Unlike Merill Lynch and Lehman Brothers, Gizmodo still exists today, and that means there's a weekend roundup to be read—by you! Here it is, in easy to digest bullet point format:

• Dutch designers put a loop in the middle of a freeway. With Photoshop, relax.
• His Steveness's license plate bar code thingy explained.
• Lego makes it cooler: Dr. Manhattan gets the block treatment.
• Is Woodward just trying to sell books, or is there really a super secret killing program going down in Iraq?
• A new iPhone app promises 10 second tethering.

• Chen got his hands on the Rock Band 2 hardware and they were never the same again.
• Speaking of reviews, we also gave the Nike+ iPod Touch workout app a run for its money. Run... get it?!
• A rather pricey iPhone app brings you the XBMC interface, and it works with Mac, Windows and Linux.
• The shiny, glossy Sprint HTC Touch Diamond is now available and ready for fingerprints.
• The Dream Car 123 is ugly as sin, but it's hard not to like the 250 mile range off a single charge.

Now, begone! Go forth to the Gizmodo home page!

OK, the Olympics are over. Time to get back into the Gizmodo fold and see what you missed this weekend during the closing ceremonies. Don't worry, there are a few Beijing posts mixed in for nostalgia purposes, but sadly, no beach volleyball:
• Tomorrow's solar panels: Made of pizza, nail polish and sprayed on with an ink jet printer.
• Apple informed users the App Store bug that crashes your iPhone has been fixed.
• The iBasket combines laundry, hampers and the washing machine in one handy device.
• Giz got an up close look at the latest 3D movie-making gear.
• Aiaiai? It means multi-color, community-designed anti-iPod headphones.

• The Olympics are over, but they live on in these magical Stormtrooper athlete photos.
• So Biden's the Dem VP pick; do you know his voting record in the tech and file sharing space?
• RC cars were cute little Track and Field workhorses at the Beijing Olympic games.
• Please submit your "Ruin the Olympics with Unnecessary Tech" Photoshop entries by Tuesday!
• There's no warp drive to speak of, but a touch screen-controlled RC Star Trek Enterprise is worthy of Kirk.

Now, get your butt to the homepage and bask in the gadget glory that is Gizmodo.

When you're done riding the coattails of Olympian Michael Phelps take a look at what you missed this weekend here at Gizmodo:
• Leprechauns were drag racing with a 100% functioning miniature V8 Corvette engine.
• How did you watch Micheal Phelps win his record breaking 8th Olympic gold medal?
• Bono loves the sound of his voice too much: He accidentally leaked U2's next album over his home speaker system.
• The Galactic Empire, Death Star and all, was spotted invading San Francisco.
• iPhone 2.1 Beta 4 was revealed, but it lacked the highly anticipated Push Notification feature.

• Is that the Symbiote on Olympic beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh's shoulder?!
• Sorry folks, that alien structure in the Alps is just a medical facility concept. A human medical facility.
• Stephen Colbert is afraid of bears, but Apple's iPhone application kill switch doesn't phase him in the least.
• I still say this Lexus design concept looks like a bug from the cheesy Starship Troopers movie.
• It's ugly as sin, but this $25,000 DIY car kit gets a whopping 225 MPG.

Now get thee to the homepage and revel in the awesomeness of the best gadget blog on this great green earth.

The Olympics featured some pretty amazing tech this year in Beijing, so it's completely OK that you skipped out on Gizmodo's weekend coverage. Lucky for you, the best is here, waiting for you:
• Speaking of Olympic technology, did you happen to catch the insane opening ceremonies?
• Beat the Medeco M3 lock easily with a credit card.
• Vintage PC advertisements featuring Bill Cosby? Why the hell not?
• Digital Edge Gaming Tables are over-the-top gaming rig tables for the geek who needs more.
• The iPhone Pwnage Tool 2.0.2 is available now. Careful, because Apple knows what's on your iPhone!

• Game over? Not with this completely awesome, never-ending, Donkey Kong Lego creation.
• The roof is on fire! And Google StreetView was there for the whole thing.
• Rear-entry fun with a poochie and a Wiimote? Maybe I shouldn't ask...
• They'll leave old fully-stocked NASA trailers anywhere these days.
• Farmers in China brought the Olympic "bird's nest" stadium to their fields when they built a huge bamboo replica.

