Richard Knarr, the co-founder of Wham-O, died today. Wham-O was responsible for the Hula Hoop and the Superball, and for popularizing the Frisbee.
Their first marketing idea was a slingshot; they had been using one to hurl meat to their pet falcons to train them.
The Washington Post has a nifty gallery of mushroom photos by Taylor Lockwood.
A hilariously terrible first date (via Universal Hub.)
I love programs with a sense of humor. Note the trademarked error detail name in this screenshot from NetNewsWire:
(Not to toot my own horn, but you might like the old Zevils 404 page if you’re into that sort of thing (good luck finding the new Zevils 404 page, most attempts will just redirect get you the Wordpress index (I should figure out how to change that… Update: The solution was to create a 404.php page in my theme’s directory.)) 404lounge.net has a bunch of the things, and The Daily WTF’s Error’d! chronicles the unintentionally humorous.)
Francis Heaney pointed me at this post about things that I can’t believe aren’t “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter”, and their amusing names, such as “Butter It’s Not!” and “You’d Think It’s Butter!” My suggestions:
I’ve been enjoying The Superest, an ongoing game of “My Team, Your Team”; one player draws a superhero, the next draws a superhero that can defeat that one, repeat. (Via John Gruber.)