Down with noise before it destroys civilization.

Rip DVD Movies To Your iPod Free -For all the monkies that got a video iPod. Any other useful iPod tips, guides, programs?

Court: feds don't need probable cause to track your physical location via cell grid Apparently we also need to be tracked as well...

"What does leather do to you?" Links to a .wmv file. (SFW)

NYTimes is reporting that the NSA has been logging your calls for years Just trying to stir up some outrage. via that blue site, boingboing, the nether-regions of google and fox news, others

TBS has started their annual 24-hour showing of A Christmas Story. Curious to see if a decent DVD of it had been released, I went to Amazon and found out that some people have no sense of humor at all... A Christmas Story is grim and depressing? Unfunny? Have these people grown up in a world of rainbows and unicorns? Your thoughts on A Christmas Story?

A little humor..If it doesn't make you laugh, nothing will! I swear never to link to a google video again, but I couldn't resist this one.. enjoy!

Looking for Santa? You can now use Google Earth to track Santa, or, if you are old fashioned, you can still use Norad to track his path. more inside

Curious George: Firewire problem. What's the deal with a Firewire hard drive that disconnects every few hours? I have to unplug and plug it back in to get it to work again. more inside

Scientists find 'mass dodo grave' Scientists have discovered the "beautifully preserved" bones of about 20 dodos at a dig site in Mauritius. No complete Dodo skeleton has ever been found in Mauritius and no full set of bones currently exists in collections, so this is exciting for researchers and people who like Dodos.

Curious George: the lost art of letter writing In this day and age of ubiquitous email, instant messaging, online forums, and text messaging, do any of the Monkeys write letters anymore? more inside

The Touchtone Genius video [via newgrounds] for the request-a-tune guy's song at songs to wear pants to (also here).

Monsterpiece Theatre! Authorities are investigating allegations that the body of British broadcaster Alistair Cooke — among hundreds of others — was illegally carved up in the back room of a funeral home and sold so its parts could be used in transplants.

A kiss is just a kiss... In the Christmas spirit, A newspaper decided to run a color photo of a woman making out with an orangutan. Reactions were somewhat mixed. more inside

The Top 10 Weirdest Case Mods via everybody today

Curious George: Firefox Window Someone has been monkeying with Firefox at home. Now there is a grey empty 'box' along the bottom of the window. I hates it. more inside

Microsoft Buys Out Opera - could this be true? More clues here?

John Lennon & Bob Dylan share a taxi - out of their heads. -GOOGLE VIDEO- Meanwhile, not very far away, Lenin hails a taxi.

Women aroused watching monkey sex more inside

Google gives a Xmas present to Python lovers Nice Xmas present to computer programmers everywhere: Guido van Rossum, otherwise known as the Benevolent Dictator for Life of Python has been hired by Google (anyone needs a link for it?). Whereas programmers hired by Google get 1 day a week to work on their "pet projects", GvR will apparently work 50% on Python and 100% with Python. more inside