MUCH more than meets the eye
I was gonna save this for Monday when it would get more play but I just can't wait anymore: This is the site page of a man making an honest to god Transformer. What IS this? It's far too convincing to be anything but A:)real or B:)a commercial, but which? The site is REMARKABLY convincing (the guy's personal page listing on his obsession with toy trains was last updated in '99) but after wonderful A.I. and Matrix sites tried similar "grassroots tactics," I'm twice shy. Still, I have to say that when I saw this and this; I started giggling like an excited schoolgirl. Monkeys? What do we think?

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Greater and greater numbers of scientists are joining the ID movement, which is why we keep referring to the same three year after year. more inside

A brief history of Hip-Hop, told in album covers. more inside

toilet paper (Quicktime, 14MB)

Is it "breakfast" or "blargh"? Food considered delectable in some cultures, scary or "git me a 12-foot pole" gross in others. More controversial comestibles here, as written by one of those (self-proclaimed) "annoying travelers who boast about the disgusting food they've lived to tell about (and tell about and tell about)." more inside

BBC Boners The content of this article has already been done, but what do we think of the BBC using an image from Boners?

Across the Generations: Exploring US History Through Family Papers. 'Family papers contain a wealth of information. Most obviously, the history of a particular family can be learned by examining the records a family leaves behind. At the same time, larger trends and events can be traced within the records of one family. Families do not go about their daily lives in a vacuum. They bear and raise children, marry and die, work and play as members of a larger community ... '

Citizen Kubrick more inside

Rate My Poo takes Poo Pride to new heights. Or is that lows?

A search-engine that tries to 'understand' its' visitors and find things you don't know about. This seems like an interesting effort in blending search/suggestion/discussion all into one. I have just signed on via Flork. more inside

Janet Klein

Curious, George: Anyone have any good links to unintentionally hilarious web sites put up by high school acquaintances or ex co-workers. I come not to mock, but merely to admire.

What's in a name? A lot apparently. NYTimes article discusses the politics and economics of names--corporate, show biz and personal. There just aren't enough to go around.

"The bottom line is that he was there at the beginning of so much cool stuff in so many different areas it's not funny". Glen E. Friedman, considered one of the most important photographers of his generation, became well known for working with such rebellious artists as Fugazi, Black Flag, Ice-T, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Misfits, Bad Brains, Beastie Boys, Run-D.M.C, KRS-1, and Public Enemy, as well as old school skateboarders like: Tony Alva, Jay Adams, Alan "Ollie" Gelfand, Duane Peters, and Stacy Peralta, among others.

"This revolution is for display purposes only."
If any of you have not yet seen Banksy's work, you really should. The stencils are expecially cool and worth checking out.

Asking Bob Stinson of the Replacements To the Prom? Lap at Diaryland writes an entry about asking Bob Stinson to her prom. Actually, the whole entry is a great history of the Minneapolis/St. Paul punk rock scene in the 80s.

Rumor has it that DC MeFi folks are looking at meeting up. Any DC monkeys keen on crashing the party?

Make Your Own Movie Use DFilm's shockwave generator to create your own flick. more inside

You can pick your nose, you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your friend's nose All you urine drinking, placentia eating folks now have a new hobby, eating your boogers.