Sherlock Holmes as he was the first time: Stanford University is now offering print or PDF Sherlock Holmes stories, serialized as they originally appeared in The Strand magazine. It's free! Go here to subscribe to either PDF or newsprint copies mailed to your home. You can also make a donation to support the project. It runs from early January through April--give yourself a little mystery in the new year! via boingboing

Curious George: Favourite Books What are your five favourite books? This thread made me think ... what about a MoFi reading list? Why not list your five favourite books: more inside

The Adventures of SuperPup A failed television pilot from 1958 and quite possibly the most amazing premise ever: Superman as a dog as played by little people.

Howard Dully was lobotomized at the age of 12. His illness that required spikes to be placed into his brain through his eyes? A stepmother who wanted to get rid of him. NPR lets Howard tell his own story as he tracks down information about a procedure that left him forever scarred.

Curious George Long story short, I recently got some hi spec digital camera gear and I have decided I want to be a photographer. more inside

Plushie Pee & Plushie Poo Originally sold seperately, Pee & Poo now come in a duo pack... These toys are perhaps the most subtle, lovable and harmless way you can physically represent urine and excrement in the form of a plush toy.

Snapshooting Curious, George: What do you do with your digital pictures? Besides those taken for work, how do you manage your personal digital pictures? Print them out, burn to CD/DVD and watch them from those, just keep them on your computer? more inside

The Gorillaz Live. Yes the cartoon band performed live at the MTV Europe Music awards. (link to Quicktime) more inside

Self-medicating. For a sizable group of people in their 20's and 30's, deciding on their own what drugs to take - in particular, stimulants, antidepressants and other psychiatric medications - is becoming the norm. Confident of their abilities and often skeptical of psychiatrists' expertise, they choose to rely on their own research and each other's experience in treating problems like depression, fatigue, anxiety or a lack of concentration. A medical degree, in their view, is useful, but not essential, and certainly not sufficient. [NYTimes Link -- could require login, duh] more inside

Curious George: Don't you hate it when you're picking something up from under a table, and it hits the side of the table and falls back onto the floor? What are some of your pet peeves?

How many of these have you read? And which ones did you enjoy? more inside

MoFi Secret Santa 2005: Revenge of the Fruitcake It's that time again, kids. Last year's exchange went well enough, so let's try it once more! more inside

"The hardest riddle available on the internet."

TurtleKiss.com. Koopa the Turtle is unofficially the world's first internationally collected, professional turtle artist.

Crying Wolof Does the word hip really hail from a West African language? more inside

Curious George: Website Design I've been asked to design a website, and as I've never been paid for it before, I wondered what some of you Professinal Webmasters charge for such a thing. more inside

Liquid Cereal. Made with real cereal! via

What age do you act? more inside

Back to the future (with email) From Oct. 24, 2005 to Nov. 30, 2005, Forbes.com will collect thousands of letters that our readers have written to themselves. And we'll deliver them up to 20 years later.

Seeing is sometimes not believing What, you may ask, is so special about a site dedicated to the photography of ketchup bottles, napkin dispensers and the like? more inside