Campaign in the membrane: Using M.R.I.'s to See Politics on the Brain [NYT Link] He lay inside an M.R.I. machine, watching commercials playing on the inside of his goggles as neuroscientists from the University of California, Los Angeles, measured the blood flow in his brain.

I may be drunk, but tomorrow morning I shall be sober, and you will still be ugly. - useful phrases in multiple languages, to help promote understanding among the peoples of the world.

Sir Mix-A-Nemoy. Take this classic, add a certain popular piece of rap, a video editor, et voila!

Mimi Smartypants is afraid the opera will call her at 2am, drunk. Mimi Smartypants is not new, but her writing is terribly funny and fresh. She has an 18 month old adopted baby named Nora. Something that *is* brand spanking new is that she is participating in a weblog with others about their experiences with a particularly expensive ($38/bar!) brand of face soap. more inside

Welcome to The Giantess Zone. Roger Corman would be proud. . Possibly NSFW...

Pre-S.U.V., And Infinitely Cooler-- The Woodie!

The Bureau of Corporate Allegory I'm always a sucker for anything Art Deco, but the captions here are simply priceless.

Curious George: Would anyone like to help me? I need some volunteers to help out with a project I'm doing for university. It shouldn't take more than 20 minutes of your time. (More inside for anyone who is interested) more inside

How AT&T failed at Local Number Portability Also know as, What Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong. more inside

Ladies and gentlemen, the new New Coke, Coca-Cola C2.

Writing on the Brain Another excelent commentary via A&LD. Loved the first paragraph. Interesting how A&LD likes to paraphrase articles in a way that doesn't seem to relate in any way to the content of the sources.

Weird Stuff on Ebay Yes, you too can now own a piece of history. A piece of Abraham Lincoln's hair from the night he was assassainated. Most likely fake, but still creepy and fascinating.

Lime Cat I have no idea why.

In Passing ... This is a great little blog that documents conversations heard in passing. "We need a dolphin with opposable thumbs." "The combination of a dolphin and a monkey should do it, then." "Hell of a love child." "You have not been trained to think that way, so you don't. But I see it." --Two guys who appear to be doing more drinking than eating at the hotel restaurant.  

Curious, George: Acrobat vs. Mozilla why does acrobat hate my copy of mozilla? on my laptop opening a .pdf on a website slows my machine to a crawl. mozilla just freezes, blank screen, no response from the program for several minutes at least. more inside

The Monkey Shelf. Comedies. Your favourite ones. more inside

Intelligent MIDI Sequencing with Hamster Control. Cornell engineering student designs a MIDI sequencer controlled by six hamsters. Audio (wav, mp3) and video (avi) examples available. more inside

Kill Television. . . . For a week, anyway. This week is Turn off TV week. Are you in denial? Six steps will get you going (and it's less than 12 steps . . ) Deny your god! Turn off the idiot box!

Virtual pyramid ...and other ancient Egyptian buidlings. From the Digital Egypt site of UCL.

A Levitating Frog - with help from a 16 Tesla magnetic field within a Bitter Magnet. Snarfled from Reality Carnival more inside