Playing with paperclips, ending with art. more inside

Art or Bio terrorism? Steve Kurtz was already suffering from one tragedy when he called 911 early in the morning to tell them his wife had suffered a cardiac arrest and died in her sleep. The police arrived and, cranked up on the rhetoric of the "War on Terror," decided Kurtz's art supplies were actually bioterrorism weapons. more inside

A visual feast of images from over thirty collections. Choose from cartography, fine arts, architecture, photography. [via researchbuzz]

On-line Forums - which one? Curious George : When I'm not devouring the threads on MoFi, or waiting for the MeFi to come back on-line, I manage a sizeable database. I've been looking at ways of communicating better with the userbase (approx 500) and encouraging them to share best practice amongst themselves. An on-line forum seems to be a sensible way forward, I've seen Yahoo Groups and it seems to fit the bill, BUT under their Terms and conditions they own all of the information posted to the forum. Does anyone know of any other forum hosting sites or even have any experience of hosting on their own server with some off-the-shelf application,

Janakpur Women's Development Centre. 'The paintings are rooted in traditions which Maithil women have passed down through generations. On the occasion of marriage or for festivals such as Deepawali, Maithil women paint lively designs on the mud walls of their houses. During Deepawali, in order to attract Laxmi the goddess of wealth, they paint designs of elephants and peacocks which symbolize prosperity, as well as images of tigers, birds, and other animals. In monsoon season the paintings fade or wash away.' Gallery here.

Ghost photographed in Welsh Castle - It looks as fake as anything, but maybe worth having a gander. Also, does a ghost haunt the Tawas Lighthouse? Probably not. more inside

Rockfish is impressive as hell. yes, it's a qt link and i imagine it'll be a bit of a download, but WHOA.

Super Size Me I saw this movie today and it was excellent. It is nice to see that MTV is just a cog in the consumerism selling machine. To be a little more articulate, Super Size Me provides people with information regarding the negative health effects of eating fast food on a consistent basis over a months time. Call it unrealistic, slanted, but I thought that the arguments were well supported and thought provoking. For MTV to argue that the specter of defamation exists, and hence they will not advertise it is BS!!

Damn you, internet! Apparently the "dont ask, dont tell" policy is being exploited by jilted gay military ex's to out their former SO's to give them the boot. more inside

Eric Idle presents... The FCC Song. [Not safe for America, via Disinformation.]

Supersize Any Image With The "Rasterbator"! Create HUGE posters out of small image files! more inside

The Lost Museum: A virtual recreation of P. T. Barnum's American Museum

Feeling saucy, monkeys? Your "words of wisdom" could be published on the nearly 5 billion sauce packets distributed in Taco Bell

Have you ever wondered what all those notes mean? I have been teaching music to people of varying ages, abilities and tastes for a long time and this is far and away the best music theory resource I have seen online. From the basics of pitch, duration and time to the nature of a musical score it is all here.

House of Ugoff! Ok, this could fall under the "monkeyproductfilter" category, but hell, I think the whole Ugoff (Flash, SFW unless you work at McDonalds or Wendy's)campaign for Burger King's salads is brilliant. I particularly like the pouch set up against the fashionable purses and bags in the style section.

Curious George: Getting out of frames jail. How can I close a Web page frame using a "javascript:" command on a browser address: bar? Of course this assumes I can find the frame name. An example: the frame at the top of this page. On sites like Delphi Forum boards I am frequently stuck in "frames jail" where 20% of the screen is occupied by dead space. No luck Googling on this one -- far too many nonrelevant hits to sift through.

Photoshop makes art safe for children Taking a hint from John Ashcroft, Worth 1000 makes the classics of Western Art SFW. [via boingboing]

When pop culture references collide! and have dancing skeleton babies. (Flash) more inside

Hell, by brothers Jake and Dinos Chapman, may also have perished.

Fafblog interviews Dr. James Dobson. [via boingboing]