Ever wonder just how much treasure one would find in a dragon’s horde? And not in Dungeons & Dragons terms, but in understandable terms — like who would be worth more, Smaug or Bill Gates?

We don’t — but then again, we don’t have to because Forbes magazine cares about these things for us.

For the record, you’d make off far better by slaying Bill Gates and making off with his horde than you would Smaug’s — Bill is worth seven times Smaug’s value, if you leave out the Arkenstone.

Photo of a Champion Bavarian Pigeon from the National Pigeon Association.
Webcomic is Mordant Orange by Mike Bannon.

Below Las Vegas, there are tunnels. According to The Sun (in other words, this is possibly a gross exaggeration) people live there. This is their story.

(photo by orvaratli)

French legislators want photoshopped pictures to include warning labels. I’m a little confused for this: For what would it apply? Any professional photo has gone through a Photoshop-like program, in order to convert the raw data from the camera into an image. At what point does it become “altered”? Will this be enforced for the legions of French photobloggers and Flickr users?

The Hobbit: Thorin Oakshield is running a scam.