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As I was ripping CDs to my iPod, I came across a signed copy of Mink Car by They Might Be Giants.

Hey, pretty neat. One problem: where did I get a signed copy of this CD? I can’t remember! And who is John Sid? The signature obscured by the sticker is definitely John Flansburgh’s, consisting of a bespectacled smiley face in place of the “o.”  I can only assume that the top signature is one of John Linnel’s pseudonyms; he has been know to sign things “J.Lo Linnel” among others. This does not solve the problem of where this CD came from, however. Anybody have any ideas?

I won’t go into specifics, but suffice it to say that I managed to run over my USB flash drive no less than twice. With my car. From the picture the drive sure seems to be intact, but perhaps its data storage abilities have been compromised! Lo, upon plugging it into my computer, all of my files were as non-destroyed as they were before crushing them with a 2,365 pound vehicle. Consider this a shining recommendation for USB flash drives from Dell, where the 512MB model is inexplicably five dollars cheaper than the 256MB one, and both are available for “as low as $1/month.”

…who would ever need to convert acres to square light-years?

It also works with square megaparsecs and yottameters, but I think I’m the only one geeky enough to even know those units existed.