dave writes: "There isn't too much of a story besides he probably should be studying film and not drinking an entire bottle of whiskey."

Read on for pictures of a "Jack and Orton on the rocks" from deadspin.

Update: Orton's reaction to the release of the pictures has been added to this post after the pictures.

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The title really says it all. According to Wired, Brigham Young University has created carbonated yogurt.

It's a little tart and a little sweet, and bubbles lightly with fruity flavor as it hits your tongue. People who like regular yogurt will probably find it tasty and also slightly weird, given that we usually associate carbonation with the fizzy bite of a cold soda.

"It's not painful like soda pop," said Lynn Ogden, a food science professor at Brigham Young University who developed the prototype product he calls "sparkling yogurt" using dry ice -- frozen carbon dioxide -- left over from making homemade root beer.

Makers of a fizzy milk beverage called e-Moo have a similar idea in mind. The drink, developed by Massachusetts-based Mac Farms in a cooperative effort with Cornell University, is made from carbonated skim milk, fructose and added flavoring.

Carbonated milk? Sounds awful. And why's it called e-Moo? Do you have to download it?

The Dispatch has an article about how NBA player Melvin Ely was robbed of about $30,000 worth of stuff.

According to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police report, Ely and two friends were robbed by four men in the parking lot of the Carousel Club early Wednesday. The suspects also shot at his car, the report said.

Speaking about the incident for the first time Monday during Bobcats media day, Ely said he found the jewelry at a pawn shop last week, and while he was there, one of the four men who robbed him walked through the door.

"I'm in the pawn shop giving the guy the description of my jewelry, he says he has it and he gave it to me free," Ely said. "As I'm talking to the owner, the guy who robs me walks right in, swear to God. They saw me and ran out, but his face is on the (security) camera.

"Basically, they're going to get caught. They aren't the smartest criminals."

Savvy.com (formerly xposed.com - read the funny reason for the name change here) has got a list of ways Hollywood can make good movies instead of mostly crap. I've snipped out the headings since most of these are self-explanatory.

• Less Formula, Less Predictable.
• Stop Recycling Old Shows and Storylines.
• Care Less About Opening Weekend.
• Avoid the Herd Mentality.
• Entertain Us.
• Challenge Our Presumptions.
• Use Special Effects to tell Human Stories.
• Give Adults Something to Watch.
• Give Us the Occasional Down Ending.

Last I checked, that's only 9 things. Not a bad list though.

There's a story at mosnews.com (Moscow News) about a guy who has been living in a self-made fridge for more than 15 years.

Suffering a rare disorder — he cannot stand the heat and sunlight — Matyukhin has been confined to a self-built giant fridge for over 15 years now, the Moskovsky Komsomolets daily reported on Friday.

The man is suffering a rare heat exchange disorder and cannot stand temperatures over 5 degrees Celsius. For nearly fifteen years no, Matyukhin has been living in a fridge.

Born in Krasnodar in Russian South, Matyukhin graduated from a construction college. One fine day, the youth suffered a sunstroke that triggered all his woes.

Doctors could not help him. They consulted their colleagues in other cities across the country and abroad. At some point it transpired that a similar case had been earlier registered in the U.S. where doctors, too, could not figure out how to alleviate the patient’s suffering. But as the man was able to afford expensive treatment he had a special suit with cold air supplied inside from cylinders made for him.

Living in a fridge is one thing, but that last guy they mention with the cold suit has got to be the real-life Dr. Victor Fries.

ABC has a blurb about an officer encoutering his stolen (and not a police) motorcyle.

Police officer Jeremiah Motz says he was shocked – to see his stolen motorcycle in the back of a pickup.

The bike was stolen the day before from his apartment complex in Greenville, South Carolina. Early Saturday morning, he saw his motorcycle in a truck driving through the complex. Just to make sure, Motz checked the license plate and sure enough it was his.

The driver tried to make a getaway – but didn't get far. Officers say they busted two suspects in a local church parking lot.

There's a story in the Salt Lake Tribune about a ridiculous case:

The Appellate Court of Illinois ruled in July that the family of Detroy Marshall Sr. could proceed with their lawsuit against Burger King for Marshall's wrongful death caused when a car jumped the curb and crashed into a BK whose building was protected by a brick wall that the restaurant had built only a few feet from the ground instead of higher up. The trial court had dismissed the lawsuit, ruling that Burger Kings can't be expected to build fortresses against recklessly driven, airborne cars.

They should really make the buildings out of concrete, so these fools can go flying around the parking lot at 100MPH. Seriously, how fast would you have to be going to get airborne enough to fly into the building?

dave submitted a CNN article about a smart beer mat. It gets the bartender's attention (without showing any cleavage) when it detects when the glass is nearing empty by sensing the weight of the glass. It then sends a wireless signal to the bartender indicating a refill is needed. The device is plastic (to protect the electronics) so a cardboard coaster can be placed on top of it. There are also plans to integrate the device in bar games. "This could be used as a 'voting system' during karaoke competitions: patrons could raise their glass if they liked a singer, or flip it over if they did not, Butz said."

SFGate.com has a story about the Icer Air 2005 competition in San Francisco, for which they dumped tons of snow on Fillmore Street, a street with an 18-degree incline. From Yahoo: "Johnny Moseley, the 1998 Olympic gold medal winner in moguls, beamed with pride as he dug his heels in the snow, helped erect retaining walls, and oversaw the growing contour of the slope. "It's about 14,000 cubic feet. That's my number," Moseley said as he helped staple up some banners promoting sponsors of the event, which was organized by Icer Air, a ski equipment company. "We've got plenty. We're good."

It was hard to say which was more exotic, a stifling hot day in San Francisco or snow on Fillmore Street. The two extremes converged Thursday in Pacific Heights for Icer Air 2005 as thousands of people in shorts, tank-tops and sandals cheered on Olympic skier Jonny Moseley and 20 other professional skiers and snowboarders as they skied down Fillmore Street hill, flew off a jump at Vallejo Street and landed in a pile of slush near Green Street.

There were, however, some problems. At one point in the show, a snowboarder skidded off the landing strip and flew into the crowd. Two people were treated at a hospital for minor injuries as a result. One of the people injured was an Icer volunteer who was hit by the errant snowboarder. "I'm just banged up a bit. I didn't get out of the way in time. It's not a big deal," said the woman, who was bleeding from the head as she waited to be treated by paramedics.

Yeah, bleeding from the head. No big deal, happens all the time! Read on for some slushy pics.

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There's a story at Yahoo about a concept car that's still a few years away from reality. However the idea behind it is pretty cool. You will never need to go in reverse....ever. The body of the car is round, and sits on top of the chassis. You can rotate the body all the way around without moving the rest of the car. So, if you want to back out of a parking space, you just rotate the body (the round part) until you are facing the other way, then drive forward out of the space. It's kind of like a tank turret. How is this possible without some major drive system modifications? The steering wheel sends signals wirelessly to the chassis, so no wires run between the body and the chassis. Read on for a picture that makes it all suddenly become clear.

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