RoboGames formerly the RoboOlympics kick of this Friday in San Francisco. Basically it's BattleBots but with more events. And hey, robots… fire… destruction… yeah. You know.

• RoboGames
• "Alcoholic Stepfather"
• Lots O Robot Pics

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So your Digi-Cam just isn't phat enough in the Megapixel department? Need to blow an image up to say… 8×10? Poster Size? Mural? Well now you can have huge megapixels without breaking the bank (relatively speaking) with Better Light's Scan Back cameras. 144 Megapixels for under 10 Grand. Now it takes a mere 66 seconds to drink all those pixels in (that's the scanning part of the name). Still, 144 Megapixels is pretty sweet.

• Better Light Cams

He is risen, indeed! Happy Easter everyone!

Easter is one of my favorite holidays, but I've always felt that it didn't quite get the credit that it deserved. Throughout history, Christianity has had a constant, recognizable symbol: the cross. (Google will bring up 935,000 cross images) And this is understandable. The cross symbolizes that God was willing to sacrifice his own son to achieve reconciliation with humanity.

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13 NIV)

This is, of course, of vital importance. Not only as a sign of God's love but against the backdrop of Jewish law and history - it demonstrates the end of sacrifices through the one perfect sacrifice.

The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming - not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. If it could, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins… And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. (Hebrews 10:1-4,10 NIV)

So now that I have made quite the case for the cross as a symbol for Christianity - what am I whining about? I never felt that symbolism of the cross should be replaced, but supplemented. Supplemented with the imagery of the empty tomb. Read more

For those of you that yet believe that you can make money doing just about anything… and you know who you are, Mike. I submit the following: RipDigital.com will rip your CDs to MP3s for you. Yes for the stupid and the lazy, you are now free of the burden of a few mouse clicks to transform old skewl "digital" CDs into iPod fodder. Prices start at $139 for 100 CDs, but most people's CD collections will approach the $1/CD conversion fee. How it works:

• You place your order.
• Ship them all of your CDs.
• They pay some chimp $5/hour to use the same CD->MP3 software available online for free.
• They ship you back your CDs and a stack of CD-Rs with MP3s on them.
• Wait! now I need a CD-R to Hard Drive service! Seriously. Too lazy to rip your own CDs? Time to valuable? Why not hire your little brother or the neighborhood kid - pay THEM $5/hr - and save yourself half the cost? Not to mention getting your MP3s in a a day or two instead of a week or two.

I give them:

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You know how frizzy your hair gets!…. Yeah here's a great gift for the morbid princess in your life and a great laugh for the rest of us.

• Hair Dryer Handgun

This was just too cool not to mention. Even though it's obivious HOW it was done it's still pretty dang COOL.

• transparent screen

Terri Schiavo has been clogging up the airwaves lately… forcing many to ask: Should I care? What's the big deal? Well, I finally decided to investigate this whole affair and report my findings to you: the masses. The Terri Schiavo affair has been full of half-truths, mis-information, and irrelevant arguements. As always, I will attempt to claw through the clutter to get to the truth. This article is not complete but since there is a rather pressing time issue, we have pushed it out in its current state until it can be finished… Misconception: "Terri is in a vegetative state." Terri is not in a coma, nor is she completely unable to communicate. Sworn affidavidits testify to the fact that Terri can say a few words. She can also respond to people and commands with smiles and other body movements. When was the last time a cabbage smiled when you entered the room or responded to your conversation? Now granted Terri is at the level of a 6 month old child, but that's hardly a vegetable. Read more

Oh yeah, iPods are everywhere… even Lego Land. If you like the lego (oh sorry Brix) guy, you can proudly wear him on your new limited edition t-shirt. Complete with a magnetic clasp to make your iPod Shuffle part of the T's design. Which I must admit is BRILLIANT. I mean it's almost enough for me to buy the overpriced, screenless, shuffle just so I can wear this Rad Shirt. Almost.

• PodBrix.com

Some funny bumper stickers for your reading enjoyment Some people just don't know how to drive… I call these people "Everybody but me." (small text) If you can read this… I can slam on my brakes and sue you. And my personal favorite: Heart Attacks… God's revenge for eating His animal friends Thanks Lee

Apparently a woman somehow was able to impale herself on the faucet in the tub. Now she survived, so I don't have to pull any punches about how bizzare this really is. I mean come on! I've seen a lot of faucets and they all seem to be pretty -uh- round-ish. I mean if I was to somehow body slam my tub faucet… pain, yes… bruising, sure… but IMPALED? -shrug-

• Woman Impaled In Tub