Hatebeak If this has already been posted, then I apologize. If not, then check out the heavy metal band with a parrot for a lead singer.

Vladimir Endorses Bush Take that, Kerry! With your 'world leaders' supporting you! George's good friend "Vlad-uh-muhr" comes out in support of the president, and says that if Bush loses, terrorism will spread. Has he been talking to Cheney? more inside

New TAS1000 single. Just in time for MP3 Monday. more inside

Follow the Money: How John Kerry busted the terrorists' favorite bank. "As the presidential campaign enters its final stretch, Kerry's BCCI experience...reveals [his] foresight in fighting terrorism that is critical for any president in this age of asymmetrical threats. As The Washington Post noted, 'years before money laundering became a centerpiece of antiterrorist efforts...Kerry crusaded for controls on global money laundering in the name of national security.'" more inside

U.S. Election Simulators "Playing as Kerry in one round of Political Machine, I won the popular vote but lost the election. The game didn't offer me a recount." Uh oh...

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Dubious George...I have a secret vice: I love reading advertising flyers. I'm actually all happy to see a bunch in my mailbox. What's yours?

What the hell am I doing here? Lovely little flash animation for Radiohead's Creep. It really... grows on you. more inside

Didn't Know I Was Unamerican (flash)

How a lego brick is made - all explained vividly by tiny weeny little isometric toons with hover-over mini movies to show details of various stages, executed in FLASH, and supplied with a gameboy-like electronic soundtrack. No Danish Elves were harmed in the making of this entry, although many Danish robots were broken and smashed. more inside

Letterboxing with Mark and Sue , including a trip to Dartmoor, where letterboxing first started in 1854. Thus I glimpsed into the intriguing World of Letterboxing.

When theories collide... The theoretical physics community is having a disagreement. That, of course, is not unusual. What is interesting is that they're doing it in blogspace, so we get to cheer them on, take sides, and make abusive gestures as appropriate. The problem is String Theory. Specifically, a rather complex thing known as the String theory landscape. more inside

Redneck Theology. Includes some excelent pictures of modern rednecks.

Blue 78's, I was disapointed to learn, were in none of the new links on the front page. A short google search later I came across this resource where I found much more than my blues page.

Spin the shellac! Honking Duck organizes hundreds of online recordings of 78s in several ways. more inside

CS nerd extraordinaire. "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders." -- Hal Abelson, MIT professor, important computer science author and 78 RPM record collector.

Moldie-Oldie Monkey Monday Music Mania An (almost) hundred-year-old recording of one of the legends of piping: PM Willie Ross. Isn't it freaky that you can hear the living hands of someone who's been dead and gone for so long? And what hands they were... more inside

Pulp Politicians Quentin's famous flick has been remade- this time with an all new cast. Flash, sound required more inside

Pierre Salinger did a little of everything in his life in his 79 years. Most people under 30 know him from ABC Evening News, but he had been President Kennedy's press secretary during the Cuban missile crisis; he served as senator from California for about 4 months after the death of the incumbant, he was even in a movie. In 1996 he publicly embarassed himself after claiming TWA Flight 800 had been accidentally been shot down by the US military. And of course, there are the eyebrows. [Telegraph article, reg required: I didn't try these so I can't guarantee they'll work (fuckprofiling@spamsucks.com, spamsucks)]

I eat books - a fascinating personal blog of reading, from Weird Tales to Vanity Fair.