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Update: (2005-01-16)My articles on GTD are now being moved to our HowTo section on productivity, including my introduction, my article about GTD methods, and the PigPog Method. I’ll leave the original articles here, to avoid breaking anyone’s links and bookmarks, but use the above links for updated versions. Further updates to them will only appear in the HowTo section, and in our News Blog.

Update 2005-10-31: The articles are now all in our new Productivity section.

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Automobiles (Licensed to Bill): “A man whose car bore personalized license plates reading ‘NO PLATE’ received notices for thousands of unpaid parking tickets.”

Boing Boing: KITT for sale: “The original scanner mounted in the front of the vehicle was restored and functions properly. The scanner sound effect is also added to external speakers so it can be heard while the scanner is running. Besides the original Universal registration, the car comes with the original stamped steel ‘KNIGHT’ license plate”

If you grew up in the 80s, you will want this. I want this. And remember, Michael – one man can make a difference.

Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com: “The New Yorker magazine reports in its July 26th edition that members of all four branches of the U.S. military can get face-lifts, breast enlargements, liposuction and nose jobs for free”

You might get killed in Iraq, but at least the wife will have larger breasts to attract a replacement for you.

2004 Toyota Prius review and test drive (debris.com – online journal of matthew mcglynn): “Every car around me was spewing carbon monoxide and toxic chemicals into the air, but my Prius burned nothing and spewed nothing. Every hybrid on the road reduces rush-hour pollution. This has an immediate positive impact on the health of the people in traffic and of everyone who lives nearby. It also helps prevent, erm, going to war to secure future oil supplies. It simply makes more sense.”

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Pregnancy (Youngest Mother): “Regardless of our squeamishness, we have to note that the claim of a five-year-old girl giving birth is apparently true. Her name was Lina Medina, a Peruvian girl from the Andean village of Ticrapo who made medical history in 1939 when she gave birth to a boy by caesarean section in May 1939 at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days.”

jwz – cool sculptures: “Rabarama vision: painted bronze sculptures by Italian artist Rabarama sit in downtown Shanghai to promote the artist’s exhibition that will be held from at Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall.”

The second one looks especially unhappy.

Its obesity talk time, again. | Metafilter: “You heard that right. A donut drink. The United States is still food innovator #1″

The US is #1, so why try harder?

Still, who are they kidding? Scotland has the deep fried Mars bar (Chocolate covered nougat and caramel for those outside the UK who don’t know Mars bars), and there’s a place just down the road from us that makes a mixed grill balti – two of every kind of meat product, curried. Very nice.

Army rations rehydrated by urine | New Scientist: “Hydration Technology of Albany, Oregon, which makes the membrane, says soldiers should only use urine in an absolute emergency because the membrane is too coarse to filter out urea.”

Piss on your chicken, then eat it. Mmmm… Really gives you a taste for KFC, doesn’t it?

Pyramid Melon: “have you ever seen a watermelon grown into the shape of a pyramid?”

Pyramid Melons. For some reason, Madonna springs to mind.