Now, do a pole vault to the front page for the best gadget news on the Interwebs.

How did Sen. Barack Obama fit all you guys and gals on his plane ride to Afghanistan? I ask because it's the only reason I could think of as to why you missed out on the best weekend gadget news on the Internet. No worries, welcome home. Here's what you missed:
• Normal knives just stab. This one stabs, freezes organs, and then explodes them.
• First, it was a space ship. Then, it was an OPEL commercial.
• Dark Knight was best viewed in IMAX, hands down. Here's why.
• In case you hand't heard yet, iPhone Pwnage Tool 2.0 is now available (Jailbreak and Unlock)
• Readers beware of iPhone App Store scams. The iTunes App Store is the exclusive distributor of official iPhone apps, period.

• The Cyber Alice augmented reality system creates a virtual peep show on your desktop.
• It was only a model, but this Lego space elevator was the bee's knees.
• Like Windows? Love convoluted processes? Then enjoy this iPhone pwnage for Windows machines. Kinda.
• One Star Trek-loving watchmaker made himself a kick ass, hard to break (and read) wristwatch.
• Thwart hit and run drivers with your always on, always watching GPS security system.

Now, go to the Gizmodo home page and read the best gadget news on the face of the earth.

I met three little pigs this weekend. One had made a house of straw, and the second a house of sticks. The last pig, from Cupertino, made his sturdy house out of bricked iPhone 3G's. Here's the rest of what happened here on Gizmodo over the weekend, in a convenient "best of" format:
• DIY laser engraving has never been easier, more accessible, and dangerous to the common man.
• IR sensor plus faucet equals one pampered—and hydrated—kitty.
• Forget comfort; Microsoft's new semi-circle travel mouse is drool-worthy.
• The iPhone 3G: Will it ble—you know what? It did. It blended. There, I ruined the bit.
• Apple's MobileMe OS X update was available for the very first time, again.

• Wozniak REDEEMED! Bad reporting and sour iPhone line sitters tried to tarnish his name, but failed miserably.
• Want to jump to the head of the Apple App store class? Just put a space before your app's name and cash in.
• The real first live shots of the touchscreen Blackberry Thunder were spotted in the wild.
• Those yellowish iPhone 3G screens we told you about were by design, Apple said.
• There was a quick update to Gizmodo's iPhone 3G review as the 3G reception got noticeably better with age.

Don't worry about it too much, I phoned it in this weekend to go see Wall*E too. Twice. Here's the best of Gizmodo's weekend gadget coverage, all in one place:
• If the Iranians are going to attack anything, they're going to need a better clock.
• A self-contained one-person rollercoaster ball is called the BuzzBall? More like barf ball.
• A $30 cardboard bike is a great ride anywhere—except in the rain.
• There's gender confused and there's OS confused. This MSI Wind running Mac OS X is the latter.
• Motorola discovered vowels with the new Blaze touchscreen handset, but is it too little, too late?

• Hands up! This guy's packing Lego heat!
• Addy profiled the fairer Gates, Melinda, with a Sunday send off that recognized who's the real force in that relationship.
• The Canadians got screwed on iPhone pricing, so they retaliated—with an angrily worded letter.
• You mean you can't really curve a bullet? Wanted's special effects secrets, revealed!
• Go into a fight with these DIY Iron Man repulsor gloves and you'll just get your ass kicked.

Thanks for convincing the Saudis to up oil production. Really, the SUVs of the world thank you, but it meant missing the greatest weekend gadget news ever written. Bad oil tycoon. Read this:
• Gizmodo's own Mark Wilson got caught up in a dangerous tornado, but it was no match for the power of YouTube.
• Comcast may be bad, but their 10 million pixel super screen looks real good.
• The 750,000-brick Lego Kennedy Space Center replica should be a new wonder of the world.
• Russians in the city of Zheleznovodsk are just a regular bunch of folks that love enemas.
• Record broken: Students in Latvia put Mentos in Coke, stepped back, and made history.

• Battle of the Geek Sex Gods: Big Bill Gates versus His Steveness.
• A major Time.com iPhone f-up turned into another popular Gizmodo caption contest.
• The cuddly robot of the future, Wall-E, went retro with some sweet 1950s propaganda posters.
• Think your IT department is snooping on you? You're not alone, so answer our Question of the Day.
• Internet dating cake tastes just like the real thing—desperate! (kidding!!!)