del.icio.us links for 2006-01-12

• AJAX Login System using XMLHttpRequest | evolt.org: Implements an MD5 MAC (like APOP), but in principle any sort of shared secret scheme could be used. I suppose even public key encryption would be possible. (ajax authentication cryptography howto javascript md5 reference security web web2.0)
• Rockin' Rollen Stewart Exhibit: Remember the guy with the rainbow wig and "JOHN 3:16" sign who was on all sorts of televised sporting events? Ever wonder what happenede to him? Would you believe serving three life sentences in prison? (boingboing religion sports weird)
• KODESEX: Coded Wearable Clothing and Apparel for Sexual Compatibility: kodesex™ may look innocently like funky art on your gear, but these pix speak volumes about the wearer. [via Sex Drive Daily] (fashion funny sex weird)
• Toxic waste creates hermaphrodite Arctic polar bears: About one in 50 female bears on Svalbard has both male and female sex organs, a phenomenon scientists link directly to the effects of pollution. (animal arctic bear ecology environment hermaphrodite news weird)
• Chuck Norris Facts: If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris, you may be only seconds away from death. (chucknorris humor weird)
• Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey for Governor of Minnesota - 2006: In the upcoming Minnesota gubernatorial election, vote for a *real* bloodsucker: Jonathon “The Impaler” Sharkey, Ph.D., L.D.D.D., U.S. Army veteran, Sanguinarian Vampyre and Hecate Witch. (Magikal Path name: Lord Ares.) Seriously. (minnesota politics religion us vampire weird)
• Sploid: THE BLACK KLANSMAN: He was an uneducated cop who lived in the American West. He followed orders. And he was loyal. It's no wonder he was chosen to run the Colorado Springs chapter of the KKK. But Ron Stallworth had to bow out, due to being black. (black colorado evil funny history news us weird)
• 'Impaler' sinks his teeth into governor's race: Self-styled "vampyre" Jonathon Sharkey is running for governor on a platform that includes impaling terrorists. (funny minnesota politics us vampire weird)