New Year Clearing Out Random Link Dump

To ring in the New Year and to start anew, here are the links that I’ve just had sitting here for a long while in various places around my hard drive. These are totally random, some fun, some interesting, some funny, some just downright scary, but should keep you entertained for a bit.

(And before I post all these, I wanted to wish everybody a happy and safe new year. Welcome ot 2008, everybody, and feel free to share your resolutions below.)

Links below and videos after the jump.

• Social Engineering Gone Wrong (I’ve had conversations like this).
• 8 Things You Don’t Really Have To Do.
• Tim O’Reilly is thankful he’s not Bill O’Reilly (I would be, too).
• The Biggest Data Disaster Ever.
• Swearing at work increases company morale.
• How to track down anybody online.
• Find Free MP3s at BeeMP3.
• Everybody who lives in Bend and is proud of our landmark butte needs this shirt.
• How did Futurama’s Zoidberg get his name? From an Apple II game that Futurama creator David X Cohen created.
• The problem with mainstream media today.
• FOIA reform: Bloggers are journalists, too.
• Laura Bush wishes she could stop s**ting blood.
• Moron crook for the day manages to get featured on the front page of a newspaper cleaning up in front of his business as well as robbing a store.
• One ridiculously expensive Starbucks drink.
• Boise firefighters return to find firehouse on fire.
• The 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2007.
• On the Bulletin’s free music downloads.
• Hot-or-Not-style Wedding Betting.
• Fake Warrant Generator.
• Mariah Carey’s Saudi Arabia Album Covers (yes, they’re legit).
• What is your home’s Walk Score?
• A bunch of Lifehacker top 10 lists with WiFI tweaks, body hacks, PDF tricks, iPhone apps, and more.

Videos after the jump.

The Human LCD:

Twins Develop Wedgie-Proof Undies:

Dude: The Only Word You’ll Ever Need:I Need Some Of These in My Cave-like Office:

Yet Another Reason To Not Smoke Cigarettes:

There’s a reason that real rock band members are millionaires and the folks that play the Rock Band video game are not (with proper video this time):

And here’s a screenshot I had on my hard drive from a while back. Read the caption for the photo: