Croatian man in rubber boots hit by lightning while peeing and lives to tell the tale.

If you are into the whole grid deal, then here is a handy calculator to figure out the grid.

A list of the world’s weirdest/stupidest conspiracy theories.

“The driver shot JFK”

GigaOM compares, contrasts and rates the new Amazon MP3 service against Apple iTunes.

This look like a great idea with a lot of potential: record your sketch, optionally add voice, and embed to your blog like you would a YouTube video, priceless! [intro video]

Amazon has created a massive online DRM-Free MP3s music store to challenge Apple’s domination of online music downloads. Single songs can be downloaded for $.89, and albums at $8.99 or less. Now how about shortening some of those URLs Amazon?!

Looks like Microsoft is in talks with Facebook to buy a minority stake in the company, which could value Facebook at $10 to $15 billion. I hope they don’t sell out to Microsoft.

If you find the WordPress admin area difficult to use and annoying, here is a review of 5 desktop administration alternatives for WordPress.

Well, it’s exactly that, “So Called $100 Laptop”. What had been claimed to be a $100 laptop is no longer $100, but instead $188 for the children. US residents can buy one and get one free for $399, where the buyer will get one and the other will be sent to a child in the developing world. Is this the best the brilliant minds at MIT could come up with!

A WordPress theme designer shares his thoughts on if it’s feasible and worthwhile to sell WordPress themes. There is a good discussion going on in the comments to this post as well. Maybe it’s time to stop giving away free themes, and start charging for it.