Ico sequel announcement next week? — the Japanese Sony site is counting down (via) #

Bigha's Jasper laser — incidentally, it's one of the cleanest retail sites I've seen (via) #

MP3.com on Microsoft's four new digital music initiatives (via) #

What's wrong with digital music stores? (via) #

Cher's Hexadecimal Clock (via) #

Baby name ideas from the Lord of the Rings — Treebeard, Wormtongue, and Farmer Maggot are all nice (via) #

Software group falsely accuses Interactive Fiction archive of pirating Doom 3 — doom3.zip is a 114kb freeware DOS game from 1988 (via) #

Image: The Words Republican and Democratic speakers used — lovely chart design from the NYT #

37signals web design tips for Christmas retailers — good usability tips (via) #

PVR Blog on XM Radio and Time Trax — XM walks away from a huge opportunity #

Apache rejects Sender ID spec  #

Creative Commons search beta (via) #

Paul Ford's "Screenscraping the Senate" — converting the government to RDF (via) #

The Omegathon Collection gaming contest at PAX — to win, you need to win rounds of DDR, Halo, Doom, Mario Kart, and more #

Hostess Twinkies Sushi — also: Twinkie-misu, Twinkie Tacos, and Twinkie Kebobs (via) #

Second Life's in-world tribute to Burning Man — including a massive player piano #

"The Apprentice 2" profiles on Friendster — more fake Friendster marketing, since their profiles don't have any real friends #

MSN Music beta preview — sneak a peek at Microsoft's answer to iTunes (via) #

Smoking Gun takes on Photostamps — Milosevic and Kaczynski now on official U.S. postage (via) #

Banner Ads Invade Gamespace — including automatic downloads of new ads (via) #

Kick Ass Kung-Fu — EyeToy-like game installation, with a great video demo (via) #