Bo Stefan Eriksson, the mad genius behind the portable videogame system Gizmondo, deputy commissioner of antiterrorism in a Southern California police force, and wrecker of a perfectly good Ferrari Enzo, was released from jail today. To honor his newfound freedom, revisit the tale of his spectacular crackup as chronicled by Randall Sullivan in Wired.

Grab some coffee and thank the gods you weren't replaced by a temp in Bangalore. It's a happy happy Monday, because:

Former Gizmondo exec Stefan Eriksson showed up in L.A. Superior Court yesterday to file his pleas. Not that the Ferrari-crashing ex-con is necessarily guilty of any specific crime he's been charged with, but with an impressive count like this —

Quick thoughts for this morning:

• Ballmer, Brin, and the other big boys take potshots. Google's Sergey Brin about Microsoft: "We just see the history of that company behaving anti-competitively and not playing fair." MS's Steve Ballmer about Google: "Can you imagine writing a letter to someone. 'Hey, Mom, I am upset with the gun policy.' Then an ad pops up and says, 'Hey, do you want to buy a gun?'" Yahoo's Terry Semel about Microsoft: "My impartial advice to Microsoft is that you have no chance." [ISEdb.com]

Blogger James Cox sends in a final goodbye to Gizmondo, a parting shot of the ill-fated gaming-handheld maker's shuttered front.

Gee, wouldn't it be hilarious if that Gizmondo story got even weirder? GUESS WHAT.

• The Guardian confirms: Bloggers are loudmouths, and Glenn Reynolds has an opinion. [Guardian]

Is the Stefan Eriksson Ferrari crash — and the simultaneous fall of his former employer Gizmondo — is too complicated to handle (even after the Valleywag recap)? This flowchart from Game Revolution maps it out for you.

Causes of gaming console Gizmondo's death listed by Tech tabloid MS Mobiles:

Stefan Eriksson was finally arrested after his February car crash in Malibu. The ex-Gizmondo exec is suspected of grand theft auto in the latest twist to the Ferrari Enzo crash saga. I cannot decide which is the best detail so far.

Too golden — Stefan Eriksson (the Gizmondo exec who ripped his Ferrari apart in L.A.) might have taped the crash from inside the car. Who knows what it'd look like — cops haven't found the alleged video yet. But as a consolation prize, the L.A. Times (who's digging this story as much as I am) shares this simulation (opens in a media player) of the crash. Man, "crash the rare Enzo" would have made a great Gizmondo game — if Gizmondo's console hadn't been such a car wreck itself.

The LA Times picks up a new twist to the Stevan Eriksson Ferrari crash story. The crooked ex-Gizmondo exec who totaled his car (to be crystal-clear: split his car in half while driving drunk) in L.A. flashed a business card at the cops.

A plot thick as a Pynchon novel is congealing around former Gizmondo exec Stefan Eriksson's 162 mph Ferrari crash (covered here earlier). (Note: That's sucky handheld game maker Gizmondo, not Gawker blog Gizmodo.)

The Register scored a photo of Gizmondo Europe ex-exec Stefan Eriksson's wrecked Ferrari. The former member of the world's lamest handheld maker "walked away with cuts and bruises." The car, not so lucky.