There are a few interesting tests. I’m not too worried about the strict XHTML validation and such, but I am curious about the speed results.

If you’re serious about maintaining a well-rounded, efficient website, the cheapest (and perhaps best) way to make sure you’re on the right track is self-evaluation. To get you started, we’ve put together a list containing 31 of our favorite tools for “grading” your website.

http://www.avivadirectory.com/free-online-tests/

So me and my car could run off of starch and water? Sweet.

High fuel prices and energy mandates bring all sorts of alternative fuel research and technology to the fore. University and government researchers recently whipped up a special blend of 13 enzymes and spices that releases hydrogen from a mixture of starch and water.

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/30/pasta-cargioli-pasta-powered-fuel-cell/

I bet they couldn’t get through airport security looking like that now.

In this 1960 photograph, the seven original Mercury astronauts participate in U.S. Air Force survival training exercises at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada. Pictured from left to right are: L. Gordon Cooper, M. Scott Carpenter, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter Schirra and Donald K. Slayton.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_832.html

I got a new XM receiver, so I took the chance to tune some new music.  I happened to chance on a station playing some pretty interesting music.  The first song I hit was a blend of Native American and Hawaiian.  The next was a Native American Reggae blend.

Hand of Grandfather, a weekly one hour radio program, offers an eclectic mix of American Indian/Canadian First Nations music including historical, peyote, powwow (Southern & Northern drums), flutes, traditional and contemporary music (including jazz, rock, blues, country and techno) as well as children’s music, humor, soundtracks and legends told by traditional storytellers. All artists are tribally affiliated.

http://www.handofgrandfather.net/

Yahoo has yet another Transformers trailer. I want to see this movie, but they are pushing me.

Watch the new exclusive trailer for Michael Bay’s ‘TRANSFORMERS.’

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/transformers.html

I really wish they would do an official animated movie. Or a series.

This short is for my animation’s school leaving examination. www.dadomani.com animated for CFP Milano film school.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajsWq5-yL_0

Badass:

To create “Re\Visioned: Tomb Raider” GameTap commissioned Peter Chung, Jim Lee, Warren Ellis, Cully Hamner, Gail Simone, David Alvarez, Michael Stackpole, Brian Pulido, and Christos Gage, among others, to provide their ‘Re\Visioned’ view of the famous video game heroine.

http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=4304

Gold.

Bruce Campbell’s new ad for Old Spice. Ahoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TgUkewQX1M

This is not the kind of quote I was expecting.

My mother always told me that no matter how much you dislike a person, when you meet them face to face you will find characteristics about them that you like. Jerry Falwell was a perfect example of that. I hated everything he stood for, but after meeting him in person, years after the trial, Jerry Falwell and I became good friends. He would visit me in California and we would debate together on college campuses. I always appreciated his sincerity even though I knew what he was selling and he knew what I was selling.

http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah5356.shtml?dst=rss%7Cgeneral_rss

Its a low quality stream, but for standup that’s fine.

Spend your day listening to the best comedy and discover your favorite new comedians here at The Laugh Button. As a completely free internet stream, our goal is to find the best new and established comedians and bring them to you 24-7 at no cost. Our staff selects premium comedy material and streams it to you on the player. Whether you want just a quick comedy fix or to pass the day laughing, we’re only one click away.

http://www.thelaughbutton.net/