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kottke posts:
…in celebration, this is my new favorite fact about pi: we have calculated pi out to over 6.4 billion digits but only 39 of them are needed to calculate the circumference of a circle as big as the universe “with a precision comparable to the radius of a hydrogen atom”. (via @santheo)
Researchers at UCSD have modified an MP3 file so that when it is played on a car’s stereo system it modifies the stereo’s firmware and opens up a security back door into the car’s operating system. Using it, they were then able to control the door locks, the car ignition, and change the speedometer reading.
They hypothesize that black-hats could create such modified files and spread them around on the torrent networks. And given that some cars now are networked and contain GPS systems, they say that cars which become compromised could be programmed to announce their location so that thieves could locate and steal them.
Scary stuff. Although as one commenter points out, “So thieves can locate and unlock my car? Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think they have this ability now using technology called eyes and brick.” 
I want to combat some of the misinformation flowing across the net about the unfolding disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant, because there’s way too much panic, and not enough knowledge.
If you don’t want to read everything below, I’ll summarize: If you live outside of Fukushima, you’re safe.
Boing Boing posts:
YouTuber TRMUS1C recut several episodes of Seinfeld to make a trailer for a notional movie called “Jerry the Great,” about a film in which a power-mad Jerry Seinfeld and his richilieu George Costanza embark on a brutal, savage quest for global domination. Seinfeld comes across as convincingly sinister – bravo!