The whitechocolate ribcage is coming to get me!

You got your Metallica in my Beatles Too good to miss, shamelessly stolen from The Blue. What you get when you mix The Sound of the Beatles with the style of Metallica. You can grab the tunes from this torrent. Mathowie has also graciously uploaded the tracks for direct download. Grab it while it's hot!

How the war in Iraq has damaged the war on terrorism. A new piece by terrorism expert Jessica Stern.

War on Pr0n In this field office in Washington, 32 prosecutors, investigators and a handful of FBI agents are spending millions of dollars to bring anti-obscenity cases to courthouses across the country for the first time in 10 years. Nothing is off limits, they warn, even soft-core cable programs such as HBO's long-running Real Sex or the adult movies widely offered in guestrooms of major hotel chains. (via slashdot) more inside

Is Current insurgency Iraq's Tet Offensive? Matt Yglesias seems to think so. more inside

Maestro!
Music please! It's time for a Super Mario Blowout edition! more inside

Clever Monkey: Dropload Clever Monkey: Dropload is a deceptively simple free utility with almost limitless potential: 50 megs of space that you are allowed to use to drop off a file. Your account name is your email; when someone drops off a file, you're alerted by email and can decide if you want to download. Anonymous dropoff is allowed and although the potential for negative mischief is there, the greater potential is that you can receive little gifts from a circle of e-friends all day long! Used intelligently, with discretion and the occasional donation, this could be the start of something great in terms of communication for those of us that have had to rely on small and restrictive freebie email accounts to send and recieve information. more inside

Australian Sound Design. The Australian Sound Design Project, is the first national website and database dedicated to researching and publishing original works and the discourse relating to sound and its design in public space.

Hot mechanical soccer action Not yet Transformers-grade, but they're getting close. Fascinating videos of the Robovie-M 'Team Osaka' robots. I can picture them in a couple years, cladded in shiny plastic, under many Xmas trees... Plus, check the link for a Powerpoint presentation with some more info.

"Yes, this is biro-web™." A website made entirely with pens! For others like it, check out Jeff Bridges' website and Loobiecore. more inside

Monkeybashi at work. Monkeys get everywhere, you know. Is this Beloved Leader's day job?

Ah, Just one more question ma'am, if I may: Y'see, what I can't figure out is, after you found the gun - why didn't you go back into the hotel room? Ahh Columbo you and your questions!

Tough chica Pregnant woman in rural Mexico takes a few shots of tequila and a kitchen knife, performs caesarean on self. Follows up by chewing sheet metal, spitting out nails.

Hi honey! I recently noticed several different types of honey on my grocer

Marshmallow Peeps It all started at lunch one day when Peter said he hated marshmallow peeps......

Curious, George: Any fellow primates freelancing in the design/programming industry? If so, does anyone have any experience with the site Elance? Are there any other similar bid-for-work sites that you prefer/have had good experiences with?

Writer Feels That Accusations Against Prez Be a Felony Check out the picture of (the author) Kaye Grogan. It truly is priceless.

The power of databases - Reason, a libertarian magazine, decides to show what databases can do by individualzing each cover for subscribers with a satellite photo of their house. (NY Times link) via kottke.org

Click Mazes is a collection of interactive mazes and puzzles to get your grey matter working. My favourites included the plank puzzles and the collection of tilt puzzles.

It ain't over 'til the fat lady eats. Ever wondered why the biggest opera singers are big in other ways? It's not just a coincidence. They have to work extra hard to push out those notes. Then there's the issue of extra tissue around their throats.