BRATZAPPER: The high-tech electrical way to discipline children I think this is a hoax. I mean I really hope it's a hoax. Actually I'm fairly certain it's a hoax. Cuz it's pretty creepy. (via Museum of Hoaxes)

Patently Silly From the home page: "Necessity is the mother of invention. The father is unknown."

Shop 'til you drop! I know, I know, it's just a news story, but I just couldn't resist sharing...

Curious Careers: in search of any printable career aptitude tests I can use in the classroom. Any suggestions? more inside

Films of Coordination
Unicycling,(wma) Skateboarding, (QT)
Bicycle bouncing, (wma) Stunt Flying (wma)
(all embedded --- flying is biggest at ~6mins) Don't worry, there's no horrendous crashes in here although the faint of heart may want to take a couple of deep breaths (or valium). I just appreciate what some people can achieve - that, and it makes me feel like I've done some exercise when I watch others at 'play'![MI]

Chocolate. chocolate. chocolate. chocolate. chocolate. chocolate. chocolate. chocolate (nsfw). chocolate. chocolate. chocolate. chocolate. chocolate.

Everything you ever wanted to know about color..... and probably a lot more.

The Broadcast Flag and "Plug & Play": The FCC's Lockdown of Digital Television Thanks to an FCC ruling, as of July 2005, it will be illegal to manufacture or import DTV tuners unless they include DRM technologies mandated by the FCC. This means that DRM will be a standard feature on all future televisions, TiVos, and computers that want to interoperate with DTV content. more inside

2,443 Dirty Words (NSFW) Many of you remember Carlin's famous "10 words you can't say on the airwaves" monologue. Well, at his site he has an expanded list with such categories as male genitals, ejaculate and sexual arousal (both sexes). It's crude, potentially probably offensive, very NSFW and funny as hell if this is the type of thing you like. What are your favorite terms?

You No Longer Have Any Privacy Search yourself. Search your friends. Search your boss. Search your mom. The phrase, "I know where you live" just got a bit freakier. Via a story I heard on NPR just a bit ago. more inside

She's hitting him over the head with a bible An operations manager for Jack in the Box in Dallas was late for a meeting and called his boss to tell him he was running behind schedule. As he was leaving the voice mail message, he witnessed an accident and went on to provide "play by play" of the incident, including a man being beat over the head with a bible. Enjoy.

Belinda Stronach has jumped ship, crossed the floor, and abandoned the Canadian Conservative Party and joined the governing Liberals as a cabinet minister. Will Belinda be enough to keep her new found friends in power after Thursday's budget vote? Only David Kilgour and Chuck Cadman know for sure.

Dental Fear Central is (arguably) the most comprehensive dental phobia resource on the web. 100% non-profit, non-commercial, Dental Fear Central will allow you to link to all the major dental anxiety, fear and phobia sites on the world wide web, and much, much more! Packed with exciting features! Woo! And don't miss the forum!

High school teacher dissects live dog for students' benefit.

Weather and nature photos from weatherunderground.com. User submitted photos organized into categories and easily searchable. more inside

Wierd. Just wierd. This is perhaps the oddest news story I've ever read: A man found wandering the streets in Kent in a soaking wet suit has not said a word for over a month. But he turns out to be a virtuoso classical pianist. A telephone helpline to try and identify him has received hundreds of calls. (via Boing Boing)

Old time music (in the public domain)

Curious George: Silly questions Where to turn to? more inside

Gumby at 50 Five decades after Gumby first captured the world's imagination, the little green guy and his chums are starring in a new art exhibit - the first in a series of events to mark the 50th anniversary of the television icon's creation and launch his comeback.

<b>Curious George: Paypal Alternatives</b> There have been a few previous threads about PayPal's various sucking ways, but none of them revealed any better alternatives. Have any monkeys found ways of making online credit card transactions, for non-physical goods, that don't leave them wide open to fraudulent charge reversals? [More inside] more inside