Glossary of medieval art and architecture. Click on each word to see illustrative graphic. There are more images here, and a Gothic glossary with more stuff here.

Google Moon I dare you to zoom all the way in.

Man dies from injuries incurred from sex with horse
Worse, it's not an isolated incident. Not even close. The "40-acre farm where investigators found hundreds of hours of videotape depicting men, including the one who died, having sex with horses" in Enumclaw, Washington where this took place will probably not even be charged with anything, even though they dropped the dead man off at the local hospital post-mortem. Not that I don't think this guy didn't have it coming. more inside

23 Questions with Robert Anton Wilson - No wife, no horse, no mustache. Via Everything isn't Under Control

Lebowski Fest this weekend. I've been informed a handful of Metafiltristes are showing up here in Louisville for the real original Lebowskifest this weekend; the Metatalk thread with contact info is here, just in case some Monkeys didn't read it. Maybe y'all can do a joint Mofi/Mefi meetup around it, at which I might show up.

The Ballad of Polly and Wally A brilliant mock-up of current polyamory trends. Embedded QT movie. NSFW!!!!!! more inside

Emily was a Donut Dolly with the Red Cross in Vietnam. A Donut Dollies' job was to organize and provide recreation for the soldiers. They played games, sang songs, and sat and talked to the soldiers. Emily shares some of her pictures and writings about her experience there: The time the VC landed a direct hit on the Dong Tam ammo dump, a fatigued soldier, flying around by helicopter, the architecture, and kids. more inside

The Onion-O-Matic Courtesy the now-defunct but still quite funny website, Humor Is Dead.

Fashion Design: Have you ever thought that fashion design has got stuck in a rut? Architecture, Industrial Design and the car industry combine new materials and technologies with aesthetics to create objects with form and function, while fashion apes the designs of the past or creates baroque monstrosities

Curious George - Supreme Contest Who will George pick tonight as the next supreme court justice? Winner will receive a box of wonderment as a prize. If multiple monkeys pick the same winner, a run-off will be held to determine the ultimate winner. Good Luck!

Make my PC and MAC love War3 together My powerbook won't play Warcraft III with my friend's PC on a wireless LAN. Anyone?

Seems like a slow day, so I'll post this. "The Options Institute provides training on how to manage risk in an increasingly complex marketplace through the use of effective options strategies.", provided by the CBOE, in addition to quotes, research, a glossary, etc. Included are Online Tutorials and Online Courses. more inside

That New, Old Interface Every once in a while, designers turn back the clock and give something another try. Exhibit A: the Fold n' Drop interface for sorting through computer files. Exhibit B: the book radio, which is exactly what it sounds like. Are these paper metaphors suitable for what they've been used for? Could or should they be extended into other areas?

Curious George: Computer security. Can anyone point me to a geeky resource that shows all the points to hit for hardenening a personal Windows 2000 computer from exploits? more inside

The hunt for #928. In 1967, an A-12 blackbird crashed in the Nevada desert on its return to the Groom Lake airbase. Almost 30 years later, Tom Mahood set out to find the crash site. It's a story of modern archaeology that has top secret black titanium spy-planes, codenamed compatriots, CIA coverup stories, FOIA requests, and some great detectiving. Plus, he sinks his truck. more inside

Odiferous George: The smell of rot wafts from my neighbor's woodshed... more inside

Strange, Beautiful Little Ballad This is a bit overly gothed out for me... but I like the idea of a long running internet comic, and the simple art blows me away.

Conquerous George Okay, so I've decided to take over my back garden and declare it as an independent state. I haven't decided on the name yet; Finnegestan, maybe, or Piss Off. Anyhoo, I was wondering how I'd go about getting my country internationally recognised. I want the whole shebang: tea with Chirac, talks late into the night about drilling rights, discussion about the fishing boundaries in that little pond at the end. Is there someone I need to talk to about this? Some list I need to add my name onto? How do I go about joining the UN? And do I get any additional rights in England as a sovereign of another country, should I decide to sometimes leave mine to get some groceries or something?

Flash Flipbook Fun DIY flash based flip books to share. more inside

MoFi meetup weekend party It's a house-party meetup in Southern Ontario, the weekend of August 5th through 7th. more inside