Carson Cistulli offers yet another "Etherview," which for my money is the best interview series on the web. This time, he's got Dan Szymborski, BBTF maven, ZiPS creator, and classical pianist.

A contest for the ugliest and most useless visualization on the internet. I'm sure the competition will be fierce. What does it say when the two images offered on the contest site are useless but visually satisfying?

Albert Pujols' Hall of Fame Monitor is now 226. Would you take even money that he'd crack the top ten by age 35? You can find the explanation here.

Colin Wyers makes me so happy I think I might SQueaL. See? What I lack in technical expertise I make up for in godawful puns.

Enjoy your holidays, folks.