The Door to HELL! Thirty-five years ago, geologists were drilling for gas when then encountered a very large cavern underground filled with a poisonous gas. They ignited the gas expecting it to burn off in a few hours. via Neil Gaiman's Blog

Curious George. What are you reading at the moment? Would you recommend anything? In the last few weeks, I've read Waugh's "Black Mischief", a couple of Harry Potters, Rawicz's "The Long Walk", and had started Capek's "War with the Newts" (one of my all time favourites) before misplacing it. But my library bores me at the moment, and so I must open my reading list to all. Mofites, please don't disappoint me!!

Afro Ninja - THE MOVIE

Footbag world record thwarted. more inside

Carlin's dead.

Roadside architecture: pages of architectural curiosities. I found some of the giant containers first while trying to find a good picture of Bondurant's Pharmacy.

New drugs in the pipeline. Very soon now we'll see even more bio-mass thrusting us aside at the check-out queue. Or would giant muscles not be so desirable if everyone had them to the nth degree already? Looking at the two mice, there's something sad about the poor muscle-bound one, skinned and flayed as he is. more inside

7 Modern Wonders of Green Technology: Conceptual and Actual Ecological Designs of the Future.

Yes, Ikan, and so kan you! Shopping at the grocery store makes me, I dunno. Psychotic? I want this gizmo RIGHT NOW. (second link is NYT article, may require reg.)

Curious George Audible: Is there a reason that headphone earpieces are designated "left" and "right?" more inside

Code Rush, the Mozilla Documentary from 2000. Or, how they managed to open-source Netscape in an insanely short amount of time. more inside

Map of the Milky Way Galaxy. Mouseover for feature labels.

Curious Banditsnatch So, the birdfeeder seems to be conspicuously empty in the mornings - how to ID the culprit? more inside

Those Damn Birds: Those goddamned, motherfucking birds. (flash game)

These are the greatest snow globes ever! Not that I'm a big fan of snow globes. Mostly they tend to be chintzy pieces of tourist crap. But THESE are beautiful, and delightfully creepy.

Are you Marriage Material, 1930's Style? This month's edition of the psychology magazine Monitor has an amusing article about a psychometric scale designed in the 1930's for rating the quality of your wife. more inside

Sleepy sun bear with a squishy nose

4 Amazing Ancient Cities of Color. [Via]

Anybody know what this is all about? The Passively Multiplayer Online Game is....

Farming with dynamite! Why waste time and money rotating crops and tilling the same old boring soil when y'coulda just done blowed it up? more inside