Here's your linkfood for tonight. I found an online filesystem service called rsync.net. It's probably most commonly used for backups, but it could work for a lot more things. I'm considering signing up, simply because it's so flexible. It's quite a bit more expensive per GB of data stored than Amazon S3, but they support lots of cool applications for accessing the files.

Well, after lots of time making sure the design was okay and more time building the back end and more time getting enough content to reach "critical mass", the Huntsville Master Chorale web site is now open for business.

There's not much there yet, but there's enough to get started, and I don't want to grow things too quickly. I'd rather start slowly and keep our hands around it then lose our grip.

Kudos to my lovely wife for the site design and for setting up the back end (running Drupal).

And thanks to Misty for redrawing the Chorale logo in vector format! *hug*

Here's your random link for the day:
Where do Hollywood babies come from?

My vote for the most bizarre detail from this article:

Screen Actors Guild guidelines do cover condiment usage. Grape, red currant, and cherry jelly can be used to simulate birth-related fluids.

If anyone in our group of friends is going to post about it, it would be me:

Boston lead singer found dead in his home

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to be released in July

Thanks to Thomas for the cool link that got me started on this one.

First, anyone who watches Mythbusters must see this Flash animation.

Seen it? Okay. Jamie's technobabble over the big diagram reminded me of an old electrical engineering in-joke: the turboencabulator. I have known for a long time about a video incarnation of this joke apparently made by some folks at Rockwell: The Rockwell Automation Retroencabulator.

However, what I didn't realize is that Chrysler took a shot at this old joke even earlier: The Chrysler Turboencabulator. Keep listening. There are some screw-the-customer jokes at the end.

I love how this old joke just keeps coming back.

Bonus for the Mythbusters fans
Do pretty girls fart?
I hope they pay the poor girl well.

I don't often post links here without a fair amount of commentary, but this one really doesn't need anything added. I stole this one from a friend's LJ post.

Watch "evolution"

For a long time now, I've been fairly annoyed with the media and political hyperbole surrounding the future use of hydrogen. Most of the attention I've seen seems to revolve around the (admittedly worthy) advances in the devices (fuel cells, mostly) that help us convert hydrogen into energy for use in cars, consumer devices, etc. That's great as far as it goes, but it's not the whole story. Read more »

I've been meaning for a while to post about a dilemma I've had.

It's sad when a good band gets sucked into the dark side by a video director with a "vision". Anyone can make a crappy video, but it's especially painful to me when it's a successful band that should know better. Even worse when it's a song I actually enjoy.

Given that narrowed definition, I've been debating which of two videos I've seen truly qualifies as the worst video ever... the one that does the most damage to a song I really like. Read more »