, respectively – opened fire on vehicles on the Interstate 40 highway in Tennessee with a .22 calibre rifle, killing one person and injuring another severely.

They told the police who arrested them that they were bored, and decided to mimick their favourite videogame, Grand Theft Auto. The family of the victim, 45-year-old nurse Aaron Hamel, have now filed suit against Take-Two Interactive, claiming that the company should take responsibility for his death. “

Geeks don’t dig flashy cars. We dig flashy computers.

Extreme Makeover

PCs are a marvel of engineering on the inside.

By Cory Doctorow

“The shell of a garden-variety desktop machine, on the other hand, is as dull as a command prompt. Users longing for a box whose beauty is more than CPU-deep have invented a new form of self-expression: casemodding – altering a PC’s exterior to make it as distinctive as its owner. Think of it as nerd folk art, equal parts Linus Torvalds and Martha Stewart. Modders don’t just dress up stock boxes. They stuff motherboards into gasoline cans, build containers that resemble gingerbread houses, and custom-fabricate phantasmagoric adornments; they combine expert craftsmanship with whimsy, nostalgia, and a Transformers-inspired sensawunda. It’s a mod, mod, mod, mod world.”