Seen a bus on TV? Or in a movie? Or an advert? Or a music video? Buses on Screen is a celebration of buses as they've been depicted on screen over the years. But even experts can be stumped by some buses they've seen.

26. The full names of Scooby Doo's Mystery Inc members are: Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Scooby "Scoobert" Doo. Shaggy is actually Norville Rogers. One of a hundred things you didn't know this time last year, courtesy the BBC (and thus having a UK flava). What'd you learn this year? Also: "Scoobert"??

Well cheerleaders do it Sometimes my blood boils over the smallest things, this time it's the statement from a lawyer defending the soldiers in the Abu Ghraib prison scandel:

Mr Womack, defending, played down the photographs that showed naked prisoners stacked in pyramids. "Don't cheerleaders all over America make pyramids every day?" he said. "It's not torture."

Because the cheerleaders I know do it naked while in prision under the careful watch of soldiers with guns...

Steve Kurtz Hearing Today Steve Kurtz of the Critical Art Ensemble has been under investigation for the past 8 months by the FBI, as formerly mentioned here and here. What the outcome of these proceedings will be is unknown, but Steve Kurtz -- and colleague Robert Ferrell -- both face a possible twenty years in prison.

Man E-Bay auctions space on forehead for advertising tattoo
And how much would having that GE logo emblazoned in the small of YOUR back cost?

Marshall Brain , founder of "How Stuff Works", shares his version of the future. A Robot Nation. With Robots in 2015. And finally Robotic Freedom.

CG -- cheap digital camera Well, I bought a crappy little digital camera (Vivicam-30) today, mainly because it was incredibly cheap. I looked around on the net for a driver for it, and found this thing Vivitar call a Mac OS Beta ... more inside

According to PC World Wow Wee Robots are designing an animatronic monkey head that looks sweet. more inside

Did Morrissey's lyrics predict Princess Diana's death? Yet another candidate for the "Magnificent Obsessions" file.

What's on Dubya's 'pod? (scroll thumbnails to the cycling pictures) Now that's a playlist I'm curious about.... and I know some iPod owners that will cry at the thought of him fondling some Jobstech...

MoFi T Shirt Orders Ok kids, the voting's over and it looks like this design won. I've volunteered to get prices on getting them printed up here in California, but will need to get an idea of how many and in what sizes before I can get real numbers. Depending on the size of the run, real silk screened shirts can cost anywhere from 25 to 7 dollars a piece, so a real accounting of pre-orders is critical. It appears that Tracy will try to make it as easy as possible for you to pay (paypal, credit card, checks and money orders, etc...) so now it's time to walk the walk... Who's really gonna order one (or two, or three)? PS-Remember to give the sizes that you want as well.

MONKEY!! Oh boy, let nostalgia reign. Growing up in Australia, many many evenings were spent watching Monkey on the ABC. That's the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, not the USian ABC. more inside

The Radio Jingle is Dead. Long live the Jingle! more inside

Curious, George: Wireless Booster Do any of you Monkeys know of a good wireless booster-type thing? I don't want to boost an existing network, but rather increase my PowerBook's wireless range so I can pick up my buddy's nextwork from down the street.

NobbyNobody only has three pictures up in his ballpointpen art gallery but they're impressive! more inside

Curious Chy: Where's Moneyjane? - Last time I saw Monejane post was.. uh.. I think before New Year. I sent her a NY email message, & the delayed reply was a little downbeat, without wanting to expose private shit (not that there's anything to expose). Plus I lost the link to her blog. I dig Moneyjane & enjoy her writings, think she's a vibrant chick. Let's send out a big monkey hoot to tell her we love her? I miss her & let's get her back.

Qu'est-ce que the hell? Lessons in Franglais. Here you will learn how to speak French like a true Montreal native.... Includes phrases for such amusing situations as meeting people in Montreal, discussing hockey, protesting the strip bars, looking for love online, and even explains Canadian holidays.

New Voices is a pioneering program to seed innovative citizen media ventures around the country. Its Web Site launched today, and it is now accepting its first round of grant proposals. New Voices will help fund the start-up of 20 hyperlocal news ventures over the next two years and support them with an educational Web site. Each project may receive as much as $17,000 in grants. This is for the monkey who wanted to launch a new media project; I couldn't find his/her FPP in the archives and thought this might be of general interest!

The Maldon Mud Race. I've never been stupid enough to try this. more inside

Israeli McDonald's Pulp Fiction 'McShuarma' commercial (download) Now, people, I hate McDonalds, because I think the food sucks. But I grokk this Pulp Fiction spoof, cos it's good. Download from the link provided above, click here to watch it. Dead-on Jackson & Travolta impersonations. .MPG format. more inside