Femtroopers, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age [via]

Would it be considered passive aggressive to print this out and slide it under my neighbor’s door

Nintendo is the number one console maker for the first time in 17 years

Has now outsold the Xbox 360, which had a one year head start. Unbelievable.

And other geek cufflinks

Last.fm is now fingerprinting your MP3 collection for better metadata tagging

Eventual plans include a query-able API that will let you fix the broken metadata on your music, using the power of collectivized tagging. Pretty nifty.

Trying to impress that hottie at the bar? Money talks. Hand out your number on the back of one of our fake ATM receipts.

—If your winning personality isn’t enough, maybe you can dupe her into thinking you’re rich

Satisfaction looks like a pretty interesting model for distributed customer service

Sometimes, customers are your best resource

This show, just like so many movies and shows before it, is nothing more than a slick tool to recruit young or naive minds into the service of Satan.

—Harry Gaylord, who takes issue with a new TV show, “Reaper”, where serving Satan is chic and cool

Luminous Landscape has a photosafari Antarctica in January

At nearly $14k for a ticket, it ain’t exactly cheap but this looks like a pretty amazing experience. Christmas?

Slate says that Portland (not Seattle!) is America’s indie rock mecca

Portland’s a great town, just about everything I love about the PNW, with real urban planning