Wider Angle: Links for 08.25.06

I've been listening to the new Hybrid album due out September 4, I Choose Noise. It's good, though not quite what I was expecting. It's not that melodic and not very thumping. Very dark. Very big. But very few songs in the traditional sense, more mood pieces. The most glaring omission from the LP is their track "Sleepwalking," that they've been playing in DJ sets for over a year. It's a brutal breakbeat with that killer bassy Hybrid sound that twitches and glitches and fucks up the dancing feet. I've been wanting it for months. So where is it?

If you need massive storage and grid computing on the cheap, Amazon's got you covered.

Improv Everywhere's Slo-Mo Home Depot project. They invaded the 23rd st. Home Depot, shopped in slow motion for 5 minutes, shopped normally for 5 minutes, then stood completely still while, magically and unplanned, Jewel's "Standing Still" played over the PA system. Bravo.

Amanda Cogdon (formerly of Rocketboom Internets fame) is teaming up with the wonderful popurls to host a, well, section. Of links. I can dig it.

Used FAQs is a continually updated collection of pieces from FAQs from all over the Internets. "My stomach is really normal size, but over the years it has been trained to stretch quite a bit. As far as capacity is concerned, I believe I can handle up to 16 pounds of food and liquid overall."

P. Diddy's gonna shut down his own studio for his lame behavior. Not really, but he should. He should have years ago.

I was not aware that DVD-R's have weird copy-protection data and unique identifiers, while DVD+R's do not. [via reddit]

The alternate title for this article was OBL: TMI. Osama Bin Laden's ex-girlfriend/concubine wrote a book documenting her experiences. The dude loves the B52's. "To this day I hear the song 'Rock Lobster' in my sleep."

The evolution of speechballoons in centuries-old art. [via waxy]

By the way, is it just me or has Digg gone sharply downhill since launching all their new categories? When people submitted non-tech stuff to the old Digg, if it was really interesting it got modded up anyway. Now there's just all sorts of useless shit on the front page. Yes, I can filter my results, but the quality of links has diminished as well because the user base is more broad. I'm beginning to read Slashdot again and now make Reddit a multiple-times-daily stop.

The Trinity Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia was set on fire today and all five of its monumental domes have collapsed. They hope to rebuild within 18 months.

Some gorgeous photos of the American Falls at Niagra frozen over. [via reddit]