"I Have Given You my Advice" : Educational Principles in the Hittite Empire. OK, you don't give a damn about the Hittite Empire. But there's killer stuff here: more inside

Storage. Sleep. Porsche. Gucci. GPS. Heart Monitors. Transportation. Comfort. Protection. Dental care. more inside

Make Martha Stewart's poncho! 10 percent of the profits go to Xiomaro Hernandez at Alderson Prison, who made the now-famous "Welcome Home Poncho."

Hi, My name is Robert MacNichol and this name is coming up on the Blair Witch Vol. II site. I'd like some explination as to how this happened. I want my name off your public domain and diconnected with anything relating to your business. Please advise Rob.

Blog, Wedgie and Irritable Bowel Syndrome: what do they all have in common? more inside

The Palm Jumeirah (flash) is part of a truly breathtaking holiday and residential development. The 'eighth wonder of the world', this involves the largest man-made islands in the world, in the shape of stylised palm trees. The great assets of the site include natural coral teeming with wildlife which is being enhanced with ambitious artifical reefs. But divers now say the site is an ecological catastrophe.

Curious George: Small Objects of Desire What objects are you really glad you own? more inside

The Theremin was invented by Lev Sergeivitch Termen (anglacized to Leon Theremin) in 1919. It uses Electromagnectic Induction to control pitch and volume. It produces an eerie, whistling sound associated by many with early horror films. more inside

Blue Origin and they're hiring

Think the Harlem Globtrotters are getting too big for their britches? Then why not support a smaller team: The Tiny Trotters -- a basketball team consiting of Little People (warning site is full of horrble java). The most brilliant idea for sports entertainment EVAR!!!

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is showing an exhibition of work called Now and Then, pairing a cartoonist's pro work with his/er juvenalia. To wit, here's Tony Millionaire, Peter Kuper, Charles Burns and Gary Baseman.

But' I was only checkin' me mail! whats a blog?

Curious George...Mind Control Wallpaper... Anybody tried alternatives to wallpaper on their walls? Mylar film, tinfoil, that kind of thing? Will rubber cement come off painted walls?

Balance. A quirky and compelling movie. Flash required.

The Doors - Puzzle This is a bit like The Dark Room and Crimson Room and um, the other one. You require FLASH. Click on stuff, collect objects to find your way out of a bunch of rooms. Somewhat annoying musical effects. more inside

Compressing your CSS with PHP Webdesigners, bloggers, htmly folk, you can reduce the transfer size of your CSS file by up to 75% using the methods outlined in this article. Results may vary, but looks a neat hack. more inside

Seems the ducks weren't the first to, ahem, experiment. Follow up to last week's bird sex shocker.

Need some quick pickup lines? Such quality offerings as, "If I could rearrange the alphabet, I'd put U and I together."

No wife, no horse, no mustache & two penises. Have you heard the one about the German guy who gets a second penis? His wife sees his double penis & immediately leaves him. Insert peni punchline here. This is a true story about penises. There is little or no offensive material in this article except for 10 penises, 4 cunts, an intact pair of testicles & a foreskin. Some of what I wrote in that last sentence is not true.

MP3 MONDAY: AIMEE MANN
Check out some tracks from her new album on this slickly designed site.