The city of Campbell in Silicon Valley just elected a 26-year old gay Asian man, Evan Low, as mayor. Campbell is 70% white and does not have a vocal gay… Read the rest of the article: 26-year old gay Asian man elected mayor of Campbell, CA

Packing light but packing warm is going to be essential for my next journey, a month in Nepal in January 2010. Here are a few things I am hoping to… Read the rest of the article: Winter gear guide: packing warm and light for a month in the Himalayas

A new study conducted in Florida has given scientists reason to believe that hammerhead sharks may have vision comparable to that of humans. The researchers measured electrical activity in the… Read the rest of the article: Hammerhead sharks may have human-grade vision with one major blind spot

Former beauty queen Solange Magnano died from plastic surgery complications on Sunday. She was Miss Argentina in 1994, and is the mother of 7-year old twins. 1 in 30 Argentines… Read the rest of the article: Former beauty queen dies from plastic surgery

I'm sick and tired of washing my contact lenses everyday, and my dog Malcolm recently broke my glasses with his teeth. That's why I'm thinking about getting Lasik.

Richard Alan Heene, best known for orchestrating the Balloon Boy hoax in October, once wrote a really bad supposed-to-be-funny book called The Official Offensive Driving Handbook. It includes racial stereotypes… Read the rest of the article: Racist driving book written by Balloon Boy dad

Scientists in the Netherlands successfully engineered pork-like meat in a lab recently, according to the Telegraph. No report on how it tastes yet, but it's possible that faux beef could… Read the rest of the article: Scientists engineer fake meat

Erik of Afrigadget found these cute bags made out of coconuts on Lamu Island, off the coast of Kenya, while traveling with his daughter. As he points out, it's one… Read the rest of the article: Cute purses made out of coconuts

Surf brand Quiksilver got together with skater Tony Hawk and Paris design collective Fandango to create a neat, very well-designed installation called I was a teenager in the…. It's basically… Read the rest of the article: Art installation celebrates decades of surf culture

The room is pitch black. There is absolutely no light in here, not even an emergency exit or the glow of a cell phone. I can't see anything. A slight… Read the rest of the article: An evening meal in total darkness at Opaque

A Swedish textile design student has created this beautiful series of surgical masks for flu season. The patterns are printed with thermochromic ink, so the masks change color when the… Read the rest of the article: Fancy thermochromic swine flu masks

Scott Holden of Sacramento, CA made this incredible life-sized Tauntaun costume using a 3D Studio Max mesh model, wood, clay, plaster, metal, foam, silicone, homemade stilts, and lots of fur.… Read the rest of the article: Life-sized walking Tauntaun costume

I received an e-mail from Sal9000, the man who married his video game girlfriend on Sunday. Here's a translation of the letter he sent me, along with some photos: Dear… Read the rest of the article: Video game wedding: a letter and photos from the bride and groom

Video: YouTube, MP4 download, or Dotsub (subtitles) UPDATE: Interview with the groom! On Sunday, a man named Sal9000 married the love of his life. Her name is Nene Anegasaki, and… Read the rest of the article: Video: man in Japan weds anime game character

In Melbourne today, an angry kangaroo attacked a man while he walked his dog, cutting the owner's abdomen with its hind legs and pinning the dog underwater. The man ended… Read the rest of the article: Kangaroo attacks man and attempts to drown his dog

A Spanish design firm called The Emotion Lab created a series of home furnishings inspired by things we see on the street. For example, this room lamp is based on… Read the rest of the article: Room lamp inspired by motorist mirror

The Plum Song is the newest music video created by Omodaka, the Japanese experimental electropop group that describes itself as a "mutational fusion of music and motion graphics." It features… Read the rest of the article: Music video is an electronic erotic rendition of a Japanese folk song

Have you ever considered cloning your dog? I have. Ruby is so cute and sweet, but she probably won't be around a decade from now. Since I don't know how… Read the rest of the article: Advisor: What will happen if I clone my dog?

In this video clip from New York University's annual talent show four years ago, Stefani Germanotta — aka Lady Gaga — performs two songs she wrote herself. She came in… Read the rest of the article: Video: Lady Gaga before she became famous

Last month, I wrote about a Japanese husband who confessed to his wife that he had a virtual girlfriend, a character from an addictive Nintendo DS game called Love Plus.… Read the rest of the article: Man to marry his video game girlfriend this Sunday