So you think you love cheese? St. Perpetua was so impressed by a taste of cheese she had in a dream that she considered it proof of God’s divinity—and decided to die a Christian martyr during the Roman times of the third century rather than renounce a Lord who could make such heavenly cu...

I finally feel some energy returning after my eye injury about a month ago, although my right eye remains dilated which still means that side is a bit out-of-focus and I don’t like driving at night. I feel like I need to give a status update or some such. So here goes. Winter Camp With luck my...

If you read one book in 2009, read Daemon.  It’s unusual for me to recommend a book so early in the year.  Daemon is only my fourth book of 2009.  It’s a first novel.  And it’s mental floss.  But it’s as close to flawless for a book of its genre. I first heard about ...

In today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss, see if you can match ten former US presidents to their official portrait. Don’t expect to see the presidents you remember from the news or the ones on the money. This is hard! I scored 40%. Link...

I want you to tell me the story of how you got started with the Net. Tell me how your passion was sparked and why it keeps coming to full flame. Tell me how it is that the Net matters to you, even after all of the long days, short nights and wrecked weekends. I've been writing my story because ...

Update: Holy crap, the little devil has escaped! There could only be one explanation… it must be using some kind of photon-traversing, CCD-infecting, executable, self-modifying JPEG trojan code. We must find it, save the cheerleader, and save humanity… Help us save the day at linux.conf....

Who said you have to  be celebrity to name your kid something weird? Mental Floss has document 6 very weird names. Imagine being named Eclipse Glasses Banda or having a last name that means “pisses.” It happens, all over the world. LInk...

"Thanksgiving!" "Hah! What a load of crap," he thinks. "What have I got to be thankful for?" The question lingers in his mind. While others are gathering in familial groups around tables set for royalty, Jim is sorting through the trash in the dumpster behind the Kentucky Fried Chicken. It is slim p...

A long-standing tome of infamy from the old version of Falls, off the Rocker was my infamous Butt Floss column, which was banned by my hometown newspaper. Here’s the much more sedate video version from The Daily Idea....

WordCamp Australia 2008 will be held in Sydney at the end of the month, right before OSDC… and I intend to celebrate my first WordCamp by giving a talk! Yes, I will dimly glow next to such bright stars in the universe of WordPress as Matt Mullenweg and Jane Wells (who is kicking butt with the ...