Pancake Mountain more inside

The Allison Delarue Collection of art about ballet. Remarkable.

Famous Last Words. No, really. A site devoted to what famous people last uttered. more inside

The Secret Origin of the Smiley (Via Memepool)

Dizzy is alive! His email note is inside...

I wanna be like you... No, I wanna be like you. The Zoological Society of London is calling for volunteers to adopt chimp behaviour as part of a research project.
*pant-hoots, scratches rump*
Ook?

I'm gonna buy a Paper Doll that I can call my own - A doll that other fellows cannot steal - And then the flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes - Will have to flirt with dollies that are real. When I come home at night she will be waiting - She'll be the truest doll in all this world - I'd rather have a Paper Doll to call my own - Than have a fickle-minded real live girl. (via BoingBoing) more inside

The whitechocolate ribcage is coming to get me!

You got your Metallica in my Beatles Too good to miss, shamelessly stolen from The Blue. What you get when you mix The Sound of the Beatles with the style of Metallica. You can grab the tunes from this torrent. Mathowie has also graciously uploaded the tracks for direct download. Grab it while it's hot!

How the war in Iraq has damaged the war on terrorism. A new piece by terrorism expert Jessica Stern.

War on Pr0n In this field office in Washington, 32 prosecutors, investigators and a handful of FBI agents are spending millions of dollars to bring anti-obscenity cases to courthouses across the country for the first time in 10 years. Nothing is off limits, they warn, even soft-core cable programs such as HBO's long-running Real Sex or the adult movies widely offered in guestrooms of major hotel chains. (via slashdot) more inside

Is Current insurgency Iraq's Tet Offensive? Matt Yglesias seems to think so. more inside

Maestro!
Music please! It's time for a Super Mario Blowout edition! more inside

Clever Monkey: Dropload Clever Monkey: Dropload is a deceptively simple free utility with almost limitless potential: 50 megs of space that you are allowed to use to drop off a file. Your account name is your email; when someone drops off a file, you're alerted by email and can decide if you want to download. Anonymous dropoff is allowed and although the potential for negative mischief is there, the greater potential is that you can receive little gifts from a circle of e-friends all day long! Used intelligently, with discretion and the occasional donation, this could be the start of something great in terms of communication for those of us that have had to rely on small and restrictive freebie email accounts to send and recieve information. more inside

Australian Sound Design. The Australian Sound Design Project, is the first national website and database dedicated to researching and publishing original works and the discourse relating to sound and its design in public space.

Hot mechanical soccer action Not yet Transformers-grade, but they're getting close. Fascinating videos of the Robovie-M 'Team Osaka' robots. I can picture them in a couple years, cladded in shiny plastic, under many Xmas trees... Plus, check the link for a Powerpoint presentation with some more info.

"Yes, this is biro-web™." A website made entirely with pens! For others like it, check out Jeff Bridges' website and Loobiecore. more inside

Monkeybashi at work. Monkeys get everywhere, you know. Is this Beloved Leader's day job?

Ah, Just one more question ma'am, if I may: Y'see, what I can't figure out is, after you found the gun - why didn't you go back into the hotel room? Ahh Columbo you and your questions!

Tough chica Pregnant woman in rural Mexico takes a few shots of tequila and a kitchen knife, performs caesarean on self. Follows up by chewing sheet metal, spitting out nails.