Homemade weapon of the day: How to turn your $5 disposable camera into a cheap taser. (Via Linkfilter.)

What's new in mind control technology.

Whatever happened to HavenCo? It received a lot of publicity in this July 2000 Wired article as an offshore data haven located on the artificial island "nation" of Sealand, theoretically free from the reach of other governments. However, HavenCo's former Chief Technology Officer Ryan Lackey has since written a pretty scathing review of the subsequent events in "HavenCo: What Really Happened", available as a PDF file or HTML version. Of course, this is just one side of a story; more information is available here

Unlikely phrases from real phrasebooks.