Pimp my ride

Some amazing body kits on these vans -- amazingly funny:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/highglosshighs/24469638/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/friedtoast/1377558758/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/friedtoast/2130512830/

Windows XP SP3 due on April 29

Looks like SP3 it's almost ready, for all those Vista haters:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207200856

It was RTM's on Apr 21, and is coming to Windows Update and MSDN on April 29th, although won't be automatically installed until June 10, 2008, according to Neowin.

Europe gets power from African sun

For only $400 billion, they could generate enough power for all of Europe plus most of the Middle East and North Africa:

http://solveclimate.com/blog/20080421/solar-power-africa-best-investment-eu-can-make

($400 billion is about the annual US deficit, or the cost of a war in Iraq.)

Evolution: Fact or Fiction

I wonder if this chart is accurate? The USA is 1 spot above the bottom:

http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=060810_evo_rank_02.jpg&cap=A+chart+showing+public+acceptance+of+evolution+in+34+countries.+The+United+States+ranked+near+the+bottom%2C+beat+only+by+Turkey.+Credit%3A+Science

Wacky church in South Carolina

From the "we don't need the facts" department:

http://www.wspa.com/midatlantic/spa/news.apx.-content-articles-SPA-2008-04-20-0005.html

Oppressed by your computer?

This simple program disables your network, so you can get creative stuff done, like work or writing:

http://www.ibiblio.org/fred/freedom/

Amazing Rollercoaster

Whoa, check this out -- in Ohio:

http://www.rense.com/general69/cedar.htm

Climb to 400+ feet, and scream down at 120 mph!