The Chapman Stick The chapman stick is a unique electronic string instrument that has been around for quite a while. In recent years however it's been gaining in popularity and showing up in bands such as king crimson, peter gabriel, the blue man group, John Paul Jones, amongst others. more inside

US sport is socialist, European is capitalist Interesting article on Slate arguing that US sport organisation is fundamentally socialist, while Europe's sport is capitalist in nature ... (which makes Leeds United the Enron of football!)

@lyon is rather nice - stuff from Lyons. On-line gallery of local artists (left panel gives list by artist, middle by theme, right panel artist's details); food (recipes, on-line gastro-forum, etc); and, um, the traditional on-line games of Lyon. And much besides - repays a browse.

Curious George: E-mail bouncing service? I recently had to close an E-mail box on my hosted server since it was getting 300 spams per day. This address was important though, and I'd like to bounce messages with an unharvestable graphics image of my new E-mail address for the benefit of the few legit people who try writing me. Unfortunately.... more inside

Cluster Bombs. What are they? Where are they? How do they affect kids in war zones? What would they say if they could talk? And why are so many organizations calling for a ban on them? more inside

docutizing? advermentary? raises all sorts of questions about filmic truth... more inside

No monkey should be without his or her bananaguard.

Barney 4 Life (Audio NSFW, Video NSFA)
'Pac's "Hit 'Em Up" synched with your favorite purple dinosaur. As Ultragrrrl sez: "THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER". Hip hop heads may appreciate this more than others. I was floored.

My toolbelt is getting a little tight: Playboy launches "Women of Home Depot." Beats working for $7.50 an hour I suppose. [CNN article, i.e., perfectly SFW.]

MONKEY HATE CLEAN! Damn dirty humans. more inside

Ravi Shankar (.org)