200 meter long spider web found in Texas

This is a cool story that Steve posted on Digg so I had to post here too. I like spiders for killing flies and squeeters and also for giving Peter Parker his powers and all that but this story has me more than a little creeped out.
Steve added "yeah, social spiders. what if they get really organised..."

This is just too much like the movie Arachnobia... I wonder if social spiders have subversive sub cultures or if younger spiders rebel and web-grafitti by up or doing tight donuts circle instead of across the patterns like the other spiders.
Digg the story here

Helvetica A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit

As a web developer, I often hear can you use something like Helvetica but not Helvetica... I know it just sounds stupid, but the truth is everyone wants a fresh clean site that looks like the Gap or Ikea but they don't want to be mistaken (i.e. sued) for the Gap or Ikea. I really want to see this, I missed the Montreal screening in May because I simply didn't know this documentary was being made, so now I'm gonna buy the DVD or try to find it on iTunes or Netflix.

So You Think You Can Dance: Laporte & Dvorak

These two could give Jerry Springer a run for his money any day! You gotta love JibJab for this kind of stuff

Apple finally cuts canucks a deal.

There has never been any doubt that this Fat Dad and his big old Canadian bacon is an Apple Fanboy. But when I saw that iLife'08 and iWork'08 are also selling for 79 loonies, same as what our southern cousins are paying in U$ greenbacks, I was floored. But it gets even better, the 20 inch iMac's are only selling for $100 more than south of the border. Man it feels good to be Canuck tonight.

Chocolate Rain

by TayZonday


I have no idea why this is so addictive, it just is.