Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Charon 2003UB313 (or perhaps Xena). We're going to have to find some bigger mnemonics

Hutong photography Scenes from Beijing's fast disappearing traditional lanes and alleys.

What If 9/11 Never Happened? (via) An indepth review of what life might have been like had the attacks not occured. It's a long read but well worth the effort IMO.

Captain Copyright. The defining Super Hero of our age

"In Defense of Big Pharma"

Curious George: Build a Synth It's my understanding that I can take an old PII computer running Windows 98, hook up a cheap MIDI keyboard to it and presto change-o have a grand piano or Hammond B-3 keyboard. Is that the case, if so what's the best way to do it (what software?), what else is there to do, or else what do I have wrong? more inside

FlyNinjas! Cricket Ninjas! Insects are being exploited in shocking cock-fighting experiments all over the world in order to provide insights into the behavior of a supposedly "superior" species: Homo sapiens. more inside

Sketch Swap Draw whatever you want and then click to swap yours with someone else's.

Women too hot for sushi ..... more inside

Walk into the sea. A trip to an abandoned pleasure pier

Classic Comic Ads - not to be confused with this CLASSIC PSOTS from the Monkeyfilter archives. And if you don't like that, here is a picture of me as a kid. [more inside] [more inside] more inside

Curious George: Staying in Chicago Curious George: Where should I stay in Chicago in April, 2007? more inside

Pic of Prince Harry groping a blonde

Top 10 Most Strange Monuments more inside

Make Your Own Incense See also Herbalism and Incense or perhaps your own divination things, witchy things, japanese incense, and stay away from all but a very little saltpeter. Or just see it done. more inside

Scrubber George If you're in the NY C area, you could go and get his autograph during the course of the next few days.

Curious Detective George: I'm looking for info on investigating shady characters... more inside

On the occasion of Castro's birthday -- a testimonial written by Alexandre Trudeau, son of Pierre.

Zombie Powder. Use only as directed. more inside

Help Wanted (Flash, may be NSFW)