Rsizr, intelligent image resizing — complete Flash implementation of the content-aware seam carving demo #

San Diego mayor announces change of heart on gay marriage — a Republican strong enough to admit he's changed his mind (via) #

Eric Clapton shreds — mocking guitar wankery with overdubs; don't miss the angry fanboy comments to every video in the series #

Google to open social network on November 5? — I love how Arrington talks to people "off record," and then completely spills it #

Fun with Robots.txt, a survey of 4.6 million domains — if you like that, try Andrew's Fun with HTTP Headers survey from 2005 #

$1 US = $1 Canadian for the first time since 1976 — for a brief moment, the Canadian dollar was worth more (via) #

Lev and Thumpbot play "Crazy" — theremin-playing robot built from a floor lamp, plumbing supplies, and some microprocessors #

Flickr community responds to pirate easter egg — many hilarious responses from the clueless and/or humorless; some of my faves #

Flickr's Arrrr! localization for Talk Like A Pirate Day — hurry, the amazing easter egg's only up until 9pm tonight; don't miss the "Pirate Code," "Poop Deck," and "Land ho" #

Hearst buys RealAge, acquires medical background of 8 million people — voluntarily provided in the form of an online quiz; be grateful it wasn't acquired by a life insurance firm #

Chief of the U.S. Copyright Office doesn't own a computer — how can a self-proclaimed luddite make policy decisions involving copyright in the digital age? (via) #

Joni Mitchell discusses each song on new album — first album of original songs since 1998, but her production's stuck in the Geffen era #

Online couple cheated with each other — if you like Pina Coladas... (via) #

Multiplayer Asteroids back online — it was down for months and can now support thousands of users #

Ponoko — on-demand, social manufacturing; design, share, and buy laser-cut products from a variety of materials #

Double-Toothpicks — funny, we used to say "kick-ass" on the Upcoming homepage until we got complaints from prudes #

MediaDefender's internal emails leaked to BitTorrent — the last six months of emails expose every project to track P2P activity and snare pirates #

Cringely on Google's master plans for the 700mhz spectrum — some fascinating speculation, with some rumored iPod classic problems thrown in #

John Gruber on the Ringtones Racket — "the distinction between ringtones and songs is an artificial marketing construct" #

Satisfaction launches — lovely people-powered customer service, like Ask Mefi for every community #

Amir escalates the Prank War by forging a marriage proposal in Yankee Stadium — the latest in an increasingly uncomfortable high-stakes prank war between two College Humor employees #

Leaked Google video discusses Google Reader, social efforts — I feel guilty reading this, but the info about activity streams is very interesting #

Tobi's Timemachine — Firefox extension makes the web look like the amateur web of 1996 (via) #

Video: Internet People — I'd seen all but two, the Kid from Brooklyn and psycho bride; don't judge me! #

CoScripter — Firefox extension for automating repetitive tasks, and sharing the most useful #

The Onion: "Missing Girl Probably Raped" — disturbingly accurate satire of big media's coverage of small-town tragedies (via) #

Zero Punctuation's review of Bioshock — his reviews are extremely entertaining, while still insightful; it's like Ze Frank on games #

Google Reader adds search — by far, the most requested feature #

Secrets of the Perry Bible Fellowship — 10 Zen Monkeys interviews the oddball comic creator #