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I haven't killed this much time on a website in years. A cross between bash.org, Twitter, and a suicide hotline, FMyLife.com lets users post one- or two-line stories about their depressing lives, which people can vote and comment on. You can start with the Top FML page, but the entire site has a suprisingly high signal-to-noise ratio if you're into this kind of thing (which I obviously am). There are also mobile and iPhone versions if you need a quick pick-me-up on the go. (via Courtney Riot on Twitter)

John Nack on Adobe: Future Photoshop UI changes
Pretty interesting post from Photoshop's senior product manager about the betas of CS4 apps, which I'm just starting to kick the tires of, multiple-document-interface (single-window) apps, and whether or not they're Mac-like.

LA Weekly: The German street art duo Herakut opens their first solo US Exhibition at the Carmichael Gallery

Photography by Todd Sternisha

New York Times: Increasing Obesity Requires New Ambulance Equipment

Seriously, that's just pathetic.

LA Weekly: Toys and Hot Wheels Art Opening at Gallery 1988

Artists pay tribute to the time before video games: Pretty ponies, Skeletor, die-cast cars and more. Photography by Todd Sternisha and Natasha O. Chaney.

Battery-operated / pull-string romances never last, indeed:

"Maybe there are Lunchables in the snack machine in the break room."

All of the merger talk today reminds me of a joke of my mom's from a decade back:

Mom: Did you hear that Netscape bought out Yahoo?
Me: No, really?
Mom: Yeah, they're going to call it Netanyahu.

Speaking of Andy Baio, this isn't as nice as the mobile version of Upcoming on Leaflets, but if you want to get a quick look at movies, concerts, and gallery showings currently going on in and around Los Angeles, try LA Weekly Go Mobile, my skunkworks repackaging of LA Weekly's listings. For better and worse, it loads the widget as one big bolus, so while it takes a few seconds to come up, it then lets you click around instantly to different days and categories once it loads. This is both unofficial and a work in progress, so there's a ways to go, but I welcome the suggestions of anyone who happens to stumble upon it.

Update: the mobile calendar widget described above has been replaced by an official mobile version of the site that offers access to a greater range of the Weekly's content.

There's no way I'm going to be able to kill a whole afternoon at work when White Whine only updates once a day. (via the resurgent Waxy)

Ladytron put on a free concert at the outdoor mall down Hollywood Blvd. from me last night. Natasha and I went out and got some pictures. A couple of samples: