http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/09/28/5062.aspx"Intel is offering $1m in prizes to designers and manufacturers who can come up with sexier alternatives to the 'big, beige box'."  I hope we get to see the submissions. Speaking of contests, stump the most people with your pseudo-fact or truthfulen-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/09/28/5062.aspx#5175Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:42:37 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:5175MechawattsThose animations are Rube Goldberg-like. Acutally, I'm sure there's a better name for it than that, because there was a motorized version of this same thing made from wires with ball bearings moving a perpetual cycle on display in a Sweet Factory inside a local mall of mine, but I don't know the name of the artist.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/09/28/5062.aspx#5187Sun, 01 Oct 2006 06:00:30 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:5187Paul Kimelman, Alamo, CA> Is there a name for these? I feel like I've seen a few online. Escher-like animations? I think you mean "Rube Goldberg-like" animations.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/09/28/5062.aspx#5223Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:00:02 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:5223Jason T, San Diego, CAInteresting that although the "pork-busters" bill was decidedly bipartisan in it's blogosphere support, the only bloggers invited to attend were conservative writers.