Fancy tie-tying, Wi-Fi password cracking, Google Voice, and Firefox 3.5 round out this week’s most popular posts. Dress Up Your Ties with the “Merovingian Knot” The realm of dress tie knots is dominated by a handful of traditional tie knots. Check out this rather unique tie knot and be the first on your block to sport it

A bite-sized list of what’s happenin’ now: ag ip news World Intellectual Property Organization examines areas of possible convergence in industrial design law and practice gizmodo Cheap, Thin Laptops Suffering From Cheapness … Dell Can’t Do Gadgets autospies Volkswagen receives the 2009 red dot Design Award gizmodo

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post [Remainders] …NASA Flashes a Full Moon…Disney Buys a Piece of Another Lifeless Rock…Move Without Moving ( … the trailer first here, embedded on Gizmodo. I am not proud of that, but you know it’s true. Slashdot

Made by Sonim and Land Rover, the S1 cell phone strives to be the most rugged handset ever, … . And, most notably, it has an “extra loud” ringtone so you can hear it under elephants. via Gizmodo Via

Gizmodo got an exclusive with Bill Nye the Science Guy , and I’m totally jealous … . via Gizmodo