A surreal and supremely inane compendium of miscellaneous knowledge, Vol 17

Article about late Ed Benedict, genius character designer for Hanna Barbera. Link

Video -- "When his only friend shuts off, Walter Robot is forced to trek into the unknown to find the true meaning of life on his lonely planet." Link

The Crucible's Michael Sturtz breaks land speed record (130.614 MPH) on his biodiesel-powered Die Moto machine. Link

Recipe for baking chocolate chip cookies on your dashboard, where temperature can reach 180 degrees F. (Best car freshener smell ever.) Link

Tomatoes in a dumpster. Link (More dumpster delectables here)

(Thanks, Charles and other Boing Boing readers!)

[#1 posted by Gilbert Wham , September 4, 2007 4:05 PM]

That Barney Rubble is so fantastic I want it tattooed on my arm.

[#2 posted by Stu Mark , September 4, 2007 5:04 PM]

Please, help me understand. The story says that a record was broken, but the number cited is 130.614 MPH. Now, I assume MPH is Miles Per Hour, and not something else (I'm not a speed geek, though it absolutely looks like fun, it's just that it involves math, so...). If so, I don't get it. The land speed record (for a machine with a minimum of one wheel) is about 763 mph, and the fastest motorcycle record is about 350 mph. So, as a loyal, and trusting, boingboing fanatic, would someone explain to me what I'm not understanding about this math?

[#3 posted by Anonymous , September 4, 2007 8:43 PM]

Obviously it's the record for biodiesel-powered.

[#4 posted by erindipity , September 4, 2007 10:12 PM]

I'm with Gilbert, that Barney Rubble is utterly fsntastic!

[#5 posted by loneconspirator , September 4, 2007 11:09 PM]

Please contribute pictures of produce perplexingly discarded and other such things at the Wasted Food pool on flickr.

[#6 posted by Anonymous , September 6, 2007 1:28 AM]

The world record is for Diesel motorcycles, previously at 105 mph.