Curious George: Admin Please Hope Me! Computer troubles. I don't know what's wrong with my PC! more inside

Chess Knight Movement Game [Flash]

Quantum Entanglement made simple. Plus: Heisenberg's wave packet reconsidered not made simple.

"Houseblingers" is a site that celebrates the people who overdecorate their homes for the holidays. In my family, we called these houses Griswoldian after the movie. more inside

<b>Curious George</b>: Has anyone ever thought about opening up their own video/DVD rental store? How does one go about acquiring the DVDs (distributors)? Business start up fees? Unique store ideas/promotions? Horror stories? Different store styles (foreign, indie, studios)? more inside

Disbarred! Let's hope the family of that WoW player who jumped to his death isn't being represented by legendary video-game crusader Jack Thompson... cuz he's been disbarred in Alabama. For reals.

Is this boy a new buddha? And here's another take on the story.

She asked for it? A poll commissioned by Amnesty International in the UK indicates that 34% of the population believes a woman is partially or totally responsible for being raped if she has behaved in a flirtatious manner... more inside

Finding Prosperity by Feeding Monkeys. [Via MeFi]

Curious George: Alas, my close friend and musical partner of 27 years has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. He's 59 and one of the best jazz drummers in the country if not the world and at the height of his creative abilities. He has about three months left. I'm wondering if any of you know of any useful web or print resources that will help me assist him with his transition. TIA

Monkey Washes Cat ... donkey rinses, I presume. [Embedded QT] [via]

Herring communicate by farting. Don't we all? via

Kid Blurs Line. The parents of a 13 year-old boy who died falling from a building are suing World of Warcraft developer Blizzard, claiming that the massively-multiplayer online game is to blame ... the boy jumped to his death whilst re-enacting a scene from the game. more inside

This calendar of Bulgarian folklore reveals that today, the climax of the Valchi Praznitzi, or wolf days, is the day of Koutzoulan, 'the most terrible lame wolf, who ate people... " more inside

Java doodling. Try the others. From Paul Schmidinger's site. Shamelessly stolen from Big Blue.

It's Jerry Time True tales from the life of Jerry. Episode #1: "Who's THAT GUY?"

Curious Kids Entertainment As I've probably mentioned too often, I'm the proud father of a 20mo old boy. Thus far we have lived without a TV, and only recently have started renting DVDs to watch with him. Now I have a few questions for the monkeys: 1) What are recommended movies/DVD's for him to watch. He already loves Teletubbies and Sesame Street, both of which I don't mind watching myself. However, I refuse to watch Barney. What else should he see that won't drive Mom and Dad batty? 2) We are thinking of returning to TV-land. If we do get a TV, what are some good shows these days for children?

Curious George: Mac Image Editing I want to make an animated banner-ad sized image to advertise for my band on myspace. What graphics program(s) would be good to use? I need something OS X compatable, easy to use, and free.

Courious George: Making a US FOIA Request I am a Permanent Resident of the US who immigrated 10 years ago. I am curious to find out what sort of records the federal governemt has acquired on me ("I have a file. I have a file!" -- Homer J. Simpson). From doing cursory Google searches it looks like I have to make seperate FOIA requests to each Federal agency for obtaining their records on me. Is there a centralized place where I can apply to get all my information released to me? Or do they deliberately make it painful to obtain the information? I am curious to hear the FOIA experiences of other monkeys as well. Were you surprised by the information they had on you? Disappointed? How about non-US-ian monkeys? What processes does your government have to initiate FOIA requests.

Chop chop! Curious George: slicing and dicing Yesterday I managed to slice open my finger instead of the onion I was aiming for. Looking for either online resources on cutting techniques (Google brings up a frightening number of links with offers including a free set of steak knives) or monkey-tips. more inside