del.icio.us links for 2006-01-17

• Oregon's Right-to-Die Law Upheld by Supreme Court: The Supreme Court (6-3) sided with Oregon in upholding the nation's only physician-assisted suicide law, holding that the federal government did not have the authority to prosecute physicians. Now, apply this logic to abortion... (liberty news oregon politics scotus us)
• Minnesota's vampiric gubernatorial (and future presidential) candidate: I will impale Bush: Johnathon "The Impaler" Sharkey says, "When I become president, Bush will be charged, tried, and if convicted of murder, I will impale Bush at the White House..." Dislikes: God, terrorists, Christians. Likes: Jesus, impaling people, drinking blood, Satan. (bush evil minnesota news politics religion terrorism us vampire weird)
• “Alien” Embryo Removed From 35-Year-Old Man’s Back: A 35-year-old tractor operator, Igor Namyatov, has undergone surgery to be relieved of what had initially been diagnosed as a tumor, but turned out to be the embryo of his unborn twin brother. Life imitates South Park, or maybe the Venture Brothers. (alien biology news russia science weird)
• Aerobie® AeroPress(TM) Coffee & Espresso Maker: Water and grounds are mixed together for ten seconds. Then gentle air pressure pushes the mix through a micro-filter in 20 seconds. The total brewing time of only 30 seconds results in exceptionally smooth flavor. [via digg] (coffee cool food tool)
• CNN.com - Court: State can let beaten girl die - Jan 17, 2006: An 11-year-old girl is in a permanent vegetative state after being kicked and beaten with a baseball bat by her stepfather who wants to keep her on life support so he isn't charged with her murder. Ironic touch: Photo of girl wearing prisoner costume. (crime evil irony massachusetts news photo us weird)
• CNN.com - Astronaut questions shuttle safety in book - Jan 17, 2006: Shuttle "most dangerous manned spacecraft ever flown, by anybody." On application to astronaut corps: "I was determined when the NASA proctologist looked up my ass, he would see pipes so dazzling he would ask the nurse to get his sunglasses." (funny nasa news space us weird)
• Dragon Labs | Octopus Engine: The Octopus Engine attempts to unify techniques for rounded corners, drop shadows, custom borders and faux columns, all in one pretty package. It’s an all-in-one, one in all approach, encompassing whatever effects one needs. (css design framework howto html javascript)
• Woman pleaded: I want hitman to kill me: A 53-year-old woman was so depressed and desperate to end her life that she agreed to pay a friend to arrange for a hitman to kill her, but the friend failed to keep his side of the bargain and she shopped him to the police. (crime news uk weird)
• LinuxKungFu - ipkungfu: ipkungfu is a bash script for Linux which builds firewalls using iptables. (linux network security)
• Sploid: Study proves meetings suck: Psychologists have finally proven what regular people have known forever: Meetings are soul-sucking, spirit-crushing wastes of time. (meetings productivity psychology science sploid sucks)