Paul Boutin, senior editor of

Recent Links

• Video: Mythbusters' Adam Savage drunk on a treadmill
  "Adam Savage from Mythbusters demonstrates two high speed camera shots from an upcoming 'sobering up' episode. The first one shows Adam being slapped in the face by Jamie, the second one shows him drunk on a treadmill, trying to stay upright."
• Quick-Peel An Egg
  This looks like a magic trick, but it totally works.
• Sarah Palin's debate notes leaked
  Did that take ninety seconds? > No > Well Crap > Say that John is a Maverick.
• Advice from Mom, Part I
  "Wear the tight dress. You won’t have that body forever. ...If there’s a nuclear war, head north. There will be less fallout up there."
• Amherst College IT Statistics
  Fascinating snapshot of student computer and internet usage. These kind of statistics are always a good source of conversation around the office.
• Palin Claimed Dinosaurs And People Coexisted
  "Sarah Palin ...insisting in casual conversation that men and dinosaurs coexisted on an Earth created 6,000 years ago -- about 65 million years after scientists say most dinosaurs became extinct."
• Details on the Bailout Vote
  "Representatives that are scared about their re-election prospects voted no and representatives that aren’t voted yes. ...It shows that our politicians are reacting to a bona fide crisis not on the merits of the crisis but rather on the circumstances of their re-election."
• John McCain Owns VoteForTheMILF.com?
  More likely, John McCain's campaign purchased the domain as part of a huge buy-up of domains they wanted or were worried about. At first, it redirected to Sarah Palin's page on their website, and then once people started noticing, they redirected it to google and then wikipedia.
• Fareed Zakaria: Palin Is Ready? Please.
  "Can we now admit the obvious? Sarah Palin is utterly unqualified to be vice president. She is a feisty, charismatic politician who has done some good things in Alaska. But she has never spent a day thinking about any important national or international issue, and this is a hell of a time to start."
• Video: Palin SNL compared to REALITY: Word for Word
  Annie hadn't watch the Katie Couric video yet, so I think she assumed it was the usual SNL exaggeration of the real situation. I don't think she realized how close to word-for-word it was.