"If programming languages were women". Warning: If you're easily offended by mildly non-PC humor, then don't click through. (Via Andy Thissen.)

Great slide show on how LEGO bricks are made.

Interesting tidbit: "...[T]he factory also produces 306 million tiny rubber tires a year. In fact, going by that number, LEGO is the world's No. 1 tire manufacturer." (Via /.)

What really happens when the human body is exposed to the vacuum of outer space? (Via Gravity Lens.)

Ticket scalping goes high-tech.

Now this looks like a comfortable chair. (Via BBspot.)

Timewaster of the day: "Asteroid's Revenge".

You are an asteroid that's seen many of your brethren decimated by the evil spaceships in the original Asteroids game. The loss of your rock-fellows has hurt and scarred you deeply. For long, your rocky heart has longed for revenge. So now, you've finally decided to go to the ships and destroy them...

(Via Neatorama.)

"Researchers have now found a blind man who experiences deja vu through smell, hearing and touch."

"Top 11 Ways Blogging is Like Sex"

Inventions of the day: Transparent household appliances. (Via BBspot.)

Chess was banned under the Taliban and in Khomeini's Iran because it encouraged complex, nuanced thinking. Bottom paragraph of the article. (Via ALDaily.)

Eugene Volokh notes, "this year for the first time Asians outnumbered any other racial group, including whites, among students admitted to all University of California schools. (This had already been the case as to some schools.)"

"Top 20 Replies by Programmers to Testers When Their Programs Don't Work"

Do humans have a compass in their nose?

"Will It Blend?": Multiple videos of various food and non-food items placed in the Total Blender. Includes two separate sections, "Try This At Home" and "Don't Try This At Home". (Via Found On The Web.)

Cancer stem cells. Good article in the popular press on the science. (Via Howard Roerig.)

Happy "Cyber Monday"! (And I hope everyone had a good "Black Friday" as well):

"BLACK FRIDAY", the day after Thanksgiving, is traditionally the start of the busiest shopping season in America. This year is no different. Shoppers on Friday November 24th were expected to race to the malls to snap up this season's hottest gifts. The day is "black" not because of the misery of queues and crowds, but because it marks the moment when retailers are supposed to move from the red (indicating losses) to the black (indicating profits).

...And the internet is ever more popular. ComScore Networks, an internet information provider, says online retailers expect the biggest sales ever on "Cyber Monday", the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday, when millions of Americans take advantage of high-speed internet in their offices to hunt for presents.

"Two Swiss scientists said on Wednesday they had been able to identify a part of the brain that may be responsible for the 'out-of-body' experiences of patients who came close to death."

Legal liability for linking?

Beware the Sushi Police. (Via Volokh.)

"The 25 Funniest Analogies Collected by High School English Teachers".

(PSH -- I can't vouch for their authenticity, but they are funny...)