It’s that time again! Time for another roundup of slightly aged headlines and awesome links But first a personal note: tonight I’m proud to announce that team 9 is the official champion of the Goshen Men’s Intramural Basketball B League! (phew, that’s a mouthful) Regardless, it was a TON of fun playing a lil b’ball again, and while I definitely wasn’t one of the strongest players on the team It was great getting a little practice again. Heck, now we even get free shirts

This episode’s first interesting like award goes to Guy Billout. I found him through random link wandering and enjoy his interesting twists on scenes that often appear quite traditional at first glance. So yeah, check out his online gallery and see what you think. I especially liked the second row of "light" paintings and the one of the tank over sunflowers. Apparently he has a children’s book of his artwork for sale too.

Next, it’s off to the Apple rumor mill. Yes, I know. Since AtAT unofficially left the air and I got extremely busy I haven’t been as much of a dedicated MacAddict as I have been in the past, but I just couldn’t pass up this bit of news. According to articles at both hrmpf.com and MacRumors Apple has issued patent applications covering the design and use of "gestures with touch sensitive devices." What it boils down to is that Apple may be on the move towards building a tablet computer or extreme video iPod (some day). Of course looking at the animations at hrmpf.com I’m just excited to be one step closer to getting my hands on those computers from The Island or even Minority Report. Score!

In other news, my respect for Coldplay continues to grow For those who own X&Y I suspect that you’ve discovered that the colored blocks on the cover are in fact a sort of code spelling "X&Y." The key to the code is clearly printed in the CD’s booklet. What I more recently discovered is that the code isn’t random as I first expected but is in fact a variation of Baudot code. This code was apparently widely used for telegraphs back in the day and was "probably the first truly “digital” means of communication." Anyway, I thought it was cool, and even VH1 thought it was worth mentioning! So Yay for Coldplay using obscure binary communication to appeal to the nerdy segment of their fan base