VideoGeorge: DVD backup Help me back up my DVDs! [I'm a vid idiot] more inside

Andre Norton, 1912-2005 Andre Norton, requisat in pace. One of the great ladies of science fiction and fantasy has passed. Her fansite is blacked out for 24 hours in mourning. *sigh* Miami Herald. NYT stories. (via) more inside

Sure...you say you dig pie... but dawg, are you down with pies like these? Reppin' for Pie Recipe Central. Good Ol' Boy Pie Avocado Lime Pie Sicilian Easter Pie Green Grape Pie more inside

Online Irish immigrant database. I was listening to NPR today when I heard this piece about a "missing persons" column that ran for many years in an old Boston Catholic newspaper; maybe you can find your relatives in the database of mainly Irish immigrants to the U.S. who were listed in the missing persons column. Also, check out this database including some 70 percent of immigrants who entered the U.S. through the Port of New York between 1892 and 1924. more inside

Numa numa what? Sure, everyone's crazy about the numa-numa guy. There are even somewhat funny immitators, but let's not forget the original webcam sing-along that started it all. (wmv, sorry folks) So what happens to flash-in-the-pan Internet superstars? Life goes on, I suppose.

Project guitars How to make 'em and maintain 'em. Warning -- contains guitars.

Not just found cards. Cards submitted by readers. Looks like it's been around a while, but nothing turned up in the archive. Inspired by this.

Curious George: Wiki I have recently downloaded wxWikiServer, which happily runs on my desktop. But I wonder what I can do with a wiki, apart from create a new Wikipedia. Can the monkeys point me at exemplary wikis, to give me a clue?

The Scene. A suprisingly entrancing free online video series, and since something can't be popular on the Interent without being parodied. 4th episode NSFW. /.> Enter the Internet underworld. Where secret ftp servers with tons of space and bandwidth, provide the top of the the tree from which copyrighted media falls to the lower level peer to peer networks. more inside

Washi villages. Washi is traditional Japanese paper: the authentic variety is now made in only a few places. Though ultimately deriving from China, washi paper has a long history in Japan. In typically mendacious and rapacious style, the Brits have a rip-off version called Oxford Indian paper.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Celebrate by buying a piece of Ireland, only $49.99. Worldwide shipping!

13 Things in science that do not make sense. An article in New Scientist on topics from methane on mars to the placebo effect to cold fusion. Via linkfilter.

The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert. This magnum opus of the French Enlightenment took over twenty years to complete and includes 21 volumes with subjects ranging from asparagus to zodiac as well as a map of the system of human knowledge. They're still translating a bunch of articles, but if you're up to it, you can read it in the original French.

Gizoogle: Finally, a translator that is useful in the real world! [Possibly NSFW: obscene language]

The Church of Jesus Christ in Zion is sect of Mormonism. They recognizes Roger Billings, who invented the first hydrogen fueled car, as a prophet Billings, is a scientist, engineer and inventor prior to creating his own sect.
The Billings Business Computer was an early competitor of Apple and he was the originator of many ideas in spreadsheets, databases, etc. He has now created his own following of people who practice the doctrine polygamy as well as other teachings of the fundamentalist beliefs among his members.(more inside) more inside

Turtle TV Network. With some strange videos featuring turtles as actors. "The One With All the Cinema" reenacts popular movies, and "The One With the Shower Scene" reenacts Psycho.

Welcome To World Fiddle Music

And dat's da name of dat tune. It's kind of disappointing 'cuz he does such a good death row prisoner.

Mariko Takahashi's Poodle Fitness Workout
Amazing.

Jazz and the "White Negro." [mi] more inside