Here at the Idea of Progress, we like to salute excellence, bravery, and daring. In that spirit, I present you with The Idea Of Progress’s Notable Persons of the Week!
Star Simpson: Arrested in Boston for walking into an airport with a circuit board and wiring strapped to her chest, carrying Play-Doh. After [...]

It’s one of the most popular shows currently on in Russia. I never liked the show, to be honest, and was glad when Ed O’Neill graduated to Mamet movies and Katey Sagal went on to Futurama.
Maybe if we send them better shows to remake, they’ll stop trying to scare the shit out of us. [...]

From Reuters:
Woman sets fire to ex-husband’s penis
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A woman set fire to her ex-husband’s penis as he sat naked watching television and drinking vodka, Moscow police said Wednesday.
Asked if the man would make a full recovery, a police spokeswoman said it was “difficult to predict.”
The attack climaxed three years of acrimonious enforced co-habitation. [...]

-An uninvited Russian bomber on its way to England was confronted by two very unhappy British fighter pilots on August 17. Putin has decided to revive the now retro/classic tactic of sending long range bombers on flights, presumably to show that he is able to squander every last resource Russia has on jet fuel [...]

From Wired.
The Lost Arcade Games of the Soviet UnionAlexander Zaitchik See related story: Soviet-Era Arcade Games Crawl Out of Their Cold War Graves06.07.07 | 2:00 AMStick It to MeIn Gorodki, the stick is aimed by moving the joystick left and right. The “throw” button, or brosok, is on top in red. The goal is [...]