Robert X. Cringely doesn't exist? — 1996 WSJ article about the origins of the pseudonym #

Eurekster, social search engine — see what your friends search for #

iRate Radio, collaborative MP3 downloader — everyone rates free MP3s, the good stuff rises to the top #

Rex's fanatical collection of Best of 2003 lists — he keeps it updated, so check back #

Audioscrobbler redesign — my stats, which I haven't updated for a while #

Alterslash, the best of Slashdot posts/comments digest — good idea, but the interface needs work #

Stephen King shot John Lennon — finally, the truth comes out #

New Mad magazine illustrated by comic greats — including Jim Lee's Captain Infringement and J.S. Campbell's Scantily Clad #

2D remake of 3D Zelda game — N64's Ocarina of Time gets the SNES treatment #

KazaaLite shut down by Sharman Networks — ironically, for copyright infringement #

Little Green Footballs trying to defeat Kottke.org — I voted for Jason, even though he hates America #

Historical events in the style of classic arcade games — funny, but prepare to be offended #

Miniature iMac modeled in clay — the Japanese illustrator reminds me of Loobylu #

Psycho Pong — addictive and evil pong variations #

Marlboro Baby — I'm feeling undersmoked today #

Blogshares is up for sale — some paid subscribers are angry #

Pancake Mountain, DC's indie-rock laden kid's show — cameos by Bob Mould, Vic Chestnutt, and members of Fugazi and Bikini Kill #

3D paper airplanes — fly with arrow keys, change camera with spacebar #

Namco releasing 25th anniversary Space Invaders/Qix machines — nice pic, but 50 cents is blasphemy #

Jennicam closing after 7+ years  #

Sofia Coppola and Spike Jonze divorce  #

Houston Chronicle's Build Your Own Comics page — what, no RSS? (via Steve) #

Compulsive packrat forced to clean house — great reporting on an OCD-like illness #

Hotlinks, link list aggregator — with screenshot thumbnails and link popularity ranking! #

Gamespy and IGN merging — expect obnoxious clickthrough ads on Gamespy any minute now #

Mimi Smartypants, the book — sure, but will it be printed in reverse chronological order? #

Screenshots: MAME for the N-Gage — too bad you'd have to own one to play #

Payloadz, broker for selling intangible goods through eBay  #

Police conclude investigation into Santa Monica farmer's market tragedy — human error is the only possible cause #

Creating pixel fonts from scratch — Cal has made many #

tunA, Media Lab Europe's social Walkman — shares music with people near you #

Public domain Americana sheet music — some beautiful vintage typography #

Salon's layman's overview of RSS — doesn't point to any readers besides Bloglines, though #

Get Out on Parole — like an interactive Shawshank Redemption #

Video game endings database — pick your platform, from Arcade to Turbografx-16 #

Great profile of Earth Station 5, the Palestinian P2P app — nice work, Mat #

Penny Arcade has collected $30k in their toy drive so far — that's a whole mess of toys #

Programmers as starving artist — but unlike musicians, their day jobs pull in $80k #

Knight-Ridder and WaPo invest $6.3m in Tribe.net  #

Steve Gillmor on RSS predictions for 2004  #

c|net pulls the plug on MP3.com — as promised #

New edutainment game targets file sharing — don't miss the press release for MGI's Music Pirates #

Echinacea doesn't do anything but cause rashes — next up: Ginseng, St. John's Wort and Ginkgo Biloba! #

Wil Wheaton signs three book deal with O'Reilly  #

Blogshares closes down  #

Billie Jean bootleg remix project — with bonus Simpsons sound clip #

Jorn Barger is missing, but doesn't want to be found — he's probably just off somewhere reading Finnegan's Wake #

Godawful new Netscape Navigator screenshot — like a scene from "Winamp Skins Gone Bad" #

Flavorpill Los Angeles, weekly event highlights — I didn't even know they published an L.A. version #

Analyzing Cathy's sweat beads  #