Better living through french fries: Biodiesel fuel.

"Mike Anderiesz set out to do some research on the phenomenon of cyberstalking. The last thing he expected was to end up a victim himself."

The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) wants to crack down on human bodily fluids on keyboards in their home office. (Via Linkfilter.)

Classmates.com is one of the few dotcoms making money. Here's why.

Geeks reinvent the electric guitar.

Scientist Erik Asphaug believes we can prevent asteroid impacts on Earth with a giant cosmic airbag.

Phone companies apparently still try to avoid assigning 867-5309 because of that song. (Via Fark.)

Daniel Brandt really hates Google.

Instapundit link leads to true love.

Leonard Nimoy, photographer. (Via Metafilter.)

Do sperm have memory?

A teenage girl in Britain may have been struck by a meteorite.

"Reparations for the Descendants of Women: I got to thinking about this black reparations thing, and it occurred to me that Women were denied a number of rights for a very long time in the United States. Perhaps they, or their descendents, should seek reparations." (Via K5.)

The Jedi "religion" continues to grow in Australia.

A robotic tomb raider will be used to search for a hidden chamber behind a mysterious stone seal in the Great Pyramid. Sound like something out of a Spielberg movie!

More on Asimov's Foundation and Al-Qa'ida: Prentiss Riddle sent us an e-mail arguing that the original story is almost certainly bogus. He directed us to Colin Brayton's explanation of the meaning of the term "al-Qa'ida" and concludes that "Yes, it means 'Foundation', but to associate it with Asimov is like doing the same for the National Science Foundation or Joe's Foundation Repair."

Some people want to use the Moon as a storage site for nuclear wastes. However, SatireWire warns that this might turn the Moon into "a vast uninhabitable wasteland".

The new school year is upon us and business is picking up for websites that deal in plagiarized term papers, uh... I mean online research aids.

"A goose fitted with a £3,000 ($4,500) electronic transmitter to chart its migration has been tracked 4,500 miles by satellite - to an Eskimo hunter's freezer."

"What eBay Isn't Telling You About Fraud"