Curious, George: Cellphones + soundboards I bought some adapters so I could connect my cellphone to my computer, but so far the cellphone output is really distorted, and must be amplified. The quality when I play sound files from the computer into the cellphone is OK but really too quiet. Anyone done this before?

It is not a good idea to invite a chimpanzee to be on your news program. Embedded Vid.

Senator Rick Santorum's Generous Contribution to the English Language This is "Santorum"

Bush Forcefully Attacks! Hopefully with better results than his IRAQ ATTACK. Antother Typical Dry Alcoholic Simian Display of Pique!!

Curious George: another webhosting question I searched the other threads, but none of them quite addressed my isssue. I work for a small nonprofit in the midst of a growth spurt and we desperately need to change our web/e-mail hosting service. Currently we're using Readyhosting, which has crappy customer service and the e-mail server frequently goes down, as they don't seem to have any backup servers. more inside

Infinite Blanket - Remember Paris, France from I ♥ Huckabee's? Rose Rushbrooke is a fractal artist who works in the medium of... blankies. [Obligatory Fractal Post] more inside

They just don't work. In which it is determined that aluminum foil hats potentially increase the invasiveness of government mindprobes. What will the tinfoil hat brigade do now?

available domain name of the week - seven years of names (via this comment by matildaben on AskMeFi)

Crispin Jones takes functional, everyday objects and gives them an odd twist, transforming them into art. His mobile phones are designed to prevent anti-social phone behavior. His tables predict the future and keep themselves clutter-free. And his watches show the passing of time through the day's TV schedule or tell the world when you tell a lie. more inside

FOX cancels Arrested Development Arguably one of the best comedy shows on broadcast TV, FOX has decided to cancel Arrested Development after only 13 episodes of season 3. What a shame. I don't think any amount of petitioning can save this one. I'm really trying curtail my newsfilter posting...

Non Anal Retentive. Elimination illumination. News and tales from the fundament!

5-year old Tyler Petrucci Sings : And it will freak you the fuck out.

Malarious George...Are Humans Total Pussies? Are humans able to resist disease less well than other animals? Crude - really crude - example; cats, dogs and loads of other animals happily lick their own butts and are just dandy, while humans drop dead from minute amounts of E. coli in drinking water, and from any number of epidemic diseases caused by sewage-contaminated water. more inside

Today is Armistice Day (where I am it is anyway). I'll be spending a while browsing this site. A huge resource containing the fantastic and the humorous, as well as the tragic [graphic warning on that last one].

Curious George Invites. Ugh. more inside

C'était un Rendezvous Paris, 1968, early one August morning. A Ferrari 275 GTB, going up to 140mph, makes it from one side of the city to another in less than 9 minutes. I think I love the sound of the car more than the video. QuickTime 35MB, via jwz

The Annual Anglo-American Swearing Competition

The answer is yes "Can a worker be fired from his job because he believes in ghosts?" more inside

The comic art of R. Kikuo Johnson. Very interesting work from Fantagraphics. more inside

Bush amazes the US by borrowing more from foreign nations than all other US Presidents combined Throughout the first 224 years (1776-2000) of our nation’s history, 42 U.S. presidents borrowed a combined $1.01 trillion from foreign governments and financial institutions according to the U.S. Treasury Department. In the past four years alone (2001-2005), the Bush Administration has borrowed a staggering $1.05 trillion. more inside