Oh, Engadget. My blog wants to do the same thing to you. Check out Robotic arm rides, 5 cents. One SRL member commented, “What fun, with such an expensive robot. It appears that the programmer didn’t fully calculate the floor clearance, but all’s well that ends well.” (Thanks Adam! Reference: Big Arm)

I seldom link to the Worth 1000 ‘tests, but this Mac one is very fun indeed. Of course, I love the naughty ones like the (done, done and done yet again) iBrator, iSuppository the iPump (oh my!), and iCondom. Cute! Now we just need a strap-on kit — the iPeg?

Sent by a reader, a link to pics of these gorgeous white tattoos posted last season on body modification blog ModBlog. Unfortunately I can’t get far back enough in their galleries to give you a link to the whole photoset the post mentions, but this post has a few more. And yes, they’re real, even…

I have a friend who just had a baby — I think this might be what she feels like right now. Jokes about backing up the milk truck aside, you have to see the rest of the hooteriffic photo set (via), showing the making of these exquisite topheavy sculptures, in a variety of sizes. Can…

You know, Gore Vidal has a special place in my heart, not just for his writing but for his outspokenness on many topics. Also — and I know this is shocking — a dear (male) friend of mine had sex with him once, just because he was Gore Vidal. Whoah. Anyway, the wine is talking…

The Condensed History of Humankind is a nice set of galleries that are providing me with an evening’s distraction. Enjoy.

Many readers know that last month I went to Vienna, Austria for Roboexotica and to be on the Taugshow — all thanks to Monochrom. The video for my Taugshow episode is now online, and in it you’ll see me, V. Vale, and other things including the hilarious Farewell to Overhead song, a laugh-out-loud funny ode…

It’s the holiday present I’ve been praying to the baby jeezus for: Irina Slutsky‘s Boobs in a Box. I got a call from her about jumping in on the video action but I was too mopey this weekend to help — SO, even if you didn’t see the SNL video, do not miss the super-awesome…

At our local (San Francisco) Weinstein Gallery — his Timeless series, link via sexblo.gs. I’ve been idly returning to these paintings for a few days when procrastinating, not even realizing that this painter is a San Franciscan… so wonderful. His new paintings are inspired by San Francisco Ballet’s principal dancer, Yuan Yuan Tan. Snip from…

At SRL for many months, us women in the shop have built up a frothy reservoir of angst toward Make Magazine for never putting forward women makers (as opposed to women crafters), and the whole overall “make is for boys, craft is for girls” vibe the empire exudes — don’t get me wrong, I’m friends…