Human vending machines, IDs (drivers license calculations, credit cards), And PRETTY website

Japanese Human Vending Machine.
Doesn't actually distribute humans, but rather, is powered by a human.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/japanese-human-vending-machine-237011.php
Looks to be a promo, but amusing nonetheless.

Unique ID: http://www.highprogrammer.com/alan/numbers/
Provides random things, like Driver's License Numbers calculation and verification. I tried the Maryland one, and it's surprisingly accurate.

There's also, linked from that site, an anatomy of credit cards: http://www.merriampark.com/anatomycc.htm
which links to a frightfully long article on credit cards: http://euro.ecom.cmu.edu/resources/elibrary/everycc.htm
Quite interesting.

And a friend pointed this out to me:
http://www.panic.com/coda/
It's not actually the application I'm interested in - I haven't tried that. It's the website that's amazing.

I love the sound of rain.

I don't know why. It's so soothing, sometimes. Rain falling.

Rain good. Water is one of the magical conduits. So rain good, despite being wet.

[edit]
Dear birds,
It's frigging pouring cats and dogs out there. Why the hell are you singing? Plus, it's 3 AM. Go to sleep!
Ben

Byebye Producers. And Monty Python Coconuts.

The Producers has now closed on Broadway.
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN2330074120070223

And uh, Monty Python had some 5,567 people play coconuts - breaking the world record for coconut-orchestra playing. o.O
http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/AgeConcern/News_MoreInfo.asp?Articleid=18129009&titleID=Monty+Python+pair+break+coconut+orchestra+record+(25.04.07)