Universal Identifications The recent post on USB Art reminded me of stuff I'd seen before regarding another ubiquitous three-letter acrnym starting with U, so here it is: UPC Art (aka BarCode Art) including tattoos! Plus, one artist's barcode gallery.

Curious George on a Plane I have an idea for an international 'incident' and I need your help, fellow snakemonkeys! more inside

Urban Exploring Or perhaps they're trespassers. With their own lingo, own worldwide network, and own blog.

USB Art via Core77

Never mind the Bollocks, here's the Pish Dolls. I recommend watching the Ace of Spades video.

BoardGameGeek is an insanely comprehensive site at the vanguard of the quiet renaissance in the world of table-top gaming. Browse its vast board game database, read a myriad of reviews, discover new suggestions on how to play old favorites, uncover long lost holy grails of childhood, chilling reminders of world views thankfully fading, and quite a few surprises. more inside

LoveToKnow Music, a wiki devoted to all aspects of music more inside

Curious George: Ping. Why does ping work on some sites but not others? For example I tried "ping www.nytimes.com" and always get "request timed out". But it works fine for google.com and other servers. Do some web servers block pings?