Grameen Bank wins 2006 peace prize. It's a simple but powerful idea: microcredit. "Dilwara Begum became a Grameen borrower 11 years ago. She began with just one milk cow. Then, about four years ago, another loan helped build a poultry barn, a productive enterprise that takes the whole family to manage. The weekly yield of about 7,000 eggs is picked up every other day and taken to the capital, Dhaka, about three hours away." more inside

Ornithopter - First successful* flight in the news. *Success is a relative concept. [9MB mpg] more inside

Eros and Modern Art (NSFW), an exhibition at the Foundation Beyeler, following their previous Eros: Rodin and Picasso (NSFW).

Tito: male belly dancer. He's starting to shake... He's starting to shimmy... Gotta admit, dude's got moves. But he also does martial arts stick dancing, which is very, very manly. *cough* [youtubey goodness]. more inside

Tiny Dinosaur Theory - also, Ugly Overload. Via everlasting blort

LOTR quizzes from "The Thain's Book", an online LOTR encyclopaedia. My best score is a miserable 56.2%.

A Low Impact Woodland Home and all for 3,000 quid. Warning: link may contain beards

More tiny people in big-people settings.

Flight Patterns

Auckland MeFi meetup Monkeys are bound to be welcome at tomorrow's Mefi meetup in Cornwall Park. Bananas optional. Sorry for the late notice - we'll do better next time.

How to dispose of an elephant carcass - the FAO is brimming over with Interesting Stuff: more inside

Calvin & Hobbes Mash-Up - I'm not sure who came up with this, but it made me unspeakably sad.

In 1954 an article looking at the health of UK doctors was published. Richard Doll was one of the authors. It was to become a landmark, with regular follow ups over the next 50 years, and Richard Doll was on the author list to the end. more inside

Fingerprints everywhere! Good old-fashioned projective psychology now in software form. You really could tell everything about a person by the way they walk. Really. No, really.

The Double Bubble Bubblegum guy has a hobby. 'The microcar, a vehicle born out of need, was a child of its time and became the symbol of a people's spirit.' more inside

All Libyan pupils to get laptop and web access

Make your own LED Rat Throwie Disturb your friends, and perhaps yourself. Just in time for Halloween! NSFAnyone who opposes taxidermy. Contains graphic step-by-step photos. Not for the squeamish. via core77

Curious George: Do you p0wn Do monkeys game online? more inside

Mark David Chapman Denied Parole BeatleFilter/Newsfilter: ATTICA, New York (AP) -- John Lennon's killer was denied parole for a fourth time Tuesday because of the "bizarre nature" of his crime. Mark David Chapman, 51, must remain at Attica Correctional Facility for at least two more years for gunning down the former Beatle outside his Manhattan apartment building in 1980. Monday, Oct. 9th was John Lennon's birthday. more inside

For the footy-minded, a blog with lots of links to lots of goals. Also for the footy-minded (or merely footy-curious), footballing world has a global goal of the month compilation. Here's September.