Hey, sysadmins! Sick of spam? SpamShield is a sendmail utility that automatically detects spammers hitting your mail-server, in near-real-time and Ping-of-Death/DoSes them, shutting down their machine. Ah, justice. Link (Courtesy of the Voidmstr)

There's something amazingly compelling about Jef Pozkanzer's Web-widgets, especially this one: the Acme License-Plate Maker. Link

OK, it's meanspirited, but here's a site devoted to my favorite Bay Area loony. Frank Chu is the guy who walks up and down Market Street bearing a sign that reads: "IMPEACH CLINTON: 12 GALAXIES GUILTED TO A ZAGNATRONIC ROCKET SCIENCE." Yes, it's bad to make fun of schizophrenics, but this guy's delusions have positively Phil-Dickian depths. And it's a funny sign. (Thanks, spingo!) Link

My friends and I have relaunched our television program recommendation service, called TV Ultra. Every day, you can go to tvultra.com and find out which show we think is the best to watch (my pick for February 1 is A Raisin in the Sun). You can also sign up for the TV Ultra mailing list, and get the pick emailed to you in plenty of time to program your VCR. Link

Truly excellent picture of a little car nearly crushed under a load of plywood its owner was attempting to drive away with. Note the sleeping pasenger in the car! (Read the accompanying story, too.) Link

Excellent rent from Suck explaining why WAP sucks: WAP sucks. WAP devices suck. Anybody with the initials "WAP" sucks. A capital "W" next to a capital "A" even kerns badly. WAP-enabled devices (and the acronym menagerie that goes along with them) combine the rock-solid reliability of the Internet with the rock-solid reliability of a cell phone. Plus per-minute usage charges, the elegant legibility of a calculator wristwatch and the handy convenience of a portable sink for hand-washing obsessive-compulsives. The act of offering WAP as a "feature" rather than "some sort of extravagant expression of self-hatred" should be considered fraud. (Thanks, jbrewer!) Link

Oh. My. God. The "Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About" page is not only high-freakin-larious (funny enough to give Adrian Mole a run for his money), but it's also charming, British, and obsessive as hell. I love -- love -- cranks. (Thanks, Drue!)

Margret's four-hundred-and-fifty-second most annoying habit is to stealthily turn off the central heating (then light the gas fire in the room she's in, natch.). I'll suddenly notice that, sitting typing at the keyboard, I can see my own breath while from the bedroom one of the kids will call out "Papa, I can't feel my legs." And I'll shiver down the stairs to find the central heating set to 'Summer/Hypothermia/Cryogenic Suspension, and Margret in the living room watching the TV in a door frame warping furnace. Link

Some guy sold an empty PlayStation 2 box on eBay for $425. The item description read: "This is a [sic] auction for the playstation 2 original box and receipt."

On the feedback page, the buyer complained: "Buyer beware!!! Misleading information about item. Paid $425 for an empty box!"

The seller replied: "I sent what was promised in the auction.I do not rip people off. Shes [sic] a liar." Link

One of my favorite novels by Rudy Rucker, The Secret of Life, is now available as an eBook. Link

Inveterate zinester, former Adbusters editor, and science fiction writer Jim Monroe hosts No Media Kings, a guide for the indie media lover in you. Link