Ready to Ruuuuumble! Battlefield Academy is a fun wee turn-based strategy game with four relatively simple scenarios. From the fine folks at the BBC. more inside

Atom Bombs in Japan Let us NOT repeat this history?

Funk and crackhead legend Rick James has died That's right kiddies, Rick James died today at age 56.

Monkeys prefer redheads.

New research reveals that a HUGE number of people (currently showing no clinical symptoms) in the UK may be infected with a long-incubating human form of "mad cow disease" called vCJD. more inside

Shiny Things more inside

The View Master Childhood memories of making images come to life with the viewmaster were never as good as this!

2 guys, a "sniper" rifle, and your Bluetooth-enabled phone. This is easily the most awesome-est thing that I have read all morning. Two guys add a yagi (a type of directional antenna) to a sniper rifle, and are able to capture data from the cell phone more than 1 mile away. more inside

Shock 'N' Awe - A Schoolhouse Rock designed to teach children the benefits of death. (Quicktime) more inside

The Apathetic Radical ("Not Really an Oxymoron, But Who Cares?") urges every American to "Vote Like You Care, Even If You Don't."

IMDB's 100 lowest rated movies. Most of these shouldn't come as a surprise: Gigli comes in at 14, Shanghai Surprise at 31. At 51 is Spice World, and at 99 is Freddy Got Fingered. But Glen or Glenda came in at 93, and that was a lot worse than Spice World. lol. The worst of all time: 'Manos' the Hands of Fate (1966). Has anyone seen this? Can this be verified as indeed the worst movie in all movie history.

A love note to the 'premiere' actor of a generation. While I don't feel as strongly about Tom Cruise as the author apparently does, he does nail some of the reasons why Cruise has failed to thrill as an actor. more inside

Badbossology Protecting people & companies from bad bosses.

Big Questions and long essays. Anybody seen this guy's stuff before? He's astoundingly complex but I couldn't tell you how up on his topics he really is. Any of our more erudite monkeys wanna tell me if this is a worthwhile resource?

PSSSSSST! That superstar of the Democratic convention? We think he might be the Anti-Christ. Wow. Just wow.

Danger In Indiana VENICE -- Officials in Indiana and Washington, D.C., said they are dumbfounded by a statement U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris made about a terrorist plot to blow up a power grid in Indiana. That's because in an election year only a Republican running for higher office can keep America safe. "As the sheriff of this county, I would certainly be aware of such a threat," Hamilton County Sheriff Doug Carter said. "I have no information to corroborate any of that." In an interview Tuesday, Harris would not reveal the name of the mayor who told her about the threat or provide further details. I suspect that this man is the target of the terrorists.

AntWeb. Closeup images of the little beasties that will either elevate cuteness to another level or give you nightmares for the next month and a half.

The end of music. "I'm fascinated by the idea of, say, your favourite band writing something that you can't stand. I've often asked people: What's your least favourite track by your favourite band?" Taken from the blue, I wanted to know what are the worst songs in us monkey's music collections.* more inside

Curious, George: CSS guru help needed! I am trying to learn the basics of layout with CSS and am having a devil of a time understanding it. Specifically, I'd like to... (mi) more inside

Geek Tatoos - I'll defer to Red vs. Blue on this topic.