So, I’ve been wanting a new personal media toy for a while to replace my “Truly Pic’N'Roll”, which only holds 2GB, makes an annoying crackling sound between tracks, and is supposed to play video but really sucks at it (and has terrible battery life anyway). I’ve been coveting an iPod for months, but fortunately, I came to my senses. (I’m a Linux user and the bulk of my music collection is in Ogg Vorbis format, and that alone makes iPod a fantastically bad choice for me.)

So, what did I get? I got the amazing Cowon D2, the anti-Pic’N'Roll!

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I like kittehs a lot, but I really like it when they talk.

Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” is due out next month and I’ve been reading the release notes for the alpha versions (called “Tribes” for this release) of Xubuntu, which is the flavor I use. I haven’t tested Gutsy for myself yet, but some of this stuff looks really, really cool!

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In case anyone hasn’t seen it yet (poor souls), someone has posted the Penn and Teller: Bullshit! episode about the god-damned bible in its entirety on MySpace (how ’bout that, it’s actually good for something).

Elvis didn’t do no drugs!

via Barefoot Bum, two videos from Brits who have their heads screwed on right:

• Pat Condell, “Why does faith deserve respect?”
• Marcus Brigstocke, monologue from “The Now Show”

Thank you, guys, for reminding us that there are places in the world where everyone isn’t batshit insane.

Amtrak is offering $100 in free alcohol to some overnight passengers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amtrak is trying to gin up new business by offering $100 in free alcohol to customers on some overnight trains.

The national passenger rail company is making the unusual offer to promote a new high-end service being offered on a trial basis for certain sleeper car trips.

Members of Amtrak’s guest rewards program — the railroad equivalent of frequent fliers — can get a $100 per person credit for alcohol between November and January.

But, this is America, so of course someone has a problem with this.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving questioned whether $100 in free alcohol was too much.

“This sounds like a lot of credit toward possible overindulging,” said MADD spokeswoman Misty Moyse.

Uh, it’s not as if they’re driving the train, lady.

YES, THEY BLEND!

Big girls, you are beautiful

Ooh! This is exciting!

Chief executive Steve Jobs said Apple “dream big” and wanted to expand the 4.9% market share Safari enjoys.

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He said Safari was “the fastest browser on Windows”, saying it was twice as fast as Internet Explorer.

…Yeah, I think Jobs might be just saying that, but this is enough to make me want to boot to Windows! Even though I’m a Firefox person, more browsers = MORE GOOD, especially in Windows. Even without getting on the Mac bandwagon, I’m pretty sure Safari for Windows will kick IE’s ass three ways till Tuesday, but of course, IE sucks so hard that that’s not difficult to do.

I’m always happy to see someone fighting the good fight to break IE’s stranglehold on the interweb. Apple, I salute you!

Oh. My. God. This is an actual poster for an actual weight-gain product from the 1890s.

Why suffer horrible tortures with inferior mechanical devices that artificially fatten? Don’t look like the poor unfortunate on the left above, who, shorn of her artificial inflationary devices & pads, must, in the confines of her bedroom, through shame, try to cover her poor thin figure from the gaze of her beloved spouse… when it is possible within weeks of taking these Patented Foods to walk gaily and confidently through your bed chambers, conscious of YOUR PERFECTION of FORM!

Oh. My. God. I want one.