Random facts about Vin Diesel. The site went down for a bit due to heavy traffic. Hopefully it doesn't happen again. more inside

Guess the Google 20 Flickr pictures in a collage. 20 seconds to guess the connecting tag. 10 collages per round. (I got something like 268pts) [need Flash 7.0]

The Most Important Games Ever Made more inside

Weird John Brown - vindicated by history, this abolitionist visionary was a man who innately understood feminism long before its time, a respected friend of native Americans and an eloquent speaker, but also man of violence who drew no distinction between the innocent and guilty in 'a society determined to perpetuate an evil'. A new biography restores Brown’s centrality to the Civil War.

Garden with Insight garden simulator is an educational simulation that uses weather, soil, and plant growth models to simulate a simple garden in an open-ended microworld setting. You can plant vegetables and grow them to learn more about plants, the soil, the weather, gardening, and science. Free download.

And the prize for lamest celebrity gallery ever goes to...

Nooooo!! It had to happen. One of Ontario's oldest microbreweries, Creemore Springs, has been bought by one of the monsters. While there are still many good independent microbreweries, as well as others that are still works in progress, it can't be seen as a good thing, either in Ontario, or whereever the tentacles of any of the big guys can reach. more inside

Potential terrorists? Penguins go through airport security. more inside

Goodbye Hotmail! An ... erm... interesting read. more inside

Railway Photographs American, Australian, British, Canadian & New Zealand Railway photographs. The first site was a haphazardly lucky find and then I looked further and there are gazillions of photographs of trains online. These are just a small sample.

emails "pose threat to IQ" The distractions of constant emails, text and phone messages are a greater threat to IQ and concentration than taking cannabis, according to a survey of befuddled volunteers.

Amazon directory of free MP3 Downloads "Amazon has put together a single page listing all the free, no-DRM MP3s you can download from their site, as promos for CDs." And it updates every six hours. (Via Boing Boing.)

Sita Sings the Blues. A new twist on an old myth, featuring our friend Hanuman (via bb).

Stoned Monkeys go ape on villagers - and I mean really stoned monkeys. In other primate periodicals, Jewish gorillas stay kosher at Passover. more inside

The how's and why's of blowing off the church. Seems like this guy might wanna take a look.

T shirts have been mailed - Some extras are available Yeah, yeah, this is my second post of the day... Big deal. Ok, I just got back from 2 hrs at the post office. The mofi T shirts have been sent. This was a shit load of work! more inside

Berkeley Prof loses laptop, calls in the FBI, SEC and CIA: A Berkeley professor has had his laptop stolen and at the end of his lecture tries to scare the thief straight. Real Video of the lecture. via BoingBoing via Engadget. more inside

Help the Monarch Butterflies (reg req, sorry). MonarchWatch, an organization started by University of Kansas professor Orley Taylor, announced today that they are looking for 10,000 volunteers to set up "way stations" to help Monarch butterflies in their annual migration from Mexico to Canada and back. more inside

The Slow Loris. Incredibly cute proto-primate with the unusual feature of secreting poison from its elbows. Which leads to a distincly non-threatening defence posture, and hanging out with bald guys, apparently. Obligatory wikipedia page here.

History of Pop-up & Moveable Books: I still think this type of 'art' is pretty magical even in the digital age. I had a pirate ship pop-up book as a kid. So if you're stuck for a child's christmas present...