MIT's Media Lab announces $100 Linux Laptop initiative. No, you can't buy one. But they may change the distribution of education in Africa, India, Brazil, and yes, Boston and Detroit. (more inside) more inside

Something artful this way comes Although a place to buy art online, I especially like the Features Section from their online magazine. Includes Baghdad Journal, by Steve Mumford, an artist embedded for a year with U.S. forces. more inside

Oceania Postcards and Picture Galleries The images of Oceania are both diverse and fascinating. [Caution: possibly some may be considered NSFW by the stodgy.] Via Eye of the Goof

Curious George: Calming Corporate IT Any help convincing a corporate IT department that Mozilla isn't spyware? more inside

More Bali Bombings. Do we have any Bali monkeys on board? Please let us know you're okay. more inside

The Flying Mobulas of the Sea of Cortez

CSS 2.1 selectors, Part 1 "Among the first things you learn when you start out with CSS are selectors. Selectors are a fundamental part of CSS, but few developers use them to their full potential. Learning how to use the full range of CSS selectors available in CSS 2.1 properly can actually help you keep your HTML a lot cleaner. It will let you minimise unnecessary use of the class attribute and the need for adding extraneous div and span elements to the markup."

when the frost is on the pumpkin! from one monkey to another, when the weathers hot and sticky it's not the time for dunkin dicky but when the frost is on the pumpkin now thats the time for dicky dunking. more inside

Happy feel-good,links more inside

Who wants to be? They are. In a country where 25% of the population lives below the poverty line, and the average monthly salary is $200 or less, they are having a fair. more inside

Take University Courses for free over the Web. Type in your subject. Check out the courses available. Now you to can study cognitive robotics at MIT, pathophysicology of infectious diseases at Tufts, or causal and statistical reasonaing at Carnegie-Mellon. Or how about some artsier stuff? more inside

New Bill Stewart Album. World renowned jazz drummer Bill Stewart has released his newest album via cdbaby. As well, he plays on Kevin Hays' what survives, also released on cdbaby. Anybody know of any other well known artists who have chosen to self release albums instead of dealing with the record label mafia? All styles of music welcome; we monkeys have broad tastes. more inside

Gorillas have been seen for the first time using simple tools to perform tasks in the wild Scientists were particularly amazed that they were able to post extensively on a certain metafilter clone site.

White slavery in the UK Police in Birmingham, UK, are reported to have rescued nineteen women from ten countries from white slavery. (The term is archaic; the practice, sadly, isn't.) They were allegedly being locked in the establishment at night, and kept in by day with the assistance of an electric fence around the back garden. more inside

15th-16th century woodcuts. There are more here. And a dozen more here. more inside

Baseball Apocalypse II Pretty exciting weekend coming up, yes? more inside

The forest of rhetoric Terms and definitions of rhetoric, from antiquity to the Renaissance. more inside

Puberty explained... by a talking penis. NSFW unless your workplace doesn't care too much about talking cartoon genitals and some frank depictions of sexual acts. Voiced by Amy Sedaris, of Strangers With Candy fame and sibling of that writer guy. Warning: Flash Aaaah! He'll save every one of us! more inside

Trouble vs Tribble-ations A scene-by-scene deconstruction of how digital video artists repurposed parts of the ST:TOS episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" to create the ST:DS9 episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" 30 years later. Mmmmm, Trekky goodness...

Woogle - words in pictures (stolen from the blue)