1. Sex and memorial day

On the Huffington Post, Kim Cattrall, whose family has served in the military for four generations, writes a column about how Americans should make Memorial Day meaningful, and not just go shopping. Quite surprising coming from someone who made a living appearing in a show about a set of shopping-obsessed characters.

http://short.ie/rz4xrj

2. Gung-ho gizmos

On Boing Boing Gadgets (a fantastic website should you wish to unleash your inner nerd) there's a great photo gallery called 'The Gear Of War' focusing on unusual gadgets utilised in military battles. Portable retina scanners in Iraq and unmanned robotic vehicles are all illustrated.

http://short.ie/woy6sc

3. Who's bad?

If you doubted that Michael Jackson's 50 gigs at the O2 in London were going ahead, then here's the video that (sort of) proves that they are – a mini YouTube documentary on the auditions for and casting of dancers and crew members for the mammoth gig stint.

http://short.ie/56qfgu

4. I was born in the usb

Worth1000.com has a photoshopping contest called 'USB Conquers the World', inviting inventive photoshoppers to envisage the next step USB connector plugs could take. Everything from USB-charged flowers, to detachable USB fingertips are imagined. Some of the work is a bit rough, but the USB-attached foetus deserves a special prize.

http://short.ie/jgxh0y

5. Topsy of the popsies

Proof that Twitter is officially taking over the web is Topsy, which is basic terms is a new search engine that monitors who users link and source documents on Twitter as a way of harvesting results. It is, in effect, "a search engine powered by tweets."

www.topsy.com

6. The upshot

If you want to see the lengths people will go to to stalk and video film stars, then check out this video of some guy getting Ben Affleck to unwittingly sign an autograph in a shop with a spy pen which films the whole thing.

http://short.ie/8srxpz

7. Gummi bear surgery

Of course lots of us think of performing surgery on gummi bears on a day to day basis, right? Now here's a step by step guide on how to create gummi sculptures through scalpel surgery, gummi transplants from one part of a bear to another, and other time wasting activities.

http://short.ie/y4b8j8