Boys are more likely to grow up gay if they have older brothers - because of biology, rather than upbringing. more inside

THE BOOK OF WERE-WOLVES by SABINE BARING-GOULD more inside

Gabbly - Just add 'gabbly.com/' in front of any URL & you can have a little chat client spawn in the window. It allows you to chat around any webpage. It’s free to use! /wonders how long this will last

Geneology? LAME! If you really want to see whence you came, you can participate in the Genographic Project, which uses a sample of your DNA to delineate the travels of those who begot you. more inside

The New Shadow: Tolkien's quickly abandoned sequel to Lord of the Rings. more inside

Just in case you plan on kidnapping someone. Seriously, who has time to do all that cutting and pasting?

Boonville California is a small town in the Coast Range Mountains between the Sonoma Valley wine country and the Mendocinoo Coast. It's a scenic area and largely agricultural, but it's most widely know for Boontling, a folk language created there in the 1800s. With a vocabulary, of over a 1000 words, it was remarkable to hear. But, sadly, it's on the brink of pikin' to the dusties.

The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon You may have heard about Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon before. In fact, you probably learned about it for the first time very recently. If not, then you just might hear about it again very soon. But, there is Littlewood's law, which states that we each can expect a miracle to happen to us at the rate of about once a month. It appears our grip on reality is slim. more inside

DIY 1000 watt wind turbine "We built a 1000 watt wind turbine to help charge the battery bank that powers our offgrid home." more inside

Run monkeys, run! Another light-hearted tutorial from the guy behind the LED Artcrime Tutorial. This one helps you avoid unnecessary pain when starting to run.

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A trip to North Korea Photos by Russian web designer Artemii Lebedev.

This is Haywards Heath "The average sized town between London and Brighton on the A272". So much to see and do, fine cuisine, great shopping and friendly pubs. Sadly love connections can no longer be made.

President Bush sings U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday. Max Headroom style! Along the lines of dickcream's (NSFW) quirky spliced video shorts... surprisingly better than one might expect. the mp3 is old but the video is new iirc. It is not a rebel song. more inside

Celestia is an OpenGL based 3D space simulation for Windows, Mac and UNIX. I just like it because it appeals to the nerdy astronomer in me. Free yourself from the earthly perspective! more inside

Italy convicts blogger for defamation Better watch what you say, Monkeys... "It looks like the blogger is being punished for his bad language and not because he posted false information, which is unacceptable," Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said in a statement Friday.

Oldest Known Living Animal Isn't: Harriet the Tortoise has died at age 175 (+/-). more inside

James K Polk - One Tough Mother!@#$%&! James K Polk did not mess around. If you live in the western US like me, you can thank your American-ness to James K Polk. He even inspired a song [YouTube] by They Might Be Giants, not to mention many quirky high school history projects. With Manifest Destiny and all that, this must have been a completely different sort of country. Seems a lot crazier than what we have going on now...

Physics Limericks Warning: perceived humour may be knowledge dependent. more inside

Roses and many pictures of Roses more inside