Smorgasbord of short links

Xeni Jardin

10:26 am Wed, Sep 12, 2007

Osama Bin Laden spotted on Coney Island.

Canada’s Privacy Commissioner has raised concerns that Google Street View may violate “many basic rights of citizens“.

British couple has been living a Travelodge motel for the past 22 years.

A regional governor in Russia declared today to be “Day of Conception,” and has offered couples time off from work to make babies. Couples who give birth nine months later on Russia’s “national day” (June 12) could win cars, cash, home appliances, and other fabulous prizes.

On the fine television program Judge Joe Brown, a professional Chewbacca impersonator states his defense during an unemployment check case to the amusement of both court and judge.

Apparently, Palestinian territories — including Ramallah — produce some pretty awesome micro-brews. BB reader Ghassan says, “I myself love Taybeh beer. In Arabic ‘taybeh’ means good or yummy, and in the case of this beer it also stands for the name of the village in which it is made. I wanted to head over to the festival last weekend but checkpoints on the way are a pain.”

The BBC reports on a creative, collaborative, web-based approach for individuals to help in the search for missing billionaire Steve Fosset.

Dave Bullock has posted some fun photos of Keepon, the cute, dancing robot, getting fresh with the ladies at the Wired Nextfest benefit concert for Creative Commons.

(thanks, Jesse, Andrew, JFR, Bonnie Burton, Ghassan, William Drenttel, eecue, iPienso)