It finally happened

• Nerdcore that is actually good and not just funny. MC Frontalot's 'It is Pitch Dark,' video directed by Jason Scott.
  

Brief: Iraqi metal and tapirs

• Stop Smiling has a brief report on what looks to be Iraq's only heavy metal band, Acrassicauda. At present they are in exile in Syria.
• From the sad to the cutesy, which I usually hate. But Curious Animals is an interesting blog to play around in. Here is there entry on the tapir.
  

Brief: Greys and linux command line shutdown

• The blog Damn Data takes a look at that most well-known aspect of the Greys: their big bonces. I rather feel sorry for the female Greys, as getting those big noggins through their birth canals must be quite an arduous business.
• This thread in the official Ubuntu forums gives some usual command line shutdown options.