Auckland MeFi meetup Monkeys are bound to be welcome at tomorrow's Mefi meetup in Cornwall Park. Bananas optional. Sorry for the late notice - we'll do better next time.

How to dispose of an elephant carcass - the FAO is brimming over with Interesting Stuff: more inside

Calvin & Hobbes Mash-Up - I'm not sure who came up with this, but it made me unspeakably sad.

In 1954 an article looking at the health of UK doctors was published. Richard Doll was one of the authors. It was to become a landmark, with regular follow ups over the next 50 years, and Richard Doll was on the author list to the end. more inside

Fingerprints everywhere! Good old-fashioned projective psychology now in software form. You really could tell everything about a person by the way they walk. Really. No, really.

The Double Bubble Bubblegum guy has a hobby. 'The microcar, a vehicle born out of need, was a child of its time and became the symbol of a people's spirit.' more inside

All Libyan pupils to get laptop and web access