"You know something's up when both the secretary of the Treasury and the chairman of the Federal Reserve give speeches calling for a new mechanism to allow them to manage the orderly liquidation of a major financial institution." (See also, courtesy ninjacooter.)

Good read: The End of Theory: 'The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete'

On Dr. Watson and racism.

Why Brazil is selling more bulletproof cars.

And finally, this groovy pic: