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: From DNA to 80 digits (and counting) of pi, Wired.com readers take their geek tattoos pretty seriously.

I've been contemplating the ever-present specter of death and eternal nothingness, mostly because Warcraft has been getting a little dull lately. I'm not too worried about the disposition of what eternal soul I may or may not possess, but I realize my surviving loved ones will have to deal with the rapidly cooling rest of me.

What better way to celebrate the long weekend than by enjoying a nice bottle of chenin blanc? Except that you forgot to pack a corkscrew on your jaunt to the Hamptons. Don't fret -- we'll show you how to open a bottle of wine with nothing more than a hammer, a wood screw and some elbow grease.

: Photos courtesy Jeremy Mayer Jeremy Mayer collects antique typewriters, but he doesn't display them in a curio cabinet. Instead, he tears them apart, then turns the components into sleek, sci-fi-inspired bugs, skeletons and anatomically correct human figures.

The party is drawing to a close at the annual Burning Man festival on the northern Nevada desert.

: Photo: Kat Wade/Wired.com BLACK ROCK CITY, Nevada -- From mind-bending art cars to crazy, tricked-out bicycles, there's more than one way to get around at Burning Man. And sometimes the journey's all in your head.

: Photo: Kat Wade/Wired.com BLACK ROCK CITY, Nevada -- It's hot in the desert, but not too hot to set something on fire.

California artists create The Golden Mean, a rolling tribute to an aesthetically pleasing ratio, and take the piece on the road to Burning Man.