Fortune's 25 Biggest Fools

Radar Online"As a prophet, Nostradamus had nothing on William Shakespeare. Sure, the French seer predicted the A-bomb and the rise of Adolf Hitler (or so this guy at the bar convinced us the other night), but did he give us any warnings about Tom Cruise or Karl Rove? No, it was Shakespeare who cleverly sprinkled his plays with dialogue that foretells today’s celebrity culture. There can simply be no denying that the line “age can not wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety” was meant to describe Madonna, or that the command to “give thy thoughts no tongue” was written by someone who just knew that someday, somehow, there would be a Donald Trump. Still not a believer? Consider the examples below and you’ll be forced to concede that the only question is whether the “wretched soul, bruised with adversity” is Courtney Love or Andy Dick. “I understand a fury in your words, but not the words.” 50 Cent “Journey’s end in lover’s meeting.” Jude Law “The nature of bad news infects the teller.” Karl Rove “Kiss me Kate, we will be married o’Sunday.” Tom Cruise “Deny thy father and refuse thy name.” Lindsay Lohan “The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct.” Robert Novak"

Wired News: Furniture Causes FedEx Fits

Wired News: Furniture Causes FedEx Fits: "Most of us have been there. You can just barely afford to pay the rent. But forget about buying furniture -- not if you want to eat, anyway. Jose Avila recently found himself in just that predicament. Although he has a good job as a software developer, he's locked into two rents after moving to Arizona, and has no extra cash for an Ikea shopping spree. But instead of scouting street corners for a ratty, unwanted couch, Avila got creative and built an apartment full of surprisingly sturdy furniture -- out of FedEx shipping boxes. Fanciful as his creations may seem, FedEx is not amused. The shipping giant's lawyers have sent Avila letters demanding he take down the site he created to document his project, invoking, among other things, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (.pdf), or DMCA. Avila has outfitted his entire apartment with FedEx box designs, including a bed, a corner desk with wall shelves, a table, two chairs and a couch. Drawing from architecture and drafting classes he took in college, Avila has designed pieces that are surprisingly un-boxy. He was blindsided by the cease-and-desist letter from the company to which he proclaims long-standing loyalty."