Activity Corner

• Get your partying in this weekend. For the first time since 1940, the Catholic Church has moved St. Patrick's Day.


• Adding to the unending parade of USB devices, you can now purchase these whimsical USB neon lights.


• A very cool mechanical digital clock. Here's a video.


• The electronic yodeling pickle. I wish I were kidding.


• Also, stock up for summer. Kids love Pickle Sicles!


• Anyone can be a critic on the internet. Especially when it comes to an internet speciality like Photoshop. Get clued in at Photoshop Disasters.


• In the Another Useless Internet Project department, the White Glove Tracking project asked geeks to isolate and magnify Micheal Jackson's white glove from his landmark TV performance of Billie Jean. The video proves two things: Jackson really used to be good, and a huge white glove is hilarious.


• Meet Hugo, the cat of 1,000 faces.


• Good food plus a view. It's Dinner in the Sky. Be sure to check out the pictures.


• The fascinating facts about Lost Springs, Wyoming.


• What do you get when the news anchor and reporter have an on-air spat? Great TV.


• SHAQ rode in my lude!!!!!! (Apparently we should only refer to our cars with one syllable.)


• Physics limericks. Yes, from Harvard.


• How many North Poles does the Earth have? Depending on the definition, at least seven.


• Dust-mop your floors by simply walking on them!


• There's an intersection in Brooklyn that tends to form a large puddle. A puddle so important, it has its own blog.


• Everybody's getting in on the cooking shows, even former rapper Coolio. You can see the first episode where he makes Coolio Caprese Salad. Shaka-zulu!


• In the US, the standard generic name is "John Doe". Check this list to see the local everyman name in countries around the world.


• Maple-bacon lollipops. Warning: not kosher.


• The 26 best zombies of all time.


• The seven smelliest creatures in the world.


• Take the Finnish band The Leningrad Cowboys, add the Russian Red Army Choir, and then have them perform Lynyrd Skynyrd's classic Sweet Home Alabama.


• As decided by the BBC, here are TV's top 25 put-downs.


• British cuisine becoming extinct. Some may wonder if that's such a bad thing.


• Scented candles for men: Manterns.