links for 2006-12-26

Stormtroopers and a planet of Naboo float at the Rose Parade, with 200 501st Stormtroopers marching.

Making carbon neutral ethanol via termites

"Studies are piling up that show that messy desks are the vivid signatures of people with creative, limber minds (who reap higher salaries than those with neat “office landscapes”) and that messy closet owners are probably better parents and nicer and