Transmitting Your iPod

A useful article comparing the many FM transmitters available for your iPod. Looks to me like this guy, and this one over here, are your best options. And, by best options, I mean that they seem to transmit clean audio to your FM radio. Most transmitters deliver disappointing signals.

Father Of American Wine?

Who deserves this title? Maybe Thomas Jefferson. (Again, via Wilson Quarterly)

Incident At Mid-State Office

The end of an era at The Onion? Was this the H-Dog's final column?

His offering from November 1998 will always be dear to me: "Human-Resources B-----s Be Makin' Me Take Vacation Days." An absurdly devoted worker, the H-Dog is introduced to the concept of vacation days--and that he must take them or lose them. In response to the HR rep who delivered this news, our H-Dog responds:

...I just laughs at tha fool. "You payin' me to chill?" I says. "Man, that's some straight-up wack s--t, sucka."

The full Herbert Kornfeld archive here.

Geek Porn

The Making of Star Wars looks like an interesting book. And did you know that George Lucas considered Freddie “Boom Boom” Washington for the part of Han Solo? A nice review by Ain't It Cool News here.

Brain Study

Slate presents a fascinating series on brain science. Score one for online journalism.