del.icio.us links for 2006-01-18

• SANS - Internet Storm Center - Cooperative Cyber Threat Monitor And Alert System: Lists the current top 20 target ports in descending order of number of targets, according to ISC reports. (network reference security tool)
• Challenger buff bares it all inside auto show: Show officials are trying to learn who sneaked a tipsy blond woman onto the Cobo Center show floor about 2:30 a.m. Monday to pose nude atop the new Dodge Challenger. "We want people to love these cars but not in that way." Sadly, the story only has a pict (car dodge funny news weird)
• gapingvoid: top ten reasons why nobody reads your blog: "If you weren't so stupid I could explain to you how stupid you are!!" (blogging humor rant)
• War's stunning price tag: White House economic advisor Lawrence Lindsey was effectively fired for suggesting that the war might cost up to $200 billion, rather than the $60 billion claimed by the president's budget office. Current (Jan 2006) estimate: $1-2 trillion. (bush iraq news war)
• Sploid: Chupacabra shot dead: A pair of East Texas brothers went hunting for the mystery beast seen around the woods and came back with a dead Chupacabra. (chupacabra news sploid texas us weird)
• U.S. Holds Going-Out-Of-Business Sale | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: The Washington-based government, which hasn't shown a profit in five years and carries the highest debt in its history, was ultimately driven out of business by costly overhead and cheap foreign competitors. (bush humor politics theonion us)
• Maverick Hunter's 'Human Beings As Prey' Plan Not As Challenging As Expected | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: Von Urwitz said three vacationers brazenly approached him with strange questions. "They asked about grand prizes and something they called an 'immunity challenge,'" von Urwitz said. "I had my men slit their throats." (evil humor news theonion)
• Linux Distribution Chooser: Questionnaire to help you decide what Linux distribution to use. Seems reasonably well-done, and the questionnaire itself is an interesting bit of web design. (design linux tool web)