I'm always curious about credits cards and security, especially these days when it's so easy to use a credit card without any ID. I'm not overly concerned about because the credit card companies take all the risk. They must have found some balance between ease of use and fraud that makes them happy, so why should I care?

Anyway, for years now you've been able to swipe a credit card at a gas station and pump gas without any ID. Nowadays, more and more retail outlets have a swipe/signature computer so the salesperson doesn't even have to see the signature. It's a total joke for security, but if more people are using credit cards, then the Visa and MasterCard people are probably thrilled.

Ever since these things were introduced, I screwed around with my signature, scrawling little happy faces or making my signature completely illegible, just for fun, but this guy has taken it to a whole new level. Read through it. It's funny as hell. Just a warning, you might want to have an empty stomach when you read his Super Size Me-esque Olestra experiment.