Odds and sods...

* Via Slashdot, a summary of the world chess boxing championship. Four minutes of chess interspersed with boxing rounds. I think Andrew Golota has a future in this, if he can just get through the first chess round...

* Via Slashdot and Gizmodo, a new crowd-control gun that puts voices inside your head. This gets early nomination for Scariest Fucking Thing Made This Year, and will probably beat out canned cheeseburgers and The Love Guru for the prize. And you have to believe that advertising will latch upon this as soon as possible.

"Stop by Cap'n Ron Ronco's Used Vehicles for the sale of a lifetime! Until you do, here's Jim Carrey's most annoying sound in the world!"

* So apparently John McCain lurves the dice! I can't break his chops on that, because I've played craps more than once, and it is sick-ass fun. It's also an extremely, extremely, extremely fast way to lose your money if you have a bad session, but hey, his wife's loaded, so who am I to judge?

Now, if he starts hanging with John Daly, I'd be more worried...