March 31, 2005

For when your dog is, like, totally the wrong colour. Try this cats, I dares ya!
Dr Johnson, A to Z For the 250th anniversary of Dr Johnson's dictionary. more inside
Complex Anime Origami. Photos of 3d sculptures of anime characters, made of paper. Some are pretty risque (and furry). The level of detail makes it look like these are huge, almost life size, but this one is sitting on top of a DVD case. Some of these would freak me out a little if they weren't so amazing. (site is in japanese, and geocities. Even so, it's worth looking at) more inside
Flickr Related Tag Browser lets you surf Flickr's 'tag space'. Flickr tags are keywords used to classify images. Each tag has a associated list of 'related' tags, based on clustered usage analysis. [flash]
Rude food I'm not normally one for chuckling at Chinglish, but this is a spectacularly bad effort (and NSFW).
Crackerjack maps. Based on lenticular printing. Via the blue's agatha_magatha. more inside
The personality of Adolph Hitler. A rare 1943 psychological analysis of the personality of Adolph Hitler that predicted, among other things, his eventual suicide -- is now available on the Cornell Law Library's Web site.
What's in a face? What do your facial characteristics reveal about your behaviour? your earning potential? your politeness? Upload a photo for your free facial analysis! more inside
Poll: Most Americans are Anti-Nuke Radicals. Two-thirds of Americans say no nation should have nuclear weapons, including the U.S. more inside
Monkey pay-per-view When given the choice, thirsty monkeys will choose to look at images of the dominant members of their pack rather than taking a drink of their favorite beverage, cherry juice. Apparently this justifies Paris Hilton's celebrity. In other news, male monkeys are willing to pay lots of juice to see female monkey butts.
Immersive meetup?/Curious Drunk Zimf Inversive meetup?/Curious Drunk Zimf - Tie-in for vague impromptu London meetup for the slackers amongst us... [more inside] more inside
WWIII: Missed it by THAT much! When? September 26, 1983
President Bush and Dick Cheney go at it -- Harlequin Romance Style.

March 30, 2005

Georgina the rabbit was swiped midway through a magic performance of Velcro the Great in London today. Seems that Georgina was only the fourth rabbit Lynn Thomas has used in his 20+ year gig as a street & stage magician.
Transparent Screens. Some of these are very well done...
Captain Odor-Eaters™ and his dog, Zorbitex™ are on a mission to wipe out foot odor, wherever it may be. They found it in Montpelier, VT.
Russian scientists determine that "whipping therapy" can cure depression and suicide crises by increasing the production of endorphins. S&M as therapy? [via the science blog Gene Expression]
Former UVM Researcher Admits to Fraud A former University of Vermont researcher has admitted to altering and fabricating research results for a decade. In that time, he received $2.9 million in federal research funding (mostly NIH). The actual findings are listed here. There have been a number of recent, high-profile scandals involving researchers of several different disciplines. Are these outings of plagiarism and fraud proof that the system works, or does the review/refereeing process need tweaking or an overhaul? more inside
Naked Man Shot and Killed and was threatening three unclothed children? WTF news story of the day. (Anonymous login does exist for this story!)
THE ACME MINIATURE CIRCUS STARRING MIDGE AND MADGE, PERFORMING FLEAS
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